FROM APPLETELL - Does the comfort of ergonomically designed game pads make you long for the days of horrible, crippling hand cramps? Legacy Consumer Electronics is here to put you back in pain. MORE » Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: cable, Ogg, gprs, toys (Read the full post about ‘Atari 2600 controller is USB, OS X compatible’…)

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by Laura June, posted Nov 15th 2008 at 9:55AM Remember just a few days back when the HTC MAX 4G AKA the world’s very first GSM / WiMAX handset was announced? Well, some pretty sweet footage of the device — which boasts 8GB of flash memory, GPS, WiFi, triband EDGE and WIMAX support — has surfaced, and we have to say it doesn’t look too shabby. The video’s in Russian — because you can only get the phone on Scartel’s Yota network in… you guessed it, Russia, but from the sounds of it, the demonstrator is stoked. (Read the full post about ‘Video: HTC MAX 4G is touched, talked about (in Russian)’…)

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by Laura June, posted Nov 14th 2008 at 11:48PM Now, we’re sure that everything’s on the up and up here, but the lack of information about the TouchDiva from any source other than the makers of the TouchDiva gives us pause, especially as the product’s apparently launching on December 1st. Regardless, here’s what we’ve gathered: the device is a 15.4-inch touchscreen unit you install in your home, and, via the magical wonders of the internet, you get all the music your heart could ever desire, free of charge — besides the $75 $13 monthly subscription fee, of course. The Danish manufacturers claim to have “agreements with the four major music companies in the world (Warner, EMI, Sony-BMG and Universal),” giving them access to over 2 million songs. (Read the full post about ‘TouchDiva: the greatest entertainment device you’ve never heard of’…)

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FROM GAMERTELL - A possible Best Buy Black Friday 2008 ad has surfaced on the internet.  However, the ad quality is poor and there is a chance it could be a hoax. MORE » Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: digital, equipment, dvr, pvp (Read the full post about ‘Best Buy’s Black Friday 2008 ad either awesome or hoax’…)

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by Joshua Topolsky, posted Nov 14th 2008 at 6:43PM If you’ve been waiting for that Minority Report-style interface to really come to fruition, you can finally exhale. One of the science advisors from the Steven Spielberg film — along with a team of other zany visionaries — has created an honest-to-goodness, real-world implementation of the computer systems seen in the movie. Dubbed g-speak, the mind bending OS combines “gestural i/o, recombinant networking, and real-world pixels,” to deliver what the creators call “the first major step in [a] computer interface since 1984.” There are some things that need to seen to be understood, so watch the video after the break, and prepare to have your mind thoroughly blown to bits.[Thanks, Jamie] Read PermalinkEmail this140 CommentsFiled under: Misc. (Read the full post about ‘Oblong’s g-speak: the ‘Minority Report’ OS brought to life’…)

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by Nilay Patel, posted Nov 14th 2008 at 6:02PMIt seemed earlier this week that AMD’s new Conesus chips would take on Intel’s dominant Atom platform in the netbook market, but it sounds like that was just wishful thinking — according to CEO Dirk Meyer, the chipmaker is “ignoring the netbook platform” in favor machines “above that form factor.” AMD says that it’s seeing high return rates on netbooks, a phenomenon it’s chalking up to an unsatisfactory user experience on smaller machines. Of course, that doesn’t quite jive with the sales numbers being posted by Acer, ASUS, and HP — and although return rates are indeed higher for Linux machines than for XP, we’re puzzled as to why AMD cares about anything other than raw chip sales to OEMs, since we were under the impression that that’s how AMD makes money. (Read the full post about ‘AMD says it’s “ignoring” netbooks, will focus on ultraportables’…)

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So you’ve got a bunch of raunchy photos of yourself and your wild weekend escapades during your juvenile, single years stored on a CD (or DVD) that you want to get rid of, but am afraid that even the trash collector might figure out that there is some valuable data in it, stashing away the copy you’ve thrown out for himself? With the Aleratec CD/DVD Shredder, you don’t have to worry about anyone getting sensitive data from you, as it makes short work of any disc placed inside. This machine will cut both CDs and DVDs into four strips, and don’t worry about safety - its steel blades are completely encased to ensure the safety of your digits. Aleratec is selling its new CD/DVD Shredder for $44.99. (Read the full post about ‘Aleratec CD/DVD Shredder Makes Short Work Of Unloved Media’…)

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by Laura June, posted Nov 14th 2008 at 2:47PM The last time we heard anything about Northrop Grumman’s development of a weaponized laser system, they were telling us that the “hardest part was over,” and it looks like they weren’t exaggerating. According to today’s PR released by the 4th largest defense contractor in the world, the units, dubbed FIRESTRIKE, are now “ready for sale.” In case you haven’t been following every detail of the story, the FIRESTRIKE is a solid-state laser (think raygun), which weighs 400 pounds, has an Ethernet interface, and can be chained together with up to 7 other identical modules to create a 100 kw beam. (Read the full post about ‘Northrop Grumman’s weaponized laser on sale now, definitely won’t hug you’…)

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Lenovo has just trumpeted the arrival of its ThinkPad USB Portable Secure Hard Drive which will come in either 160GB or 320GB flavors, measuring approximately 3″ x 5″ which makes it small enough to fit in just about any decent-sized shirt pocket. Regardless of the capacity, these drives will be able to store all your sensitive information without worry about them being accessed should you lose the hard drive on your travels. The data written is encrypted with 128-bit AES in real-time, ensuring that lag is non-existent when writing data to the drive. Interestingly enough, the numeric keypad located on the hard drive itself is used to punch in a code before the data within can be accesed. (Read the full post about ‘Lenovo ThinkPad USB Portable Secure Hard Drive’…)

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by Chris Ziegler, posted Nov 14th 2008 at 2:20PM Strategic advantages Sany Ericssan holds over Sony Ericsson: A quarterly sales volume measured in the hundreds is considered a rousing success. Neither Sany nor Ericssan have any intention of pulling out of the joint venture. “Outsourcing” of industrial design saves time, money, and staff. None of those pesky Windows Mobile licensing fees to worry about. GPRS data speed isn’t a problem — it’s a way of life. (Read the full post about ‘Keepin’ it real fake, part CLXVI: the Sany Ericssan X1 with Wyndowz Mobil’…)

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