Our curious British fingers managed to stumble upon a European HP Pavilion dv3 blessed with Windows 7 and multitouch on both the screen and the trackpad. The keyboard was great to type on with negligible flex, but the trackpad suffers from the same glossy issues on other recent HPs — although it…

Disappointed that you can’t make it to Scottsdale for the opening of the big Microsoft retail store? Since you’ve given up on real life in lieu of a completely wired existence anyways, perhaps a more meaningful experience would be to mosey over to the company’s online shop and check out all the new PCs …

Now this is kind of amazing. Remember those Intel “rock star” ads — featuring the co-creator of USB, Ajay Bhatt? Of course you do. What you might not know is that the Ajay Bhatt in those commercials is actually an actor. Apparently, Conan O’Brien made this discovery and felt compelled to sit down with the…

Still have a bit more room on that keychain ring next to your DAP , photo frame , Atari controller and, um, keys? Then you might want to keep an eye out for Navin’s new miniHomer GPS compass, which won’t give you actual turn-by-turn directions, but will at least point you towards…

Better ( a year ) late than never, eh Fitbit? This time last year, there was quite a bit of buzz stirred up by a little gadget promising to monitor exercise intensity, distances traveled, sleep patterns, and calorie consumption. This pedometer with a degree and a 3D motion sensor has been incubating a …

MIT’s just unveiled a new prototype of a braille labelmaker / printer, the 6dot. Though not the first, MIT ’s model is apparently more advanced, easier to use, and cheaper than currently available models. Designed with the blind and visually impaired in mind, the labelmaker features an around the neck strap, and six buttons …

We may not yet have nanosensors or high-tech contact lenses to monitor glucose levels, but there are still plenty of gadgets out there to help diabetics, and Bayer has now introduced another first with its new Contour USB glucose meter. While it doesn’t go quite so far as to provide continuous, …

Following in ASUS’ hot sweaty footsteps today comes Yamaha with a pair of Skype-certified USB speakerphones. The PSG-01S ‘SoundGadget’ (pictured) aspires to be everything to everyone, by automagically switching between an all-party speaker mode and dressed-up speakerphone duty, depending on its vertical orientation. The PJP-25URS, on the …

magicJack may still be sorting out its own fairly ambitious cellular plans , but it looks like some folks are taking it upon themselves to put the cheap phone call-making device to some exciting new uses — like this crafty modder who crammed his trusty “MJ” (as those in the know call …

When they start selling brain fertilizer, you’ll know you’re living in the crazy century . Didn’t Nostradamus predict that ? The ongoing Military Health Research Forum is discussing the use of an injectable hydrogel for the treatment of traumatic brain injury, which — unlike our ability to do push-ups — is no joke…