Gigabyte announces new mice and keyboards range
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Gigabyte has announced a new range of mice and keyboards, which it will show at CeBit later in the week.
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Amazon cave: Publishers can disable Kindle 2 text-to-speech
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After incurring the wrath of the seemingly ever-furious Authors’ Guild, Amazon have backtracked on the Kindle 2’s text-to-speech functionality by giving publishers, not users, the right to decide whether an ebook is read out loud or not.
MSI Wind U123 Netbook
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MSI is adding another netbook to their range, in the form of the MSI Wind U123, which is a more powerful netbook based on their original MSI Wind U120.
A walking robot in a helicopter’s disguise
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When it comes to robotics there are no bounds to the kind of absurdity and weirdness we’ve been meted with on a regular basis. There are minds focused on the chore, while the major lot in the endeavor prefers to swindle around with the legitimacy.
Asus unveils the Windows Mobile based W835 smartphone
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Section: Communications, Cellphones, Smartphones, MobileAsus has recently unveiled their latest smartphone—the W835 and based on the specs it sounds like it may be worthy of a purchase. As for the specs, it features a 3.5-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480 and is...
Batman Full Image Hoodie
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The full image Batman Hoodie with eye holes, that's awesome! The lot 20's Batman Full Image Hoodie($78) is a full blown image of Batman screen printed on a full zip-up black hoodie. This is just way freaky. Check out the eye holes.
Hacked Camera Robot
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This interesting Hacked Camera Robot that OddBot made is great since it uses a camera that most people would have no use for anymore. He has mounted it onto a mount that the robot can control and when ready the robot can take the picture. Best of all the system is autonomous.
LG Versa
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Check out the new LG Versa that comes with a full flip Qwerty Keyboard for those of you guys who need to do alot of typing.
Bentley Continental Supersport
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Bentley will be making a big impact on the eco-friendly scene when they finally release the Bentley Continental Supersport. It will be the the company’s first FlexFuel car and one of the most powerful too.
Fidelity Electronics Netbook VPC
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Fidelity Electronics introduces its VPV (Very Personal Computer) Netbook. The VPC Netbook boast a 7-inch LCD display with a 800×480 pixel resolution and up to 2GB of internal storage. The Netbook measures 8.4 x 5.5 x 1 inch and weighs a mere 1.5 lbs.
Asus Unveils P835 PDA Business Smartphone
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Asus has launched a new P835 PDA phone for the PDA fans and business savvy professionals. The new smartphone provides a rich multimedia viewing and Internet browsing experience thanks to its large display screen, blazing fast download speeds and a responsive trackball.
Will Skype-Nokia Deal Revolutionize Mobile Video Calling?
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Last week, Skype and Nokia went on a deal to pre-install Skype on upcoming Nokia N-series devices. This news had been a big story of February 2009 and the geeks are just wondering around for the easiness of free calls over mobiles.
Hack Turns MacBook into iMac, Kinda
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Desks can get messy, and if you are hooking up a laptop to a host of desktop peripherals, it can get messier still. One answer is a clutter-reducing basket slung beneath the desk.
LG still committed to Plasma: 50-inches & bigger now priority
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After rumors on Friday that LG were considering withdrawing from the plasma HDTV business, LG have been quick to quash speculation.
Gigabyte keyboards & mice bring the bland to CeBIT
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Gigabyte have released a range of new, not exactly attractive peripherals at CeBIT 2009 this week, including the bizarrely crystal-encrusted GM-M7800S wireless mouse seen here.
Sigma Bumps UK Lens Price by $11,400
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The Brits are getting shafted again. We’ve reported many times already about the drop in value of the Great British Pound against, well, against pretty much every currency, and the knock-on effect of increased gadget prices.
D_skins: Contraceptive Covers for Optical Disks
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D_skin is a protective cover for DVDs, a scratch guard for optical media. Unlike the hard to apply, sticky film protectors you are familiar with, the d_skin clips on and can therefore be replaced when you scratch it. There is, however, a problem. The d_skin cost more than the DVDs it protects.
iPhone running Mac OS System 7
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Apple's iPhone now runs the full version of MacOS--MacOS 7, that is! The MacOS iPhone project has successfully crunched the classic edition of Apple's Macintosh operating system, released in 1991, onto the company's popular cellphone.
Fujitsu Siemens Introduces ‘Zero-Watt’ Esprimo 7935 PC
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Fujitsu Siemens is planning on releasing ‘zero-watt’ PC called Esprimo 7935 around the middle of this year. What’s so cool about this PC is the fact that it’s capable to achieve zero energy consumption when switched off.
President Obama’s Helicopter Security P2P Breach
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Yeah, bizarre title. Like something right out of a 24 episode. Oh, and by the way, just how many moles can there be in CTU? I mean seriously. Is their security that lax? Well, if it’s anything like our national security, the answer would be yes.
Samsung Bordeaux PAVV Fabrizio 650 Line-up
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Here are two new members of Samsung’s PAVV Bordeaux LCD. Available in both 40 inch and 46 inch, these Fabrizio 650 LCDs are built on Eco friendly plastics and feature a 120Mhz Full HD panel.
New Amazon Kindle 2 Competitor
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The Onyx Boox is a new Kindle 2 competitor that boasts a 6 inch 16 shades of gray display with touchscreen capability. Other features include Wi-Fi connectivity, a 512MB of internal memory, text-to-speech functionality and support for PDF, HTML, TXT, MOBI, JPG, BMP and MP3 formats.
Bettle USB Hub
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Here’s another unique USB hub for you to grab, the Bettle USB Hub. This plug-and-play device provides four USB 2.0 ports and supports hot-swapping function. It’s compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2000 as well as Me. All yours for just $10 each.
Blu-ray laser Zippo mod lets you light up with light
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The last time I saw something like this, I believe I was playing Goldeneye. This hacked-together pocket superlaser is guaranteed to start either conversations or fires — or conversations about fires.
Walking Helicopter Robot
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KeithRobot has made a crazy looking walking robot. It looks like the helicopter needs to be a bit more powerful to make it more useful but it is a great proof of concept. I can just imagine this thing being automated, it could fly close to the destination and walk the rest of the way.
GETAC’s rugged PDA looks like you could drop it in a volcano
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I’m a big fan of ruggedized items. Although PDAs (as opposed to smartphones) are relatively rare these days, there’s still a large need for them in certain scientific and professional pursuits.
