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Filed under: Cellphones

Paris who? Sony Ericsson’s let yet another one slip out of its fingers before the official announcement, this time around a killer slider said to be the Cyber-shot C905, codenamed “Shiho.” If the rumors pan out, it’s got one heck of a rap sheet, too, starting off with an 8.1 — yes, eight [...]

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One of the first things we noticed when Steve Jobs came out on stage was that he was noticeably thinner than he was in previous events. We were vaguely concerned since he’s had a recent history of what could be considered pretty severe health problems, but it looks like it’s just a “common bug” says [...]

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Filed under: Household
You can find a washer just about anywhere that promises to consume less water than most of its rivals, but finding one that’s “virtually waterless” is still a chore. Yeah, there was that one contraption from Singapore a few years back, but c’mon, it’s no bona fide washing machine. Nevertheless, a University of [...]

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While not all of us at Giz (read: none) like the white iPhone 3G, I’m sure some of you might. So feel free to vote for your favorite non-color here. Not like it matters. Hit it, MJ!

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BMW has created a concept car called the GINA Light Visionary Model, which takes a seamless, plastic-coated lycra material, and stretches it over a metal frame with moving parts—allowing for the car to have shape-shifting properties. The shape of the body can be changed without tearing or loosening the fabric, and the steering wheel, gauges [...]

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Filed under: Displays

Shuttle may have been the first out of the gate with this minimalist design (presumably OEM, and likely only a sign of things to come), but that’s not keeping Princeton from doing its own thing with its new PTB-TMW19B tablet display, which just got official for Japan today. While the exterior’s identical to [...]

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Honda research engineers have given Asimo the ability to understand three voices at once, thanks to an array of eight microphones that can recognize each voice individually. The recognition software, HARK, can process the commands with 70-80 percent accuracy and the microphones are placed all over Asimo’s head and body for spatial recognition purposes. The [...]

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While yes, the new iPhone 3G’s speed boost is going to be great for, you know, looking at family photos or checking on your eBay bids. But really, we know what you’re going to use it for and why you’re so excited. So does your boss. Remember that the next time you take four 15 [...]

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Filed under: Gaming
Some wily web browsers have found a job listing at Nintendo of America that suggests the game company is finally getting serious about USB support for the Wii. The job search, found a few days ago, was for a “Software/Harware Tester” who can execute a “test plan for Wii’s USB devices.” Some think [...]

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NZXT’s been making slightly expensive gaming cases for a while, but their latest full tower Khaos case looks very nice. It’s got dual power supply support, 2-3mm aluminum build, a total of 7 fan slots and a price of 9. Did we mention that it looks nice? This case alone costs more than some fully-built [...]

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