Archive for June 5th, 2007

Reddy the “emotional” humanoid robot

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

Filed under: Robots As we all know, the human-robot divide can be a tough one to bridge (what with them secretly plotting to destroy us and all) -- but there's a new robot out there that's willing to tackle the problem, and he's ready to lend a hand to anyone doing ...

Engadget Chinese does Computex Taipei 2007

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

Filed under: Features, Misc. Gadgets While we're busy sipping iced girly drinks in the shade Stateside, considering which laptop-lite du jour most deserves a spot in our gadget bag, our Engadget Chinese counterparts are sweating it up in Taipei, blowing out the coverage on Computex Taipei (like always). Head on over ...

World-crushing Xbox news turns out to be new Pac-Man mazes — game on

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

Filed under: Gaming Just a quick check-in on that supposedly Earth-shattering Xbox news that was due today: turns out that Bandai and Pac-Man designer Toru Iwatani debuted Pac-Man Championship Edition for Xbox Live Marketplace in New York, with new game types and an undisclosed number of new mazes -- the first ...

CompUSA sells an empty Canon A630 box for $269, won’t issue refund

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

Filed under: Digital Cameras CompUSA has been trying to turn itself around for a while now -- it closed a ton of stores earlier this year and has generally been pretty aggressive in trying to cut costs. No matter how bad things get, though, sometimes a company's gotta bite the bullet ...

Sony shows off range of enviro-friendly “odo” gear

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

Filed under: Digital Cameras, Misc. Gadgets Sony's showing off a whole range of new environmentally-friendly gear in Japan at the moment, all of which can be used without ever having to be plugged in for a recharge. One of the more interesting devices of the lot is the Spin N' Snap ...