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Back before Vista was even released, we were confused as to what the “Vista Ready” or “Vista Capable” stickers on certain displays were all about. As it turns out, even MS execs are hard strung to come up with an explanation. A current lawsuit against the company focuses on the “Vista Capable” branding as being confusing to PC buyers, and ...

Munich, Germany really wants to be the chosen spot for the 2018 Olympics. This “Private Space Suit” was shown at one of their “Germany is #1” shows in which they try to convince the world that Germany is the place for them. Powered by solar panels, the Private Space Suit glows with 12 solar-powered LED lights for a nice eco-friendly ...

Talking about consumption and conservation is great and all, but how many people actually know how much energy they use? We have those meters connected to our homes, but no one but people who work for the power company knows how to read them. Power Consciousness is a device made to explain how much energy we use, without having to ...

Rich kids get all the luck. Not only are these kids the offspring of Posh Spice and that damn Beckham guy, but they get extravagant gifts as well. Victoria Beckham is buying the kids a $50,000 tree house! I mean, what the fuck? My entire house is barely worth that. The 9ft Treetent from Neiman Marcus is said to be ...

If they were to recast the original Star Wars for an adaptation with today’s stars, who would be cast? For Princess Leia, my money would be on someone a little less stunningly beautiful then Angelina Jolie. I mean, Carrie Fisher was hot, but not Angelina hot. This rendition of a Princess Leia action figure stars Angelina in the lead female ...

When you watch Star Wars, take a good look at some of the buildings in the classic movie. They still look pretty futuristic, right? Here’s some added proof that the future is now. Designer Jason Mellard delved into the works of George Lucas to conceive the Facility At Sea. The facilities will literally dive into the water, sliding down their ...

Activision has announced three new standalone wireless guitars for Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock. The controllers will be available for every console that the game will be on, and will include a sexy new all-black Gibson Les Paul model. These controllers might look sexy, but don’t think you’ll be able to pick one up and be the next Clapton ...

Ahh, robotics. The feeling of being in complete control. This Beatmix Bumblebee Transformer is even willing to dance and sing for you, despite the humiliation it might cause. Beatmix “speaks” music while dancing to every rhythm. The awesome thing about Beatmix, which you won’t get from any other dancing device, is its ability to sample back your tunes with cool ...

Sony has developed a CMOS camera to be integrated into the Nissan “around view monitor”, which displays an overhead view of a vehicle with four cameras video system. The 23.4 � 23.4 � 21.7mm camera will offer 1.3 MP, 30 frame rate per second, with a 186.2� view in a horizontal direction and 147� in a vertical direction. We guess ...

Instead of worrying about buying an assortment of custom lenses for your video camera, why not just add your own SLR lenses on to the one you already own. The problem with adding multiple lenses is that your display winds up upside down because of all of the mirrored images. Joshua Reich fixes this problem with a few harmless tweaks ...