Filed under: Displays

var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/tech_news/The_SonyDrive_XEL_1_OLED_TV_1_000_000_1_contrast_starting_December_1st’; It’s here friends, Sony’s Drive teaser is none other than their 3-mm thin, 1,000,000:1 OLED TV, just announced official with a December 1st Japanese retail date. The 11-inch SonyDrive XEL-1 set features a 960 x 540 pixel resolution, terrestrial digital tuner, 2x 1W speaker, and HDMI, USB, and Ethernet jacks in a package measuring 287 x 140 x 253-mm and 2-kg (3.3-pounds). How much? Well, ¥200,000 or about $1,740 — That’s about $160 per inch of OLED. Rich indeed, but so it goes for first generation technology.

[Via Impress]

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Filed under: Displays

It’s here friends, Sony’s Drive teaser is none other than their 3-mm thin, 1,000,000:1 OLED TV, just announced official with a December 1st Japanese retail date. The 11-inch SonyDrive XEL-1 set features a 960 x 540 pixel resolution, terrestrial digital tuner, 2x 1W speaker, and HDMI, USB, and Ethernet jacks in a package measuring 287 x 140 x 253-mm and 2-kg (3.3-pounds). How much? Well, ¥200,000 or about $1,740 — That’s about $160 per inch of OLED. Rich indeed, but so it goes for first generation technology.

[Via Impress]

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Filed under: Cellphones

Ok, time for another unscientific reader poll. Did you upgrade your iPhone to v1.1.1? If so, what happened? Tell us all about it (why you did or didn’t upgrade, what happened if you did, etc.) in comments. Let it all out, we’re here for you.

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Filed under: Gaming

See that Wii or Xbox sitting under your TV? The PSP or DS tucked away in your messenger bag? That copy of Pac-man on your cellphone which cost five bucks and expires next month? Each of them owe a debt of gratitude to the granddaddy of all videogame consoles, the Atari 2600, which ushered in an era of unprecedented television usage, and which turns 30 years old this month. That’s right, the first 2600 units rolled off the assembly line in October of 1977, delighting both children and kids at heart with games like Pitfall and Pole Position, and helping distract the nation after the untimely death of the King, the tragic crash of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s plane, and Pele’s retirement. So here’s to you, dear 2600: Atari may only be a shadow of its former self today, but you’ve lived on in our fond memories, in retro Flashback products, and last but not least, in tricked-out mods from the great Ben Heckendorn.

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Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds

Well if there are still any doubts as to who’s winning the portable console war, let them be dispelled here and now: in the less than three years since it’s been on the market, the Nintendo DS (in both its Lite and Phat flavors) has sold a total of 50 million units, according to the unofficial VG Chartz. Sony’s PSP (released less than one month later in Japan)? Less than half that number. While the PSP will surely get a sales boost now that it too has slimmed down, DS still seems to be the clear choice of the majority of gamers. Next challenge for Mario and friends: hitting 100 million faster than the iPod.

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Resident Diana Shearin said: “I thought, ‘Holy Cocktail — it’s Mel Gibson!

“Within seconds he was the centre of attention, surrounded by gorgeous young women.

“He was laughing and seemed to be having the time of his life.

“He was very congenial actually, but he looked like he had been partying hard — nothing like the suave, smooth-looking dude you see in the movies. His minders weren’t keen on anyone taking pictures.”

Filed under: Cellphones

A lot of people out there aren’t too happy with Apple right now. Some of them express their displeasure with expletive-filled tirades in the comments section of any pertinent blog post they can find. Other, arguably more creative folks use the popular medium of the day to make the object of their frustration appear foolish and hypocritical in an entertaining manner. To witness just such a protest, head over to the video after the break…

[Thanks, Scott]

Continue reading iPhone protest vid uses Apple’s own words to support the “crazy ones”

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NEW YORK (AP) - Here’s something Madonna can really celebrate: a nomination to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Marsha Mason has been growing herbs on an organic farm in northern New Mexico for a decade, juggling the demands of the land with her big-city commitments on stage and screen.

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PHOENIX (AP) - A man who agreed to plead guilty in a plot to extort more than $1 million from Tom Cruise for the actor’s stolen wedding photos was found dead in his home, authorities said.

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Dexter is finally back for season 2 on Showtime at 9p! The show that became the most talked about show is back for more blood and just like a Vampire I needed my blood fix! Dexter (Michael C Hall) is back and did killing his brother change for him? Doakes has made Dexter his number one case, how will that effect Dexter’s killing schedule? Debra is slowly dealing with the fact that her fiancee tried to slice her up and getting back to work. Rita is dealing with her husband being in jail something that will change in the second episode… All this and so much more is coming up in the second season of Dexter! Oh and did I mention that at the end of the first episode they find something of Dexter’s that he was hoping they would never find… That find is going to effect Dexter and the whole second season!
So tune into Dexter tonight at 9p on Showtime! BTW if you never saw the first season of Dexter, no worries there is a great catch up segment on the beginning of the show! And you don’t want to miss this gem!
On another note, if you love the music of Dexter as much as I do you can purchase the soundtrack at the Dexter store on Showtime!!!!

Filed under: Desktops, Media PCs

We know, not everyone sits within touching distance of their HTPC, but tossing a seven-inch touch panel into such a chassis provides excellent bragging rights if nothing else. Thermaltake’s DH 102 HTPC enclosure manages to include just that, along with a piano black mirror coating and aluminum front panel, wireless remote, front-mounted jog dial, USB 2.0 / FireWire ports, built-in Media LAB interface, and space for a number of internal hard drives. Unfortunately, pricing details have yet to be released, but if it ends up a bit too pricey for you, there’s always the DH 101 that forgoes the snazzy (albeit potentially unnecessary) touchscreen and replaces it with a smaller LCD (or none at all).

[Via DarkVision Hardware]

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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Television’s Desperate Housewives star James Denton lent his celebrity to Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards on Saturday as part of an effort to woo young voters.

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Will the Coen brothers ever return to their native Minnesota to film another movie?

Yeah sure, you betcha!

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NEW YORK (AP) - After getting hundreds of pledges to tackle the world’s problems at his philanthropic summit this past week, former President Bill Clinton did what any good host would: He threw a party.

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Filed under: Cellphones, Transportation

They sure do look beautiful flying in formation during their annual migration, but when one of Illinois’s rare Aves Razeruses crashes and burns on a busy Moscow street corner, well, it’s never a pretty sight. Check out another pic of the carnage after the break…

[Via Tech Ticker Blog, thanks chirag]

Continue reading Ginormous RAZR 2 crashes into Mercedes, film at eleven

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HONG KONG (AP) - Rush Hour put Jackie Chan in Hollywood’s major leagues, but the Hong Kong star isn’t a fan of his successful action comedy franchise.

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Canadian actress Lois Maxwell has died. She was 80. The Golden Globe-winning star - famed for her role as Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond movies - died at the Fremantle Hospital, Western Australia, on Saturday evening.

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