2005

Remember the movie Repo Man? Ya, times have changed since then and now the repo man may be unemployed man with the new PayTeck Smart Box getting installed in many vehicles today. It’s a neat little device with a keypad that requires a new code to be punched in after each payment is [...]

Yup, teen drivers are getting yet another con thrown against their driving abilities. This time Ford is the big meanie behind it. Looks like Ford did a study of both teens and adults driving in a simulator (wonder if the teens got a Focus and the adults the Mustang.) They both did [...]

Big corporate law suits are always messy and when they end, it usually isn’t pretty. Point in case, today’s ruling on the NTP vs RIM has Research In Motion possibly having to pay out over a billion dollars. Yes, that’s billion. NTP feels that RIM’s super popular service is in violation of [...]

I’ve really been eying the Creative Zen Portable Media Center since it first came out but $500 is way too much for something I wouldn’t use too often. Heck, I don’t think it’s even worth it for daily use. Well I guess I’m not the only one that feels that way as the [...]

Looking for a new car stereo? Want to play MP3’s? Hey, how ’bout plugging in some XM, too? Oh wait, you only have two bills, aye? Mmm, no problem, homie! Slap down those presidents at Wal-Mart and you’re set, G! While I’ve never heard of this brand, ilo, the [...]

With all the talk about Ultra-wide Band (UWB) surfacing on how it will replace Bluetooth, the folks behind Bluetooth have decided to just included the stickin new frequency into it’s next big update. That’s right, the next major update of Bluetooth will have all the goodies we’ve come to love of Bluetooth and have [...]

Jabra’s known for their excellent headsets and they have continued that excellence with their Bluetooth devices. Well now its going for the beauty as well as functionality with its new JX10. While not as Borg looking as the well known BT series hands-free units Jabra has become popular for, the JX10 may not [...]

PodBrix is one of my favorite “toys” to latch onto the iPod craze. Designer Tomi takes regular Lego bricks and creates ingenious duplicates of iPod products and of the top dawgs of Apple, Steve Jobs and Woz. Every time these Lego creations go on sale, the limited items are gone faster then you [...]

Hey, screw Starbucks and its T-Mobile powered hotspot that costs more then a venti cappuccino for an hour’s use! Strap on your backpack and free the caffeine-heads from those small coffee tables ’cause you’ve just become “Mobile Wi-Fi,” baby! Popular Science has a full out DIY roaming hotspot instruction set along with a [...]

Wireless is maturing, and with it, better performance and greater signal strength. That’s what the new Linksys MIMO devices claim to do by upping your coverage by three times that of earlier 802.11g routers and increasing your speeds by ten times!
With its three antennas and four ports for wired devices, the [...]

Finger and retina recognition is so 2003. Look at “Minority Report” or an episode of “24″ to see that eyes can be plucked out and fingers chopped off to gain access to super-secured information. Only the fear of blood would stop you from getting what you need. Speaking of blood, looks like [...]

Hey, who says the PSP is a gaming machine only? I mean with so little games out for the device, Sony’s out to see howit can expand its popularity in time for Christmas.

One of the largest drawbacks to PDAs are their drain on batteries. In full use mode - bright LCD, Wi-Fi, etc. - you’re lucky to get an hour out of the handheld before it’s begging to be put on its cradle for charging.

If you’d like to get 4GBs of music playin’ storage, then you may be interested in RCA’s RD2762 Lyra Micro Jukebox selling for $119.99 at Overstock.com.

First it was chicks putting on their make up in the car. Then it was talking on their cell phones. Now they SMS

Pushing the envelope to the next level, ESPN and Sprint will now allow you to not only get up to the minute scores of your favorites games but also see highlights of games!

Nokia has called it quits on the N-Gage gaming phone released in 2003 to disappointing sales.
The Norwegian company stated that it will re-enter the gaming market sometime in 2007 but will completely cease development on the N-Gage phone itself.
Iain Thomson of Vnunet.com writes:

Feeling gypped that there just isn’t much to do with your PSP because there’s a game-drain of development due to the XBox 360?

If you’ve got kids, then you know the shirt you put on him or her in the morning won’t even make it to lunch before a stain finds its way square in the worst spot possible.
Yes, my wife and I have learned to bring a complete change of clothes when going out somewhere. Sometimes [...]

So much is talked about of Apple’s iPod and its looks that I felt it necessary to bring another gorgeous looking DAP to our readers that will be judged as the gold standard of players.