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Samsung World’s First 18x Rewritable DVD Drive

22. June 2006

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Until Blu-Ray becomes the norm, DVD will be here to stay for just a little while longer. The new Samsung WriteMaster SH-S182D breaks new record with its 18x DVD-rewriting speed and 12x for DVD-RAM. A welcomed speed improvement to the existing 16x drives. Samsung Official Press Release Samsung Electronics Ltd., the worldwide digital consumer electronics and information [...]

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Colorware Adds Colors To MacBooks

21. June 2006

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Latest on Colorware’s list of support gadgets is the Apple MacBook. The original white and black is definitely not enough to let you stand out from the crowd. So Colorware saves the day with a solid collection of 28 different colors to choose from, including both metallic and solid colors. The ladies will like the [...]

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Creative Has A New MP3 Player Coming?

20. June 2006

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It’s that time of the year again for the Creative Warehouse Sale here in Singapore. From June 23-25, our typical bargain-hunting Singaporeans would spend hours queuing up at the entrance just so they could snap up some great deals. And from this picture shown at Creative Singapore’s website, it looks like Creative is giving a go [...]

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Pre-Order PS3 Now

19. June 2006

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Play.com is now taking pre-orders for Sony PlayStation 3! It is priced at £549.99 (~US$1020). Due to an expected European shortage of the PS3, we are unable to guarantee delivery of your PS3 before Christmas. All pre-orders will be fulfilled on a first come, first served basis and game titles in this package may be [...]

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SanDisk Giving Away FREE 512MB Gaming Memory Stick Pro Duo

18. June 2006

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Well, not straight up free but rebate instead. Nonetheless, it is one of those times when I wished I were staying in the States instead of Singapore. We hardly get any rebate offers here. Print out this coupon, bring to any GameStop, Circuit City, or Best Buy store, and you get $25 off that $19.99 512MB [...]

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Edible Plastic?

17. June 2006

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Yup, that guy is eating plastic alright. Not regular plastic of course, but plastic by Plantic, which is made from edible corn-starch. The plastic is not made for consumption, but an interesting edibility demonstration nonetheless. Being compostable and dissolvable in water in under 20 seconds, Plantic is great for the environment. Right now, it is being [...]

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Computers Can Soon Transform 2D Images Into 3D

16. June 2006

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Creating 3D animations from regular 2D images has long been thought impossible by researchers since three decades ago. Describing the geometry of objects to a computer was no easy task back then. Even research computers are so much slower than our current home computers. But the time is different now. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has [...]

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Fujifilm FinePix F30 Reviewed By CNET. Verdict: Great Low-Light Shooter

15. June 2006

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CNET reviews Fujifilm’s new FinePix F30 that has been out since last month. The good: Produces usable shots, without digital noise, even at high ISO 1,600 and ISO 3,200 sensitivity levels; aperture- and shutter-priority modes; versatile 2.5-inch LCD. The bad: Noticeable fringing in photos; lens could be wider. The bottom line: Low-light shooters will love that [...]

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Three More Reasons To Get A Mac

15. June 2006

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Here’s another three reasons to get a Mac: Box Touché Work Liked them? Here are some older ones.

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RAZR V3i in Deep Violet

14. June 2006

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Here we go again, another color to the endless rank of Motorola RAZRs. But at least this RAZR V3i is somewhat of a special edition, which is available only from Orange UK. Orange also said that they’ll be carrying a wider range of colors for their mobile phones by the end of this year, including colors [...]

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