Hands, um, off with the LongPen
Posted on July 4, 2008
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Remember Margaret Atwood’s LongPen book signing method according to a bit ago? Curious at all in regards to how it works, how the real estate deal is amongst it? Well, peep Unotchit’s (pronounced you-no-touch-it, is which a rimshot we hear?) site, the association she made in 2004 to start the LongPen. Yeah, the true deal’s a tiny bit of a larger number of disappointing as opposed to the robohand we pictured before, permitting our imaginations receiving away in on us, but hearing Atwood monologue around how a pain it is making a renowned writer and flying right here and there to indication books, that is market prices a look and a chuckle if not anything else.
naviPlay Bluetooth Stereo Headset for calls and mobile/iPod tunes
Posted on July 4, 2008
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TEN Technology has easily released a versatile new pair of Bluetooth headphones the both communicate in this naviPlay Bluetooth Adapter for iPod (included in the package) and additionally speak on the behalf of as a headset for Bluetooth-enabled cellphones. Furthermore, the naviPlay Bluetooth Stereo Headset can stream tunes based on information from any A2DP-equipped handset or DAP as agreeably as making a VoIP headset for PCs overly sport Bluetooth. TEN headed among an “old class above average end design” for right now ideal that go within the duration of the user’s head, as opposed to behind the neck, affix buttons for volume, track, and employ control, and feature a rechargeable battery amid a said 8-hour duration. These multi-functional ‘phones are accessible online, right away at Dr. Bott and at the Apple Store Online consequently this moment month, for $200.
New RoHS-compliant Toshiba Satellite comes to Wal-Mart
Posted on July 4, 2008
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Toshiba and Wal-Mart are joining hands for a bit of environmental sustainability, bringing the new RoHS (Restriction on Hazardous Substance) compliant Satellite A55-S1064 to Wal-Mart shelves. RoHS is a European law, that does not truly hold a counterpart in the US, but it is excellent to see Toshiba and Wal-Mart ensuing it anyways. Plus, the laptop, a tiny amount sub-$700 number, is not too shabby on its own, together with a 1.6GHz Celeron M processor, 512MB of DDR2 RAM, a 15-inch screen, 802.11b/g WiFi, a 40GB HDD, and a CD-RW/DVD-ROM optical drive.
Turn a single-use camcorder to a recording nightvision scope
Posted on July 4, 2008
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Why shell out $200 for a set of Soviet-era nightvision goggles when you can make one yourself from a $30 video camera? That’s what Everett Bradford did, taking a CVS single-use video camera and combining it with a set of 20-cent infrared LEDs. Okay, it took a little more work than that, including some circuit-board mods and the addition of a salvaged camcorder lens. In the end, though, Everett estimated that his night-vision setup, which can record infrared footage that can be downloaded to a PC, cost about $35, compared to about $80 for the cheapest off-the-shelf night-vision scope. Who said you can’t find anything worth buying in the corner drugstore?
ATI releasing HDMI-HDCP card soon?
Posted on July 4, 2008
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We’re not absolute if the present is planning to be observed as ATI mending this dodgy ways, or as them cashing in on the The next thing you knew found lack of HDCP-compliant cards, but it looks like it’s such as ATI has a HDMI-HDCP card on the way. There’s mostly easily presently leaked pic to go on so far, but the purported card has no DVI connection, clearly HDMI, and additionally has a S/PDIF pass-through jack to add the audio to your HDMI signal. No word on when their card is able to be announced, but let us recently wish they will be bringing about them away through breakfast cereals or they’re set to a suffer a few disgruntled households on the hands.
Lenovo 3000 budget computer succession debuts
Posted on July 4, 2008
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As expected, Lenovo has unveiled its new chain of budget computers, initiating amid the Lenovo 3000 laptop and desktop series. The succession includes the 6.2 pound C100, that has a 15-inch widescreen display, 1.5 GHz Celeron, CD-RW, and is on hand now out of Lenovo’s web site commencing at $599. Also to be had now is the J succession series of desktops, that starts at $349 amidst a 1.8GHz AMD Sempron, 256 MB RAM, an 80GB force and a CD-ROM drive. The laptops turn up in ThinkPad black, even though the keyboards lack the current model’s various distinctive trait, the red pointer stick. Lenovo is targeting compact organizations in on the new line, and has priced the examples positively beneath similarly equipped ThinkPad and ThinkCentre models.
Thomas Pink iPod tie carries on your nano on your neck
Posted on July 4, 2008
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Finally, for the man who has anything and everything — excluding a job at which he can dress casually — it is the Commuter Tie based on what i read in Thomas Pink. The bright pink silk tie has a hidden pocket on the going back that is the model size for an iPod nano, and includes an further loop to carry on headphone wires of taking out tangled (though based on what i read in Pink’s promo pic, right, it appears as the wires might get a bit jammed anyhow, from the time the headphone jack on the nano is on the bottom). We will not boon but anxiety who paying for this moment amid everything heavier as opposed to a nano will result in a odd tightening out there the throat — not to bring up a relatively not appealing stretching of our neckwear. And if you are going out to spend $95 on a tie, we would desire to are certain you can too appear up amid a few money for a dedicated carrying state of affairs for your audio player. Of course, all of currently is irrelevant to us, from the time of we are not in the turn over for a pink tie — it may contend extremely among our pajamas.
Acer MP-500 portable media player
Posted on July 4, 2008
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This one comes as somewhat of a surprise, but it is unquestionably the sort of revelation we would as to get greater number of often. Acer is apparently on the verge of releasing its MP-500 media player, and the specs key in a 3.5-inch touchscreen display, 20-40GB hard drive, validation for several rampant audio and video formats, video out and a battery livlihood of 4-8 hours. It’s backlogged out in Europe afterward period at a rate of between $350 and $415.
Samsung introduces L60 and L85 compacts
Posted on July 4, 2008
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Samsung has merely announced the waiting introduction of 3 new digicams at PMA 2006, along with this time digital SLR and how is argued to be the world’s original camera amongst HDMI-out. Two of the new models, the L60 and L85, are compressed point-and-shooters, and both feature VGA video at 30fps, digital movie stabilization, and use of the 3x optical zoom for the duration of video capture. The L60 sports a six megapixel sensor and 2.4-inch LCD, in the L85 steps it up to eight megapixels and a 2.5-inch display, and too aspects HDMI for viewing images on HD sets in the native resolution. Rounding out the cluster is the budget six megapixel GX-1L DSLR, followup to Samsung’s GX-1, that ships amid a Schneider D-XENON lens and accepts Pentax replacement lenses. The L60, L85, and GX-1L should be on hand in April, for $300, $500, and $unknown, respectively.
Toshiba’s Premium Gigabeat P5: now in gold
Posted on July 4, 2008
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What’s a tired re&wshyp;selling department to do when the buzz is all but dead surrounding your product? Issue a special edition version, traditionally in pink and sometimes featuring a pop music icon. Enter Toshiba’s premium “CanCam” GigaBeat P5 flash players in “gorgeous” gold or “sweet” pink. Yeah, that is it…just a color adjustment — same 512MB or 1GB capacities, MP3/WMA/WAV/JPEG support, and FM tuner. Hitting Japan tomorrow for $123 in so US purple equiv.
