Since Intel announced their new Atom CPU, it’s been only a matter of time before someone actually released a tiny PC powered by the chip. We’ve already seen a concept gadget from Asus, however, Sharp is the first company to announce the release of one to the public. This tiny computer/phone has been dubbed the D4 and features a 1.33GHz Atom CPU, 40GB hard drive, 1GH memory and will run Windows Vista. You’ll also get a 5-inch 1024×600 screen, WiFi, Bluetooth and more. There are a few setbacks, one of which is that it is currently only slated for release in Japan. Also, you’ll need to shell out some big bucks for this one, it will be sold for around $1275 with a 2-year service contract. (Read the full post about ‘Sharp announces tiny Intel Atom-based device’…)
Samsung’s B300 cell phone features both internal and external screens, with all the most basic information being displayed on the external screen. It is a dual-band handset that comes with a CSTN display (sucks to use this under bright light), and measures a pocket-friendly 87mm x 45mm x 18.6mm, targeting prepaid users as its main market mover. Hopefully it will be released soon in time for the summer holidays so that parents can always pick up a cheap handset for their kids who have been pestering them long enough. Tags: digital, home cinema, hi fi, AAC (Read the full post about ‘Samsung B300 Clamshell Handset’…)
HP and DreamWorks announced that they have been “working together” on a 30-bit color display that will be built for 25% of the cost of equivalent displays in this space. I used the quotes up there because it looks to me like the DreamWorks name is there for marketing purposes – that’s just my assumption.
Most LCD displays on the market can display up to 16.7 million colors. That number comes from the combination of 256-levels of red, green and blue (16.7M = 256×256×256 = 24-bit). While most of us tolerate the occasional color bending on dark gradients, “workstation” displays have to be better than that, and some can display one billion colors (30-bit = 10-bit of red, green, blue).
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by Darren Murph, posted Apr 15th 2008 at 10:54AM Presumably ensuring that no one views Sanyo as hypocritical, the company’s Superbright PLC-ET30L actually can throw up a fairly recognizable image even in a well-lit room. Featuring an SXGA+ (1,400 x 1,050) resolution, a 1,300:1 contrast ratio and a remarkably high 4,200 ANSI lumen rating, this PJ was undoubtedly designed to function in classrooms and boardrooms (or living rooms) that just can’t avoid ambient light. Additionally, Sanyo’s introducing the lower-spec’d PLC-XT21/L, which offers up an XGA (1,024 x 768) resolution, 1:000:1 contrast ratio and 4,000 ANSI lumens. Both newcomers to the T series line support wired networking and emit just 35dB of fan noise, but b (Read the full post about ‘Sanyo’s Superbright PLC-ET30L projector actually is really bright’…)
by Darren Murph, posted Apr 14th 2008 at 4:46PM Ah, it doesn’t get much better than a smattering of spheres rolling about with absolutely no human intervention, now does it? Said scenario is exactly what members of the Swarm project are attempting to create, and while it managed to make an early appearance at Yuri’s Night, the big show won’t be unveiled until Burning Man commences. When all’s said and done, a number of orbs will “flock, flirt, dance and interact” based solely on instructions beamed out by the directing orb, or mother node. Just be sure not to put yourself in the path of an oncoming ball of fury should you show up for the fireworks — after all, it’s not like a fellow human is directing the act.ReadPermalinkEmail this19 CommentsFiled under: Misc. (Read the full post about ‘Swarm project lets semiautonomous orbs loose’…)
by Darren Murph, posted Apr 14th 2008 at 9:20PM Nintendo’s DS Lite tends to find itself intertwined in obscure MIDI projects fairly often, so it’s no shock to see yet another enterprise linking the handheld to some fairly swank beats. By utilizing a homegrown DS MIDI apparatus along with dStep software, the DS Lite is able to transform into quite the potent little step sequencer. (Read the full post about ‘Nintendo’s DS Lite doubles as MIDI sequencer (again)’…)
News came out today that Blockbuster offered to buy out Circuit City at a premium over their then valuation. Beats me why they would do this. CC turned them down (also another head-scratcher), b/c they said they were unsure about the financing.
Why isn’t Blockbuster going after Netflix. Seems that their biggest problem.
via CNET
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If you’ve ever tried to follow the Twitter updates of more than one person, you’ll appreciate what TwitLinks has set out here to do. Using advanced alien-technology (or maybe RSS feed updates, I’m not sure), Twitlinks gathers all the most recent Twitter updates of leading tech industry pundits and arranges them in the fashion of a blog, with updated links to the latest industry news as well.
TwitLinks creator Gary Brewer said the idea for TwitLinks was born out of his interest in “the links that people [he] didn’t know personally published over their individual twitters.” So basically, he’s trying to organize the latest and most useful twitters in the tech industry, much like how Techmeme tries to organize breaking technology news.
We won’t lie — ever since Johnny 5 came alive we’ve come to love robots. But every so often one comes along and creeps the living bejesus out of us.
Take for instance this self-walking shopping cart. It’s not so much the automation of the cart that’s chilling, but the set of flaming, disembodied legs that propel the thing.
