3K RazorBook is revised 3K Longitude 400 — still crappy May 12, 2008
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Nokia 3600 Slide
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The Nokia 3600 Slide offers a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, dual-LED flash, and video recording as well as the following features:
* quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz)
* GPRS/EDGE
* 30MB memory
* microSD card slot
* Nokia Maps GPS
* Opera Mini web browser
* background noise cancellation
* FM radio
* 2.5mm audio jack with TV-Out capability
* 16m color TFT, 240x320 pixel resolution main display
* Bluetooth 2.0
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Nokia 3600 Slide
Posted by admin in : Tech Reviews , add a comment The Nokia 3600 Slide offers a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, dual-LED flash, and video recording as well as the following features:
* quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz)
* GPRS/EDGE
* 30MB memory
* microSD card slot
* Nokia Maps GPS
* Opera Mini web browser
* background noise cancellation
* FM radio
* 2.5mm audio jack with TV-Out capability
* 16m color TFT, 240x320 pixel resolution main display
* Bluetooth 2.0
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Nokia 6600 Fold
Posted by admin in : Tech Reviews , add a comment The Nokia 6600 Fold is a clamshell phone offering a 2 megapixel camera with flash doubles as a video recorder as well as the following features:
* 16m color OLED, 240x320 pixel resolution main display
* Hidden OLED, 128x160 pixel resolution secondary display
* second VGA-resolution camera fir video calling
* electromagnetic opening mechanism and smooth motion hinge
* quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz)
* dual-band WCDMA (850/2100MHz) support
* Bluetooth
* 18MB memory
* microSD card slot
* Speakerphone
* Electromagnetic opening mechanism
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Dell dropping XPS, focusing on Alienware
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Nokia 6600 Slide
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The Nokia 6600 Slide offers a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and dual-LED flash as well as the following features:
* build-in accelerometer
* 2.2" QVGA resolution display supports up to 16 million color shades
* camera captures VGA resolution video at 15 frames per second, or lower res QVGA footage at 30 frames per second
* Nokia S40
* music player
* Bluetooth support
* 18MB of built-in storage
* 512MB microSD memory card
* supports cards as large as 4GB
* Nokia Maps pre-installed
* GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz, WCDMA 850/2100MHz
* GPRS/EDGE/UMTS
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Apple trademarks iPod’s design, applies for iPhone design mark
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Quick, what's the best way to dress up an otherwise dry piece on how companies can register non-traditional trademarks? If you answered "mention Apple and the iPod," you're the big winner -- and you've gotten yourself published in the Wall Street Journal. We'll be the first to admit that Apple's January registration of the three-dimensional design of the iPod strains credulity, but the simple fact is that non-traditional trademarks have been around for a while now -- we seem to remember a little kerfuffle regarding magenta recently, but we can't quite recall the exact details. Similarly, Nokia trademarked the 12 notes of its default ringtone back in September (even though they're part of a larger piece written in 1902 called "Gran Vals"), NBC has a mark on its ding-ding-ding station ID, and Coca-Cola has registrations for basically every bottle design it sells. Still, you can bet Apple legal threw quite a pizza party when this mark was approved -- and we can only imagine the kind of buttoned-down corporate lawyer jam that'll go down if the company succeeds in getting a mark on the design of the iPhone, which it's currently applied for. Hope you're ready for some more funktastic control layouts.Read - WSJ article
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Lily-shaped pads could generate solar energy in Glasgow
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BeBook e-book reader makes its debut, doesn’t run BeOS
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If you can get past the tinge of disappointment in learning that something named the BeBook isn't actually the BeOS-based laptop you've been waiting for all these years, you may be only slightly less disappointed to know that it's another fairly ordinary and somewhat overpriced e-book reader. Coming in at a hefty €330 (or $510), this one ditches newfangled features like built-in WiFi or EV-DO, with it choosing instead to focus on basic features like a six-inch E Ink display, 512MB of internal memory, and an SD card slot for expansion. You'll also get support for all the usual document and image formats, as well as some basic MP3 playback functionality. If that somehow sounds like the e-book reader you've been waiting for, you can order one now and get free worldwide shipping.
[Via Gadget Lab]
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BeBook e-book reader makes its debut, doesn’t run BeOS
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If you can get past the tinge of disappointment in learning that something named the BeBook isn't actually the BeOS-based laptop you've been waiting for all these years, you may be only slightly less disappointed to know that it's another fairly ordinary and somewhat overpriced e-book reader. Coming in at a hefty €330 (or $510), this one ditches newfangled features like built-in WiFi or EV-DO, with it choosing instead to focus on basic features like a six-inch E Ink display, 512MB of internal memory, and an SD card slot for expansion. You'll also get support for all the usual document and image formats, as well as some basic MP3 playback functionality. If that somehow sounds like the e-book reader you've been waiting for, you can order one now and get free worldwide shipping.
[Via Gadget Lab]
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Vita Audio adds a splash of luxury to R4 iPod / DAB radio
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ASUS Eee Box B202 desktop gets pictured: we like the concept better
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Not like this is the first time we've seen a finalized product look noticeably worse than the concept preceding it, but it's a shame ASUS' Eee PC desktop won't be nearly as pretty as we were led to believe. According to Chile Hardware, the picture you see there to the side is a bona fide Eee Box B202, which weighs in at less than one kilogram (2.2 pounds) and packs an Intel Atom processor / 945 chipset, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, an 80GB hard drive and a Linux-based operating system. No clue how legitimate those specifications are, but hopefully the unit itself looks way sexier from the other side.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
JVC, Kenwood to merge under JVC Holdings
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Every bean-counter knows that falling prices and shrinking margins add up to one thing - cost-cutting pressure. Now we get word that JVC and Kenwood are merging underneath a single holding company, aptly named JVC Kenwood Holdings. Hopes are high for the new company, with plans to quadruple profit in three short years by focusing on car and home audio. Expect to see more of this kind of merger/acquisition activity, especially among small- to medium-sized companies as more competition -- especially from South Korea and China -- ramps up. Every JVC share will be exchanged for two shares in the new company, while Kenwood stock will get a 1-for-1 rate. JVC definitely got the better end of the deal, with JVC's president continuing on in that role with the new company. It will be interesting to watch how this might affect Kenwood/Bain Capital bidding for D&M Holdings.EDIT: the new company will be called JVC Kenwood Holdings, not JVC Holdings. - Thanks, dcny!Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Sprint affiliate gets litigious to block Clearwire WiMAX deal
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Sprint affiliate iPCS has butted heads with its parent company in the past, and it looks like it's causing a bit of a ruckus once again, this time over Sprint's deal with Clearwire to form a new WiMAX-focused company. As the AP reports, iPCS (which has 640,600 subscribers in seven states) thinks that new service would compete with it in the markets it operates in, and therefore violate the exclusivity agreement Sprint signed in 1999. To put a halt to that possibility, iPCS has filed suit in the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois to block the deal, adding that it "intends to fully and aggressively protect and defend its exclusivity rights." Not surprisingly, Sprint saw this one coming, and it asked a Delaware Chancery Court to rule last week that the Clearwire deal didn't violate its arrangement with iPCS, although there doesn't appear to be any further word on that front just yet.
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Stolen MacBook Owner Logs On, Takes a Photo, Busts Thieves
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When Apple created the Back to My Mac feature on its .Mac service, it probably never envisioned it as a crime-solving tool. Yet that's just what it became last week, when the service helped the owner of a stolen MacBook recover her lost computer. Kait Duplaga, a young Apple store employee from White Plains, N.Y., lost her MacBook to thieves in late April, when her apartment was robbed. Police were unable to find the thieves until Duplaga managed to access her stolen computer remotely using the Back to My Mac feature, photograph a man using it, and turn the photos over to police.
Stolen MacBook Owner Logs On, Takes a Photo, Busts Thieves
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When Apple created the Back to My Mac feature on its .Mac service, it probably never envisioned it as a crime-solving tool. Yet that's just what it became last week, when the service helped the owner of a stolen MacBook recover her lost computer. Kait Duplaga, a young Apple store employee from White Plains, N.Y., lost her MacBook to thieves in late April, when her apartment was robbed. Police were unable to find the thieves until Duplaga managed to access her stolen computer remotely using the Back to My Mac feature, photograph a man using it, and turn the photos over to police.
AT&T says “iPhone Black” means nothing, gunman acted alone
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Also, AT&T, we know those cigarettes are yours, so you can stop telling us you were "just carrying them for a friend." We're not stupid, you know.Permalink | Email this | Comments
RIM Polishes Svelte Smartphone for a Face-Off With Apple
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Blackberry maker Research In Motion introduced its new high-end handset Monday, the BlackBerry 9000, a.k.a. "Bold." Aimed at business pros and power users, Bold updates the product line with a device aimed at taking on Apple's iPhone. It's the first new model from RIM in over a year. "They're really just trying to take the BlackBerry franchise to a higher level. The impetus for this is things like competition from the iPhone, and that the market has moved in the last year since they updated their line. This is a natural and very true-to-RIM upgrade," said Carl Howe, a Forrester Research analyst.
Social Net Data Portability: Too Much Information?
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It seems as though everyone wants to be both social and portable these days. Google, Yahoo, Facebook and MySpace all have recently trumpeted their latest efforts at openness. Are they really the same? In some cases -- Yahoo and Google, primarily -- the OpenSocial framework is providing a set of standards to ensure interoperability among the applications themselves. They're also using oAuth authentication to allow the sharing of data between sites without exposing sensitive information that may be contained in a user profile.
SK Telecom says talk of Virgin Mobile takeover of Helio is “groundless”
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Well, it looks like the struggling Helio may not be falling under the Virgin Mobile umbrella quite just yet, with the MVNO's parent company, SK Telecom, now calling such speculation ""groundless." An SK Telecom spokesperson further added that it was not in "any sort of talks" with Virgin and that it remains "committed" to Helio, although the company did seemingly leave the door open somewhat by saying it is "actively seeking opportunities" to expand its service in the U.S. Muddling the situation a bit further, Reuters reported on Friday that the two companies were in fact in "early talks" about a deal, although the source behind that story was apparently unable to confirm whether the deal was actually a merger or a purchase, or one of a number of "other possibilities."
How’s Windows XP SP3 treating you?
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Well, Microsoft finally got SP3 out the door for you stubborn Vista-resistant XP users, and we're dying to know how you like it. That's right, you. See, our resident Permalink | Email this | Comments
SanDisk Sansa Fuze Flash-Based MP3 Player
Posted by admin in : Tech Reviews , add a comment A low price, a deep feature list, and an ultracompact design make the Sansa Fuze a very worthy Nano competitor.SanDisk Sansa Fuze Flash-Based MP3 Player
Posted by admin in : Tech Reviews , add a comment A low price, a deep feature list, and an ultracompact design make the Sansa Fuze a very worthy Nano competitor.PC Tools ThreatFire 3.5 Antivirus Software
Posted by admin in : Tech Reviews , add a comment Solid free protection supplements your existing antivirus.PC Tools ThreatFire 3.5 Antivirus Software
Posted by admin in : Tech Reviews , add a comment Solid free protection supplements your existing antivirus.Sanyo’s LP-XC55 and LP-XC50 projectors fitted with Active Maintenance Filter system
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Sanyo’s LP-XC55 and LP-XC50 projectors fitted with Active Maintenance Filter system
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Toucan Global Snap Personal Internet Communicator
Posted by admin in : Tech Reviews , add a comment Innovative intercom device is limited by its cord; your contacts need to have Snaps, too.Toucan Global Snap Personal Internet Communicator
Posted by admin in : Tech Reviews , add a comment Innovative intercom device is limited by its cord; your contacts need to have Snaps, too.WiiWare lands Stateside, start defending those castles!
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Asus Eee PC 900 (white, Windows XP)
Posted by admin in : Tech Reviews , add a comment The 9-inch Asus Eee PC 900 adds a bigger screen and a larger capacity solid-state hard drive than its 7-inch precursor, but the new price has passed the point of an impulse purchase.Apple flexes on flexible pricing? HBO iTunes deal rumored, NBC hits the UK
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New Powerset Search Tech Gets Your Drift
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Powerset, a new Internet search engine company, has launched a proof-of-concept salvo in the search engine war -- a natural language processing engine that attempts to understand the meaning behind a search phrase and the text it's searching against. Instead of returning a long list of results that simply contain the key words a user enters, Powerset attempts to unlock the meaning encoded in ordinary human language. Understanding that meaning is a difficult task.
AT&T to be first US carrier with BlackBerry Bold
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Toshiba Regza 32CV510U
Posted by admin in : Tech Reviews , add a comment Toshiba's 32-inch 32CV510U LCD, with its picture quality and feature set, makes a solid choice for mainstream HDTV shoppers.Eurocom lets loose Quad Core XEON-based D901C PHANTOM-X server laptop
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It's not often we see laptop manufacturers boast of a one-hour battery life, but in the case of Eurocom's new D901C PHANTOM-X "mobile server," that spec is certainly hard-earned enough to warrant notice. The battery drain begins with a 2.8GHz Quad Core XEON X3360 processor, which gets paired with 1.5 terabytes of storage in the form of three SATA-300 hard drives (complete with various RAID options), 8GB of DDR2-800 memory, a Blu-ray burner, and a comparatively modest 17-inch display, to name but a few specs. All that, not surprisingly, takes just as big a toll on your back as it does on battery life, with the PHANTOM-X weighing in at a lugabble 12-pounds. No word on a price just yet, but Eurocom's non-Xeon-based server laptops already easily push past the $3,000 mark, so you can probably take a pretty good stab at assessing the damage to your budget.
Eurocom lets loose Quad Core XEON-based D901C PHANTOM-X server laptop
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It's not often we see laptop manufacturers boast of a one-hour battery life, but in the case of Eurocom's new D901C PHANTOM-X "mobile server," that spec is certainly hard-earned enough to warrant notice. The battery drain begins with a 2.8GHz Quad Core XEON X3360 processor, which gets paired with 1.5 terabytes of storage in the form of three SATA-300 hard drives (complete with various RAID options), 8GB of DDR2-800 memory, a Blu-ray burner, and a comparatively modest 17-inch display, to name but a few specs. All that, not surprisingly, takes just as big a toll on your back as it does on battery life, with the PHANTOM-X weighing in at a lugabble 12-pounds. No word on a price just yet, but Eurocom's non-Xeon-based server laptops already easily push past the $3,000 mark, so you can probably take a pretty good stab at assessing the damage to your budget.
ASUS Eee PC 900 (Linux)
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Toshiba Satellite A305D-S6835
Posted by admin in : Tech Reviews , add a comment Toshiba rolls out its new Satellite look to the basic 15-inch AMD-powered Satellite A305D, but others offer more for the same $999.Engineers Salvage Data From Disc Mangled in Columbia Disaster
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Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003. "When we got it, it was two hunks of metal stuck together. We couldn't even tell it was a hard drive. It was burned and the edges were melted," said Edwards, an engineer at Kroll Ontrack, outside Minneapolis. "It looked pretty bad at first glance, but we always give it a shot."
USB hub brings Japanese exit sign to your desktop
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USB hub brings Japanese exit sign to your desktop
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jDome surrounds you with 180-degrees of gaming and public shame
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