No idea on why this Indiana Jones Pocket Watch was released since it has never featured in any of Indy’s movies, but I guess when it comes to marketing muscle and merchandise, anything goes to snag that last dollar from you. Embossed with the Indiana Jones logo on the front, these metal pocket watches really work. Push the button on the top and they pop open to display the time in analog format with a moving second hand. Attach them to your pocket with the included metal chain and clip. You get a random choice of one of three different styles. This officially licensed Lucasfilm product will retail for $29.99 each. Just like Indy, it ought to make you have the perfect timing, always. (Read the full post about ‘Indiana Jones Pocket Watch’…)
Rumor has it that Seagate is dropping the brown/orange colorway on its FreeAgent external hard drives and refining it to a more futuristic look (as pictured above). The bigger drive is most likely the FreeAgent Desktop, the standard desktop drive. To its right is probably the FreeAgent Go, or another iteration of Seagate’s portable drive line. From the picture, it is evident that there is the inclusion of a new docking station, which will help show off the eye candy element of the drive. Not only will the drives shed their brown exterior, they’ll be available in grey, black, silver and others, including red, green, gold, and pink. For Mac users, it is especially exciting to hear that at least one of the drives will be formatted for instant use in OS X, so lowly Windows users will have to format the drive in order to use it.
Look for a formal announcement for these external hard drives sometime next month.
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by Paul Miller, posted Aug 16th 2008 at 12:46PM If you hadn’t heard, TSA’s new laptop bag rule went into effect today, so we’re wondering: what sort of experience are you getting at the checkpoint? (Read the full post about ‘Flying today? Say hello to the TSA for us’…)
by Darren Murph, posted Aug 16th 2008 at 4:08PM Oh sure, you’re pretty 1337 if you can say you’ve got an SSD within your laptop, but if you’ve a need to store more than, say, 8GB of files, a bit more room may be desired. tnkgrl’s Aspire One mods began earlier this week with the addition of Bluetooth and extra RAM, and today she’s showing the world how to swap the built-in SSD with a 1.8-inch 60GB PATA drive. As expected, this one’s remarkably easy to complete once you’ve torn the thing open, but she also explains how to best put it all back together once you’re done. (Read the full post about ‘Aspire One modding continues: swapping SSD for capacious HDD’…)
FROM APPLETELL - A Japanese company has developed a stylus that mimics capacitive touch technology, making it very usable with the iphone. MORE » Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: speakers, video, plasma, players (Read the full post about ‘Mock all that the iPhone is by buying a touch stylus!’…)
by Darren Murph, posted Aug 16th 2008 at 11:13AM Not a lot here that you can’t already make out for yourself, but we’ll give ya the down low, anyway. The Crystal USB Desktop Speakers are powered via USB 2.0 and only pack 1-watt per channel, yet somehow, they’re touted as “audiophile” grade. (Read the full post about ‘Crystal USB Desktop Speakers look good, probably sound bad’…)
Every once in a while, some new idea comes around that revolutionizes technology as we know it. Think about the USB, the touchscreen, and other advancements that are now standard features.
Perhaps the next big thing are laptops that split their keyboards open. Why you anyone want to do that? Maybe if you keep a secondary screen down there, perhaps. Maybe even a touch sensitive screen? The keyboard can function normally when split in two, and who knows, you might even get used to it.
Right now, this project is still in the building stage, and it currently has the name of the Ergonomic Dual Screen Split Keyboard Notebook Portable Personal Computer Executives.
This split-keyboard laptop with the extremely long name is available for OEMs sometime this year.
(Read the full post about ‘What would you do for a split-keyboard laptop?’…)
Every once in a while, some new idea comes around that revolutionizes technology as we know it. Think about the USB, the touchscreen, and other advancements that are now standard features.
Perhaps the next big thing are laptops that split their keyboards open. Why you anyone want to do that? Maybe if you keep a secondary screen down there, perhaps. Maybe even a touch sensitive screen? The keyboard can function normally when split in two, and who knows, you might even get used to it.
Right now, this project is still in the building stage, and it currently has the name of the Ergonomic Dual Screen Split Keyboard Notebook Portable Personal Computer Executives.
This split-keyboard laptop with the extremely long name is available for OEMs sometime this year.
(Read the full post about ‘What would you do for a split-keyboard laptop?’…)
by Darren Murph, posted Aug 16th 2008 at 7:39AM
Wesco Limited is offering up a TIE Fighter webcam, which — truth be told — would look completely ridiculous sitting atop your LCD. That being said, those of you already chatting it up with your fellow nerds on an R2-D2 webcam won’t mind one bit. You’ll also be interested to know that there’s a complete dearth of specifications, though we do know that a pair of LEDs just below the camera lights up to brighten your cheery face. (Read the full post about ‘TIE Fighter webcam solidifies your obsession with Star Wars’…)
FROM APPLETELL - A crafty Russian modder has made the Apple logo on the iphone glow as brilliantly as some might see it. MORE » Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: DAB, pvp, pvr, home theater (Read the full post about ‘I bet you wish your iPhone did this’…)
