Archive for March, 2008
PS3 homebrew hack found, Hello World!
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We haven’t heard much out of the PS3 homebrew scene so far, which could be due to the console’s delayed popularity, or perhaps because Sony did users a solid out of the gate and included Linux. That said, ...
Lime green Motorola Q9c headed to Alltel, US Cellular
Don’t you dare say green wasn’t already in style, as in all actuality, it’s US Cellular and Alltel following the crowd yet again. As the run-up to CTIA 2008 continues, the aforesaid outfits have both announced that a lime green varia...
Okoro’s OMS-ZX100 Media PC does Blu-ray, HD DVD and SSD
Okoro Media Systems has been offering up well-spec’d HTPCs for quite some time, but it has finally saw fit to jump on the flash-based storage bandwagon. The firm’s new ZX series of Extreme Digital Entertainment Systems gets going with the...
Orange Dream’s brainwave management software gets you closer to the Matrix
We’ll be honest — there are quite a few things about the Cyber MC brainwave management solution that remain unclear to us, but it’s probably for the best. Korean startup Orange Dreams has apparently concocted some sort of eyewear / s...
ControlThink’s new Z-Wave USB Adapter is firmware-upgradeable
While we have interns to switch off the lights and regulate Engadget HQ temperature, plenty of folks rely on the the Z-Wave standard for home automation. Unlucky for them, most Z-Wave adapters need to be replaced every year or so to support new protoc...
Swede used 40Gbps internet connection to dry laundry
Chances are, you could think of a million and one ways to totally take advantage of having a 40Gbps internet connection installed in your abode, but for one Sigbritt L%26ouml;thberg — who actually had such a setup — she chose to take advan...
AMD brings DisplayPort to pros with ATI FireGL V7700
Hot on the heels of AMD’s Radeon HD 3000 graphics card receiving its oh-so-coveted DisplayPort certification badge comes the firm’s first DisplayPort-equipped card for the professionals in attendance. Hailed as the “first commerciall...
BlackBerry Curve 8330 launching on Verizon in May without GPS, WiFi
After seeing it kicked around the Net for a few months, it’s good to see the BlackBerry Curve 8330 finally go live on Verizon Wireless. Well, almost — you’ll have to wait until May to lay thumb to QWERTY while riding that cool EV-DO ...