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- tvCompass SR 1500: TV Remote meets cell phone
Cell phones have been getting rapidly more complex for some years leaving their TV controlling brethren doing little more that they were twenty years ago. Well, that was before the tvCompass SR 1500 Digital Media Remote. This remote makes traditional models look like those brick mobile phones from the 1980’s that ran on car batteries! Heres [...]
Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:11:59 +0000 - Sony A300 and A350 entry-level DSLRs
Sony has at last joined the PMA DSLR band-wagon releasing details of the A300 and A350. The entry-level A300has a 10.2 MP sensor (the same as the A200) and a 3fps frame rate. The body has stabilization as opposed to Nikon’s and Canon’s lens-based systems. Perhaps the most innovative feature is a funky two-way tilting [...]
Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:34:20 +0000 - Samsung G808 pics surface in Hong Kong
Sogi.com.tw has reported that the Samsung G808 is now available in Hong Kong. This is a slider phone with a 5-megapixel camera featuring a Xenon flash, 3x optical zoom, auto focus and face recognition! It also comes packed with: HSDPA support A 2.4-inch LCD display A 0.3-megapixel secondary camera An integrated media player Bluetooth 2.0 A micro SD card slot Here are the [...]
Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:58:58 +0000 - Laptops to benefit from Nvidia’s SLI
SLI (Scalable Link Interface) enables multi-GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) in the same machine to cooperate virtually doubling or tripling the speed of the system. Recent advances in technology mean that these cards will be spreading from the desktop world to laptops and notebooks in the very near future. Nvidia has announced that the following manufacturers will [...]
Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:41:50 +0000 - Drool all over the P-Per cell phone concept (pictures and video)
The Chocolate Agency have designed a truly remarkable concept for a mobile phone that, visually anyway, could take on the dominance of the iPhone if ever produced. It’s made in such a way that it could be classified as a ‘green’ product as well as being technically ground-breaking and stunning to look at: The design is [...]
Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:08:15 +0000 - Apple patent suggests the return of the scrollwheel (with light feedback)
Apple has filed a patent which indicates a new generation of iPods equipped with scrollwheels providing feedback using illumination of the wheel itself. The illustration accompanying the patent shows a scrollwheel of the familiar design which glows brighter the greater the scrolling input from the user’s finger. The patent was published yesterday (24th January 2008) [...]
Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:08:35 +0000 - Undertow is FREE until Sunday: compensation for poor XBox Live service
In what appears to be a gesture of contrition Microsoft is offering a free game “Undertow” to gamers unable to access their gaming service. Problems experienced included: Unreliable connections Being kicked of games Inability to log in You may have experienced the above if you were playing multiplayer games such as Call of Duty or Halo in the last [...]
Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:14:29 +0000 - Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites design for Spaceship 2 - pictures
The latest Virgin Galactic / Scaled Composites design for the successor to their first space vehicle (called Spaceship 1 appropriately enough!) has been unwrapped and displayed to the World’s press by the glowing egos of Sir Richard Branson (”the bearded one”) and Burt Rutan. The new design follows the established pattern of its fore-runner in relying [...]
Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:14:52 +0000 - Multi-touch trackpad for new generation MacBooks
In what seems like a collective fit of stating the obvious several sites apparently lead by AppleInsider are now reporting the rumour that Apple will extend use of its multi-touch interface to a new generation of MacBooks and ultimately use it throughout its laptop range. The new models will be powered by Intel’s new Penryn mobile [...]
Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:32:05 +0000 - Bowers and Wilkins launch first wireless 8-channel Audio system
Bowers and Wilkins believe that their latest 5.1 liberty speaker controller product is the world’s first wireless 8 channel audio system. It uses this abundance of channels to send audio data through whatever channels carry the least interference. This allows the 5.1 liberty system to dynamically select channels to deliver the highest possible audio quality. The [...]
Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:31:06 +0000 - NEC launches 30 inch MultiSync LCD-3090 WQXi monitor
NEC has launched a 30 inch LCD monitor aimed at the professional market. The NEC Multisync LCD3090WXQi provides some innovative performance features that will be appreciated by designers, photographers, printers and CAD/CAM professionals. The innovations include: ColorComp, which reduces LCD uniformity errors, and compensates for differences in color/grayscale and luminance Advanced backlight technology, which enables the display to [...]
Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:41:08 +0000 - Samsung SGH-i450 is a dual slider with a surprise!
Samsung has today launched a very striking dual sliding phone based on the Nokia s60 3rd Edition Feature Pack. Sliding up you get a numeric keypad like so many of Samsung’s latest offerings, but sliding down reveals a large Bang and Olufsen speaker and the touch-activated multimedia screen fires up. The phone is tri-band (900/1800/1900MHz) with [...]
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:28:43 +0000 - Apple Movie Rentals: MacWorld keynote announcements
Newsflash! — Apple has done what everyone was expecting them to do and added movie rentals to iTunes in an update available immediately. The update takes iTunes to version 7.6 and also requires Quicktime 7.4 which is also available now. In contrast to its woes in the TV show download market Apple has managed to get [...]
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:22:17 +0000 - SkyHook: Apple MacWorld keynote announcements
Steve Jobs announced during his MacWorld keynote speech yesterday an upgrade to the Maps application for iPhone and iTouch. The new version harnesses the power of SkyHook to automatically detect your current location and have the maps application default to that point. SkyHook works by triangulating your position from a number of cell towers and from [...]
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:28:02 +0000 - MacBook Air: Apple MacWorld keynote announcements
Steve Jobs is no stranger to the corporate presentation and with his usual flair he launched Apple’s latest computer product, removing it from it’s wrapping — a standard sized manila envelope! Yes, the new micro-thin MacBook Air sub-notebook fits in an envelope roughly A4 in size and yet still boasts a 13.3 inch screen and [...]
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