If you happen to be one of those folk who find it difficult to park your car in the garage without nicking the paint job, then the Garage Parking Signal is just the thing for you. Step-by-step bright lights let you know when to stop safely, preventing accidents and making this reliable garage parking system a must-buy for owners of larger vehicles such as a mini van, MPV or large estate car. Order your Garage Parking Sensor today and park safely and confidently every time. Installation is a snap, but do take note that should you choose to power it via batteries, do perform checks from time to time to make sure that there is enough power left. The Garage Parking Signal at £14.95 surely is a bargain. (Read the full post about ‘Garage Parking Signal’…)

Posted Feb 20th 2008 1:21PM by Darren MurphFiled under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment For those with under a grand to spend and an incessant hankering for a new projector, we’ve got phenomenal news. Epson has added two more 3LCD PJs to its ever-expanding PowerLite line, both of which feature an XGA (1,024 x 768) resolution, a built-in Ethernet port for remote monitoring and control, an integrated ten-watt speaker and a closed-caption decoder to boot. As for the 83+, you’ll find 2,200 lumens compared to the 822+’s 2,600, but other than that, the two are essentially identical. Good enough for you? (Read the full post about ‘Epson introduces PowerLite 83+ and 822+ multimedia projectors’…)

Posted Feb 20th 2008 12:00PM by Ryan BlockFiled under: Announcements, Features We’re creeping up on the Oscars, which means it must also be time for you to vote in the 2007 Engadget Awards! Based on your nominations (and a couple of our own) we’ve compiled a list of over 150 gadgets and technologies that made 2007 the blockbuster year it was for consumer electronics.Votes will be tallied until Saturday, March 1st; after we’ve checked for abuse we’ll publish the results alongside our own Editors’ Choice picks the following week. May the best gadgets win! (Read the full post about ‘Vote for the 2007 Engadget Awards!’…)

Amazon announce its support for Blu-ray. Of course they will support Blu-ray! Yesterday was HD DVD funeral

Amazon.com currently carries a wide array of Blu-ray hardware and software products including players, Blu-ray discs, and the Sony playstation 3. For the hundreds of thousands of HD DVD owners who may still wish to purchase products for that format, Amazon will continue to carry a wide assortment of hd dvd products, including the broadest selection of HD DVD movie titles.

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Posted Feb 20th 2008 9:58AM by Darren MurphFiled under: Household We can’t say the writing was exactly on the wall or anything, but when Sharper Image attempted to sell self-branded cellphones and got dinged for pushing grossly overpriced air purifiers that actually made things worse — well, you could tell things weren’t all peaches and cream. Regardless, the company made famous for selling trinkets and massage chairs in malls everywhere has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after “declining sales and three straight years of losses led to a shortage of liquidity.” Comically enough, the retailer actually went so far as to “partly blame” the negative publicity surrounding the aforementioned Ionic Breeze air purifiers for its falling revenues, and court papers also show that it’s currently seeking a $60 million loan to keep operating. (Read the full post about ‘Sharper Image can’t move enough air purifiers to avoid bankruptcy’…)

In a surprising move, Apple has eliminated the Xserve RAID from their product line. On their website, the Xserve RAID page has disappeared and now takes you to a new page where they offer the Promise VTrak E-Class RAID in its place. From the new Apple webpage: The Promise VTrak E-Class RAID Subsystem delivers outstanding performance, reliability, and expansion for video and server applications. Configure up to sixteen 750GB 7200-rpm SATA or 300GB 15,000-rpm SAS drives in a 3U rack-optimized enclosure for up to 12TB of raw capacity on one or more RAID sets. Promise RAID is an ideal storage solution for direct-attached or SAN-based server and workstation applications, qualified for use with Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Final Cut Studio 2, and Xsan 2. (Read the full post about ‘Apple Kills Xserve RAID, Introduces VTrak and Xsan 2′…)

Scan It is a toy that helps children become acclimated with airport and public spaces security. It detects metal objects and simulates an X-ray scan via a functioning conveyor belt that glides articles over its metal detector path. “Hey sister, I need to check your Barby’s bag! I detect some metal there…” Link VIA ohgizmo Tags: lcd, games, M4A, consumer electronics (Read the full post about ‘Scan It Operation Checkpoint Airport Security Scanner Education Resource For Children’…)

HTC has rolled out a ROM upgrade for its Tilt from AT&T. The upgrade version 1.62.502.0 claims to “improve overall device performance and stability, enables dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) tones for the slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and includes Microsoft’s Adaptation Kit Update (AKU) 0.4.4″. It takes around 10 minutes to complete the ROM’s installation. Once done, there are a few steps to follow. (Read the full post about ‘AT&T Tilt ROM Upgrade’…)

What looks like a drivable pyramid is actually the Dream Car created by a father-son team working from home. It might tip the scales at 8,000 pounds, but it doesn’t use any gas as it is powered by 80 batteries and four electric engines. The top speed is nothing much to shout about anyway at 45 mph, and it can go 80 miles before the batteries require a recharge. It takes four hours to juice up the Dream Car before it is ready to give another crack. Greg Zanis and his sons’ effort is culminated in the Dream Car as they call it, featuring a bumper that wraps around the vehicle, gel-filled tires, an electric braking system and a 4-wheel drive. This is definitely not the ride to take if you plan on picking chicks up at night club. (Read the full post about ‘Dream Car Goes Green’…)

T-Mobile has joined the crowd and announced a new $99 a month unlimited calling and messaging plan. T-Mobile’s unlimited offering includes unlimited calling with domestic roaming and no long distance charges along with SMS, MMS and instant messaging. The new plan will be available beginning Thursday February 21 and will be open for both new and existing customers. Now it just looks like Alltel is left out of the unlimited calling plan announcements, will we see something from them today? Read [T-Mobile] Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! (Read the full post about ‘T-Mobile announces unlimited calling, messaging plan’…)