Apartment Therapy: NEWS

How Picky Should You Be About LCD Tech Specs?

When you're shopping for a new LCD screen for the media room, you'll have numbers flying at you left and right. If you're the average consumer and have no idea what a pixel response time is, you'll pr...

Incredible Starry Sony VAIO Nebula FW Laptop
Product Update

When we first saw this "limited" edition Sony VAIO laptop, we were a bit dumbfounded. The back is simply gorgeous to look at since it blends fashion and astronomy quite well. This product update make...

The Return of the DVR

Well, to be honest, it's not like it went anywhere to begin with. It's just network programming companies are finally starting to get the idea that people actually enjoy TV more when it's working arou...

$30 to Watch Cable via iTunes?

As a household with an Apple TV and that also recently cut cable to save money each month, we're really intrigued with all this talk about a monthly subscription service that would deliver TV programs...

Verizon Unveils the Droid Phone by Motorola

After weeks of those iDon't commercials, Verizon finally released details of the Droid phone yesterday, launching a flurry of press on the possibility that this mobile convergence device could finally...

Belkin Recall on 68,700 Surgemasters

Recalls are never a pretty thing, but luckily this one is optional. Well, optional in a sense it won't spontaneously combust and take the whole house down with you, but the reason for the recall is be...

Take Care When Flying With Gadgets

Flying restrictions have made taking trips away from home safer than ever (even if a little more frustrating). But the New York Times is reporting that there's still one last unrestricted flight fire ...

Xbox Live Getting Streaming Sky TV More Coming Soon?

With Netflix coming to a PS3 near you, we were left wondering what would happen to the Xbox 360. Most Xbox 360 owners are already using their consoles to stream media from their computers, but how abo...

2010 Olympic Gold Made Out of Old Circuit Boards
From Metal to Medal

Vancouver won its bid to host the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and they're rolling out all the punches. It's Ottawa Mint facility has already produced all 615 gold, silver and bronze medals for the Wint...

Netflix Coming for PS3 in November

This is pretty great news for us PS3/Blu-ray holdouts, as we've yet to jump onto the bandwagon of either technology/media serving device due to too many limitations of each device by themselves. But w...

The Best Mac News and Reviews from Fall 2009

In case you didn't notice, the aesthetite-favorite Apple company announced a few new products this week. They've updated the MacBook, iMac and Mac Mini and released the laptop-pad inspired multi-touch...

Sonos Releases Lower Priced Home Streaming Unit

Despite being a young company, Sonos has built a following for being a premier solution for wirelessly streaming music from your PC to all of the rooms in your house. But they've always been pricey li...

JVCs 31mm Thin Home Theater System Available November

We really enjoy when manufacturers try different ideas. JVC is trying an ultra-thin home theater system that mounts on your wall. This system even includes flat, wall-mounted speakers. ...

The High-Tech Ritz-Carlton Vue Lounge

Home design has been taking cues from hotel design for years. But only recently have we seen technology incorporated into the mix.... ...

Sony Shows Off Flexible and Ultra Thin OLED Displays

Japan's CEATEC is really a great place to find some up and coming home tech. It's really cool to see what is going to be possible, especially with OLED displays. ...

Decorati: Your Personal Decorator

We all have our lists of websites that we read on a daily basis; mostly for inspiration. We're always looking for new ideas to incorporate in our own home. Sometimes you find a perfect picture and...

Rejoice! True Wireless Power is Here

Ready for some news that'll really blow your mind? Sony's pretty much done what many of us at Unplggd have been dreaming about all these years; the ability to charge and power your electronics through...

An Environmentally Friendly Update to Acoustical Insulation

When it comes to acoustic-friendly insulation, sound quality tends to overpower eco-friendliness. In the last year or so though, companies have been coming out with alternatives to formaldehyde and p...

Product Re(al)view: Blackberry Desktop Manager for Mac

If you've owned a Blackberry and a Mac you know that the relationship between the two devices is tense, hairy, and oftentimes nonexistent. With that kind of dysfunction it's a surprise if your mobile...

TiVo for Blackberry: Set Recordings From Anywhere!

TiVo is great! Being able to control television shows to play when you want them is a 21st-century luxury we couldn't do without. But, as with most things, it could always use some improvement......

Apple Tablet to Reshape eBook Market?

As rumors about the upcoming Apple Tablet are swirling around, it's hard to tell what is true and what's not. Ultimately, we know that it's coming and that it will change tablets from being a niche pr...

Why You Can't Even Give Away Tube TVs Anymore

The Washington Post has a great write-up outlining the fall of the tube television set and the difficulties upgraders are now facing as they try and replace their old sets with new digital ones. Appar...

Panasonic's Robotic Bed; What Bloggers Dream Of

So we like to work from bed a lot. Like, a lot a lot. With posturepedic bed, a laptop, and a kitten who likes to sleep on our chest it's kind of impossible not to. Maybe that's why the Robotic Bed fr...

Zhu Zhu Hamsters on Kids and Hackers Wish Lists this Holiday Season?

Have you heard of the Zhu Zhu Hamster yet? It's supposed to be the Furby/Tickle-Me-Elmo/Tamagotchi of this holiday season and according to some reports it's already sold out and sellers are jacking u...

Michael Jackson's Technological Feat from the Grave
Try it at Home!

In Michael Jackson's 50 years on the planet, he reinvented dance, song, and the art of collecting arcade games, but even now, after his death, he's still reinventing. Kraken Opus publishers have rece...

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