Articles Archive for January 2007
Laptops, News, Notebooks »
Asus has announced yet another new laptop, the A8Jr, which features a Intel Core 2 Duo processor and the X2300 Mobility Radeon graphics. The laptop includes good components and is highly connectible, with the Intel 945PM Express chipset, Bluetooth 2.0, ExpressCard slot, 802.11a/b/g Intel Pro Wi-Fi and VGA, DVI, TV Out.The Asus A8Jr has a 14.1 LCD Display, but we don’t know either it’s resolution or other specifications. It will be less than 1.5″ thick and will weight 5.3 pounds. We don’t know the date it will be available or …
Accessories, Laptops, News, Notebooks »
If you are a laptop user and like to use it on your feet, you must have had problems with the heat, that’s why Brando tought of designing a USB Retractable Laptop Cooling Pad, connectible via USB, of course, and that only weights 405 grams. The Pad is retractable, so you can reduce is size, to make it more portable, because, being designed for a laptop, which most important feature is the portability, it must be the same.
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News, Peripherals »
If you are a luxury lover, this mouse is great for you, as it’s the most expensive mouse ever, with 59 diamonds on it, of 18 karat. This mouse has a resolution of 800 dpi, but it doesn’t look very comfortable for the hand, so it should better fit behind a window, not on a mouse pad.
News »
Silicon Valley has built a prototype of boat, called Proteus, that looks more like a spider and is 100 foot big. It’s powered by two engines of 355hp each and can reach a top speed of up to 70mph. It’s very comfortable and it costs about $5 million to build, considering the materials were received as a donation.
Mobile Phones, News »
Samsung has recently announced the Ultra Edition 5.9, a phone which name’s coming from it’s thickness of 5.9 millimeters. Currently it’s the world thinest mobile phone, that Samsung can be proud of. It has GSM support, a 3.2 megapixel camera, 80MB of internal memory, Bluetooth and will be available in march for an undisclosed price yet.
Peripherals, Reviews »
If you’re looking for a middle priced and middle performing laser printer, the Dell 3110cn could be a good option, priced at only $500 and with some good features. It’s quite a big printer, but working with laser and the size can be justified. It’s sizer are 19.1″ deep, 15.8″ wide and 18.5″ tall and weights 53 pounds. It uses two sheet sources, a 250 sheet one and a 150 sheet one. The output tray can hold up to 250 sheets and there is an option to buy an additional …
Desktops, Reviews »
The Dell XPS 710 H2C is an extreme gaming system, at a price below standards, especially that it has two graphic cards in SLI configuration and other great components, overclocked CPU with warranty, silent cooling system. It’s price is $5,759 and is worth this price.It has a 3.2Ghz Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 quad core CPU, overclocked and with warranty included, 4GB of DDR2 RAM, at 667Mhz, two Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX graphic cards of 768MB each, and more than 1TB of HDD space, composed of two 150GB HDDS@10,000 RPM …
Laptops, News, Notebooks »
It came BenQ’s turn to release Vista ready laptops, with the R55, S73 and S31. The BenQ Joybook R55V has a 15.4″ display, a Core 2 Duo CPU and Nvidia GeForce Go 7400 video card. The Joynook S31V has a 13.3″ display and the Joybook S73V a 14.1″ one and has a dual core processor and ATO Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics card.There isn’t much changed in them, except they come with Vista preinstalled and are compatible with the new Operating System. They will be available in a few weeks at …
Digital Cameras, News »
Sharp hasn’t been satisfied just with the 10 and 12 megapixel sensors for the ultracompact cameras, now announcing even a more compact 1/2.5 inch CCD with a 8.28 megapixel resolution. For achieving this resolution at such a low size, Sharp has used the industry’s smalled class cells, of 1.75 μm x 1.75 pixels.This sensor is 40 percent smaller than the other previous models and it’s planning to make things even smaller. The sensor’s price will be at $33, not very high.
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“UR” stored in a single photon of light ? Yes, a team of researched really managed to do that, by not storing ones and zeros, as in the binary code, but using other method, that sounds impossible, but works. After the whole storing process, the light is compressed to 1% of it’s original size and this makes it possible.
News, PDA and GPS »
Asus has just announced two slim PDAs, with GPS and good performances. Asus has fortunately removed the antenna and replaced it with a stainless steel frame, making the PDAs look better. Both the Asus A686 and Asus A696 come with 802.11b/g wireless, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, Windows Mobile 5.0, SiRF Star III Receiver, a 3.5″Â touchscreen with a resolution of 320×240, 64MB of SDRAM, integrated speaker and mic, rechargeable battery and audio recording capability. Both are 1.57 centimeters thick. The difference between them is the processor and the flash ROM, …
Audio Systems, News »
Bang & Olufsen continue with their line of high end and extremely high price home theater systems. Their last creation is the BeoLab 9 speakers, that include 10″ bass drivers and 5″ mid range. Their tweeters are placed in a special position, so the sound can be easily and better heard in an arc of 180 degrees. They are using the latest technologies to increase sound quality and prevent distortions, like Adaptive Bass Linearisation technology or Acoustic Lens Technology. Those technologies can get the sound down to 30Hz and make …
Desktops, Reviews »
If you aren’t seeking an incredible gaming PC, with whopping performances, but you seek one that can run any game, with decent resolution and details, for a good price, the Systemax Venture VX2 is your stop. At a fixed price of $1,999, the system has a fixed configuration and comes with a 500 watt power supply. Unfortunately, this power supply could get you in trouble if you plan to install some extreme graphics cards in SLI.It’s design is not much improved, from the standard cases, using a midtower one, that …
Gadgets, News »
There’s a rumor that PSP2 would be released and there are even some specs, but it’s mostly probable that this will only remain a rumor for some time. The specs look like this: brighter screen, visual battery display, Firmware 4.07, built of metal and ruggedized rubber built, dual analog controllers, a flash drive with 8GB capacity, Wi-fi 802.11a/b/g and Bluetooth 2.0, with A2DP and AVRCP.
The PSP2 should be named cobalt and here are some photos.
Gadgets, News »
If you’re bored of your old classic mouse or even of a techy mouse, now you can acquire something new and innovative. The Wowpen is looking like a pen, but a bit thicker and has the same functions as a standard mouse. Also, it’s compatible with both PC or MAC, as every other mouse.
It’s available and priced at $49, not quite an impressive price.

