WiLink Crams Wi-Fi, GPS, FM Transmission and Bluetooth Into a Single Chip

Texas Instruments says that their WiLink 7.0 is the first chip with four wireless radios in one: FM transmission and reception, GPS, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. What does this mean for you, gadget lovers? In theory, a wholalot goodness. More »

Home Theater Under the Stairs Makes Perfect Sense

There's nothing fancy about this idea for a home theater, but it's a very clever way to save space in a small house, using the dead space under the stairs to store a ton of tech gear. More »

Google Finally Provides Limited Nexus One Phone Support

Google has finally stepped up to the plate to offer a support phone line for Nexus One owners. It's a necessary move, given the volume of customer complaints, but it's also turned out to be a lackluster one. More »
#3dtv

Panasonic's First 3DTV (Viera TH-P54VT) Priced at $5,900

At CES, we determined that if you insist on buying a 3DTV this year, Panasonic should be on the very short list. Now, the company has priced a 3DTV for the first time—$5,900 when converted from yen. More »

When Gadgets and Dating Don't Mix

Gadget lust can get in the way of romance—like when your dinner date checks her email over dessert or live-tweets the entire encounter. We've got our share of these stories, but we really want to hear yours. More »

Atlona AT-HDVieW Scaler Transforms VGA With Audio to Handy HDMI

Say you've got an aging laptop that would be perfect for playing WoW or Star Trek Online on your television...if only it had HDMI out—that's where the Atlona AT-HDVieW comes into play. More »

This Is a Lunar Rainbow

This is not a rainbow. It's a moonbow, an extremely rare atmospheric phenomenon caused by the near-full moon that it's extremely hard to catch. So hard, in fact, that you can only see its colors thanks to long-exposure photography. More »

Nvidia Optimus Switches Seamlessly Between Amped Up and Power-Sipping Graphics

We've seen a ton of Core i5 notebooks recently, all loaded with Intel's impotent integrated graphics, which are part of the chip. Now, Nvidia's Optimus enables PCs to switch automatically between Intel's crappy integrated graphics and Nvidia's beefier graphics cards. More »
#roundups

EcoModo - The Best of Treehugger

This week on TreeHugger, new sea toys for the super rich; is the liquid terminator becoming reality?; printers that don't use ink or paper; pictures of Earth get Tweeted from space, and more! More »

Apple Aperture 3 Brings a Little Bit of iPhoto to Pro Photos With Faces and Places

It's been a long time coming, but Apple's latest pro photo software, Aperture 3, is here. Apple's claiming over 200 new features, pulling in iPhoto stalwarts like Faces and Places, and new slideshows with HD video. More »

Seagate Savvio 10K.4 Drive Puts 600GB Into 2.5-Inch Form

The Seagate Savvio 10K.4 is an enterprise storage HDD, which means you're likely not going to just go out and buy one. But it's notable for just how much information it can fit into one tiny disk drive. More »

Trexa Electric Car Platform Will Cost Upwards Of $15,999

No longer do you need to fantasize about buying a Tesla, now that Trexa has released pricing details of its "scalable lithium-drive platform," (aka the base for building your own electric car). More »
#apple

Apple Store Down—Time For Twitter To Crash With Speculation

Gasp! Whatever could it be? I'm hoping for new MacBook Pros, what about you? [Apple - Thanks assorted tipsters!]
#iphoneapps

Navigon Updates MobileNavigator iPhone App With Facebook and Twitter Connectivity, Panorama View 3D Mapping

Not only has Navigon added a bunch of new features to its iPhone app, the price is $20 cheaper—although if you want Traffic Live and 3D maps, it still adds up to $100. Nonetheless, it sounds worth it. More »

Notion Ink's Adam Tablet Will Have Flash, Output At 1080p and Have Battery Life 2x Longer Than iPad

Flash, a longer battery life, outputting video at 1080p, a $1m app competition—these are just some of the ways Notion Ink is hoping its Android-powered Adam tablet will be able to win customers over. More »
#phones

LG Mini GD880 Phone Has 16:9 Ratio And Looks Hot To Trot

This LG Mini GD880 is so good-looking it makes my brain hurt at the injustice of it (presumably) running LG's S-Class OS, and not Android. Still, there's some nice spec to back up this slim 16:9 phone. More »

Software Bug Causes Toyota Recall of Almost Half a Million New Hybrid Cars

Toyota just announced a recall of its 2010 hybrid cars. Four hundred thousand worth. The reason? A change in "brake feeling" caused by faulty antilock braking software. There is no fix for cars on the road yet. More »

Some Good News, and Some Bad News, About Adobe Flash 10.1

The good news first: Adobe's promising Flash 10.1 is going to hit smartphones—Android, WebOS, Windows Mobile—and desktops in the "first half" of this year, a slightly less squishy date. And it'll come over the air. The bad part? More »

Publishers Tell Google and Their Ebook Plans to Get Bent

The vision of ebooks Google has presented to publishers: allowing people to print copies, cut and paste portions, and paying publishers 63 percent of the revenue. The vision the publishers presented in return: Go eff yourself. More »
Yesterday - February 8, 2010

Parisian Oops: A More Realistic Google Ad

Sure, Google's Superbowl ad was cute and left us giggling, but how would a French romance powered by Google really go? [UCBThanks, Mackenzie!]

An HD Video Tour of the International Space Station

If you're a huge space buff, you might not be surprised by anything in this video tour of the International Space Station. But it's still great to just get a simple walkthrough of this incredible project and all its corners. More »

It May Be Creepy, But This Case's Ad Is Popcorn-Worthy

I hate spiders, I hate horror movies, and I hate gimmicky computer cases. But I love the commercial for the Lian Li Mini-atx case. Maybe it's just because it reminded me of Steve Irwin. More »
#concepts

The Scale That Thinks It's a Rug

This concept scale that doubles as a decorative rug might—might—be the thing to finally get me taking better care of myself. More »

From the Tips Box: Backyard Igloos, Sink Mats, and Taskbar Arrangement

Readers offer their best tips for making effective sink mats, rearranging your Windows taskbar for quick program switching, and writing important information on dried food containers. [Lifehacker]
#concept

Why Paint Your Room When You Can Get a Color-Changing Wall Instead

See this wall of colorful squares? It's actually a concept design consisting of a bunch of small triangular panels which can be spun 'round on whim to change the way your room looks. Or to spell out naughty things. More »

Microsoft Blames Your Laptop—Not Windows 7—For Battery Issues

After upgrading to Windows 7, some users saw a new warning message suggesting that they need to replace their laptops' batteries. Some screamed "bug," some shouted "conspiracy,' but Microsoft denies that anything's wrong. More »
#cable

Our Price of TV Loyalty: 20% Off the Top

For a 20% savings, more than 50% cable and satellite subscribers are likely to jump ship to save money. But Telco TV (services like AT&T U-verse) have a much, much more loyal following. Anecdotally, would you agree? [Multiplayblog via engadgetHD]

China Brings Down 180,000-Member Hacker Training Site

Black Hawk Safety Net, an online hacker training resource with 12,000 paying members and another 170,000 free members, was brought down recently by Chinese authorities. More »

Today Is National PC Cleanup Day, So Let's Tidy Up Your System

The Web Worker Daily blog reminds us that today is National Clean Out Your Computer Day. Want to do some serious PC cleaning but not sure where to start? We've got your back, so let's get with the purging. [Lifehacker]

BirdBox Wakes You Up With the Sound of Hungry Birds In Your iPhone

I love little birds. They are so cute. And they taste delicious and crunchy fried in beer batter. If you want them to wake you up, however, try BirdBox. More »
#diy

The RFID Record Player Is a Real World Cover Flow

I like this idea by Matt Brown: He tags 45rpm vinyl records with RFID stickers to play songs in a turntable that doesn't turn at all. More »

The Science Of Metal Fever, Or How To Build Your Sexbot

Futurama showed us a world with space travel, robot sidekicks, and Al Gore riding the Mighty Moon Worm, but what really made hearts beat faster were the downloadable Lucy Liu robots. How close are we to robot lovin'? [io9]
#architecture

Falling Down the Guggenheim Museum Hall

JDS Architects thought that this trampoline net spiral—which would allow people to bounce from the top floor to the bottom of the Guggenheim Museum rotunda—could be the funniest thing ever. I completely agree. And so do ambulance-chasing lawyers. More »

Netflix Streaming Getting a 1080p Upgrade (Update: Or Not?)

Hey there, mixed messaging! As Netflix makes the case to Wii owners that they really aren't missing anything by not streaming HD, word from CNET is that Netflix instant streaming is making the jump to 1080p, with 5.1 audio. UPDATED More »
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