Archive for: June 10, 2008

June 10, 2008

Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905 breaks cover with 8.1 megapixels in tow

Filed under: Review - 10 Jun 2008

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Paris who? Sony Ericsson’s let yet another one slip out of its fingers before the official announcement, that duration around a killer slider said to be the Cyber-shot C905, codenamed “Shiho.” whether the rumors pan out, it’s got one heck of a rap sheet, too, starting off wit…

Virtually waterless washing machine edges closer to production

Filed under: Review - 10 Jun 2008

Filed under: HouseholdYou can find a washer just about anywhere that promises to consume less water than most of its rivals, but finding one that’s “virtually waterless” is still a chore. Yeah, there was that one contraption from Singapore a few years back, but c’mon, it’s no bona fide washing machi…

Princeton chases Shuttle’s minimalist lead with 19-inch touchscreen

Filed under: Review - 10 Jun 2008

Shuttle may have been the first out of the gate with that minimalist design (presumably OEM, and likely only a sign of things to come), but that’s not keeping Princeton from doing its own thing with its new PTB-TMW19B tablet display, which just got official for Japan nowadays. While the exteri…

Nintendo Wii USB devices on the way?

Filed under: Review - 10 Jun 2008

Some wily web browsers have found a job listing at Nintendo of America that suggests the game company is finally getting serious about USB support for the Wii. The job search, found a few days ago, was for a “Software/Harware Tester” who can execute a “test plan for Wii’s USB devices.” Some thin…

OpenOffice.org 2.4.1 Final

OpenOffice org is the open source project through which Sun Microsystems is releasing the technology for the popular StarOffice productivity suite It is an international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through open component based APIs and an XML based file format It establishes the necessary facilities to make this open source technology available to the developer community

Voodoo’s Omen and Envy get talked about on video

Filed under: Review - 10 Jun 2008

Let’s face it: a photograph is only worth a thousand words, but a video… well, it’s nearly always preferred. For those still hungry for (even) more details on Voodoo’s latest duo, the HP VoodooPC channel is now domestic to a host of fresh clips to satisfy your insatiable appetite. The goods ar…

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ASIMO learns to understand three humans at once

Filed under: Review - 10 Jun 2008

ASIMO has already proven itself to be pretty multi-talented, but it looks like it’s now added yet another trick to its repertoire, with a pair of researchers giving it the ability to understand three society speaking at once. That was done with the aid of eight microphones and a specially-desi…

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Voodoo’s Envy 133 using custom MacBook Air CPU?

Filed under: Review - 10 Jun 2008

We heard they were coming. Now it looks like we’ve got a moment ultra-thin laptop sporting Intel’s custom-built, 65-nm processor first unveiled in Apple’s MacBook Air. At about 3:00 minutes into the Envy 133 video, Rahul Sood, Voodoo founder, says that his new Envy 133 uses an “off roadmap chip”…

TruMedia says its facial-recognition billboards will never record video, it won’t share with cops

Filed under: Review - 10 Jun 2008

Those billboards with facial-recognition-based tracking systems we mentioned final week caused fairly a bit of consternation amongst those of us who value our privacy (read: everyone), but it at least one of the firms involved is engaging the debate and promising that it won’t share any details …

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Apple Shows off Mac OS X Server Snow Leopard

Filed under: Review - 10 Jun 2008

At the Worldwide Developer Conference currently underway in San Fransisco, Apple unveiled some of the new features coming in Mac OS X Server 10.6, Snow Leopard. Of course the new release gets the same improvements as the client version, but in addition to those, there are a few server-specific featu…

Western Digital intros 1TB 7200RPM Caviar Black HDD

Filed under: Review - 10 Jun 2008

Watch out, archive junkies. The 1TB internal HDD game just got one more player. Hailed by Western Digital as the “fastest 3.5-inch 7200RPM drive on the market,” the Caviar Black SATA drive is available in both 750GB and 1TB flavors, with the latter obviously being the most appealing. On these be…

Slacker: Celebrate Graduation With a Party-Mix Station

Filed under: Review, cool_web_sites, games_entertainment, music - 10 Jun 2008

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The time only comes once or twice in your life and there is no way better to celebrate than with a lot of music. Slacker, an Internet radio site in which we have hailed as exciting and innovative in our previous AppScout posts, has now made a station tailored just for the end-of-school and graduation season.

I listened to the station and discovered a mix of both old school and today's hits. Songs like "Casino" (Jimmy Eat World), "London Bridge" (Fergie), "Forever Young" (Rod Stewart), and "Summertime" (Will Smith), showcase a selection of songs with a graduation theme as well as those you can dance to.

Like all Slacker personal radio stations, you can add and remove bands and customize the music any way you like. So if you are in the mood to celebrate graduation, Slacker Grad Party Radio may help, allowing you to jam to your favorite hits.

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