Love Mario kart, but hate nintendo? Well, it’s… possible I guess? Anyways, now you can have the Mario kart expierence where ever you want it. You can take your favorite Nintendo player for a race on this track, thanks to the Mario Kart DS Track Race. It is slot racing, but it’s still Mario Kart, if your stingy parents who won’t buy video games….. It is the 21st century.
Samsung’s External Blu-Ray is something special to look at. Especially in that blue light. The drive writes BD-R discs at 4X and BD-RE at 2x. It uses a second laser to handle DVD and CD burning (I believe burning), and does it all via USB2.0 and Firewire. Coming in 2008.
For consumers who are trying to get a whole bunch of new products and details out of Apple’s WWDC event in June, let us just warn you now. You’ll be disappointed. The WWDC is for Apple developers as GDC is for game developers, which means iPod and hardware launches are unlikely. Then again, the iPhone could be making a sneak appearance. In any case, here are the details.
Apple’s going to be focusing on Leopard, media content delivery, immersion track for new developers, developer tools, and whatever else they usually focus on there. So don’t get your hopes up.
Microsoft has constantly ruined my typing flow by inventing keyboards that stop Carpal Tunnel, or whatever that is. So Now they have their new Wireless Laser Desktop 4000 and it combines has both lasers and Vista buttons.
Other neat features are the Windows Live Call button, Windows Gadget button, and a tilt wheel for scrolling. Plus the price is only $79, which means you can get two for the same price as the WED’s.
Fujitsu this morning has given a few of their computers a new lease. The 12.1-inch LifeBook B6210 and 8.9-inch P1610 will both have the option of coming with either a 16GB or 32GB solid state drive. Because flash drives have no moving parts, they’ll help speed up performance and save battery life, although the drives will add a $700 (16GB) and $1,200 (32GB) premium to the tablets’ prices.
Those are the words of Brian Livingstone, a renowned expert on the inner working of Microsoft Windows: in a post on WindowsSecrets.com, he exposes a backdoor route around activation which effectively destroys activation as an antipiracy measure. That, in and of itself, isn’t a particularly surprising development (we’ve already seen two exploits that skip or bypass activation); no, the real story is the fact that the exploit was created by Microsoft itself. The “SkipRearm” process involves some simple editing of Registry files that can “extend the activation deadline of Vista indefinitely.” This backdoor was created to help corporations keep machines working whilst they work under the heavy burden of prepping systems for Vista activation. If they can’t do it within Vista’s 30 day grace period, they can postpone activation by 30 days up to three times using the “sysprep /generalize” command: SkipRearm can be executed indefinitely. Specifically, Microsoft documentation says “Microsoft recommends that you use the SkipRearm setting if you plan on running Sysprep multiple times on a computer.” Now that Windows Activation could potentially help pirates as well as annoy legitimate Windows owners, it’s hard to see how Microsoft will be able to continue to justify using this ineffective, draconian system.
Shuttle rather obviously has a new PC coming out for their line, called CarPC. I bet you can’t guess why they named it that. The PC measures in at 279 x 230 x 70-mm and features the ability to automatically shut itself down gracefully when you turn off your vehicle. Shuttles Fin chassis holds a 1.83Ghz Intel T2400 Core Duo Processor, and it’s supposed to have an HD. No word if it’s shock proof, but one can only hope. Along with Intel’s GMA 950 graphics and 7.1 audio out. This will also have DVI out and 4x USB ports. All the outputs are put on one side so you could hide it in a dash, or an armrest to gain access to the ports. No price point yet, but still kind of sexy.
If space is such a premium that you must skimp on sound, then go ‘head, be our guests and choose ASUS’ PG221 as your all-in-one rig for sight and sound. Like the 19-inch PG191, the 22-inch LCD features an integrated 2.1 audio system (subwoofer tucked away in the LCD stand), a 1.3 megapixel webcam bunged into the bezel, and a snappy 2ms response which seemed happily unaffected by the Hulky booms ASUS demonstrated. “Hulk,” as in the movie used for the demonstration, the sound was just average but certainly good enough for a small apartment or dorm. The PG221 brings a 1680 x 1050 resolution, 3x USB hub, 1000:1 contrast, 300cd/m2 brightness, touch-sensitive controls and a range of inputs including DVI, D-Sub, composite, S-Video, component and of course, a microphone jack for all your cross-net trash talkin’ needs. No price or release date.
Tired of that same old eliteist laptop? Want something that looks even better than titanium? Check this guy out. As seen in in the guy’s flickr page, he’s added a See-Through Speck Shell, a custom rainbow Apple logo, an 802.11n card from a Mac Pro, and black MacBook keys as seen in the Zebra MacBook.
Flickr Set [via Tuaw]
Speck Shell [Speck]
Polk, one of the top of the link speaker companies, is using their wit and savvy to kick the door in the ipod market. So let me introduce the Polk MiDock10. This $180 iPod speaker dock pumps out the tunes via two 3.25-inch full-range drivers. It includes an auxiliary port for other players and convenient handles for rocking on all around the block (don’t fret, it can be powered by C batteries). Actually sleek and stylish for their box for an iPod.
Product Page [Via Uncrate]