Archive for: May 24, 2008

May 24, 2008

PC Microworks intros Montevina-powered Edge uber-laptop

Filed under: Review - 24 May 2008

Filed under: Laptops
Heads up, spec hounds. PC Microworks’ Edge with Centrino 2 (aka Montevina) is a powerhouse that cannot be denied. that speedster sports a 15.4-inch WUXGA screen, packs a Montevina Quad Core Centrino 2 CPU, 2gb of DDR3 at 1333MHz, nVIDIA Gefore 9800M GTX, HSPDA, and up to 4TB o…

‘Phomance’ doesn’t warm developer’s heart

Filed under: Review - 24 May 2008

Phomance might sound like some hip new description of a romantic phone conversation, but Symantec’s senior data developer says there’s nothing sexy about it.

Phomance, writes Ben Nahorney, is actually the foreboding crossection within phishing and…

Freight full of unknown Apple devices lands in North America

Filed under: Review - 24 May 2008

So here is the deal, a mysterious shipment from Apple’s factory partners has made its way to North American shores. Since the middle of March, there have been 188 containers of a product with a name that Apple has never before used when importing their devices. All devices must have a name, wh…

Baby offered on eBay now in state custody

Filed under: Review - 24 May 2008

Anyone who trolls eBay with regularity has probably gotten used to seeing the odd thing up for sale now and again. But the Saturday story of a German pair offering its 8-month-old for purchase on the site may end up topping more than a few creepiest-…

NICE shows off prototype electric car; Liberty plans an electric Range Rover

Filed under: Review - 24 May 2008

Filed under: Transportation
Some interesting electric car developments went down in England recently — Liberty Electric Cars announced plans to covert “tens of thousands” cars and SUVs to electric operation, starting with the Range Rover, and NICE previewed a scissor-door concept it’ll be showing a…

Guitar Hero World Tour priced, given release date

Filed under: Review - 24 May 2008

Filed under: Gaming
Now that we’ve been enticed with what Guitar Hero World Tour will look like, GameStop has revealed the upcoming rock simulator’s price and release period. $189.99 will get you the Guitar Hero World Tour “Band Kit” with drum kit, guitar, and microphone. Meanwhile, the “Guitar Kit”…

Windows Mobile 6.1 update for HTC TyTN II now additional official

Filed under: Review - 24 May 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
A leaky update faucet let in-the-know users get in on that one a little early, but HTC’s now ready to trumpet its official Windows Mobile 6.1 update for its TyTN II to the world. Besides 6.1, the new release packs in the “display performance update” promised some i…

Windows Live OneCare v2.5.2795.6

Microsoft Windows Live OneCare is a comprehensive and integrated PC health service that helps protect and maintain your computer with antivirus firewall PC maintenance and file backup and restore functionality This new service is in beta testing

Sans Digital’s CS1T and CR2T turn CF cards into 2.5-inch enclosures

Filed under: Review - 24 May 2008

We’ve seen CF-SATA converters before, but what whether you were to create a SATA shaped, sized, and interfaced enclosure and allow users to throw Compact Flash cards in there to manufacture their own SSDs for more standard installs? Sans Digital’s CS1T is a single-card Compact Flash CF to 2.5″ S…

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Sanyo crams SSDs into new duo of in-car navigation systems

Filed under: Review - 24 May 2008

whether you’ve ran smack into any flavor of foreign object while waiting impatiently for your navigator to “recalculate,” you’ll likely be salivating for Sanyo’s latest duo. The NVA-MS1280DT and NVA-MS1180DT each feature a 4GB SSD drive (though the former adds a 4GB SD card and DVD support), a 7…

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Best Buy unleashes Insignia NS-BRDVD Blu-ray player for $349, PS3 yawns

Filed under: Review - 24 May 2008

Filed under: Home Entertainment
What that? Best Buy finally released the Insignia NS-BRDVD blu-ray player for an affordable $349.99. The design, like other in-house Insgnia-branded products, is questionable, but whether you were looking into the PS3 as a player, that could be a $50 cheaper option wh…

ATTIGO TT elegantly integrates touch panels into DJ setup

Filed under: Review - 24 May 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio
Just after seeing how the Nintendo DS’s touch panel could be used to scratch things up, along comes a full-blown turntable setup that relies heavily on interactions with touchscreens. Dreamed up and designed by Scott Hobbs, the ATTIGO TT enables DJs to manipulate sounds v…

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