Hitachi and LG have teamed up to produce an optical PC drive that reads both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs, making it the first in the world to do so. In addition to supporting both new formats, the GGW-H10N can also read and write regular CDs, single layer DVDs and Blu-ray discs. Unfortunately, the GGW-H10N will be sold for approximately $1,200 to OEMs, making the final price tag much higher by the time it reaches the end user. At least home theater PCs can now have a hybrid drive to further lessen any spats that could result from a pseudo “format war”. The ball is in your court, consumers!
HTC has blurred the lines between a smartphone and an ultra portable notebook by unveiling the Advantage X7500 at the recently concluded 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The X7500 shares a similar design with notebooks, opening up to reveal a 5″ VGA touchscreen display, an impressive 3 megapixel camera and a VGA camera for video calls, Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity, TV-out, integrated GPS functionality with TomTom Navigator 6 pre-loaded, an 8GB hard drive, and a miniSD memory card slot for expansion options. Battery life is rated at 8 hours, but that depends on how you use it. Pricing details are still unavailable, but we do know that the Advantage will be released in the European market this March via T-Mobile under the ‘Ameo’ moniker
Are you Overbearing? Do you want to control everything your kid does? Your in luck! KidSafe USB makes it so the computer will only work when the USB key will be plugged in. It is $29.99, and you can make it so you can access it online, incase you get forgetful and make your computer a big brick. This way you can keep the kids off of myspace, AIM, or anything that could make them social children. This way, you are one step closer to being Amish.
With Valentines Day here, This is a mousepad in which anyone dating someone should never consider. Nothing like rubbing your wrist between two underdeveloped breasts of a japanese girl to get you started. This is one step below Panty Vending Machines.
I can’t imagine who’d buy this? If you do buy this, you instantly forfit your manhood, or you are never allowed to date someone again. Ever. You’d be banned from procreation.
BustyMousepads.com (Seriously.) [via Coolest Gadgets]
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Intel on February 12 announced that its researchers have developed the world’s first programmable processor to deliver Teraflop (one trillion calculations per second) performance from a single, 80-core chip. The chip is a product of Intel’s Tera-scale computing research, with technical details of the Teraflops research chip set to be presented at the annual Integrated Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) this week in San Francisco.
Everyonce in a while someone tries to reinvent the wheel when it comes to a gadget. Some excel, and some fail. This particular product fails at everything it attempts.
This new mouse stands on it’s side, the company says that it is a more natural way for someone to use their hand. I, for one beg to differ. Using my scroll wheel like a trigger isn’t something I need, and dragging the side of my hand doesn’t seem more benficial. I don’t have a clue how this thing helps me. I’d rather need a handcast than ever be caught using this. However, if you like wrist joints in tact, it comes in at $63
Laser Printers have always been an office staple, since prices were so high. They became such an aid to print lots of copies at a high rate, and less crumple on the paper. However, as the prices drop, should you be in the market for a laser printer? Here is a few questions to ask yourself.
Do I print a large volume of pages? Some people don’t print often, but when they do it’s a large amount of paper. Sitting next to the old inkjet for an hour just isn’t fun. You can’t leave due to paper jams. Lasers also print 2 sided effortlessly, so they look much more professional.
With the Core 2 Duo release, Alienware re-released the Area 51. A high end computer company with affordable prices. Quite a rarity.
This is the middle brand from Alienware, as the ALX is their high end and still is waiting re-design. The computer is highly upgradeable, ready to really be pushed to a higher end computer. You’ll find that the processor runs video games rather seamlessly and only minor upgrades would get this to a high end model.
Dell is looking to telecom companies to deliver fiber-optic broadband links in order to spearhead PCs into media hubs. Dell Chairman Michael Dell said in his keynote address - “Customers say they want to use their PCs for digital home entertainment, but it really hasn’t caught on because of two things: Broadband isn’t where it needs to be for reliable performance, and the industry hasn’t made it easy for devices to work together.”
Dell unveiled a Home Media Suite desktop PC that offers vast storage capacity and a 27-inch wide-screen display. The Home Media Suite will launch in the United States this month, as soon as Microsoft releases the Vista OS.
Amazon.com has released its list of top-selling items on their site and Apple takes the top spot in three areas – MP3 players, Notebooks and Desktops! The mp3 player category was a foregone conclusion with iPod being so ever popular everywhere.
Two MacBooks dominate the notebook category, which isn’t that surprising either because they run Windows seamlessly or have the best price-to-performance ratio of any Macs ever built.
The hat trick came in the desktop category for Apple on Amazon where the iMac dominates the first and second spots. Let’s keep n mind that Amazon.com is just one of the retailers that sell Apple products and so the total sales everywhere will be at a different scale altogether.