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The Motorola Droid 2 looks a lot like the original Droid, and a teardown reveals that the similarities go more than skin-deep. In fact, the internal layout and most of the Droid 2’s components are nearly identical to those of the original Droid, gadget repair site iFixit found . The most significant upgrade is to the processor, which is probably a Texas Instruments OMAP 3630, iFixit says

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Droid 2 Teardown Reveals Beefed-Up Processor, Few Other Changes

As soon as the rumor broke that Apple would be renaming its struggling Apple TV to iTV, to better fit with the company’s i[Device] naming system, I thought to myself, “Isn’t ITV the name of a television network in England that always misses key goals in soccer games?” Yes, yes it is. In fact, the network isn’t too keen on Apple using the name iTV, and has promised to “vigorously defend” its IP. In an interview with Pocket-link, Mike Large, ITV’s acting group director of Communications, said that it has a “very strong brand, and a highly valued IP.” As such, any move on Apple’s part to re-name the Apple TV could expect to meet a legal challenge

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UK’s ITV Not Pleased With Apple iTV Rumors, Says It Will Defend Its IP

The Tea Party, the “American socio-political movement that emerged in 2009 through a series of locally and nationally coordinated protests,” and known for its colorful protest signs (as seen here), hates Net Neutrality . Why does the Tea Party hate Net Neutrality?

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The Tea Party Hates Net Neutrality Because It’s An ‘Affront’ To Free Speech. Umm…

The Axon Haptic is a tabula rasa of a tablet. It comes as an empty, OS-less shell, waiting for you to install your choice of operating-system. The hardware of this ten-inch tablet is designed to work with almost any OS, from various Linux flavors through Windows to OS X.

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Axon Haptic Tablet Lets You Install Any OS

Back to schoolers just got another great reason to convince Mom and Dad to buy them an iPad: CourseSmart, the e-textbook provider, just released an iPad app. Now, you can carry all your textbooks with you on the tablet instead of schlepping a backpack full of dead trees round the campus. If any device was right for taking to lectures, its the iPad.

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CourseSmart Launches E-Textbooks for iPad

One man drove 12,238 miles across 30 states to scrawl a message that can only be viewed using Google Earth. His big shoutout: “Read Ayn Rand.” Nick Newcomen did a road trip over 30 days that covered stretches from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. First, he identified on a map the route he would need to drive to spell out the message.

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Man Scrawls World’s Biggest Message With GPS ‘Pen’

This Aiptek 3D Picture Frame is sure to be the forerunner of a tidal wave of similar products, all hunting for space on our desks and walls. Let’s ignore the fact that we’re barely out of diapers as far as 109 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

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Aiptek 3D Picture Frame – no glasses 3D stuff on your desk

The iMusic Chair, apart from having a lurid green name, seems like an idea which could work, especially if it’s as portable as inflatable furniture usually is. Just pump up the seat, pump up the volume and sit back to 97 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

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iMusic Chair – pump up, plug in, chill out…

I’ve been playing with this ES File Explorer app for Android and it really is the business. Not only is it an easy-to-use file browser for your phone, but you can also use wifi to connect to network shares 226 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

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ES File Explorer – Simple, easy file explorer for Android

This Google Android 4GB USB Drive is a cute reminder that the big G. is as adept at brand marketing as any Hollywood studio. Where else would you find a major company adding cutes to something as dry as a 91 words | permalink | No comments | digg this

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Google Android Memory Stick – having fun with peripherals

It’s the pre-back-to-school rush (or maybe the pre -pre rush) and every electronics retailer and e-tailer knows that students love new laptops. Best Buy and Walmart both have a Celeron 900-based 15.6″ laptop with 2GB of RAM and a 250GB hard drive.

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Dueling $300 15.6″ laptops at Walmart and Best Buy – competition is good!

I’m going to have to file this one under “Why didn’t I think of that?” Camarush took a simple egg timer, modified it to have a tripod mount on the bottom and the top, and then put their idea up on a website for sale. Good on ‘em, I say

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Take perfect panoramas with a modified egg timer

Just like the Wii , if you want to stream Netflix movies to the PS3, you have to use a dedicated disc in the drive for the PS3 to run the Netflix app. During Netflix’s Q2 results report there was a mention of a dedicated streaming for the PS3. We aren’t sure of the DRM being used, but Netflix is confident that they will release the “major” update in October.

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Netflix makes right with PS3: Dedicated Software Announced

Android-based smartphones are falling victim to something that has plagued PC users for years: bloatware. Android phones are being pre-loaded with trial software and apps that can’t be deleted off the device by the user. These apps touting mobile TV, football games, location-based search and games are the new face of bloatware, also known as crapware or craplets in the PC world

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Bloatware Creeps Into Android Phones

Short Version : The Clickfree C2N USB drive provides a simple way to back up multiple computers without a NAS. The software is functional and user-friendly, but better network access might have set the device apart a bit more. Features : Includes Clickfree backup software Built in USB cable, as well as a dock Works with both Mac and PC MSRP: $179.99 (500GB) as reviewed Pros : Included software works great Plug the drive into each computer you want to back up once, and then it works over your network, wireless or not Compact size Cons : USB speed makes larger files take a while to back up Backup software is always running in the background Can’t connect to network without a computer Full review : Clickfree’s C2N is a portable USB drive that comes pre-installed with software for both the Mac and the PC.

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Review: Clickfree C2N Portable backup

These days, when you go to look up the specs on a new camera or camcorder, one of the first things you check out is the LCD. But as often as not, you’ll be hit with an unfamiliar number: some huge quantity of “dots.” Most people aren’t familiar with this metric, as it is a slightly technical one — which is the reason it was chosen instead of the more common plain resolution numbers.

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A quick PSA on “dots” versus “pixels” in LCDs

While we can’t condone these low-tech methods for evading the fare on MARTA, Atlanta’s rapid transit system, there are a few clever methods here including the Macguyver and the Slider. I wonder what the first guy did to get out

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Rapid transit fare evasion in Atlanta, a study

Seven months after Google launched its first phone, the HTC-designed Nexus One, it has stopped selling the devices through its online store. “Sorry, folks…The Nexus One is no longer available for purchase directly from Google,” the company announced

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Nexus One Reaches Its End in Google Store

This is what I like to see, homebrew space equipment. It’s a spacesuit that was invented by the two gentlemen at Final Frontier Design , one that made its debut at the Eyebeam Center for Art + Technology in New York last week.

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Hey, NASA! Need a cheaper space suit for your astronauts? Call the Final Frontier Design guys.

I got my Millenium Falcon six-string Bought it down on Tatooine Played ’til my fingers bled It was summer of ‘69 Me and some guys from school Had a Band and we tried real hard Mario quit and Chewie got married I shoulda’ known we’d never get far Oh when I look back now Those instruments seemed out of place And if I had the choice I’d play a Bullet Bill bass Those were the best days of my life

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Two DIY guitars make it easy to start your N3RDCOR3 band

Motorola’s Droid X is hit among consumers, having sold out at most Verizon stores, but for some customers the phone’s display has been an issue. Some Motorola’s Droid X phone users are experiencing flickering of their display, horizontal and vertical bands in it, and at times a blackout of the entire screen.

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Droid X Gets a Fix For Its Flickering Screen

Don’t go wilding in the streets of Detroit or anything, but Panasonic just released five new cameras including the much-anticipated LX5, a low-light point and shoot with Leica glass. They also released the TS10, a ruggedized point and shoot, and the FZ40, a 24x ultrazoom camera with HD video recording. The cameras should be available in August-September.

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Panasonic pumps out some new cameras