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SONY G900 AS NEW WITH LEATHER COVERTOO TECH FOR ME Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:00AMHELLO THEREI BOUGHT THIS PHONE BUT IM FINDING THAT I DONT NEED HALF THE STUFF ON THIS INCREDIBLY WELL FEAUTURED PHONE. I USED IT FOR A MONTH. IVE HAD IT SENT TO SONY TO HAVE THE MEMORY FLASHED SO ITS LIKE A NEW PHONE.I VE COPIED THE SPECS FROM A PHONE WEBSITE. YOU GET WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE AND LEATHER KRUSSEL COVERGeneral 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network UMTS 2100 Announced ...
What Are Some Important Items to Pack for Business Trips? Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 12:20AMLearn what you need to pack if an airplane seat is about to become your office in the sky.
D-Link DNS-323 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure Review Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 10:55PMStorage comes in many different formats these days, from flash drives you can carry around in your pocket to massive enterprise storage area network arrays. As our lives become more media-centric, so does our need to have a repository for all those movies, photos and music files.
How to Fix Your Broken Microsoft Zune 30GB Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 6:54PMYesterday, we told you about Zunes dying all around the world and how no one really knew why the hard drives were failing. After a little poking around, I found a relatively simple solution.
Macworld UK’s top 10 stories of 2008 Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 9:16AMMacworld UK served 12 million page impressions in 2008, but what were the biggest stories? What news floated the Mac communities boat over the last year?
Symwave: SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Ready for Storage Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 9:16AMSymwave is expected to show off the specification for transferring data to and from external storage devices at CES in January
Do-It-Yourself Free Xbox 360 Wireless Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 8:26AMAn Xbox 360 with free wireless? Save yourself up to $100? Read on, true believer.
Do-It-Yourself Free Xbox 360 Wireless Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 8:00AM The words "free" and "Xbox 360" are like J.D. Salinger and a gaggle of paparazzi -- never seen together. Still, Popular Science just invoked them with this curious bit of homebrew trickery that might (and having not tested it, I stress might) save you the $100 Microsoft hoodwinks consumers to pony up for its vanilla Xbox 360 USB wireless adapter.
Low-Power Computer Module leverages Intel® Atom(TM) processor. Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 8:28AMSuited for mobile applications, conga-QA is powered by 1.1 GHz Intel® Atom(TM) Z510 or 1.6 GHz Intel Atom Z530. Based on Qseven(TM) form factor, it consumes under 5 W (typ). It integrates Intel US15W system controller hub with Intel GMA500 graphics engine and also includes battery management as well as ACPI 3.0 power management functions. I/O and connectivity are fostered via 8 USB 2.0, 1 SATA, ...
5 digital ways to store money documents Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 5:00AM There are five key options for safely storing important financial records digitally.
One Laptop Per Hacker Program Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 12:07AM EeePC: "Emtec has launched a new program called “One Laptop Per Hacker."(named after the "One Laptop Per Child" project) The goal is to build a more robust developer community around the upcoming Gdium netbook platform."
12 Good Gadgets for Hard Times Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 11:25PMWhich gadgets will be the most practical when times get really tough? We list 12 items that just might help you get through the economic crisis.
Samsung Behold (for T-Mobile) Cell Phone Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 3:03PMThe 3G Samsung Behold ($150 from T-Mobile ), the younger sibling of the Samsung Omnia on the Verizon network, is a slick cell phone with a bevy of advanced multimedia features and a responsive touch screen. However, the Behold lacks Wi-Fi and a standard headphone jack, and its Web browser is a bit...
Linux Mint Raises the User-Friendliness Bar Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 8:51AMThe latest release of the Linux Mint distribution offers up a clean, user-friendly desktop environment with a good assortment of applications to meet the needs of most any typical user. Linux Mint 6 is based on Ubuntu 8.10 with a number of additional utilities added for extra polish.
Software backs up documents, work, music, and video. Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 8:01AMWith Windows-based Instant Backup Software(TM) v2.0.0, users can back up important information to external hard drive, USB thumb or flash drive, or network shared folder. Backups are done in open ZIP format, and can be activated by user or scheduled to run as needed. They can be opened using Instant Backup as well as Windows® compressed folder or any zip utility chosen. This story is related ...
Flash Drives fit in pocket or coin purse. Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 7:59AMAvailable with maximum USB 2.0 data transfer rates of up to 480 Mb/sec, LaCie CurrenKey USB flash drives are available in 2 models: silver LaCie CurrenKey and bronze LaCie CurrenKey. Silver model can store up to 8 GB of data while bronze unit can handle up to 4 GB of information. Made with shock-proof, die-cast metal for resilience and safety, hot-pluggable drives are compatible with Windows, ...
An Extensive, Obsessive Performance Test Of... USB Keys? [Devotion] Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 8:07AMTest Freaks wrangled as many flash drives as they could and ran them through an oddly intense testing regime, finding out that your choice in USB stick brand may actually matter. The test is by no...
In tough times, Christmas gifts become practical, high quality, fun Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 10:09PMFaced with rising unemployment and a dismal stock market, consumers are spending less on holiday gifts this year.
Not just a pretty phone Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 8:59PMModernity is the theme of this flashy N-series addition, the Nokia N79. Does this modernity translate to value for money?
Switched On: Alpha 400 pays a high price for low cost Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 7:29PM Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On , a column about consumer technology. When a recent fake news story claiming that Coby Electronics would enter the netbook market with a $100 PC included a quote I had given two years ago, I smelled something fishy. But before I questioned the validity of the article, I questioned the validity of such a product . Because ...
Included Picsel Reader software displays multiple document formats in landscape or portrait modes Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 6:29PMOther than that, the device is touted as an electronic dictionary, with bundled "Saydic" software, and as an e-reader, with bundled Picsel Viewer software (above). The M1T pivots from portrait to landscape modes, and displays files in PDF, DOC, XLS, PPT, TXT, and HTML formats, Maxian says.
Charge Station Quad and Control Pak for Nintendo Wii Ship to Stores Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 7:59AMNyko Technologies Unleashes New Wii Accessories Just in Time for Holidays
Review: Samsung Behold and Motorola MOTOZINE ZN5 on T-Mobile Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 3:12PMThis year we created the ZDNet Holiday Guide and while putting together the best feature phone guide I was particularly intrigued by the Motorola MOTOZINE ZN5 and Samsung Behold from T-Mobile. My contacts at T-Mobile promptly sent them both to me for a couple of weeks and I have had trouble putting one of them back in the box. The lines between features phones and smartphones are definitely ...
VIDEO CAMERA/CAMERA. UNWANTED GIFT Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 11:46AMVivitar video camera and still camera with flash. 5mp,4x optical zoom, 3in LCD screen. With sd card support and rechargeble batterycomes with all av and usb cable, charger and head phones.
A novices guide to Ubuntu Linux Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 3:40AM Solve problems with our easy step-by-step guide The most popular distribution of Linux is Intrepid Ibex or Ubuntu Linux 8.10, not least because installation software and hardware compatibility has vastly improved.
Webcast explains asynchronous .NET CF coding Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 7:44PM— Dec. 11, 2008 — Microsoft has reached the halfway point in its promised series of 24 webcasts devoted to Windows Mobile 6.1 software development.
ITC to investigate Spansion complaint against Samsung, others Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 8:03PMThe U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to investigate a complaint by flash memory specialist Spansion against certain flash memory chips made by South Korean giant Samsung Electronics and products based on those chips marketed by some of the biggest names in electronics.
Carrier revs Windows Mobile Java stack, tools Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 7:14PM— Dec. 10, 2008 — Sprint has announced a "next-generation open software platform" for its Windows Mobile devices. The "Titan" platform is touted as an open, standards-based mobile Java ecosystem that extends desktop computing and Web 2.0 capabilities to devices operating on the Sprint network. ...
Tiny PC, tiny price, big problems Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 8:19AMHow little laptop is enough? And how few dollars will it cost you? The ultralight laptop has traditionally been a luxury item. But over the past couple of years, sanity has returned to this end of the computing universe: You can pay less for less of a laptop. ...
Black Box Innovations Featured on “30 Days of Innovation” List Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 7:32AM Black Box Innovations , maker of Personal Pocket Safe™ and Secret Diary™ , was recently featured in the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) ‘30 Days of Innovation: The Countdown to CES’ on the official CES Web site ( www.cesweb.org ). The innovation countdown is a window into the kind of technology only found at CES from 2,700 of the world’s leading companies on next ...
Cypress West Bridge® Controller Helps RIM Blackberry Bold Achieve Fastest Sideloading Times Among 3G Mobile Handsets Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 7:31AMCypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:CY) today announced that its West Bridge ® peripheral controllers delivered the fastest sideloading (transfer of multimedia files from a PC to a mobile handset) in a comparison conducted by TechInsights in Electronic Engineering Times . The comparison discovered that the RIM Blackberry Bold phone using the CYWB0124AB West Bridge Antioch™ controller could ...
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 by PNY with 4GB of Frame Memory Delivers the Ultimate Graphics Technology for Workstation and ... Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 7:31AMPARSIPPANY, N.J. , Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- PNY Technologies(R) today announced the immediate availability of its new ultra high-performance graphic boards, the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 by PNY and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 by PNY. Both of these highly scalable GPU accelerated solutions are also available in Genlock/framelock and HD-SDI versions.
iLuv iMM9500 Vertical Music Player Looks Sweet On Your Wall Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 7:16AMiLuv is all set to release its vertical 4CD/MP3 hi-fi audio system with a subwoofer. The modern look and style of this music player will certainly get your attention. Then, the quality of construction and sound the iMM9500 produces will hopefully captivate you. ...
Black Box Innovations Featured on 30 Days of Innovation List Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 7:00AM DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla.----Black Box Innovations, maker of Personal Pocket Safe™ and Secret Diary™, was recently featured in the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show ‘30 Days of Innovation: The Countdown to CES’ on the official CES Web site .
Cypress West Bridge® Controller Helps RIM Blackberry Bold Achieve Fastest Sideloading Times Among 3G Mobile Handsets Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 7:00AM SAN JOSE, Calif.----Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced that its West Bridge® peripheral controllers delivered the fastest sideloading in a comparison conducted by TechInsights in Electronic Engineering Times.
Vodafone offers £39 USB modem Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 6:33AM Daniel Robinson, vnunet.com , Wednesday 17 December 2008 at 12:22:00 Add mobile broadband to your laptop on pay-as-you-go Vodafone has introduced a USB modem on a pay-as-you-go tariff, enabling users to stay connected with a laptop without having to sign up for a monthly contract....
Vodafone offers £39 USB modem Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 6:30AMVodafone has introduced a USB modem on a pay-as-you-go tariff, enabling users to stay connected with a laptop without having to sign up for a monthly contract.
Samsung F480 Tocco: Technology that matters Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 5:49AMThis 3G technology device comes in 91 grams of weight, which gives a comfortable feel to the users. The light weight handset measures 95.9 x 55 x 11.8 mm in dimensions. It has 2.8 inches of screen size, which gives a clear crystal display to the users. The TFT screen is filled with 262K colour.
"Mini-server" kit runs Linux Tuesday, December 16, 2008 @ 6:49PM— Dec. 09, 2008 — Via announced a "mini-server kit" that targets home media storage.
NEC Electronics Extends Support for Automotive Audio and Navigation Control Systems with New 32-Bit Microcontrollers ... Tuesday, December 16, 2008 @ 5:16PM Leading 32-bit microcontroller supplier NEC Electronics Corporation has reaffirmed its commitment to the automotive market by expanding support for audio and navigation applications with its new V850E/Sx3-H™ microcontrollers (MCUs). Based on the company’s well-established V850E1™ core, the new V850E/Sx3-H devices offer the industry’s highest flash memory capacity for 32-bit MCUs, in addition to ...
NEC Electronics Extends Support for Automotive Audio and Navigation Control Systems with New 32-Bit Microcontrollers ... Tuesday, December 16, 2008 @ 5:01PM KAWASAKI, Japan & DUESSELDORF, Germany & SANTA CLARA, Calif.----Leading 32-bit microcontroller supplier NEC Electronics Corporation has reaffirmed its commitment to the automotive market by expanding support for audio and navigation applications with its new V850E/Sx3-H™ microcontrollers .
OCZ introduces Flash Drive with eSATA Interface Monday, December 15, 2008 @ 7:31PM Earlier this month OCZ introduces a new flash drive that uses the eSATA interface rather than USB like virtually all flash drives on the market. The use of the eSATA interface means considerably higher performance than a USB flash drive can deliver. OCZ...
Samsung U4 Monday, December 15, 2008 @ 6:16PMThe U4 is an attractive compact player with a bit of flair, but test out the touch buttons before shelling out your dosh.
US commission investigates possible violations Monday, December 15, 2008 @ 5:54PMThe U.S. International Trade Commission is investigating whether Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are violating tariff rules by importing mobile phones and other handheld wireless devices containing digital cameras and related components that infringe on patents held by Eastman Kodak Co.
Video coprocessor library released Monday, December 15, 2008 @ 5:28PM— Dec. 08, 2008 — Texas Instruments (TI) released a library aimed at making it easier for developers to exploit its VICP (video/imaging coprocessor) hardware accelerator.
Go for a Spin With 3D Orbita Mouse Monday, December 15, 2008 @ 3:57PMHave you ever thought to yourself that using your pointing device in just two dimensions was a little too limited? After all...
Mac OS X 10.5.6 released Monday, December 15, 2008 @ 3:31PMApple has released an update for Mac OS X Leopard that fixes almost 40 issues related to the operating system.
jWIN Adopts Silicon Labs’ AM/FM Radio and Weather Band Receiver ICs Monday, December 15, 2008 @ 3:27PMSilicon Laboratories Inc. (Nasdaq: SLAB) today announced that jWIN Electronics Corporation, a leading consumer electronics company, has adopted Silicon Laboratories ’ highly integrated radio receivers for its new radio audio systems recently awarded 2009 innovation awards by the Consumer Electronics Association. The iMM9500 Vertical 4CD/MP3 Hi-Fi Audio System with USB/SD/MMC/Slot Music card ...
jWIN Adopts Silicon Labs AM/FM Radio and Weather Band Receiver ICs Monday, December 15, 2008 @ 3:05PM AUSTIN, Texas----Silicon Laboratories Inc. today announced that jWIN Electronics Corporation, a leading consumer electronics company, has adopted Silicon Laboratories’ highly integrated radio receivers for its new radio audio systems recently awarded 2009 innovation awards by the Consumer Electronics Association.
Asus Eee Box B203 Unveiled Monday, December 15, 2008 @ 2:01PM Asus has unveiled another new Eee Box model to go along with the pair of HD Eee Box systems we talked about earlier this month. The Eee Box B203 gets an Intel Celeron processor rather than the netbook top dog Intel Atom. Specifically Asus uses the Celeron ...