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Creative has released a new group of four webcams. The new webcams all have built-in microphones and are plug-n-play capable. The nicest of the bunch, and not a bad looking webcam either is the Creative Live! Cam Notebook Ultra which can take up to 5-megapixel still images, record video at 1.3-megapixels and has an 80 degree wide-angle lens. The Creative Live! Cam Notebook Ultra has a PowerGrip clip that offers 240 degrees of swivel and it also comes with a stereo headset for private chatting. The cam retails for around $60. Via [SlashGear] Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: consumer electronics, home theater, video game, MP3 (Read the full post about ‘Creative releases the Live! Cam Notebook Ultra webcam’…)

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You know kids and their boundless energy. Most of them love to run up and down staircases, but doing so with poor lighting can be dangerous - hence the Sound-Activated LED Spotlights. Mount these battery-operated lights along a stairwell, in a closet, outside your side door…wherever you need some light but don’t need the hassle of electrical work. Loud or sharp sound will turn the four bright LED lights on; they’ll turn off automatically 10 seconds after last sound heard. Manual on/off option. Pivoting bracket directs the light where you need it. Weather-resistant for outdoor use. These babies will cost $9.99 for a set of two. Pretty cheap considering the potential pitfalls you can avoid. (Read the full post about ‘Sound-Activated LED Spotlights’…)

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Posted Feb 25th 2008 12:02PM by Joshua TopolskyFiled under: Desktops, Laptops Intel’s had its new processor plans slipped out to the public thanks to Sun, according to DailyTech. Details on the 6-core (!) Xeon Dunnington, as well as the kinda-sorta hush-hush Nehalem were apparently leaked out onto Sun’s public web server over the weekend, including plans for the new Xeons to overtake the company’s Tigerton CPU line. The Dunnington processors will have a 16MB L3 cache shared by all six cores, and will be pin-compatible with the Tigertons, thus making integration with your Clarksboro chipset slightly less painful… by being possible. (Read the full post about ‘Intel’s 6-core Xeon and Nehalem CPU info leaked’…)

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Posted Feb 25th 2008 7:55AM by Darren MurphFiled under: Robots Make no mistake, our hearts were fluttering when we finally witnessed WowWee’s FlyTech Dragonfly buzzing about, but there’s just something about this creature that really wins us over. Designed and constructed by James G. Watt, this robotic insect reportedly includes a number of solar cells which provide enough power in sunlight to make the critter’s wings flap. (Read the full post about ‘Solar-powered dragonfly throws ball back in WowWee’s court’…)

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You no longer need to go to the fun fair to have a session of Whack-A-Mole, as the USB Whack It offers such convenience at your desktop. Need a coffee break? Whack the characters when they light up to get a high score in this frantic desktop game. It can be powered via USB or using batteries, but unless you work in a really old fashioned office with not a single USB port in sight, the USB Whack It ought to receive plenty of hard, loving attention from you while you cross your fingers and hope for the clock to strike 5. Are there better ways to de-stress yourself with a mere £11.95? Tags: wireless, home cinema, DVD, pvp (Read the full post about ‘USB Whack It’…)

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Posted Feb 25th 2008 4:54AM by Ryan BlockFiled under: GamingNot but a few days after some decided anti-Sony Japan commentary by a very frustrated Phil Harrison, the Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios President is out, with his role to be assumed by the monolithic Kaz Hirai. Phil recently expressed his frustration for SCE Japan’s resistance to online and social gaming, which, as it turns out, is exactly where Sony needed to be like five years ago. From the sound of things, Phil’s departure is a little unceremonious (and, dare we say, sanctimonious?), but who’s to say what really went down behind closed doors?Read - Phil pulled his hair out over Sony Japan’s conservative natureRead - … (Read the full post about ‘Phil Harrison out at Sony’…)

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I must say that wireless technology is very welcome - when was the last time you took a peek at the mess of cables right behind your desk? Wasn’t a pretty sight, was it, and chances are you’d find wayward stationary, nail clippings and even a booger or two that was flicked in that direction by an ingrate of a colleague. With our lives being so busy all the time at the office, it makes perfect sense for something like the SpaceStation to exist. Check out the product description right after the jump. An extended desk organizer for laptop users with internal coiling pins conceals all the cords that usually sprawl over the desk. (Read the full post about ‘SpaceStation keeps things neat’…)

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Posted Feb 24th 2008 11:24PM by Darren Murph
Filed under: Gaming, GPS, Handhelds
Well, well — what have we here? Apparently, this PSP (developer’s edition, we’re told) was spotted at the Game Developers Conference in California attempting to showcase how well the gaming handheld could handle navigation. Unfortunately, the underground nature of the booth resulted in a slightly inaccurate reading, but we’re sure it’ll do quite alright under normal circumstances when it’s (hopefully) loosed in the not-too-distant future.

[Via NaviGadget]

Tags: mobile devices, AAC, hdtv, dvr

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Samsung looks on track to double its flash SSD capacity before the year is over, claiming that a 128GB version will be shipping this third quarter while a 256GB version will probably appear shortly thereafter. The price will definitely be astronomical, but it bodes well for uber-thin notebooks such as the Lenovo ThinkPad X300 and the macbook air. Chances are the 256GB model will utilize Multi Level Cell (MLC) storage that is more sluggish compared to a Single Level Cell (SLC) drive, but it has advantages of stacking multiple bits of data per cell to reduce the overall cost of the disk. I guess we’ll be seeing more slim notebooks being released next year (although affording one of them is another can of worms…). (Read the full post about ‘Samsung To Double Flash SSD Capacity’…)

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USB Lounge Lamp You can have this for ?7.99 Tags: mobile devices, speakers, ipod, gps (Read the full post about ‘USB Lounge Lamp’…)

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