May 20, 2008
Filed under: Laptops
There you have it, ASUS' Amos 'n Andy companion to the
Martin 'n Lewis Eee PC 901. The 8.9-inch Atom-based lappie show no signs of the rumored Bluetooth or anything else unusual that we can see. Black is certainly predictable as a
continuation of the original Eee PC 700-series color scheme. It's certainly not as surprising as the
expected $650 price tag on the original
$199 low-cost laptop.
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May 20, 2008
Filed under: Desktops
You've got to hand it to Sony for at least
trying a new style every now and again. The VGC-LJ25L sports such an unusual look that people are mistaking it for a laptop, when in fact the system pictured above is another attempt at the all-in-one variety of PC. The system packs in a 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo T8100 CPU, 2GB of RAM, a 200GB hard drive, Intel's familiar X3100 on-board graphics, a 15.4-inch 1280 x 800 LCD display, and a "Sound Reality" audio chip with Direct Sound 3D support. The small keyboard can apparently be folded up when the desktop isn't in use, but it won't help you if you just want to lay back and watch a movie, as it partially conceals the screen. The funky little dude is available right now for ₩1,399,000 (or about $1,385) -- in Korea only, of course.
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May 20, 2008
Filed under: Desktops
You've got to hand it to Sony for at least
trying a new style every now and again. The VGC-LJ25L sports such an unusual look that people are mistaking it for a laptop, when in fact the system pictured above is another attempt at the all-in-one variety of PC. The system packs in a 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo T8100 CPU, 2GB of RAM, a 200GB hard drive, Intel's familiar X3100 on-board graphics, a 15.4-inch 1280 x 800 LCD display, and a "Sound Reality" audio chip with Direct Sound 3D support. The small keyboard can apparently be folded up when the desktop isn't in use, but it won't help you if you just want to lay back and watch a movie, as it partially conceals the screen. The funky little dude is available right now for ₩1,399,000 (or about $1,385) -- in Korea only, of course.
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May 20, 2008
Filed under: Displays
It seems like the multi-touch revolution that's happening right now is really
bringing out the
DIY'ers -- and this latest feat of hackery is right up there with the best of them. Christopher Jette has created a massive, 56-inch multi-touch display in his spare time using a box that resembles an old rear-projection TV, 168 infrared LEDs, and some serious elbow grease. The LEDs dot the perimeter of the screen and create a field of IR light which is scattered when touched, a webcam mounted at the back of the display picks up the movement and translates it to input. If you've got some time on your hands, there are instructions available for recreating the experiment, or you can just sit back and watch it in action in the video after the break.
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May 20, 2008
Filed under: Home Entertainment
ESPN's unleashing The Ultimate Remote, developed by tvCompass, complete with 2.2-inch QVGA LCD screen and 802.11 b/g WiFi stuffed in a 6.5 oz package. It's certainly a serious contender with the
Harmony One -- and priced like it, at $300. The marketing info claims no PC is required for setup, recharging via USB, an internet browser with real time access to scores, fantasy info and TV listings for broadcast, cable and satellite from click365's wireless partners. There's even a messaging feature for texting from remote to remote, email, or to a cellphone. We got a glimpse of it at Microsoft's booth during CES, and while it claims "Advanced Microsoft Windows operating software" it's not talking about SideShow. It reminds us a lot of the
Ricavision VAVE100 MCE/SideShow remote, but with a slightly different feature set. Father's Day is coming up and suddenly walking over to the computer (or keeping a laptop or PDA/phone on the couch) is sounding like a lot of unnecessary work. Check after the break for a bigger pic with keypad breakdown, or head to Amazon to preorder.
[Via
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May 20, 2008
Filed under: Home Entertainment
ESPN's unleashing The Ultimate Remote, developed by tvCompass, complete with 2.2-inch QVGA LCD screen and 802.11 b/g WiFi stuffed in a 6.5 oz package. It's certainly a serious contender with the
Harmony One -- and priced like it, at $300. The marketing info claims no PC is required for setup, recharging via USB, an internet browser with real time access to scores, fantasy info and TV listings for broadcast, cable and satellite from click365's wireless partners. There's even a messaging feature for texting from remote to remote, email, or to a cellphone. We got a glimpse of it at Microsoft's booth during CES, and while it claims "Advanced Microsoft Windows operating software" it's not talking about SideShow. It reminds us a lot of the
Ricavision VAVE100 MCE/SideShow remote, but with a slightly different feature set. Father's Day is coming up and suddenly walking over to the computer (or keeping a laptop or PDA/phone on the couch) is sounding like a lot of unnecessary work. Check after the break for a bigger pic with keypad breakdown, or head to Amazon to preorder.
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May 20, 2008
Filed under: Peripherals
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about technology, multimedia, and digital entertainment.
The
last Switched On discussed GreenPlug, a startup that is trying to create a new standard for universal AC adapters. The environmental benefits GreenPlug offers are enormous, like the reduction of power caused by keeping energy flowing to a fully charged device, and the great reduction in waste currently caused by the need to keep manufacturing, shipping and disposing of the billions of AC adapters produced every year (many of which are practically wed to a single product).
Even without GreenPlug, there has been significant movement over the past few years toward the acceptance of the mini-USB port as a connection standard for portable devices. Sony, for example, now offers USB charging on devices such as the PSP and Sony eReader, where others previously required proprietary adapters. The USB Implementers' Forum is working on new guidelines to ensure better compatibility for chargers and devices using the popular port that was designed first for data transfer. And there is now legislation in place in China that mandates that any phone sold there must enable USB charging.
However, USB has limits in terms of the wattage that it can deliver and can't charge, for example, notebook PCs, as well as many camcorders, digital cameras, and other products. Nonetheless, in a nod to the growing momentum around the USB connector for cell phones and other low-power gizmos, GreenPlug has designed its connector to resemble a mini-USB port. A GreenPlug adapter can charge mini-USB products that don't have its chip, even though it won't offer power-saving benefits in that circumstance.
Continue reading Switched On: Green Plug tries to replace the worry warts (Part 2)
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May 20, 2008
Filed under: Digital Cameras
People sure do love them some
Flip Video cameras, and it looks like the company is getting set to cash in on that popularity with a new model dubbed the Minos, which was recently spotted in a B&H catalog with a due date of June 4. It's not clear what the Minos will offer over the existing Flip except a $179 price tag and your choice of a black or white casing, but here's hoping Flip handles all that fame responsibly -- no one want to see this guy go all Elvis and feature-bloated, you know?
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May 20, 2008
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Networking
You know all that network hardware that runs quietly 24 hours a day in server rooms around the world? What if black-hats could exploit remote firmware flashing utilities to take over -- or completely destroy -- vulnerable gear? Though still theoretical, PDOS -- permanent denial-of-service -- attacks will be demonstrated by researchers from HP Security Labs at the EUSecWest security conference in London this week. "Phlashing", as it's being referred to, focuses on exploiting network-enabled firmware updates, making use of a fuzzing tool that tricks hardware into flashing anything from back-door access to a corrupt image, causing complete and permanent hardware failure. There's no reason to panic just yet (especially not when it comes to consumer devices, which typically don't support remote firmware updates), but given the amount of unattended and relatively dormant enterprise network hardware out there, this could be something for admins to seriously think about.
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May 20, 2008
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Networking
You know all that network hardware that runs quietly 24 hours a day in server rooms around the world? What if black-hats could exploit remote firmware flashing utilities to take over -- or completely destroy -- vulnerable gear? Though still theoretical, PDOS -- permanent denial-of-service -- attacks will be demonstrated by researchers from HP Security Labs at the EUSecWest security conference in London this week. "Phlashing", as it's being referred to, focuses on exploiting network-enabled firmware updates, making use of a fuzzing tool that tricks hardware into flashing anything from back-door access to a corrupt image, causing complete and permanent hardware failure. There's no reason to panic just yet (especially not when it comes to consumer devices, which typically don't support remote firmware updates), but given the amount of unattended and relatively dormant enterprise network hardware out there, this could be something for admins to seriously think about.
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