Crapgadget CES, round seven: MiniDV underwater goggles for all ages

Crapgadget CES, round seven: MiniDV underwater goggles for all ages

Really? For all ages?...

Marvell-powered OLPC XO 1.75 only draws 2 watts of power, finally charges via hand crank

Marvell-powered OLPC XO 1.75 only draws 2 watts of power, finally charges via hand crank

Here's something you may not know -- OLPC's XO hand crank has never really worked to recharge the kiddie laptop. Why? Well, the previous versions were powered by x86 AMD and VIA processors that pulled too much power. However, things...

PlayStation Phone sized up with numerous devices in another in-depth Chinese preview

PlayStation Phone sized up with numerous devices in another in-depth Chinese preview

Okay, now this is getting ridiculous. It's been literally less than 48 hours since we saw the first in-depth Chinese-language preview of Sony's still yet-to-be-confirmed PlayStation Phone, and believe it or not, we've got another one. (Our resident translator Richard...

Kenmore shows off smartphone / tablet-connected appliances at CES (hands-on)

Kenmore shows off smartphone / tablet-connected appliances at CES (hands-on)

We've already seen some smartphone-connected appliances in LG's Thinq lineup, and it looks like Kenmore is now getting ready to join it in a big way with some fairly impressive "enhanced" appliances of its own -- which we managed to...

HTC EVO Shift 4G vs. Motorola Cliq 2... fight!

HTC EVO Shift 4G vs. Motorola Cliq 2... fight!

HTC's ThunderBolt along with Motorola's Atrix 4G and Droid Bionic might be taking the overwhelming majority of the attention here at CES over the past few days, but remember that both companies have introduced some other models that are expected...

Ion Book Saver hands-on

Ion Book Saver hands-on

Treading on the brink of being another CES crapgadget, here's Ion Audio's venture into the book-digitizing business. The Book Saver promises one-second color scans of both pages of a book and comes with OCR software and the ability to export...

Geohot releases PS3 jailbreak for firmware 3.55, world ceases to have any meaning

Geohot releases PS3 jailbreak for firmware 3.55, world ceases to have any meaning

Remember when George "Geohot" Hotz demoed homebrew on the PlayStation 3? Yeah, we know, it was a whole day of CES ago. Well, it looks like that video wasn't a random crack, but full custom firmware, and not just for...

Griffin Beacon universal remote control system hands-on

Griffin Beacon universal remote control system hands-on

We visited Griffin's CES booth to check out the Beacon universal remote control expecting yet another Redeye clone, but instead wound up walking away impressed. Two notable features of the prototype Bluetooth to IR converter device are that it's battery...

Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air: Oh Yeah, This Is Why We Were Excited about AirPlay

Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air: Oh Yeah, This Is Why We Were Excited about AirPlay

The new Zeppelin Air is exactly like Lady Gaga—looks amazing, sounds wonderful, and includes upgraded electronic components. Also, it finally brings AirPlay's potential awesomeness to fruition—tap a couple buttons and your room is filled with beautiful wireless music.I had a...

Intel Oasis: firetrucks, dragons, and trains hands-on

Intel Oasis: firetrucks, dragons, and trains hands-on

We'd seen Intel Lab's Oasis (Object-Aware Situated Interactive System) project a while back, and sure, while what it's showing off is the same, we love to get up close and personal. Using a Kinect-style camera, the system is able to...

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