Written by admin on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 in Gadgets and Devices.
by Joshua Topolsky, posted Jul 1st 2008 at 9:36AM C’mon, you knew this was coming. Apple just posted a video walkthrough of it’s brand new wonder-device, replete with the familiar (yet somewhat creepy) iphone dude. (Read the full post about ‘Apple shows off iPhone 3G guided tour’…)
Written by admin on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 in Gadgets and Devices.
After a wave of rumors about the iphone 3G data rates, we’re hearing more interesting stories about the blackberry Bold at Rogers Wireless (Canada). The word on the street is that Rogers might feature the Bold as early as July 25th, before the U.S release which is supposed to happen on August 25th at AT&T. Now what are the data rates going to be? That my friends, is the question. Tags: game, home theater, laptops, robots (Read the full post about ‘Rogers Wireless might get the BlackBerry Bold on July 25′…)
Written by admin on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 in Gadgets and Devices.
This loupe on a loop is an attempt to answer a question we have never asked, namely “How can I turn my camera’s LCD screen into a viewfinder?” The PRO-MC monitoring with two straps (to unfairly quote its machine translated name) is a $50 widget which sits over any LCD screen up to 3″ and magnifies it. The rubber edged box also cuts out extraneous light, which could conceivably help you in very bright sunlight, especially if you don’t have an optical viewfinder. I want to sneer at this as being a totally useless product, an overpriced niche toy, but two things stop me. One, I think that getting the camera up to your eye, by whatever means, will give you better photographs — more considered and certainly less shaky. (Read the full post about ‘LCD Magnifier Adds a Faux-Finder to Digicams’…)
Written by admin on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 in Gadgets and Devices.
Everex is designing a larger version of its Cloudbook portable notebook to go up against its bitter rival, the Eee PC 1000. This updated version will feature a 10.2″ display, complete with the following :- Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor 1.3 megapixel webcam 3G modem included, optional WiMAX 2GB RAM ExpressCard slotWe’re looking at a November launch despite a serious drought of information. Tags: camera, cameras, Gadget, digital (Read the full post about ‘Everex Cloudbook gets Bigger’…)
Written by admin on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 in Gadgets and Devices.
According to Venture Beat, Microsoft could acquire Powerset as early as next month with a price tag in the $100 million range–more than double the estimated value of the company.
The Powerset search engine first debuted in May. Using simple phrases, short questions, and of course keywords, Powerset is supposed to understand what you are looking for and help you quickly find the information you need.
Ever since Microsoft’s failed bid for Yahoo, the company has been searching for another way to compete with Google. Powerset’s natural language or semantic based technology would seem to fit in with Microsoft’s strategy.
(Read the full post about ‘Microsoft to purchase Powerset search engine for around $100M?’…)
Written by admin on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 in Gadgets and Devices.
Eos 100T1RB Wireless Audio SystemGetting a multi-room sound system and an iPod to play nice isn’t always easy. Despite the number of workarounds, the end result is almost always the same: a mess of wires and audio that goes from slightly askew to horridly unbalanced when you move from the living room to the kitchen. Believe it or not, the solution isn’t that complex. All manufacturers need to do is ditch the wires without forsaking audio quality, and add a system for balancing volume between the speakers. By the numbers, Eos’ 100T1RB Wireless Audio System is what any wire entangled apartment needs. The relatively small system consists of a base station with an ipod/iphone dock, an auxiliary out port, and satellite speakers capable of wirelessly syncing to the base. (Read the full post about ‘Eos Multi-Room Audio System Gives You a Syncing Feeling’…)
Written by admin on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 in Gadgets and Devices.
Tesla Motors made a big splash last year, with the introduction of their Roadster model. The car is 100% electric and can go from 0-60 in 3.9 seconds. That’s a big deal. Throw in the fact that the Roadster is also an attractive convertible, and you can see why Tesla’s stock just keeps rising and rising. Unfortunately, the starting price is US$109,000 with a lot of add-on costs for the less humble among us.
The Roadster is manufactured in California, so it seemed only natural that when announcing their plans for a new model, they would invite Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to make the announcement for them.
(Read the full post about ‘Tesla announces plans for sub-$60K Model S sport-sedan’…)
Written by admin on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 in Gadgets and Devices.
Rhapsody, the RealNetworks and MTV-run digital music service, has launched a new initiative called “Music Without Limits”.
Where as in the past where the service relied on subscriptions for revenue, they are now opening up to digital music sales and following its competitors by removing DRM. They aren’t short on music either, with all 4 major music labels represented through the service offering tracks for 99 cents and albums for US$9.99.
Availability of music is also a key part of the initiative. With the introduction of DRM-free music sales Rhapsody is now a choice for ipod owners.
(Read the full post about ‘Rhapsody starts Music Without Limits initiative’…)
Written by admin on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 in Gadgets and Devices.
So the photo of the new Nikon DSLR model that has been circulating on the web the past couple of days is actually true. Nikon has made the D700 official and its product page its up at the Nikon USA site. From the looks of it, the Nikon D700 seems to be a powerful new Digital SLR camera and it has a price to match, retailing for $2,999, it is definitely geared for the prosumer market. So, what do you get from the price? A 12.1-megapixel FX-format CMOS sensor with Nikon’s EXPEED image processing technology, ISO sensitivity of up to 6400, continuous shooting at 5 fps, a 3-inch VGA color monitor with 170-degree wide-angle viewing, two live shooting modes, rugged magnesium alloy body, Dynamic Integrated Dust Reduction System, Nikon’s Scene Recognition System, and much more. (Read the full post about ‘Nikon makes the 12.1-megapixel full-frame D700 DSLR official’…)
Written by admin on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 in Gadgets and Devices.
Yahoo! has begun to press their case to stockholders to defend against a proxy battle initiated by Carl Icahn. He is proposing his own slate for the Yahoo! Board of Directors after the current board turned down a takeover offer by Microsoft.
Icahn has made it clear that should his board be seated the company would once again enter into negotiations with Microsoft about a buyout offer. In response, Yahoo! filed a stockholder presentation putting forth the reasons why the company’s current slate of Directors is best for the company moving forward.
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(Read the full post about ‘Yahoo! defends current board slate against Carl Icahn’…)
