Verizon Wireless offers lower song download fees
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless, the No. 2 U.S. mobile service provider, said on Monday it was offering wireless music customers to pay a low fee for the time it takes to download each song instead of a flat monthly charge, in the hope of improving its music sales.
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Princeton PCK-UAV Audio/Video UHF Transmitter for iPod
We can't imagine this working very well, but Princeton Japan will soon be shipping its PCK-UAV video transmitter, letting you plug in any device with audio and composite video outputs using an RCA jack, whose signal is then transmitted to any TV receiver tuned to the UHF band. Targeted at iPods, it's designed to eliminate...
Saitek Notebook Optical Mouse: Purdy Colors, 800dpi Precision
The Saitek Notebook Optical Mouse borrows a styling cue or two from Apple's single-button clear mouse from a couple of generations ago, but now it's updated with an 800dpi optical sensor, a rubberized scroll wheel, and of course, more than one button. Saitek has some pretty stylish-looking peripherals, and this one is no exception. Made...
Categories: Misc Tags: Gadget, Gadgets, Headphones
U-Boat Worx Personal Subs
Does this look like fun, or what? Submarines are capturing the attention of the hyper-rich, and now Netherlands-based U-boat Worx joins the fun with its single-occupancy CQ1 and the CQ2 for two. These electric boats can dive to 150 feet, and can run 2.5 hours on a charge. You can equip them with extra batteries,...
More Archos 404/604 PMPs Details Emerge: Little Difference Between the Two
We're learning more and more about the upcoming Archos 404 (pictured here) and 604 portable media players as we approach their anticipated release, with the latest news suggesting that the main difference between the two will be screen size: the 404 will feature a 3.5-inch screen with a 320 x 240 pixel resolution while the...
Categories: Misc Tags: Gadget, Gadgets, media players, MP3
Look 313 Media All-in-One Peripheral
This little diddy takes three popular USB peripherals and crams them all into one oddly shaped device. The Look 313 Media includes a very low quality (330k) webcam, microphone, USB-powered speakers and a USB 2.0 hub fit in a package perfect perching on a monitor or desk hutch. It also includes security software for the...
Categories: Misc Tags: Microphone
VoodooPC’s Intel Core 2 Extreme-Based Omen Desktops
VoodooPC has announced the availability of Intel Core 2 Extreme-based high performance desktops. Part of the Omen series, the desktops are among the first to make use of Intel's just-announced Core 2 CPUs. As is always the case, being a member of the early adopter club comes at a hefty price, with base configurations starting...
Apple iPhone Rumors: New Findings in Code Like Gasoline On the Fanboy Fire
The iPhone rumors have always been the juiciest of all the Apples. There are the fake ads, the idea that Apple would buy palm, and of course, the gallery of Fark' d images we posted a few months back. Now, we might have our first taste of something more substantial than the usual fanboy-tasies. A...
Pong Clock: Hands On
Kotaku's own male underwear model, Brian Crecente, was one of the 400 to purchase and own one of those damn pong clocks that we have been ranting about for months. Check out the video of it in action, below. His only complaint: there is no battery powered option. I don't happen to own one,...