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Review: JBL Reference 610 Wireless iPod Headphones

Since the beginning of time, man has sought to cut the cable that attaches his iPod to his headphones. Primitive man used stone axes and crude cutting tools to smash the cables, but this often had undesirable side effects. Luckily, today we have Bluetooth, the “stone ax” of the modern age. JBL has incorporated this modern marvel into their latest set of reference headphones... Read More

Anyone want a Wii?

THANK YOU, WE HAVE A WINNER. THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. We happen to have an extra brand new, unopened Nintendo Wii lying around here at the lab, and in a very atypical and un-Scroogelike move, we’ve decided to give it away to one lucky reader. Yes, we considered calling it “Wii wish you a merry Christmas”, but thought it best to go a more non-secular route... Read More

And now we know why the iPhone didn’t ship with GPS…

…because it’s frickin’ HUGE! How fat is it? This GPS is so fat, when it sits around the iPhone, it sits AROUND the iPhone! This GPS is so fat, it had to get baptized at Sea World. This GPS is so fat, it sat on a Nintendo GameCube and it turned into a gameboy. This GPS is so fat, if you tell it to haul ass, it’s gotta make two trips. Read More  Read More

“Oh buddons!”: The $100 iPod touch has arrived!

Does someone on your holiday list want an iPod touch, but they just don’t rate high enough to warrant spending $399 on them? Well, “Apple-photocopier” Optimus has your answer. Their new (originally named) Optimus Touch sports pretty much every feature of Apple’s iPod touch and then some, including direct rips of most of its icons and user interface, all rolled... Read More