MiniPC’s “VT800″ is as small as desktop PCs get. Measuring only 190×200×75mm, it features an Intel Core Duo/Solo processor, DDR2 memory, TV-out, SATA hard drive, four USB 2.0 ports, and Gigabit Ethernet. It goes on sale later this month in Japan, with prices starting at $630.

[via MiniPC]
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Don’t settle for tinny-sounding iPod dock speakers when you can stream your iPod Nano tunes to your $10,000 home theatre system. The Belkin TuneStage uses Bluetooth 1.2 to transmit wirelessly from the dock to the receiver, which in turn is plugged into your stereo. The wireless transmitter draws power from the Nano, so it doesn’t need any separate batteries.
Since it’s Bluetooth, and Bluetooth 1.2 for that matter, there may be interference problems if you’re using a lot of Wifi or cordless phones in your house, depending on how your network is laid out. The rated time is 6 hours, and there’s a mini-USB port in the transmitter for charging while in use.
Available soon for $179.99. – Jason Chen

Press Release [Belkin]
from gizmodo

While many young ladies can make blue jeans talk by just walking down the street, others may need technological help, and that’s where Uranium Jeans can spell it out right there across their asses. The scrolling LED text, displayed by an embedded flexible micro screen, can be changed via text messaging from a cellphone, or stock messages can be downloaded from the Uranium Jeans web site.A Uranium Jeans store just opened in St. Tropez this week, and there’s a store coming to L.A. late this summer. We’re noticing the stores are opening up in places where there are plenty of people who might want to blow $300 on a pair of pants. Perhaps one of the more popular messages creeping across the derrières of the well-heeled might be “I spent $300 on this pair of jeans.” – Charlie White

Product Page [Uranium Jeans, via Textually]
from gizmodo

Is that picture of Lady Bird Johnson on your desk no longer revving your engine? Maybe a seductive piece of plastic designed to be held in your hand for long periods of time is what just what Dr. Love should prescribe?

Swiss manufacturer Pat Says Now’s Body Computer Mouse is an optical USB mouse in the shape of the fairer sex draped in lingerie. With a 520 dpi resolution, the Body Computer Mouse really doesn’t do anything amazing and won’t improve your fragging, but it will make yours the most popular cubicle in the whole office. The two buttons are strategically located on the lady’s chest, giving a whole new meaning to the phrase “double click.” Don’t get too carried away though, or your boss might demand that you unsex mouse from the crown to the toe.

The Body Computer Mouse can be had for about $37 in the UK. – Nicholas Deleon

Product Page [Pat Says Now via Gadget Candy]
Purchase Page for the UK [Fabstuff.net]
from gizmodo

Zing—the company, not the sound effect—is developing a portable media player that functions mostly off of a Wi-Fi connection. Zing is partnering with Yahoo! and Sirius for their new player. The initial prototype includes 8GB of storage space that can be filled wtih music via a Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or direct connection. Zing is trying to eliminate the need for a computer with portable media players by allowing for album downloads to come directly to the player via the Wi-Fi connection. Also the Zing player will have the ability to stream Sirius satellite music from the Wi-Fi connection—what? The first model of the Zing player should ship later this year with Sirius branding. – Travis Hudson

Coming soon: the Wi-Fi MP3 player [Via I4U]
from gizmodo

 

Looks like the Alpha’s what we thought it’d be after all — and everybody waiting for Sony’s first official DSLR need not wait (much) longer. Really, there’s nothing much in the Alpha A100 we weren’t already speculating based on the previous specs reported on the interwebs, but at least now the details are a little more fleshed out: its 10.2 megapixel sensor is a Super HAD (Hole Accumulated Diode) CCD with Super SteadyShot OIS, anti-dust filters and vibration, and Bionz Image Processor hardware; the camera also features the Minolta A-lens mount (of course, a 2.5-inch anti-reflective display, 3fps burst mode, 600 shot lithium-ion Stamina battery,CF and Memory Stick Pro Duo (via CF adapter), and a sweet feature that initiates autofocus when you look into the viewfinder (so you don’t have to waste time with the half-press). Not bad, but we’re honestly a little worried about the price up in this piece. We’ll keep ya posted.

Update: and the price! $999, “expected to ship on or before July 28th, 2006″ according to the SonyStyle page. Oh, and DP Blog also has some sweet info on the 20 or so lenses announced for this thing as well, better check that out before you make any buying decisions. There you have it ladies and gents, enjoy. Thanks, Steve.

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from Engadget

If you thought Billy Baldwin had a pretty sweet setup in Sliver, but you don’t have the time nor the funds to build your own monitor-filled “observatory,” then a product called the Wireless Camera Hunter may be just the ticket to feeding your voyeuristic jones. Sporting two antennae and a 2.5-inch TFT LCD for maximum peeping enjoyment, the WCH DD9000 is a video Walkman-sized device that scans the airwaves for wireless video transmissions in the 900MHz to 2.52GHz range, and locks in on any usable signals within 500 feet. For $500, it would be nice to get some rechargeable batteries instead of having to use your own AAs with this model, but sometimes you have to sacrifice the little things for the greater good of spying on your friends and neighbors.

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