Items tagged with tank
LaCie is no stranger to making products that can take a beating. Not only are the company's drives stylish, some of them are about as rugged as they come. But now LaCie is creating something that lets you choose what's inside. The Tank, which definitely has a simple name, has a pretty simple purpose as well. It's designed as a rugged, rain-proof case that can hold anything from a 2.5" hard drive to a Nintendo DSi. The unit ships with internal padding that can be rearranged based on what you're trying to protect, and it's IP-63 certified to protect against dust and pouring rain. There's also military-grade shock and drop protection, and a 1-year warranty. Think of it as a safe deposit box that...
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Can you spell "SEC investigation?" There is definitely going to be one after this. A post at CNN's new social news site, iReport, resulted in Apple stock plummeting this morning, when it was rumored that Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack. iReport allows users to post unvetted stories, which then --- after vetting, may be posted to the iReport page on CNN.com. This story obviously didn't make it there, and has since been taken down.Interestingly, this user has never submitted a story previously. And the time of the story posting, 6 AM PDT, was obviously very suspicious. The story read:Steve Jobs was rushed to the ER just a few hours ago after suffering...
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Many would love it if Google (GOOG) would split their stock. After all, the price it currently sits at makes it difficult for the average Joe to buy 100 shares. Given that, some many have read their stock ticker yesterday when this all started and thought "great!"But one should not believe everything one reads. While that applies to politics and the news, it sure as heck also applied to your stock ticker right at the close of trading yesterday. Hearts may have stopped and fingers may have clacked across keyboards as GOOG seemed to dive to 1 penny. But if you bought into that, hopefully you didn't buy huge amounts of that penny stock, because it was a mistake, and...
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We've just posted a new article here at HotHardware, in which we evaluate X-Gaming's very cool, very retro, X-Arcade Tankstick Dual Controller with Trackball. Just seeing this thing will take you back to your earlier years when gaming meant stopping by the local arcade and dropping quarters into a slot on your favorite machine. Be warned though, after reading this article you may be compelled to connect the Tankstick to a home theater PC. Playing favorites like Mr. Do, Galaga, and Street Fighter II on the big screen would definitely rock! Click the link below and check it out...X-Arcade Tankstick Dual Controller with Trackball...
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Many of us have fond memories of playing video games in the arcade of a local bowling alley, popping 25 cents into the machine on a regular basis to keep the fun going. Back then, that was the main way to get your game on, displaying your skills for all to see. If you can remember dropping quarters into the slot of a machine running Pole Position, Galaga, Missle Command or any other game of that era, you might like the business model of X-Arcade. Reminiscent of the days when quarters ruled the video game market, X-Arcade has built a product base of custom game controllers that are built to the same standards of the video game systems of yesteryear. The company...
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If you're showing up at the Star Wars conventions in a plain old limousine or a Prius, listen up: for a fraction of the price of an AT-AT, you can now afford a JL 421 Land Cruiser, and get all the girls dressed up like Princess Leia in a metal bikini. And it's only $19,999.95 on Amazon. Order early, I imagine this item will dwarf the demand for the Apple iPhone. The JL421 Badonkadonk is a completely unique, extremely rare land vehicle and battle tank. Designed with versatility in mind, the Donk can transport cargo or a crew of five internally or on the roof, and can be piloted from within the armored shell or from an exposed standing position through the hatch, thanks to special one-way...
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