In a spot of good fortune, Wired Magazine, that purveyor of technology-logy, received their brand-new N95 phone from Nokia a few days ago. They  proceeded to open the package and run their grubby paws all over the superphone. The result is a whole bunch of new photos (18) of the now-unclean N95, but no net-new useful [...]

Panasonic’s HDC-SD1 high-definition camcorder was announced back in November 2006, and is just now becoming available. The SD1 records onto SD cards - the included 4GB card holds about 1 hour of 1080i video. The camcorder also employs a 3CCD imaging system, which is supposed to result in better detail and more accurate colors, as compared to [...]

In a dubious matchup, computer maker HP “actions speak louder than words” seems to have teamed up with “dynamic luxury” car maker Maybach to develop the HP ns42 Maybach notebook computer.
$4000 buys you a few Maybach decals, 64 GB SSD, Windows XP, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, all done up in what looks like alligator skin.
Announced on April 1st. 
Gourmet [...]

A new poll of sci-fi movie buffs reveals yet another list of top 10 best science fiction movies…
1. Serenity (2005)

2. Star Wars (1977)
3. Blade Runner (1982)
4. Planet of the Apes (1968)
5. The Matrix (1999)
6. Alien (1979)
7. Forbidden Planet (1956)
8. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
9. The Terminator (1984)
10. Back to the Future (1985)
…only a 60% overlap [...]

In a new service announcement, Google describes their new  free in-home wireless broadband service, called Google TiSP.
Simply flush one end of the fiber optic cable down the toilet, and specially trained Google engineers will (eventually) retrieve it and connect it to their global data networking system.
…GadgetManiac engineers have reviewed the Google TiSP product, and suspect [...]

Fabio Sergio opines on the rise of sushi media, which is the video equivalent of the sound-bite - short and customized for quick consumption.
It’s always on, easy to catch the story line - think of your phone as a remote control.
From Collision to Convergence - Fabio Sergio, 2004  

The New York Times describes some of the recent (not-so-recent?) goings-on in Internet radio…
They like the customized services provided by Pandora, Last.fm and Slacker. Pandora uses professional musicologists to evaluate songs according to 400 characteristics and Last.fm uses recommendations from (15 million!) other listeners, all inanimatedly purpose-driven to deliver music that you’re statistically likely to like.
And [...]

Mike Elgan describes some web-based techniques that he uses to manage himself…
Set up to-do lists via RememberTheMilk, email future reminders to yourself at FutureMe.org or Gubb.net. Get flight info sent to yourself via FlightStats.com and traffic alerts from Traffic.com.
…sez he’s got it tuned so that he doesn’t have to remember anything.  
Manage Your Personal Data Flow - IT Management, [...]