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Logitech Racing Wheel Will Thrill Armchair Andrettis

Nothing matches the raw badassery of drifting a sports car with a six-digit sticker price through a white-knuckled hairpin turn. But, here's the reality: Unless you have an enormous bankroll and a good lawyer, that's probably not a great idea. This is ...

From TERRENCE RUSSELL, Wired,  24 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Logitech,  WIRED Magazine

Rattle Your Bones With Single-Speaker Surround Sound

Single-speaker surround sound isn't magic; it's just a clever dose of digital processing. Previously, you paid dearly for this sleight of hand, but these days you can get a bone-rattling system for way less than a grand. Polk's "Instant Home Theater" ...

From TERRENCE RUSSELL, Wired,  21 Sep 2009
Related Topics: WIRED Magazine

Olympus Audio Recorder Is a Sonic Sponge

We envy modern college students. Years of scrawling notes left many Wired staffers with carpal tunnel, but today's astute academics have high-definition digital audio recorders like the Olympus LS-11 to take notes for them. Like its predecessor the LS- ...

From TERRENCE RUSSELL, Wired,  3 Sep 2009
Related Topics: WIRED Magazine

Sony Walkman X: Superior Hardware, Crappier Software Than iPod

College is the perfect time to experiment with strange new things. Why not start with a portable media player that isn't made by Apple? On the surface, the most unsexily monikered NWZ-X1051 is everything we'd expect from Sony's next-gen Walkman. It ...

From TERRENCE RUSSELL, Wired,  19 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Sony,  Lit (musician),  WIRED Magazine

Sony's 8-MP Cam Phone Acts Like a Big Shot

Say you're in the R&D labs at Sony Ericsson and you want your latest handset to stick out amid an ocean of fierce Darwinian competition. You have three possible routes: B.) Slap a touchscreen on the device and dub it an "iPhone killer." C.) Cram in a ...

From TERRENCE RUSSELL, Wired,  20 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Sony,  Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc,  Flickr,  WIRED Magazine

Streamlined Sony Ericsson Phone Is Smooth Operator

The recipe for cooking up a sweet multimedia phone? Take one part phone, mix two parts MP3 player, throw in some cool backlit buttons to impress the kids. Blend until creamy. Sony Ericsson appears to have whipped up a crowd pleaser with the w995a. It ...

From TERRENCE RUSSELL, Wired,  25 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Sony,  WIRED Magazine

GPS Device + Web Access = Never Get Lost Again

Web access is popping up in everything. If you make a product and don't offer access to the intertubes, you might as well toss it in a black hole and let it get crushed into a state of infinite mass and density. GPS makers have bought into this mindset ...

From TERRENCE RUSSELL, Wired,  18 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  WIRED Magazine

High-Def DVR: We Don't Need No Stinking Subscription Fees

Hefty entry fee. Online video chops aren't quite up to snuff. No dedicated Guide button on the remote?! Unnecessarily complicated menus. Lackluster search functions for both cable and locally stored content. Programming schedules are displayed in a ...

From TERRENCE RUSSELL, Wired,  19 May 2009
Related Topics: TiVo Inc.,  Flickr,  Netflix

How to Make a Business Card Disappear

The economy may do this for you, of course, but it's more impressive to do it yourself as a magic trick. Between gigs at casinos and on late-night TV, magician Chipper Lowell spilled the secret to one of the oldest sleights of hand. This article is a ...

From TERRENCE RUSSELL, Wired,  30 Apr 2009

Little Black Box Streams HD Content Like a Flash Flood

Practically every device in my house (save for the counter-top fryer) doubles as a media streamer, blasting movies, music or even photos from one side of the house to some screen on the other. The SageTV HD Theater is different, though: It's smaller, ...

From TERRENCE RUSSELL, Wired,  24 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Netflix,  WIRED Magazine

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