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Sony Ups Playstation 3 Firmware To 2.50, PSP To 5.0

Ever since that infamous firmware scare, we've been reluctant to jump the boat on Sony's firmware releases. However, there are always some of those who always has to have the latest and greatest - lik...

News: Isamu Noguchi Designed Monitor Sold for $22,800

$22,800. Wow. That is what this Isamu Noguchi designed baby monitor recently went for at the Wright20 auction house. While Noguchi is better known for now iconic mid century furniture such as his cof...

Heel-Strike Generators Will Harness Pedestrian Power

It's no secret that people worldwide are putting some energy—no pun intended—into finding alternate energy sources. The latest shining example comes from the UK, where plans are underway t...

Décor the Vote: Register to Vote Today!

No matter who your fave candidate is, it's beyond important to vote this November. Time to register in many states is coming to a close, New York's last day is today, so please remember to register i...

Find a Home With Your iPhone

Coldwell Banker has made a smart move on their part by taking the lead in the real estate market by creating a new website tailored specifically for real estate browsing on the iPhone or iPod Touch. T...

Apple Rumors: What's All About The Brick?

Apple is hosting yet another big bash in October similar to the "Let's Rock" event recently that unleashed a whole spectrum of iPod Nanos. Nobody at Apple has let the entire cat out of the bag on what...

Survey: How Do You Plan to Tune into Tonight's Debate

Well, even though John McCain tried to delay the inevitable, tonight's first presidential debate is really happening. While many of you may be heading to your local bar for a debate party or hosting ...

News: The First Cell Phone/Car Key Remote Hybrid is Here

If you're like us, you've got a short, memorized checklist of things you need before you walk out your door. (If you're a good little AT'er, you've got them all up on your landing strip). Ours is car...

News: SanDisk Announces MicroSD Albums

In an attempt to reconnect consumers with in-store music purchasing (the CD album industry is down the tube for everyone but Kid Rock, who refuses to sell his music on iTunes), SanDisk, with the backi...

News: Webble Finally Available!

It has been a while since we first spied this skateboard looking mesh contraption. June 2007 to be exact. While the shoes in the ad got as much attention from our faithful unplggd readers as the Web...

Hello AT: DC & Boston!

After a few months of testing and tweaking, we are proud to announce the launch of our new, separate Boston and DC sites over at Apartment Therapy! Please click on over and say hello to: >> AT:Bos...

News: Bamboo Hard Drive From Simple Tech Goes Main Stream

The hard drive itself is not new, we have featured it before. The news is that it is now available at Best Buy. No more waiting around. Design for the masses? More examples of greenwashing? ...

Recap: Let's Rock, Says Steve Jobs

"The funnest iPod ever." Huh? Much like the MTV VMAs, the hype that surrounded the Apple's Let's Rock keynote was full of wary expectation: it was inevitable that Jobs would unveil the greatest, thin...

News: Eye-Fi SD Card Gets Better

We have talked about the Eye-fi wireless SD card before, and a quick Google search shows that it has quickly caught on with the digital photography crowd. Even better is the fact that the new Niko D9...

News: The Apple Leak to End All Leaks, Jobs is Dead?

We must preface by saying that it's common practice for newspapers and Web sites to have pre-written obituaries for notable people ready on hand, so that when they do kick the bucket, they can fill in...

Xbox and Rock the Vote: Register to Vote From the Couch

"If Xbox Live were a state, it would rank as the country’s seventh largest, giving it approximately 20 electoral votes." Substantial numbers, which is probably why Xbox and Rock the Vote have decide...

News: Wireless Power Getting Closer

Closer, but not quite there yet. It really does seem to be the last thing that needs to be sorted before we can have a home full of gadgets without the mess of wires. Just think of the possibilities t...

The People Behind Your iPhone

Ever wonder who built your phone, computer, digital camera? Well, one guy who recently picked up an iPhone in the UK got a glimpse of one of the factory workers who made his mobile. When he turned it ...

Sony Announces 160GB PS3 Model for America, Coming November

Announced today at Leipzig, the 160GB Playstation 3 will be hitting our shores in just a few months. The new bundled pack will feature last year's awesome Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, a DUALSHOCK 3 con...

News: The Compact Disc Turns 25

Did you know that on August 17 in 1979 the first compact discs were developed as a spin off to Laser Discs? For those of you that have never seen a Laser Disc, let's just say thank goodness, otherwise...

News: Apple R&D Goes up in Flames

You think your MacBook overheats? Firefighters have put out a blaze that burned for more than three hours this morning at Apple Research and Development Headquarters. Lets just hope this doesn't pu...

News: Plane Text Makes us Appreciate Tech

This news story out of Ireland is not really about home technology, but maybe it will inspire a few 'Wow!'s at the office and make you go home and hug your cell phone. It might also make a few people ...

News: IKEA to Sell Solar Panels?

There are plenty of different solutions for installing solar panels for your home energy use. But getting solar panels may be getting easier, cheaper and a lot more Swedish. IKEA plans to pour $77 mil...

Energy Conservation a Key Issue at "Green Games"

The Apartment Therapy family, as a whole, really cares about the environment. We can’t go a day without one or twelve eco-friendly posts. So it’s good to know that Olympians care as much about ene...

Rumor Mill: iPhone Nano Available By Christmas

While most of us still haven't gotten the 2nd gen iPhone, the Daily Mail reports that Apple will come out with an iPhone Nano in time for Christmas. The Nano version of the extremely popular iPhone...