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Eyes-on with LG's NB41 Blu-ray NAS {Engadget}
Aug 27th 2008 8:23PM My HP MediaSmart WHS has 4 1TB drives in it ... and that thing is barely bigger than the drives it contains. That LG thing looks like a brute!
Mercedes-Benz aiming to ditch petroleum by 2015? {Engadget}
Jun 29th 2008 12:43AM It won't matter what you drive - you won't be able to afford to put gas in it in 2015.
Looked at another way, if you don't have some kind of fuel cell technology, you won't be in business. And if all the cars cost $50,000 then thats what you will pay if you want to drive. Don't have $50,000? You'll be riding the bus to work, I guess.
There's a reason Europe and Japan have really good public transport. It already costs 3x more to fill up over there.
Nintendo says its "working on a solution" to Wii storage issue {Engadget}
Jun 18th 2008 2:06PM I'd settle for being able to make my SD card be the place games are saved. The 360 lets me pick which storage device I use for saves - why doesn't the Wii?
They say the SD slot is for backing up, but you have to copy each game to it one by one and it takes ages - its ridiculous.
At least if the saves were on the SD, that would let them use the freed up internal storage for games (though I realize games are much bigger than saves)
Nintendo says its "working on a solution" to Wii storage issue {Engadget}
Jun 18th 2008 1:59PM 480P wouldn't be so bad if their graphics chip was doing anti-aliasing. Its the jaggies that make it look so crappy. Anti-aliasing has been done in hardware for years - its crazy that Wii can't/doesn't do it.
How would you change Wii Fit? {Engadget}
Jun 13th 2008 7:44PM This is totally my #1 complaint with it.
It would be awesome if you set your goal, then an actual training program is put together to get you there. It would also be nice if you could identify problem areas - legs, abs etc. so the program targeted those.
A real personal trainer keeps on you to make sure you are actually working, and will mix up the exercises to keep it interesting - you feel like you reach your goal together.
For all that Wii is more engaging, I wish the trainer took your through your entire workout. "Let's go for a run", "now lets do some torso twists ..." etc.
Genepax shows off water-powered fuel cell vehicle {Engadget}
Jun 13th 2008 4:14PM They're saying this one will run on seawater (though they don't say how), which will come in handy when the oceans rise and you have waves breaking on your garage door. Fill 'er up!
Genepax shows off water-powered fuel cell vehicle {Engadget}
Jun 13th 2008 3:26PM I found it interesting that would run on different kinds of water (tap, river, sea), "even tea" ... While I can see a chemical reaction separating the water, what happens to the residue from using an impure water source?
20 years from now the former oil companies will have gone from selling us products that de-gunk your gasoline engine to products that remove plankton and algae slime from your fuel cell!
That's progress for you!
Genepax shows off water-powered fuel cell vehicle {Engadget}
Jun 13th 2008 3:20PM They took the REVA plug-in electric car and added the fuel cell to it.
The fuel cell itself is likely based on a reaction between aluminum powder and the water. There is talk of using nano-technology surfaces to perform the conversion, but those are a way out
For example:
http://www.maxell.co.jp/jpn/news/2006/news060424.html
(Translation here:)
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maxell.co.jp%2Fjpn%2Fnews%2F2006%2Fnews060424.html&sl=ja&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
So, are you gonna get an iPhone 3G? {Engadget}
Jun 9th 2008 7:23PM My jailbroken 1.0 phone is working just fine. OK, so surfing is a bit slow, and the geo-location thing is hokey at best ... but I can already download a bunch of apps for free for it ... and develop my own without having to be vetted by Apple.
I will probably upgrade the firmware to 2.0, but not before a tried and test means to jailbreak it is out there. I think pwnage already does the bizniz but I'll wait until the final release to be sure.
Verizon whines to FCC: make it easier for us to gain market share {Engadget}
Mar 26th 2008 1:09PM While they're at it, perhaps the FCC could make it illegal for Verizon to charge me $175 to end my cell phone contract ...
