Origin’s Big O Stuffs an Xbox 360 Into a Gaming Desktop Hellbeast [Hybrid]

The ingredients that went into Origin’s Big O monster are decidedly prime: six-core Xeon 5680 processor, overclocking up to 4.3GHz, crazy graphics power. And the cherry on top is an integrated, liquid-cooled Xbox 360 slim in every rig. That’s nasty. More »

iPhone 4 gets stuffed inside Canon SLR body

While it’s far from the most practical of ideas, people just can’t seem to stop trying to make their iPhones more SLR-like. Joining that illustrious group is one Aniebres who, typos aside, has built one of the most impressive contraptions to date. We’re still waiting to see what the end results look like, but the [...]

Oil Platform Explodes in Gulf of Mexico [Oil]

An oil production platform in the Vermilion Bay exploded today around 9:30am, with 13 people on board. One crew member was injured, and 12 are in the water in immersion suits. As of 10:30am the rig was still on fire. More »

Creative’s new gaming headset can tell up from down

Creative’s latest cans may not have the pizazz of a wireless World of Warcraft rig, but they’ve got one feature guaranteed to make hardcore PC gamers swoon — they claim to be the very first to offer truly three-dimensional surround sound. Embued with the latest revision of Creative’s THX software collaboration (dubbed THX TruStudio Pro) [...]

HP unleashes Envy 17 3D, HP Envy 14 Beats edition and specially-cooled Pavilion dm3

We know, it feels like it was just a few months ago that the new Envy 14 and 17 hit the market, but HP isn’t quite finished tinkering with its aluminum laptops. First up is the new Envy 14 Beats edition, which just like the previous Envy 15 Beats has a totally different black and [...]

ASUS Eee PC 1215N review

About nine months ago ASUS released its 12.1-inch Eee PC 1201N to much fanfare. It was the first “netbook” to pack NVIDIA’s Ion platform and a desktop-class Atom processor. Translation: it absolutely wrecked regular netbooks (and even other Ion netbooks) on the graphics and performance battlefield. Indeed, the 1201N blurred the lines between netbook and [...]

The Engadget Show returns this Friday, August 27th with Samsung CSO Omar Khan, Rock Band 3, crazy giveaways, and much more!

It’s that time again, the Engadget Show is back in a big way this Friday, August 27th at 8pm! First up, Josh is sitting down with Samsung Chief Strategy Officer Omar Khan to chat up the company’s recent Android sprint, then Engadget’s investigative correspondent Rick Karr is back to scale a skyscraper and check [...]

DIY Laser Pointer Safety Test [Safety]

Whether you’re a regular presentation giver or you just like to pop balloons and start fires, laser pointers have become much more common, albeit unsafe, household objects. Here’s how to build a small rig to test your laser pointer’s safety. More »

Panasonic GF1 is ready to take the plunge Big Daddy style with the INON X-2 waterproof housing

It takes a special suit to stand up to the worst that Rapture can throw at you, and for the Panasonic DMC-GF1 that suit is the INON X-2. It’s an aluminum alloy case available in white or black that looks beefy enough to survive far deeper than the 75 meters it’s rated for. It also [...]