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Panasonic Interactive Table Looks Cool

22. March 2006

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This prototype Panasonic Interactive Table looks rather promising. Basically, the “agent” will read information from your gadgets such as your cellphone, and represent them in the form of little “fishies”. And with that information on the interactive table, you can easily share it with other surrounding tables or even through the internet. You can supposedly [...]

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32GB Flash Memory HDD by Samsung

22. March 2006

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Samsung has announced its 32GB flash-based solid state disk (SSD) yesterday and it sure looks promising! So why SSD? They are silent Because they do not contain any rotating mechanism so there is less chance of failure Data are instantly accessible (no spin-ups and spin-downs) They are 3 times faster at reading and 1.5 times faster at writing [...]

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Floating LCD Clock With Space Shuttle

21. March 2006

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If this came out earlier, it would’ve made it into our list of the Top 10 Coolest Alarm Clocks without any doubt. The Floating LCD Clock, um, floats between the top and bottom microprocessor-controlled magnets, letting you read the time with style. And the clock doesn’t just sits there either – an auto-rotate mechanism [...]

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PS3 News: 60GB Hard Drive Comes As Standard

20. March 2006

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According to Yahoo! Games, confirmations are in that the PlayStation 3 will all ship with a 60GB hard drive as a standard. In addition, optional upgrades for higher capacities will be available – although it’s unknown if we could buy an upgraded console, or that we have to buy the upgrade separately. This is great news [...]

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mobiBLU DAH-1900 Claims to be MP3 Player with World’s Longest Battery Life

20. March 2006

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After taking the crown of the World’s Smallest MP3 Player, mobiBLU is back to claim a second one. That is the World’s Longest Lasting MP3 Player. Not only did their mobiBLU DAH-1900 win the crown, they blew their competitions away with a whooping 153-hours of play time per charge. That’s almost 8 times longer than [...]

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The Truth About DRM and Your MP3 Player’s Battery Life

18. March 2006

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Here’s a good reason why Digital Rights Management (DRM) sucks. In CNET’s recent tests, it has shown that DRM can cause up to 25% loss of battery life. When playing only non-DRM MP3s on the Creative Zen Vision:M, the result was an impressive 16-hours of playback. However, when playing DRM’ed WMA exclusively, the playback time [...]

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Mickey and Winnie the Pooh MP3 Players

17. March 2006

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Ahh…so cute! It’s not often that we see Winnie the Pooh on gadgets. Available in both Creative Zen Neeon and Creative Zen Nano Plus design, the players are released by Creative Media (Japan), which makes it likely to be available only in Japan. The one following Zen Neeon’s design is named the DAP N series, [...]

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Video: Windows XP Booting On Apple iMac

15. March 2006

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A guy by the alias of Narf2006 has claimed that he has managed to boot a copy of Windows XP on his iMac. In fact, he has made this video as his “proof”. The hack was done in an effort to win the $13,000 cash reward for successfully booting a copy of Windows XP on [...]

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Guinness Surger Gives Your Beer That Creamy Head

15. March 2006

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Looking for a way to create that perfect creamy-headed goodness right at home? If you are fortunate enough to be living in the UK, the Guinness Surger Starter Kit is for you. Gently pour the included Guinness Draught Surger beer at a 45 degrees angle into a glass. Next, pour some water on the Guinness [...]

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What Do You Get When You Link Up 24 Computer Monitors?

14. March 2006

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You get one hell of a big display that is capable of a killer 10240 x 3072 resolution. Yup, that’s 31 whooping millions of pixel joy. It is put together by the guys at Virginia Tech’s GigaPixel Facility, with each monitor running at 1280 x 1024. And what’s a huge display good for if it can’t [...]

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