16 Jun, 2008
Word has it that the upcoming Dell Inspiron Studio line of notebooks will be beefed up where specifications are concerned, placing it within touching distance of the higher-end XPS line while making it a cut above the entry level Inspiron range. It will feature the best of both worlds, boasting the style of the XPS M1530 while including the customization options of the Inspiron 1525 line. This will definitely be worth looking forward to, and chances are folks won’t mind forking out that little bit extra to have a system that look good and runs better. Dell is targeting an October release for the new Dell Inspiron Studio line - will you consider getting one then? (Read the full post about ‘New Dell Inspiron Studio Beefed Up’…)
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16 Jun, 2008
by Joshua Topolsky, posted Jun 16th 2008 at 1:37PM The lucky chaps over at Boy Genius Report have managed to get their hands all over Sony Ericsson’s latest and greatest — the hotly anticipated Xperia X1. Early word is that the 800 x 480 screen, optical joystick, and speedy HSDPA data are all very welcome, but the keyboard (which looks like it would be a joy to type on) leaves a lot to be desired. Of course, the OS should come as no surprise, and they don’t seem to have any shots of Sony’s “panel interface,” so for now you’ll have to make do with some nice looks at the exteriors of the device. (Read the full post about ‘Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X1 gets handled, photographed’…)
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16 Jun, 2008
A relaxing day at the beach calls for a great summer reading paperback novel. What vacation would be complete without a few Tom Clancy, Agatha Christie, or John Grisham books to help pass the time? But we’re faced with a problem. If you want to get an even tan, you’re eventually going to roll onto your stomach, and as your probably know, reading while your back picks up some sun is not the most comfortable experience on a beach chair. The 3-in-1 Ostrich Chair is your summer beach reading solution. A solution which allows you to comfortably read your paperback as you pick up those sweet UV rays. Inspired by the design of massage tables, the Ostrich Chair provides a padded face hole on a classic beach chair. (Read the full post about ‘3-in-1 Ostrich Chair: Even More Fun In The Sun’…)
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16 Jun, 2008
If you were underwhelmed with Mr. Jobs iPhone GPS demo like me, take heart. While the demo was fun, it wasn’t too practical a tool, I mean if you’ve got GPS then you want turn by turn navigation. Something big is around the corner and I believe it has Google’s fingerprints all over it. The iPhone SDK forbids developers to produce a real-time navigation application so we know there are protecting someone. Some rumors have said Tom Tom was that someone. But it looks to me like they built their app on a jailbroken iphone, so that puts them at risk. I don’t think that is going to happen. (Read the full post about ‘Is Google jumping into GPS navigation on iPhone?’…)
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16 Jun, 2008
by Donald Melanson, posted Jun 16th 2008 at 4:38PM It’s not all that often we see a video card get dissected, but it’s also not very often that we see a card with as much hardware as NVIDIA’s new top-end GeForce GTX 280, which proved to be enough to get the folks at Custom PC to crack one open for a looksee. As you can see above, after removing more than a few screws, they were able to take a peak at the card’s lone, massive GPU, which not surprisingly produces enough heat to require the huge cooler and heat sink that conceals it. Of course, they also put the card through its paces and, while they did find that it’s bar-none the fast single GPU card out there, the performance compared to a GeForce 9800 GX2 makes the situation a bit murkier, especially given the GTX 280’s hefty price tag and lofty system requirements. (Read the full post about ‘NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 280 gets cracked open and reviewed’…)
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16 Jun, 2008
FROM GAMERTELL - Alienware’s Area 51 m15x notebook is not as steeply priced as other Alienware products yet steeped with the brands trademark technological brilliance. MORE » Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! - Subscribe to our feed → Tags: PDA, electronic toys, gizmos, cellphone (Read the full post about ‘Alienware’s Area-51 m15x might not entirely exhaust your wallet’…)
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16 Jun, 2008
by Donald Melanson, posted Jun 16th 2008 at 12:38PM It still hasn’t quite made the rounds of US carriers, but it looks like that hasn’t stopped the Palm Centro from hopping across the border to make its Canadian debut on Rogers. If that’s the moment you’ve somehow been waiting for, and you’re an existing Rogers customer, you get your hands on one now for $199 with a three-year plan and minimum $45 monthly service fee, while new customers will have to fork over $299 and jump through the same contract hoops. Of course, there is also that other little phone that’s making its long-awaited Canadian debut on Rogers next month, but we’re guessing that anyone planning to go that route has already pretty firmly made up their mind. (Read the full post about ‘Palm Centro makes its Canadian debut with Rogers’…)
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16 Jun, 2008
by Paul Miller, posted Jun 16th 2008 at 8:02AM We got a quick little bit of quality time with Nokia’s new business-centric S60 phones, the E66 and the E71. Both phones are virtually identical when it comes to specs, so it really boils down to what you prefer in form factor. If you’re a T9 maven and prefer a vertical screen orientation, the E66 slider is obviously your ticket, but the E71’s full QWERTY keyboard and glorious 10mm of thickness are probably going to guide it into many a business slack front pocket. The E71’s keys have a harder, clickier feel to them than its predecessors, and they’re also a tad more crowded than usual — we had a bit of trouble typing at first, but it’s a solid, well-built keyboard that’ll certainly come to be second nature with a bit of use. (Read the full post about ‘Video hands-on with the new E66 and E71 from Nokia’…)
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16 Jun, 2008
by Joshua Topolsky, posted Jun 16th 2008 at 10:31AM Like the beginning of every great science fiction movie, experts claim that they’ve discovered a cure for our fuel-dependency woes that only requires an army of genetically modified bacteria… that eat wheat straw and excrete crude oil. You read that right: scientists have created bugs which are able to snack on woodchips or sugar cane and produce waste in the form of easily malleable oil. Not only are the buggers capable of creating a byproduct which can quickly be refined into fuel for vehicles, but scientists say the process is carbon-negative — it outputs less carbon than is required to produce it. (Read the full post about ‘Scientists create mutant bugs that produce crude oil, unleash swarm of merciless killers’…)
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16 Jun, 2008
by Darren Murph, posted Jun 16th 2008 at 8:32AM Alright, so we suppose a labeled version could be created upon request, but the beauty of Kazuharu Sakura’s handmade leather keyboard is really in its simplicity. Just imagine: your delicate fingertips frolicking endlessly on the soft, supple skin covering the abnormally large Enter / atypically small Space bar, not to mention every key in between. (Read the full post about ‘Kazuharu Sakura’s leather keyboard: only touch typists need apply’…)
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