Archive for April 5th, 2008

Canon PowerShot SD790 IS reviewed, predictably great

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Filed under: Digital Cameras Canon has the art of the compact digicam down to a science by now, and the PowerShot SD790 is no exception, according to PC Magazine. The new shooter nabbed the publication's Editors' Choice award for "superior image quality" that pulled it ahead of the likes of Panasonic's ...

Seiko’s Spring Drive Spacewalk watch for earthbound and spacelings alike

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Filed under: Wearables One of the few dozen active-duty astronauts in the US space program? Inquire within about Seiko's Spring Drive Spacewalk watch, custom-designed for game god and soon-to-be ISS resident Richard Garriott. Not a member of NASA? Who cares, just how many watches do you own that could withstand direct ...

Screen grabs: David Rossi’s top secret RAZR2 gets concealed

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones Screen grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today's movies and TV. Send in your sightings (with screen grab!) to screengrabs at engadget dt com. During the first episode of the new season of Criminal Minds, FBI agent and resident neat-freak David Rossi just couldn't shake ...

Accordion-style USB drive actually solves a problem

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Filed under: Storage We see so much insane USB crap around here that we were pretty apprehensive of a link entitled "Accordion USB drive," but color us magenta if the damn thing doesn't actually look incredibly useful -- instead of an easily-lost cap, the connector simply pops back into the case. ...

Datto Backup NAS brings off-site storage to the little guys

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Filed under: Storage Though it's not the first box we've seen built to take your local backups elsewhere, the Datto Backup NAS drive could certainly fill a gaping security hole at many small / medium-sized businesses that are currently operating without any kind of off-site storage. Said devices come in 100GB ...