Archive for May, 2009

Heypenny – “CopCar” from Paper Beats Rock on Vimeo.

A ready-made punk classic that’ll take its place beside “And Out Come The Wolves” as a touchstone of the genre. The new songs show a lyrical depth perhaps best shown in two tracks that center the album “Civilian Ways” and “The Bravest Kids”. Punk has often seen the world as “us vs. them”, but with [...]

Hulu Desktop is a lean-back viewing experience for your personal computer. It features a sleek new look that’s optimized for use with standard Windows Media Center remote controls or Apple remote controls, allowing you to navigate Hulu’s entire library with just six buttons. For users without remotes, the application is keyboard and mouse-enabled. Hulu Desktop [...]

Get the ultimate multimedia experience with Satio. Feast your eyes on movies, TV-series’ and video clips thanks to the 3.5 inch screen and crystal clear 16:9 widescreen format – just like watching them live. A friend pulling a funny pose? Snap them with the amazing 12.1 megapixel camera and share the picture with friends. Download [...]

This full-size, Apple® ultra-thin USB aluminum keyboard makes your desktop keyboard look like the new MacBook and MacBook Pro unibody notebook keyboards. Using a special printing process to ensure a high quality and long lasting product, each key on the KB Keyboard with Black Keys is black with white lettering for the US keyboard.  The [...]

Cyclists are taking notice of Day 6’s newest product, DreamE.  The bicycle departs from traditional thinking by featuring a frame that enables riders to sit upright; eliminating back, neck, and wrist pain while improving visibility and balance.  Forward pedals and a lower seat allow you to easily reach the ground; providing safer cornering, easier mounting, [...]

Lenovo is pushing the envelope on design to bring consumers ultra-thin, ultra-light and ultra-loaded PC technology. Encased in a sophisticated sleek silver shell, the IdeaPad U350 laptop starts at 3.5 pounds and measures one inch thin[1]. While thin and light to the touch on the outside, Lenovo loaded the PC inside with the latest entertainment [...]

SCRATCH DECK combines two essential elements of the DJ and hip-hop experience – a free-spinning, touch sensitive turntable with a crossfader and 5 Akai Pro MPC-style drum pads. The turntable allows players to add their own style and manipulate the songs in real time, while the MPC-style drum pads give players the opportunity to perform [...]

How many times have you wanted to charge your iPod or iPhone from your computer or some else’s, without the hassle of synchronizing to iTunes, or worse, worrying about accidentally erasing all your music? Introducing the Tune Blocker. With the flip of a switch, Tune Blocker allows you to choose whether you want to simply [...]

14tracks experimenting with bowed strings. Classical and experimental musicians of all persuasions have a long tradition of making use of bows on both conventional and unusual string instruments (as well as a whole variety of non-stringed ones), the delicate vibrations and friction created between the strings and the hairs on the bow allow for intriguing physical [...]