Archive for February 16th, 2008

Chumby gets big firmware update, general public now invited to buy

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Following a so-called "insider's release" last year that targeted early adopters with beta software running on final-spec hardware, Chumby has finally completed and rolled out a somewhat massive firmware update for the plush lil' buggers that adds significant functionality -- significant enough, in fact, that they're now ...

Lenovo’s X300 gets splayed in detail

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Filed under: Laptops Sure, you probably caught a brief glimpse of the X300's innards earlier this morning, but the photos waiting for you in the read link below are what we nerds really crave. Some lucky cat in Los Angeles managed to wrap his paws around Lenovo's forthcoming machine, and rather ...

Movie Gadget Friday: Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Filed under: Features, Misc. GadgetsAriel Waldman contributes Movie Gadget Friday, where she highlights the lovable and lame gadgets from the world of cinema.Last time on Movie Gadget Friday, we entered the 8th dimension with The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, but this week, we're setting the dial back to the 1978 ...

GeForce 8 GPUs to acquire PhysX support via software download

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Filed under: Gaming Good news for folks with a GeForce 8 GPU and lots of questions about how the recent Ageia acquisition would affect them: your current card will be receiving PhysX support. When NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang was questioned in a recent conference call, he noted that the firm was ...

Insignia photo frame virus much nastier than originally thought

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Filed under: Displays digg_url = 'http://digg.com/security/Insignia_photo_frame_virus_much_nastier_than_first_thought'; Ugh, we were already sick of digital photo frames -- and now it looks those now-discontinued virus-ridden Insignia units from Best Buy and several other models produced in China were carrying a much nastier trojan that we'd originally heard. According to an analyst form ...