Dec
15th

AuraPlug releases Fuzz-Stone Distortion

Author: Jo | Files under Electronic Music

15th December 2008: AuraPlug has announced the release of Fuzz-Stone, the second plug-in in AuraPlug’s Freetortion Series of free VST plug-ins for Windows. Fuzz-Stone is a ’60s-styled guitar fuzz tone pedal which simulat…

    


Dec
14th

Philips underwhelms with lackluster iPod / iPhone accessory line

Author: Jo | Files under Engadget

Is it any wonder Philips is opting out of making a stop at CES this year? If it showed up with this line, it’d literally be laughed right out of Vegas. The outfit’s dedicated “showing” in San Francisco this past week consisted of two Streamium Network Music Players (NP2500 and NP2900) that we were already [...]


Dec
13th

Kogan’s Agora gets tweaked ahead of release — in Photoshop, anyway

Author: Jo | Files under Engadget

You’re bound to face a few hiccups when you’re a no-name brand trying to source an Android handset from a no-name ODM buried deep inside a Shenzen industrial park, and it seems Kogan’s going through those growing pains right about now. The Australian company still says the Agora and Agora Pro will ship before the [...]


Dec
12th

Details on Azeroth-traversing treadmill revealed

Author: Jo | Files under Engadget

Well, it looks like those keen to attempt their own real life trek across Azeroth (or the virtual world of their choice) now have a fairly straightforward course of action to follow, as the originators of the MMO-connected treadmill have just posted some detailed plans for the rig on the ever-useful Instructables website. In case [...]


Dec
12th

MEMS gyroscopes rumored to hit array of phones in 2009

Author: Jo | Files under Engadget

Details on this one are freakishly scarce, but DigiTimes has it that a number of recognizable handset makers are looking to incorporate MEMS gyroscopes into their 2009 smartphones. It’s anticipated that such devices would be used to sense motion in one form or another, with brands like Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and Apple [...]


Dec
12th

AURA in stock at Motorola store, still fiercely expensive

Author: Jo | Files under Engadget

So the moment you and your second mortgage have been dreaming about is here — though sadly, the price cut you might have wished for is not. For all those clamoring for the $2,000 AURA, Moto’s store has it listed as in-stock and we’ve a sneaking suspicion that unlike the BlackBerry Storm, these aren’t going [...]


Dec
12th

Nintendo faces class-action lawsuit, hotter-than-ever sales for Wii

Author: Jo | Files under Engadget

Nintendo’s fended off class-action lawsuits over “defective” Wiimote straps in the past, and if you remember, they also replaced about 3.2 million of the straps (a/k/a “all of them”) around the same time too — way back in December of 2006. Well, the same lawyer’s back for round two with a new, nearly identical suit, [...]


Dec
12th

Digging for treasure at the New York Public Library

Author: Jo | Files under Apple

Watch the Treasure of The New York Pubic Library to sense the breadth of materials that New Yorkers can enjoy by visiting their Public Library. The videos available on iTunes U introduce you to the library’s Art Deco collection, offer a glimpse of The Katharine Hepburn Papers, and let you sample some of the delights [...]


Dec
12th

Clevo’s 18.4-inch M98xNU gaming laptop packs a lot of junk in its trunk

Author: Jo | Files under Engadget

You’d think with an 18.4-inch panel, the engineers at Clevo could figure out a way to stretch the components within the case into a more horizontal orientation. Instead, this beast is as thick as ever (at least, it sure looks that way), but we suppose you need a good bit of breathing room when tucking [...]


Dec
12th

$249 CherryPal cloud PC taken for a listless spin

Author: Jo | Files under Engadget

Well what do you know, a real live CherryPal has finally made it into the wilds. TGDaily has the honors of having a first look at the $249 cloud computer. While impressed by the small size and fanless design, the build quality was “flimsy” making the device feel very much like pre-production product. The Xubuntu-based [...]