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Samsung SCH-W760 Slider Phone With Infrared Video Conferencing

Mike James — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:01:44 +0000

Samsung Electronics has announced the release of the SCH-W760, the first handset to feature an infrared night vision camera that can be used for night photos and video conferences in complete darkness. As to why you’d want to hold infrared video telephony (IRVT) sessions in the pitch dark is another question, but it is a feature that you can use should you be so inclined to do so.

Other features included in this 3G slider phone include a 3-megapixel digital camera, 2.8-inch AMOLED display with 200×400 resolution, 8GB of internal memory and a microSD memory card slot for expansion memory.

Expected to be released only in Korea at this time, this Samsung handset will also support S-DMB local TV programming and Bluetooth wireless technology. The MSRP for this phone is $457 and there is no word as to if Samsung will release the new phone in markets outside of Korea.

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SolidAlliance MNEMOSYNE - $10,000 Flash Drive

Mike James — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:37:36 +0000

When you ask consumers why they buy flash drives, the usual answers received include that they are cheap, portable storage devices, they offer easy backups as well as fast data transfers between computers. With that said, add a bit of complexity or increase the cost of one of these gadgets and it’s usage would go down significantly.

However, this is exactly what SolidAlliance has done with their 16GB MNEMOSYNE USB drives. You may wonder why a name such as MNEMOSYNE, but in ancient Greece, it means the “memory goddess.” This USB flash memory drive retails for $10,000 which not only laughs in the face of the global economic recession, but understandably places the affordability of this gadget in the realm of the ultra rich.

The other unique quality that this flash drive has is that it is a chrome puzzle cube. In order to access the flash drive itself, you must disassemble the cube and find the one part amongst many that is the actual flash drive. When you’re finished with your data needs you will need to reassemble the cube again.

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Why Cry Baby Analyzer

Angela Mills — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:29:59 +0000

New parents are often flustered when they can’t figure out why their babies are crying. This baby crying analyzer is great for deciphering baby mood swings. Whether it is a sick baby or fussy baby this sound analyzer will give parents some peace of mind. The frequency analyzer requires about 20 seconds to identify the nature of the crying and will try and differentiate between a baby crying due to stress, sleepiness, annoyance, boredom or hunger.

A data chart of symptoms is provided and helps you decipher the information on the LCD screen. Temperature and humidity information is also made available. This $99.99 portable analyzer should be placed 1 to 6 feet from the baby when used.

Far from a perfect science, this cute gadget is more for entertainment purposes and would make a unique baby shower gift.

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Man Overboard! The Pirate Bay Sells Out, Leaving Piracy Fans Ranting

Julie — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:34:13 +0000

The Pirate Bay (TPB) is known as a pirate haven for illegally downloaded goods and copyrighted material on the net. However, The Pirate Bay will turn straight after being sold to Global Gaming Factory X.

Swedish company, TPB was sold to Global Gaming Factory X for $ 7.8 million and the deal has infuriated its fans and fellow pirates. Pirates have been bad mouthing their once safe haven site as well as the owner, Peter Sunde, on social networking sites such as Twitter and on torrent tracking forums including Mininova, SuprBay and TorrentFreak.

One user states that “calling TPB a sellout is mild. I was a fan because of their audacity…TBP doing something like this seems contrary to what they stood for. So it sucks.”

Words such as “sell out” have been thrown around a lot. Many fans claim that TBP have ironically, made “a deal with the devil.” One user claims “there are plenty of other sites that will be able to handle my needs. RIP Pirate Bay.”

However, even with the end of this piracy haven, this is most certainly not the end to illegal internet downloads. One user comments, “TBP’s time has simply come. Piracy overcame the fall of the likes of Napster and Suprnova and it will also overcome the loss of TPB as we know it.”

Even with the fall of The Pirate Bay, piracy will most likely still sail the high internet seas for many years to come.

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Psystar Returns From Filing Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Mike James — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:29:34 +0000

Psystar, the Apple clone maker has successfully completed its corporate restructuring and has returned from filing chapter 11 bankruptcy. In an email newsletter that went out to their subscriber base, the company indicated that they are now ready to “emerge and again battle Goliath.”

A perennial thorn in Apple’s side, the company has already announced the release of new hardware, this time in the form of Open(7) which “brings together OS X and Intel Nehalem Xeon technology.”

The new device supports up to 24GB of RAM and will be available in either a desktop or rackmount version. MSRP for the new unit has been set at $1499.99.

Along with this announcement, Psystar also indicated that they would start using a new bootloader known as the Darwin Universal Boot Loader, which will be made available to the open source community.

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Dell Mini 10 Netbook To Include GPS Service

Mike James — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:36:00 +0000

With the recent success of the TomTom turn by turn navigation system designed for the iPhone and reports indicating that the demand for GPS enabled devices will steadily increase in the coming years, Dell has elected to delve into this market of opportunity by offering GPS and Wi-Fi positioning services on their Mini 10 netbook line.

Expected to launch next week in the US, the new service takes advantage of Dell’s “Wireless 700 location solution” which consists of an internal GPS card with Wi-Fi locationing and Dell’s CoPilot navigation software.

With this new feature, users will gain access to a wealth of information including turn by turn directions, 2D maps, 3D maps, trip optimization routes as well as detour information in the event of route delays.

Dell will also be partnering with Skyhook Wireless and Loki to provide additional local information such as a restaurant and business location service.

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Erase-O-Matic – Degausser Of Data Storage Devices

Angela Mills — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:39:02 +0000

We read about identity theft stories all the time. A lot of our personal, medical and financial information are stored in magnetic storage devices such as VHS tapes, audiotapes, data tapes, camcorder tapes, floppy disks, zip disks, internal and external hard drives.

The Erase-O-Matic can wipe clean all the magnetic data located on these devices. It uses rare-earth magnets enclosed in structural steel case instead of electro-magnets. The EOM operates without electricity and thus there is no cost to operate. This eco-friendly device is silent, portable and needs no cooling time. The degausser needs no maintenance and requires no special operating, handling or processing skills.

All tapes are passed once, rotated 180 degrees and then passed again. EOM-1 costs about $400 and the bigger version EOM-3 which is great for larger data storage devices retails for $1500.

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Is Dell The New Apple? Dell May Release A Handheld Device To Compete With The iPod Touch

Julie — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:54:45 +0000

After watching the iPod Touch soar through the economic recession unscathed, it would appear from numerous reports, including The Wall Street Journal, that Dell will release a similar android pocket device as early as this year.

Although Dell has yet to comment on the rumour, the company’s founder and CEO, Michael Dell did admit that they were “exploring smaller screen devices” during a speech in March. The Dell device will be similar to the iPod Touch which is an iPod phone without the phone capabilities.

However, Dell users and fans should be cautious about the plans as the project could easily be delayed or scrapped entirely, especially given Dell’s track record with entering new markets. In November, 2008, Dell nixed their plans to enter the digital music market before the holiday season.

Furthermore, launching into the world of pocket sized internet enabled devices will not be easy. First of all, many customers are weary of purchasing an internet device that does not include mobile phone capabilities. Second of all, the market is fairly competitive with smartphones and companies such as Apple, Research in Motion and Nokia.

Dell needs to do something to boost sales. Due to the economic recession, Dell’s profit has tumbled and Hewlett-Packard has overtaken them as the number 1 PC maker in the United States, two facts that most certainly have Dell in hot water.

Perhaps the smaller device is the best way back into the consumer’s hearts, and pocket books.

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