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Apple confirms presence of proprietary chip in shuffle headphones, licensing fee {Engadget}
Mar 16th 2009 4:18PM Next step: Apple devices only play Apple-licensed music.
Core i7-packin' Clevo D900F gaming laptop hands-off {Engadget}
Mar 3rd 2009 5:38PM Desktop replacements don't sit on your lap; they sit on your desk. As such, they don't need much battery life at all. They are ideal if you need to be able to set up shop someplace else - even if it's just in another part of a building. Yeah, I have to toss in a heavy power brick and a mouse but it all fits in a backpack and in less than a minute I'm ready to go and once I get someplace, I'm set up in under a minute. If you need the power, you need the power.
Jail then, luxury hotel now {Gadling}
Apr 10th 2008 4:11AM The Four Seasons in Istanbul pulled this trick too.
Contour Drive, Estate of the Day {Luxist}
Aug 8th 2007 5:30AM I laughed out loud at Spectacular Bid's comment (Comment #1).
I sure hope that rope isn't hanging in the entryway. I'd expect a space looking like that to have sticky floors (might explain the mat) and reek of urinal cakes.
Chrysler takes full control of Brazilian Tritec engine plant {Autoblog}
Jul 14th 2007 4:44AM Meh. I've got a Cooper S with the old engine and, while not overly refined, it is definitely lovable. That's not to say the new engine won't be an improvement in many ways. It's kind of like the exhaust note;. maybe it is more refined now, but that doesn't mean the old noise was not lovable. I'm with MrChips on another issue, the old engine apparently was easier to tune.
A lot of people want all cars to be the same (whisper quiet, non-intrusive, inoffensive, and they generally don't want any any reminders that they are actually driving). Me? Not so much. I love the way my MINI howls and burbles and all that - it's visceral and seriously fun.
Fat Duck Brings iPods To The Table {Luxist}
Apr 25th 2007 7:29AM They deserve to lose a Michelin star for this alone.
$1 Million Jewelry Theft at Heathrow {Luxist}
Sep 8th 2006 11:21AM Man, that sucks. Hope she gets her stuff back.
British prof warns nanotech products are potentially dangerous {Engadget}
May 5th 2006 3:31AM In re #18, "Imagine a nano-tech robot that self-replicates using carbon. With no limits on the replication procedure it could grow exponentially and destroy the entire planet." Done. Apparently Earth has had carbon-based thingies replicating without limits for a billion years and yet we are amazingly grey-goo-free. :)
I'm not sure anybody really knows why asbstesos causes cancer but some are theorizing that it is just because asbestos can break into very short fibers (nano short) and slip right through cell walls and damage them... arg, I'm kind of regretting that asbestos removal job I took back in the 80's to help pay for college right now :( Anyway, I fail to see how it follows that items made with nano-tech would break down into extremely short fibers like asbestos (doesn't seem likely) but the manufacturing environment certainly should have negative air flow and air filtration.
Christina Aguilera Buys A Banksy {Luxist}
Apr 5th 2006 5:17PM Lez majesty!
So what is Origami? We'll tell ya. {Engadget}
Mar 10th 2006 3:58AM I like the concept even if it is a pretty obvious one that folks have tried with mixed success before. Some folks just can't seem to get over their anti-MS bias, but MS is not building these things. If you want Linux on it, put Linux on it. If you want Doom on it, install it. If you have a USB key, use it on it. These things are the future of mobile computing.
Laptops are too big. Smaller devices have screens so tiny that they are worthless for what I'd like to do. Purpose-built devices are idiotic because as soon as they are obsolete they are all but worthless. Perfect example: an old iPod. Unless you view it as a fashion accessory, it has no purpose once you get a new one.
With something like this, I could use it as a navigation system/music player/phone in my car, take it in with me when I go to have coffee to write emails/surf/pay bills, watch video/TV while in a plane or on a treadmill, and/or then bring it home and use it to remote to my media PC (there's an enormous advantage to having something that gives remote access to a media pc as opposed to something that just gives you remote control over a limited subset of functions). If I buy a new device, I still can use the old one - I'd probably just dedicate it to one of the application. However, for the apps I've listed there should be no real need to buy a new device every two years because those apps don't need that much computing horsepower.
Don't like how the first ones look or how much they cost? Well, that's one bennie of having a intel/windows device - there will be a lot of companies competing for your dollars. These things will come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. If only one company was making them and only letting me run their software on them, these things wouldn't be nearly as attractive to me.
