Gadget World

Sure, we’ve been chummy with the Zune HD in the past, but we just took it for a quick spin on video so you can check out those smooth transitions for yourself. Unfortunately, the unit we were playing with had zero content loaded on it, but you can check out the slick unlock mechanism, swooping [...]

We could swear we’ve seen this before, but nonetheless, Microsoft’s Windows blog has unveiled what it’s calling the official Windows 7’s packaging — as in, this it what we’ll be seeing in stores when it launches this fall. It’s apparently 37 percent lighter and has a 50 percent better econometrics score over the Vista box, [...]

Sure, Microsoft might be moving past the controller entirely with Project Natal, but that doesn’t mean it’s not going to try and milk you for all you’re worth with limited-edition frippery like the Halo 3: ODST-themed controller that comes with the $99 collector’s version of the game. You know you’re powerless to resist — we [...]

The Gadget: HP’s LX195, their stripped-to-the-core (but Apple Time Machine capable) implementation of the Windows Home Server, which comes with a 640GB internal drive, but can only be expanded via the four USB ports in the back.

That’s right folks, the Zune HD is real, and it’s coming this Fall. Microsoft officially announced the next iteration in their Zune line today, making it less of a tripped out pipe dream, and more of a totally tubular reality. The specs, which look exactly like that leak we saw, go like this: 3.3-inch, 480 [...]