Archive for: August 31, 2007

Filed under: Features, Home Entertainment
It’s not like it’s too big of a deal, but we happened by this new Blu-ray player from Sony while we were on our mass-wanderings amongst the gadgetry at IFA, and we thought we’d share a few images. Really nothing to write domestic about, though it does have a…

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Filed under: CellphonesThe two big teams claiming iPhone software SIM unlock solutions (iPhoneSIMfree and UniquePhones) have been a bit mum of late, but while iPhoneSIMfree’s hack is supposedly due by tomorrow, you just might have a free (as in beer) alternative — whether you’re the type to believe…

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Filed under: Digital Cameras, Features
Ever wanted a full, 1080p camcorder that looked just like the Super-8 your dad used to shoot sun-soaked domestic movies with back in the 1970s? Well, you’re in luck, considering Sanyo seems to be sharing your nostalgic vibes that year, particularly in the case …

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Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
We already had word that the Archos 605 WiFi would be released tomorrow, but it looks like the company couldn’t wait — the 605 and and 405 just arised for sale on the Archos website. Pricing is right in line with what we told you earlier: the 160GB 605 is…

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Filed under: FeaturesKnow Your Rights is Engadget’s new technology law series, written by our own totally punk copyright attorney Nilay Patel. In it we’ll try to reply some fundamental tech-law questions to help you stay out of trouble in that courageous new world. Disclaimer: Although that post was…

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Filed under: GPS
GPS without hands-free calling is hardly worth its weight in silicon these days, and Sony is getting in on the game in Europe with its new nav-u personal navigation devices. The 4.8-inch NV-U93T (pictured) and NV-U83 in specific are getting the new Bluetooth functionality. The U93T …

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Gadgets

YouTube may be where the action is, but it's not where the money is for content creators. If you're looking for a method to make some money from your original audio, video, or photos, you might consider signing up at VuMe. VuMe isn't the first service that pays you as your uploaded content gets more and more popular, but it has a lot going for it.

Signing up for VuMe is free and simple. You'll have to provide enough information so you can be paid when your video hits it big. Aside from that, the signup process takes only a few moments, and after your account is confirmed, you can start uploading videos to the site. In order to generate revenue, VuMe places ads around your uploaded media. As your content gets more popular and the ads collect views and clicks, you get a percentage of the money that VuMe gets from their advertisers.

How much money VuMe makes for you is determined by the the popularity of the content in some cases, and how much money is generated by ad clicks in others. Either way, VuMe guarantees that you'll make $3 for every 1,000 hits on the videos, photos, and audio clips that you upload. Each month, the amount of money you've earned is totaled, and if you've made over $25, VuMe will send your earnings to your Paypal account.

VuMe sets itself apart from other video-sharing services by allowing you to retain ownership of your content after it's been uploaded to the site. Some other services claim that when the ...

Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentWe first stumbled upon a prototype of the DirecTV D-HR20P DVR at Electronic House Expo final year, but haven’t heard anything about it since next. Now with CEDIA coming up, a promo image of what could be the next evolution in that design has been leaked, the HR21…

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The front page of VidSea is simple: It's a clean, white background with the search engine's logo centered on the page and a search box right underneath it. Sound familiar? If you type a search term into VidSea you'll get a page of video results that match the term that you typed in. It's fast and simple, and the search results look relevant. But is there a need for a video search engine, when most people go straight to the videos they want to see or just search for them individually at their favorite video sites?

The video search results that VidSea returns are aggregated from a number of video-sharing sites such as YouTube and Yahoo! Video. My search for "funny cats" turned up over 6,600 results from five different sources. VidSea's search functionality seems to work fabulously, and clicking on a video search result will take you to the site that hosts the video. The service also has a "safe search" filter, so you won't see results that might be inappropriate for children. Unfortunately, that's where VidSea's strengths end.

Each search result has a pair of buttons: one to play the video (which does the same thing as clicking on it) and the second to e-mail the video straight from VidSea. This feature isn't working yet. Neither is VidSea's "advanced search," which is a pretty glaring problem. The service is still in beta, and there's plenty of work left to be done, but knowing that Web 2.0 companies often use "beta" as a waiver to roll out incomplete products, the missing features are ...

It was only a matter of moment until Blu-ray hit the domestic theater in a box systems. Sony is taking their HT-SF2000 HTIB, adding the BDP-S300, and throwing in the BD Spider-Man trilogy for kicks. The system is built for HDMI, as the receiver has three inputs and one out, so besides speake…

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HDTV, Home Entertainment

Samsung announced a few new items at IFA nowadays, but one of the increasingly interesting finds in its treasure trove of mysterious electronic goodness were two LCD displays equipped with built-in 2.0-megapixel webcams, 1680 x 1050 resolution, 10/100 ethernet ports, and four or two powered USB …

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What a refreshing change of pace! AT&T actually beat its estimate of “early September” for its variant of the Motorola RAZR 2, the V9 — albeit in a rather weird shade, “mahogany” (where we come from, that’s called purple, but whatevs). Though it’s not showing up on AT&T’s online store j…

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Cellphones, Gadgets