Some crazy lady just went through the hands-on area handing out these flyers. → Read More
Here is the skinny – the new MacBooks have dropped and while the $899 option is missing, they still rock anyway. An Intel Core 2 Duo is still at the core, but just like its new big MBP brother, NVIDIA is powering the graphics with an 9400M GPU and sports the new two-tone style. → Read More
Very funny. Unless it’s just an act and, like Kim Jong Il, the original Steve died years ago and this one is just a Life Model Decoy. With Apple’s new manufacturing techniques, they could probably pull it off… → Read More
A few months ago iPhone application developer Tapulous announced FriendBook, an app that would allow users to hold shake their phones together to exchange contact information – a fun and simple alternative to pocketfuls of clumsy business cards. Unfortunately, FriendBook still remains unreleased after a wave of shakeups over at Tapulous, and while we’ve seen a few alternatives like rmbrME, none… → Read More
As part of Apple’s big announcement today, they have a new Cinema Display — long overdue. This one sounds really nice, which is good because the screen scene is a competitive field right now. Here are the stats: 24″ w/ LED-backlighting 1920×1200 iSight and microphone built-in Speakers built-in (ew) Magsafe plug for your lappy (nice!) Mini Display Port connector (okay…)… → Read More
Yahoo wants to change your mind about its search engine. It wants you to know that it is better at helping you find things thanks to features like its SearchAssist auto-complete keywords (which has been around for a year), safe searching filters, and Search Monkey add-ons. So it is launching a campaign with display ads like the one on the left for the Web and radio spots as well trying to… → Read More
Hear that? That’s the sound of Wall Street not like’n what Jobs is say’n. → Read More
Apple just revealed details about it’s new manufacturing process that involves a block of aluminum and carving away the unnecessary material. Instead of taking aluminum sheeting and adding layers to it, the new process starts with a 2.5 pound aluminum ”brick” and eventually eliminates the need for an internal frame. One would assume that this process not only reduces… → Read More
Apple just announced the latest upgrade to the storied MacBook Pro lineup and boy are they sweet. Right away you should notice the two-tone look of an iMac combined with the stylings of a first-gen MacBook Air. → Read More
Apple’s stock (AAPL) is slowing rising after a drop of ten points through out this morning. It will be interesting to see where it ends up after the forthcoming announcements. → Read More
I still can’t do the original Rubik’s Cube after watching a couple of YouTube instructional videos. Technically, these are called VCUBES but still retain all of the original’s fun. I’m thinking that these would make a great stocking stuffer for the math major in your family with prices starting at $35. Check the video after the break of a dude solving one of the 7x7x7 in… → Read More
The Motorola Krave ZN4 is up on Verizon’s website for $149 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a two-year contract. Verizon and Motorola are billing the Krave as “the first interactive clear flip full-touch phone,” so keep that in mind just in case you think you can find another interactive clear flip full-touch phone somewhere else. You can’t! The Krave is just short of a true smartphone, but… → Read More
Just in time for the holiday spending blitz, the Palm Centro is going to be available in two new colors! I know, it’s so exciting. Almost as much as new Apple notebooks. Anyway, these Sprint-branded Centro’s are going to retail for the same price as the current Onyx version $79 through January 10th with a two-year contract and comes with twice the RAM as the original - 128 MB… → Read More
The US economy is in the tank but Samsung is going to start releasing its stunning notebooks in the market. This marks the first time that Samsung has entered the U.S. market and their entire lineup -including the NC10 Netbook – is ‘puters PC shoppers should consider when the notebook hit authorized retailers like Amazon, along with NewEgg, in the coming weeks. → Read More
At first glance, you might mistake this doodad on the left for an ordinary, run-of-the-mill thumbdrive. Don’t be fooled! It’s a 3G modem from AT&T called the USBConnect Quicksilver. If you’re a weakling, you’ll love this thing because it weighs less than an ounce. Everyone, and I mean everyone, can lift one ounce, so less than one once should be a cakewalk. According to SlashPhone the… → Read More
ZipZoomfly.com has a $65 mail-in rebate on the 8.9-inch ASUS Eee netbook. The rebate is good until the end of the month. The selling price is $364.99 for the model with the 20GB hard drive, 1GB RAM, and Linux – bringing the total cost to $299 if you’re one of *those* people who can remember to send your rebate forms in on time. I’m starting to notice a welcome trend here, as more and more of… → Read More
Yesterday, President Bush signed into law the Pro-IP Act, which further criminalizes consumer behavior and appoints a new “Copyright Czar” to oversee enforcement of the new measures. The law triples damages in copyright infringement cases, allows the government to seize property used to usurp a company’s copyrights (hang onto those laptops), makes each song, movie, or other piece of stolen content… → Read More
Large venues like outdoor theaters, churches, and the CrunchGear home office might wanna look at Toshiba’s TDP-WX5400U DLP projector. This bad boy sports dual lamps and even an interchangeable color wheel that shoots out a 1280 x 800 16:10 image. When the two lamps are powered-on, the projector is capable of 5,400 ANSI Lumens. If ambient light isn’t a problem, it can run off just one… → Read More
We managed to grab the Canadian announcements for most of these new/updated Toshiba notebooks last Thursday (see this post for more info), but here’s the complete list for the official stateside releases that were announced today. → Read More
If the future of the web is the mobile web, then mobile site creation is going to be a big thing. A few services have already spotted the opportunity but Jag.ag a new service coming out from Israel has a very interesting product approach that could make it stand out. → Read More
JS-Kit, a startup that develops a series of widgets that can be quickly integrated into websites, has raised $3.6 million in a Series B funding round led by Altos Ventures, with existing investor TEF3 also participating. The company says that it will use the funding to expand its team of engineers, along with the addition of DataPortability’s Chris Saad as Strategic Advisor.
JS-Kit’s… → Read More
We hope that you will join us here for today’s Apple event. Why CrunchGear? Well, our system does not force you to refresh the page for the latest news like some other gadget blogs which results in the quickest Apple live blog on the Internet – I guarantee it. Here’s the link to the live blog: http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/10/14/crunchgear-live-at-the-apple-notebook-event/ → Read More
You know that alleged cheap MacBook that is supposed to launch today? Yeah, there are reports that it isn’t a MacBook, but rather an updated Cinema Display with a DisplayPort input. The same rumors are stating that the entire Apple notebook lineup will not get any sort of price cuts today, rather receiving spec bumps and upgrades. Oh, and you have our word that this is the last Apple… → Read More
The Motorola Krave ZN4 is up on Verizon’s website for $149 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a two-year contract. Verizon and Motorola are billing the Krave as “the first interactive clear flip full-touch phone,” so keep that in mind just in case you think you can find another interactive clear flip full-touch phone somewhere else. You can’t! The Krave is just short of a true smartphone, but… → Read More
Video: Courtesy of DigInfo Honda’s humanoid Asimo has been around for more than four years now but it’s still highly popular in its homeland Japan. At Robo Japan 2008, an exhibition held in Yokohama last week, Honda presented the newest version of the 130cm tall, walking robot to the general public and it looks just awesome. → Read More
FreshBooks, a Toronto-based invoice startup that formed back in 2004, has released a set of aggregated business data to the public. The data allows businesses to see how they stack up against other companies in their fields on a number of criteria, including the amount of revenue generated from new versus recurring clients and overall invoice totals. Professions available for reference include… → Read More
NEC today announced in Japan [JP] it has teamed up with Sanrio (the company behind the Hello Kitty brand) and French fashion designer Courrèges to develop a girls-only notebook for the Japanese market. The so-called “NEC LaVie G Hello Kitty Courrèges” will be available online and in selected Sanrio shops only [JP]. The Vista notebook will feature an AMD Athlon QL-60 processor… → Read More
Video: Courtesy of DigInfo Sony presented the PSP-3000 to the general public for the first time during the Tokyo Game Show last week. I had the possibility to play “Clank & Ratchet: Maru Hi Mission Ignition!” and “Resistance: Retribution” on the new PSP and the display seemed to be a major improvement. → Read More
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