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We already have leather boots and snake skin bags, so why not crocodile skin laptops? Sony Japan’s latest addition to their Vaio laptops don’t really have lizard hide, just plastic made to look like its crocodile skin. Red, brown or pink crocodile skin.
According to popgadget, the ¥104,800 (approx. $1,047 USD) limited edition notebooks have…
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April 21st, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: computing design gadgets mobile tech
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Let it be known that I am not the one responsible for that analogy. Battery Geek Inc., makers of said battery pack, are to be commended for such an exquisite and refreshing figure of speech.
So why is the SPPS200 200 Wh Portable Power Station the BMW M6 of battery packs? Because its little brothers,…
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January 8th, 2009
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author: lambert v.
filed under: computing gadgets media players mobile tech technology
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Famicom cartridges, and their NES counterparts, have been turned into a great many things by the DIY community–including the consoles themselves–but this particular mod wins major cool points simply for design. Turns out a Sony point-and-shoot camera is just the right size to fit inside a hollowed out cartridge.
I’m not sure I could bring…
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January 2nd, 2009
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author: alisha k.
filed under: hacks + mods technology video games
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For those of you who can never get enough horsepower in your PC, you might want to check out some of the new Intel Core 2 Quad core CPU machines coming out this year. One such machine is the Sony Vaio R Master desktop PC.
The machine is the new bad boy on Sony’s block,…
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January 25th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: computing
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A little while back, I told you about Sony’s forthcoming round VAIO TP1 home computer. Now Sony has announced an additional wheel shaped component that lets you receive HDTV broadcasts and pipe them into a media center PC.
The Sony DT1 is a stand-alone television tuner that can tune both analog or digital broadcasts, but…
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January 16th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: computing home entertainment video
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The Sony VAIO TP1 reinvents the wheel (literally,) by placing the latest in media center PCs in a case that’s shaped like a wheel. The TP1 features all of the requisite media PC bells and whistles, such as an HDMI port, a DVD burner, memory card slots and built-in Wi-Fi.
The round PC comes loaded…
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January 7th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: computing design
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Lately, Sony’s been having more bad days than good ones, what with flaming batteries, Playstation 3 launch concerns and other financial woes. Well today, we get to report on something coming from Sony that actually looks good.
The Sony VAIO G series of ultra-portable laptops weighs just 1.98 pounds and measures just 10.9″ x 8.5″…
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November 1st, 2006
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author: technabob
filed under: computing mobile tech
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Sony’s latest attempt to combine a flat panel LCD with a PC has resulted in the svelte new VAIO LS1 TV/PC. The new system combines a reasonably powerful computer into the back of a flat-panel 19-inch WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050) LCD display.
The computer features an Intel Core Duo processor, 2GB of RAM and a 250GB Hard…
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August 22nd, 2006
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author: technabob
filed under: computing home entertainment video