Dell’s building an Android phone to be unveiled next month? We’re not holding our breath.
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
Stick this one firmly in the rumor category, since all the verbiage that’s been thrown around about this story still traces back to one single source: a slightly ill-informed article done up in MarketingWeek in the UK. […]
San Francisco security cameras ineffective due to poor framerates
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
We’re not huge fans of overzealous security camera deployment, but if you’re going to spend taxpayer money deploying nannycams, at least make sure they’re capturing more than one frame every two seconds — the rate at which San Francisco’s $900,000 system is running. […]
Crowd-monitoring humanoid helps lost mall patrons, likely freaks them out
Filed under: Robots
We’ve witnessed our fair share of Robovies, and let’s just say we’ve a healthy fear of ‘em. That being said, we’re fairly certain we’d come darn close to fainting or reacting violently should the creature pictured above approach us while shopping ever. Nevertheless, […]
Apple accused of harrassing an air purifier company
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
It’s no secret that Apple Legal is, ah, aggressive when it comes to protecting its various fruit-flavored intellectual property, but a company called BlueAir just filed a lawsuit accusing Apple’s lawyers of outright harassment over BlueAir’s AirPOD air purifier, pictured at right. Seems BlueAir has […]
EazzzY USB stick camera concept, for taking pretend pictures
Filed under: Digital Cameras
Our mediocre efforts at “photography” are bad enough with a full-on viewfinder, so we shudder to think what might come out at the other end of a session with this here artsy EazzzY USB camera stick concept — which is exactly why we’re […]
Sony’s PCS-RF1 RF Remote Commander slips into the FCC
Filed under: Home Entertainment
With a name like RF Remote Commander, it has to be good, right? Unfortunately, this here device looks to be a forthcoming member of Sony’s IPELA family, which fits more in the boardroom than the living room, generally speaking. Nevertheless, the PCS-RF1 […]