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Tech NewsWhat the heck are we talking about?
We try to keep the useless jargon to a minimum here at Gizmodo, but there’s a certain amount of technical terms that are just unavoidable. This is a gadgets weblog we’re talking about. But if you’re puzzled by the sea of acronyms and terms we throw out every time we blog about a new handheld, … Continued
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DVD players in hotel rooms
Lots of hotel rooms come with VCRs these days, but has anyone stayed in one with a DVD player? UPDATE: Several readers have written in to say that, yes, they have stayed in hotels offering DVD players in their rooms, including the Meridian and 60 Thompson here in New York City, Porches in Massachusetts, the … Continued
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Dan Gillmor predicts a PDA from Apple in 2003
Dan Gillmor, of the San Jose Mercury News, among his other prognostications for 2003, is predicting that Apple will introduce a PDA this year. There’s been speculation about this for past year or so, but remember that Steve Jobs has publically proclaimed his dislike for handhelds (he killed off the Newton soon after returning to … Continued
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TiVo vs. the City of New York
Finally, an article suitable for blogging by both Gizmodo and our New York-obsessed sibling blog, Gawker! Simon Dumenco fears that TiVo and digital cable are turning New Yorkers into a city of VH1 Classic obsessed loners. It’s about time! Have you seen how good VH1 Classic is? In just one hour I once saw videos … Continued
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Toshiba’s Tablet PC selling better than expected
Despite everyone predicting that Tablet PCs would face a lukewarm reception at best, at least one manufacturer, Toshiba, is actually seeing better-than-expected demand. They’ve just announced that they’re going to increase production for the Portege 3500 Series Tablet PC by 35 percent. Apparently they sold out their first month’s supply in just two weeks. Maybe … Continued
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Down on SmartDisplay
The Circuits section of the New York Times is usually chock-full of great gadgets news, and this week’s edition is no exception. David Pogue plays with Microsoft’s SmartDisplay, those portable, wireless monitors that are like dumbed down Tablet PCs, and discovers its many, considerable shortcomings. How long until Microsoft put this ill-fated venture out of … Continued
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TiVo hack: add a 30-second skip button
This TiVo hack that lets you turn one of the buttons on the remote into a 30-second skip button has been floating around for years, but BoingBoing just pointed to a new link describing how to do it, so it seems worth mentioning for those users out there who weren’t aware of it already. TiVo … Continued
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Portable Internet receiver
A new “portable Internet receiver” from PDT that is basically a stereo that wirelessly connects to a PC via a transmitter plugged into a USB port. The GlobalTuner InTune-200 has a range of about 300 feet, and an be used to listen to MP3s, Internet radio, CDs, and regular broadcast radio. Read
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Not a PDA, not yet a laptop
The space between laptops and handhelds has become something of a no-man’s land for the computing industry, with relatively few products out that there don’t fall squarely into one category or the other. Samsung has a new handheld computer from Samsung called the NEXiO S160 that’s larger and more powerful than a Pocket PC, but … Continued
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