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Do not be afraid of difficult questions!

2009-09-08T06:21:00.000-07:00

Show? Danger?

2009-07-28T22:38:00.000-07:00

Credit Card

2009-07-15T08:55:00.001-07:00

Just Taking A Nap

2009-07-15T08:53:00.001-07:00

How To Look Like You're Rich

2009-07-03T09:07:00.000-07:00

Troops Secret Weapon

2009-07-03T08:53:00.001-07:00

Good Lookin Couple

2009-07-03T08:46:00.000-07:00

Let Me Out!

2009-07-03T08:17:00.000-07:00

Bathroom Creatives

2009-07-03T08:09:00.001-07:00

The Lobster Zone

2009-07-03T08:05:00.001-07:00

Cute Bumper Sticker

2009-07-03T08:01:00.001-07:00

Cool Computers

2009-07-03T07:42:00.001-07:00

Computer with air-conditionar~~

2009-07-03T07:39:00.000-07:00

Mozilla: Opera's Web 5.0 talk 'hyperbolic'??WEB 98.32/0??

2009-06-29T07:25:00.000-07:00

Mozilla's Vice President of Engineering Mike Shaver has laughed off claims by Opera that its Opera Unite tool is Web 5.0, but praised the company for continuing to push the boundaries.
Shaver, talking to TechRadar ahead of the forthcoming Firefox 3.5 launch, admitted he'd had little time to play with Opera Unite, but despite his suggestion that talk of web 5.0 was hyperbole, he reserved praise for the rival browser maker
"I'd be surprised about that it being Web 5.0," said Shaver. "If you look back five years and see where we were then…but if it's five years ahead then that's a lab that I need to have a subscription to!
Experimental
"We've certainly had experiments with making people's data and extensions easier to share," Shaver added.
"There is certainly value in improving some of these things in the browser and I'm glad that Opera did the experiment.
"I don't at this point share their optimism that it has reinvented the web. Opera has a long history of doing very creative technical ideas – some of them work out well but some of them don't.
"Obviously we're certainly glad to see that people still see there is value in trying to do new things in the browser."
Web Standard
Shaver was keen to know if Opera were looking to standardise Unite, saying: "I don't know if their intention is to standardise it – they certainly developed it very quietly.
"They were very excited and they were looking to make a splash as much as make a difference initially.
"[Web 5.0 talk] is obviously hyperbolic but it's okay to be enthusiastic about your product. You should believe these things are great but you also need to adapt when these things don't work and be prepared to go in another direction.
"Our approaches to user data and hosted services are very different. We have a project called Weave in Mozilla Labs and that's something that's really biased towards privacy and the protection of that data."

Health video games become serious business

2009-06-29T07:08:00.000-07:00

Videogames were once blamed for rising obesity rates but are now being championed by the medical industry and for use by government departments for their health benefits.
Games like Electronic Arts' "EA Sports Active" and Nintendo's "Wii Fit" have got players of all ages moving — and game developers and investors looking for hot new titles to cash in on this booming segment of the market.
Big John Games' upcoming "Butt Kicker" Nintendo DSi game will provide an action-based environment in which players fight against cigarettes and "Karate Bears" for Wii teaches players real karate routines using the Wii's motion-sensor controllers.

With interest in health games rising, the fifth annual Games for Health Conference in Boston expanded to 390 people this year from 100, including developers, investors and medical experts, while numbers at many other conferences are down up to 40 percent.
"Healthcare is 18 percent of the GDP of the United States and so games for health is probably the largest sector of activity in the serious games field long-term," said Ben Sawyer, co-founder of The Games for Health Project.
"If you add up the 18 month sales of "Wii Fit" and the sales of "EA Sports Active," Konami's "Dance Dance Revolution" and other healthy games, the worldwide retail numbers are over $2 billion."
Dr. Michael Levine, executive director of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop which fosters innovation in children's learning, has just released a report looking at how digital games can play a beneficial and educational role in health care.
"The White House should launch a national initiative to promote research and development of proven games," said Levine.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, whose mission is to improve the health and healthcare of all Americans, has also called for a public engagement campaign supported by the president, Congress and the federal agencies to teach parents, teachers and health providers about the healthy side of gaming.
"States' governors should direct their school technology officers to look at innovations like "Dance Dance Revolution" and "Wii Fit" as a way to extend the reach of physical education and comprehensive health education," said Dr. Debra Lieberman, director of Health Games Research for the foundation.
The Games for Health Conference also showcased how videogames are being used to help doctors and patients alike.
Serious games developer Virtual Heroes is working on a new first-person shooter sequel for Hope Lab's popular "Re-Mission" game, which has been distributed to cancer patients in 81 countries since 2006.

"We're taking their existing concept and trying to raise the fun bar and creating more lifelike and enjoyable environments within the human body," explained Jerry Heneghan, CEO of Virtual Heroes.
"Players will take control of Roxy, the protagonist, and have new weapons to battle cancer with thanks to input from cancer patients."
Virtual Heroes is also updating its HumanSim technology with a new human physiology engine, technology has been used by Duke Medical Center's nursing school to train nurses virtually.
Heneghan said he hopes this software will inspire gamers to turn to careers in healthcare and make people in the medical profession more proficient with more grants and funding flowing into universities for health games.

Patch 3.2 Tauren Druid forms HQ

2009-06-29T07:00:00.000-07:00

Bring Girls... or Kill Zone 2 (PIC)

2009-06-29T06:54:00.001-07:00

Dragon Age: Origins

2009-06-28T16:58:00.000-07:00

I'm not a big fan of dogs, but when a fantasy RPG from BioWare includes one as a major character, Isit up on my hind legs and prick up my ears. If nothing else, Dragon Age: Origins will be the first game Iknow of that'll allow you to level up a canine in the same way as a wizard.

I'm still not sure I was meant to find the dog while sitting in the corner, far from the prying eyes of various PR people observing the collected throng of journalists attempting to defeat an evil, insane wizard. Naturally, I'd mopped the floor with him with a minimum of fuss and was busying myself trying to explore as much of the game as I could before EA tore the mouse from my bloodied stump of a hand.

And that's how I discovered that, among the various wizards and warriors, a huge bulldog-type creature who, when included in your four-man (OK, creature) party, was just as capable of gaining experience and levelling up as his bipedal colleagues.

Apparently he's just called Dog too, which I suppose is as apt a name as any. But enough of that. One of the main worries about Dragon Age is that since the game has gone cross-platform, all the initial "We're making a PC game for PC gamers" bluster would turn out to be just so much hot air. While we only obviously got a limited run through various aspects of the game, my impression was that Dragon Age: Origins is a cross between Baldur's Gate and Mass Effect. That isn't big news really, but it might help qualify what you should expect from the game come winter.Combat was the focus of our hands-on, with the aforementioned mad mage needing to be put in his place. First of all, a conversation was had that was straight out of the Mass Effect playbook. The facial animations and conversational style were so similar, so while we shouldn't expect the same level of sophisticated storytelling as shown in The Witcher, BioWare's usual high standards in terms of acting and writing will shine through.After the inevitable "Actually, you know, I won't just give up" conversation finishes, you get ready to rumble. This is where BioWare have, surprisingly, managed to keep the new and old RPG fans happy.For those used to Mass Effect and its ilk, you can fly right in and look over your character's shoulder while you fight. For those of the Baldur's Gate school, you can keep the view zoomed out and go old school.Combat is pausable, so you can consider your strategy and queue up spells and attacks, just like in the good ol' days of top-down goblin slaughtering. Certainly for those worrying about Origins being dumbed down, this notion has been blown out of the window for the combat at least. You can even zoom out outside of combat too, so instead of using WSAD to move about, you can click around the screen instead. It is, as they say, up to you.

As for what is going on behind the scenes, it's all reassuringly dice roll-y and the number of skills, spells and so on are a far cry from more recent streamlined RPGs. While I won't go so far as to say the game mechanics are as in-depth as the Baldur's Gate series, it certainly shouldn't be lacking in options.The main problem that still persists is whether the game's storyline and its universe will be interesting enough. Other than being described as a "mature fantasy" Dragon Age: Origins doesn't seem to have much of a hook, some key ingredient that will get people rushing to the shops to buy the game. One imagines that BioWare are gambling on their name alone being enough to guarantee sales, which is probably true, but there is definitely a "meh, whatever" attitude amongst a substantial percentage of the PC gaming community.From what we've played so far, the actual gameplay won't be a problem, pleasing as it should veterans and newbies alike. Whether the core story and characters will be good enough, well, we'll just have to wait and see.

Michael Jackson's games: A look back

2009-06-28T16:51:00.000-07:00

To pay tribute to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, who sadly passed away last night, Games Radar's taken a look back at Jacko's gaming appearances gone past.

The Thriller star's contributed to gaming many times over the past decade and half, the most famous of which is probably the lending of his likeness to Sega in the early 90s. Moonwalker had Michael defeating enemies and rescuing hostages with dance magic, and it was also rather good.

Michael's relationship with Sega didn't end there, as he was also heavily reported to have composed the soundtrack for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (see the evidence below) - something that Sega still won't comment on today.

In 1999 and 2002 Michael made cameo appearances in both of Tetsuya Mizuguchi's Space Channel games, under the guise of Space Michael

Jacko also made an appearance in Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2, as well as a plethora of soundtrack credits in multiple games.

Read the full article over on Games Radar. RIP Jacko, your music was awesome

Modality updates Flash Cards

2008-06-16T23:44:00.000-07:00

Modality from North Carolina has moved on to the 21st century by introducing digital flashcards in a large suite of software titles that were specially designed to be viewed on the iPhone.
Using outstanding anatomical illustrations from Netter's hugely popular Atlas of Human Anatomy (4th Edition), Netter's Anatomy allows you to carry the bestselling reference for human anatomy on your iPhone or iPod touch. Navigate through images with the flick of a finger, pinch to zoom, and tap to test your knowledge of muscles, bones, vessels, viscera and the joints. Use study mode to explore images at your own pace and quiz mode to test yourself on what you know.
Sounds like an excuse to get a 3G iPhone IMHO ;)

Apple's lucrative iPhone revenue sharing goes away, replaced with "traditional" model

2008-06-10T01:42:00.000-07:00

AT&T (well, Cingular at the time) and Apple entered into a very peculiar marriage of convenience to bring the original iPhone to American airwaves whereby AT&T shelled out cash to Cupertino each and every month for iPhone subscribers on its network (the exact terms were never publicized). Very simply, Apple had something good; they knew it and leveraged it to the very maximum of their ability, dangling the tantalizing prospect of endless publicity and droves of new customers in exchange for the deal. That same logic left Apple struggling to find partners in Europe, though, ultimately deploying the 2.5G model in just five markets there under AT&T-like terms.

Fast forward to July 2008 and the iPhone 3G, and the picture has changed just a bit. At least 70 countries will see the updated version before the year's out, but why the sudden change of heart by the world's carriers? Turns out the answer might lie in a revamped sales model that more closely mirrors the deals carriers set up with other manufacturers. AT&T has gone on the record saying that it'll take a huge revenue hit -- 10 to 12 cents per share both this year and next before finally planning on profitability in 2010 -- in order to deeply subsidize the phone on its own accord, taking Apple and its precious monthly kickbacks out of the picture. This is presumably the same kind of setup Apple is offering to carriers around the globe, a setup that they're already well acquainted with that provides a clear path to black ink (or so they would hope, anyway).

What does this mean for Apple, then? There's some chatter that the move away from a monthly revenue model will "force" Apple into charging for firmware updates much the way it does for the iPod touch, but that's not really a valid train of thought. We already know that Apple's committed to updating iPhones at no charge, something it can do by virtue of its accounting model where it recognizes revenue from the sales of devices over time. That accounting model was chosen precisely because it looked best on paper while Apple was continuing to churn out fee-free upgrades, not because of the original revenue model in place with AT&T. For what it's worth, they're still going to be rolling in the dough; carriers, on the other hand, are going to be waiting a while to dig out of that deep subsidy hole.

Aiptek joins the fold with PocketCinema V10 mini-projector

2008-06-06T00:31:00.000-07:00

If there are two things Aiptek knows, it's cheap and small. Along with Foxconn and Honlai, Aiptek is introducing a pocket-sized projector over in Taipei, and it's being eloquently dubbed the PocketCinema V10. Reportedly, the device taps 3M's miniature projection technology to shoot up a 50-inch image, and if you don't have a bona fide source laying around, it can still entertain guests by reading from the 1GB of internal memory or 3-in-1 multicard reader. Furthermore, it packs a built-in battery and stereo speakers, but unfortunately, we can't tell you where or when you'll be able to purchase one of these unpriced wonders.

WiMax Eee PC 901 specs, older Eee PC price cuts

2008-06-02T00:41:00.000-07:00

As you know, Asus will be announcing its Atom-based 8.9-inch Eee PC 901 and 10-inch 1001 tomorrow at Computex. However, the more obscure WiMax Expo show has already kicked off featuring a WiMax-enabled Eee PC 901. While the WiMax version won't ship until later (for obvious reasons), the 901 models at the show are being displayed in both black and white models based on a 1.6GHz Atom processor with 1GB of memory, Bluetooth, WiFi, memory card slot, and a 20GB SSD for Linux builds or 12GB SSD for Windows. Oh, and the 1.14-kg laptop features a 4- or 6-hour battery life depending upon battery selected. As to the older Eee PCs, ASUS' CEO said they'll be cutting prices on those which makes the Celeron M 701 and 900 models all the more attractive.

Nokia's N95 8GB for North America gets v20 firmware as well

2008-05-28T02:10:00.000-07:00

It isn't hard to see to perks to Apple's "one size fits all" approach to software for the iPhone and iPod touch. After making N95-3 (the regular ol' N95 for North America) users wait months to get the software updates of their European counterparts, it took 'em another few days to get the N95-4 (the 8GB version for North America) up to snuff as well. Of course, the N95 8GB already had a few of the software improvements, but this seems to pull it in line with the v20 firmware all the cool kids are rocking. Unfortunately it's not all gravy, you're going to have to do all the heavy lifting of backing up and re-installing your apps, and we've been having trouble getting the update to work at all on our particular 8GB -- we'll let you know how that goes. Still, the speed gains are (probably) worth all the hassle, so fire that sucker up and get updating!

Update: Problem solved, turned out to be a bum USB port on the PC we were using. You may also run into Vista compatibility issues using Nokia's Software Update app, though we had no problems when we told Vista to front like XP SP2 using the shortcut. Proceed at your own risk!

RM-mp1 Media Remote Control

2008-05-22T20:52:00.000-07:00

I must say the RM-mp1 media remote control looks more like a stylish cell phone at first glance, but this wireless device doesn't do phone calls. Instead, it is meant to allow you to wield your slideshows with impunity, featuring a touch pad mouse, a laser pointer, relevant multimedia buttons and a wireless USB receiver that makes it possible to walk all over the stage without losing control of your slideshow. In addition to presentation slides, the RM-mp1 is also a nifty media center remote that will definitely find a spot in any worthy living room. No idea on pricing or availability, but it will come in either black or white colors.

T-Mobile releases Nokia 5310 XpressMusic Phone

2008-05-21T02:52:00.000-07:00

At long last, T-Mobile has finally made available the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic from May 28th onwards, long after it was announced and released in other markets outside of the US. T-Mobile will be offering two pre-loaded songs with each purchase, one from rock sensation Panic At The Disco and the other from Phantom Planet. In addition, you will also get Panic At The Disco’s latest video, “That Green Gentleman,” with an exclusive making-of video with a greeting from the band. Other features found on the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic include :-

T-Mobile myFaves-enabled
Music player with dedicated external music controls
MP3 and video ring tones
Stereo Bluetooth connectivity
2.0 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom
Video capture and playback
FM radio
1GB microSD card included in box (support for up to 4GB)
Digital music player (supports AAC, eAAC+, MP3 and Windows Media Audio formats)
2" QVGA 240 x 320 display with up to 16 million colors
Stereo wired headset
3.5 mm headphone jack
Hands-free speaker
Voice dialing, voice commands and voice recorder
Tri-band 850/1800/1900 MHz GSM, GPRS, EDGE

Alienware Assimilates Dell's Gaming Business, XPS Gaming Machines On the Way Out

2008-05-12T23:50:00.000-07:00

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Dell is killing its four big balls XPS gaming machines (not the entire XPS line, like the standard notebooks, which are selling really well) to focus all of its juice on Alienware as its sole gaming brand. The timeline isn't overly specific, but the clock is ticking for Dell's XPS WoW notebook and their car-sized (and priced) 730 tower. We actually sorta figured this was coming.
While the cross-competition issue is obvious, our suspicions became more solid because of the bit buried in the announcement of Alienware's mondo 17-inch gaming notebook that Alienware was going to move into budget gaming PCs for more mainstream gamers. Why cannibalize themselves on both the upper and lower ends? Course, this just means the Alienware name is going to be tied even more closely to Dell, so whatever cachet left in the name is probably toast, like your wallet after buying one.

COWON D2 16GB Available in the U.S

2008-05-08T20:33:00.000-07:00

I had wrote that "Rival is fiercely as Cowon D2 16GB arrive" and now it is available at JetMall.net for $239.99 which could also be seen in Ebay with the same price. Not a bad price though a little expensive for me:). The price is a little lower when it was first post and now it is up, obviously it was being likely by others. The most feature for it is its storage capacity. It was announced a few months ago as I had wrote.
SPECIFICATIONS in Ebay:

Playback
format

Music

MP3 : MPEG 1/2/2.5 Layer 3, ~320kbps, ~48khz, mono/stereo

WMA : ~256kbps, ~48khz, mono/stereo

OGG : ~Q10, ~44.1khz, mono/stereo

FLAC : Compression Level 0 ~ 8, ~44.1khz, mono/stereo

WAV : ~48khz, 16bit, mono/stereo

APE : TBD **

JetEffect (BBE, Mach3Bass, MP Enhance, 3D Surround, Stereo Enhance) support

Movie

AVI : MPEG4 ~ 2Mbps, 320x240, 30fps, MP3 audio
WMV : WMV9 ~ 768kbps, 320x240, 30fps, WMA audio

TV OUT support (TV OUT Cable Optional)

Recording

WMA : 32~256kbps Recording and Playback
Voice Recording, Line-In Recording, External MIC support

Photo

JPG, No limitation on image size and capacity

Text

TXT file Viewer
Support up to 2MB

Folder Limit

500 folders and 5,000 files

Radio support

FM RADIO : 76Mhz ~ 108Mhz, 87.5Mhz ~ 108Mhz
WMA : 32~256kbps recording support

Display

2.5 inch 16 million color(24bit) TFT-LCD : QVGA (320x240) Touchscreen support.

Built-in memory

2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB

External

SD Card and MMC Card Slot

PC interface

USB 2.0 High Speed

File transfer speed

Max. 35Mbps (Upload 40Mbps)

Power

Up to 52 hours (Music) of continuous playback (Movie 10 hours)

Charge time

About 3.5 hours by adapter, About 7 hours by USB

Button

3 Button(MENU, VOL-, VOL+), POWER & HOLD Switch

SNR

95dB (A-Weighted)

Frequency Range

20Hz~20KHz

Max Output

16 Ohm earphone : 37mW + 37mW

Size

3.07 X 2.18 X 0.65 inches (78.0 X 55.4 X 16.6 mm)

Weight

3.21 oz (91 g) (Include Lithium Polymer battery)

* Playback time is based on company's self-test, The playing time may be shortened according to LCD usages
** TBD => Fast, Normal, 16bit, greater than v3.93

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Pentium 200MHz or Higher
32MB Main Memory or more
50MB Hard Disk Space or more
256 or Higher color display

OS
- Microsoft Windows 98/98se/ME/2000/XP
- MAC OS 9.X, 10.X (Only data transfer supported)
- Linux kernel v2.2 or higher (Only data transfer supported)

- USB Port
- CD-ROM Drive

Rogers iPhone for Canadians May be too Pricey

2008-04-29T20:28:00.000-07:00

It’s officials, the tech-hungry Canadians will have their own iPhone, thanks to a deal struck by Rogers Wirless with Apple. Rogers refused to release information on pricing and availability, though they promise to do it so later in the year. “We’re thrilled to announce that we have a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to Canada later this year. We can’t tell you any more about it right now, but stay tuned,” said Ted Rogers, CEO of the company. It’s not as if a Rogers iPhone isn’t a forgone conclusion but I’m sure the official word is a relief in many Canadian’s mind.

In fact, the official announcement did not even merit a statement of its own from Rogers. It came as one of the announcement in a financial report release by Rogers today, the number four item in the 2008 highlights of the wireless company. Canadians, no doubt, are ecstatic. Savvier Canadians worry that as usual they will be paying a high premium compared to their counterparts down the border.

via pmptoday

Apple iPhone not Going Intel but P.A. Semi

2008-04-23T02:41:00.000-07:00

Apple may opt for P.A. Semi’s super-efficient chip, boasting 300% more power efficiency compared to closest competitors. Dan Dobberpuhl, the founder, as developed a dual 64-bit 2GHz chip powered at 5 to 13 watts. Apple has been in talks with P.A. Semi before they went to put Intel processors on their Macs. Apple has spent $278 million to buy out the company and may be a warning shot to Intel and ARM, the provider of iPhone’s and iPod Touch’s processor. For handhelds P.A. Semi has its work cut out for it. The competition is fierce with ARM boasting a 0.25 watt A9 chip at 1GHz, VIA with a 0.1 watt chip that runs at 500MHz and Intel’s Atom running at 800MHz for .8 watt of power.

via wiyule

Archos + GPS, TVPortation, Web TV, Internet Radio and so much more

2008-04-22T20:26:00.000-07:00

Archos Gen5 PMPs just got better, way better. With several press releases, the French PMP manufacturer has made available GPS feature on the Archos 605. Once a rumor, it’s now official and Archos didn’t even have to make hardware changes. According to Archos, the 605’s 4.3-inch screen is unmatched by other GPS devices in the market. “With more than 50 times the hard drive size, twice the screen resolution, and similar pricing as stand-alone GPS navigation products, the ARCHOS 605 GPS is the ultimate navigation and entertainment device.” The GPS sells for $129.99 separately or comes bundled with a 30GB Archos 605 for $399.99.

TVPortation is Archos breakthrough technology that convert a portable device into portable TVs. It’s available for the 605 and 705 WiFi Archos PMPs. It uses the Archos TV+ as media server. Henri Crohas, ARCHOS founder and CEO claims, “The ARCHOS TV+ is the first home entertainment device that combines a home TV streaming server with a DVR, giving TV, movie and music fans everything they need to stay entertained and connected both inside and away from the home.”

Through a free firmware update, 605 and 705 users will be able to support Adobe® Flash® 9, Windows Media Video® (WMV) 9 and ON2 video formats. This will open up almost all videos on the Internet for Archos WiFi PMP users, and it’s free. Plug-ins for Web TV and Radio have also been made available for $19.99.

Last but not least, Archos and Paramount has signed an agreement allowing Archos users to watch movies like “Cloverfield,” “Shooter,” and “Beowulf” on their portable players. In North America and Europe, Paramount content will be preloaded to ARCHOS TV+ WiFi Digital Video Recorder (DVR) so you can get movies directly on your Archos WiFi portables.

MUMU ican MP3 Player is Thin and feeling is good

2008-04-22T01:48:00.000-07:00

There is not too much information yet from MUMU Music Wyatt, about their new and fancy-buttoned ican MP3 player, except that it has a 1.5-inch TFT screen and support for Mp3 and APE, FLAC lossless. It’s supposed to play videos but we cannot say which files it supports. It does have PlayFX audio enhancement. It’s also very thin, if you take the product photos as Gospel truth, with a 2GB onboard memory. The tag line says: “I can get more fun at mumumusic.” Hm, it is not bad for a translation job.
via pmptoday

Clarion’s New DrivTrax Models Announced

2008-04-17T23:19:00.000-07:00

The DrivTrax DTR-P7DT is a 1-SEG tuning, GPS navigating and MPEG4, WMV, MP3, WMA playing PND. It’s powered by a 400Mhz Samsung processor and runs on Windows CE. Screen is 4.3 inches, which is really all you need in an all-around PND. The P7DT and its Bluetooth-connected brother, DrivTrax DTR-P50, will be released and priced in early June. We’ve written about a GPS-PMP from Clarion before and these new releases are even more mind-blowing than that.

The first commercially available pico projector out in Hongkong

2008-04-17T20:27:00.000-07:00

Sunlink International Holdings and iView Limited had announced the SunView PMP Projector (PMPP) in Hongkong which always gets the good stuff first. It is supposedly the first commercially available portable integrated pico-projector. The device is an integrated PMP running Windows CE, is capable of producing a 640 x 480 projection,has an embedded 3.5-inch LCD display, and utilizes an SD slot for additional storage.The projector includes a built-in rechargeable battery, a speaker, remote control, a SD card slot, and is powered by Microsoft Windows CE 5.0 core and includes Office Viewer. It measures 133mm x 79mm x 25mm. The price is still not availiable.

via madeinchina

Dell's Vostro 1310, 1510, and 1710 small business laptops redefine boxy

2008-04-15T01:34:00.000-07:00

Dell just pumped out a trio of Vostro laptops for small businesses. The new 13.3-inch Vostro 1310 (starting at $749), 15.4-inch Vostro 1510 (starting at $599), and redesigned 17-inch Vostra 1710 (price, undisclosed) all feature a slot loading optical drive and thinner / lighter designs. They also ship with 10GB of free online storage, Network Assistant and PC TuneUp -- all crapware free. The 1310 and 1510 are available today in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) then May 1st for the Americas. The 17-incher hits mid-May.

Cheap iRiver E100 at J&R

2008-04-14T19:40:00.000-07:00

When we see iRiver E100,a rather capable PMP, maybe we would terribly impressed by its size or functionality but don’t worry, you won’t complain for its $110 of 4GB storage. You could found it at online store J&R and Amazon and other sites you could try to find also. The 8GB player is selling for $160 which was priced at around $200.