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Archive for the 'Hardware' Category
Friday, February 1st, 2008
The CES show last month, had it’s share of rumors and gossip. Now, one of the less popular rumors seems to prove itself as true. When it comes to Sony products you can never really know, but according to a well-informed insider, looks like Sony is getting ready to unveil an all new PlayStation Read more …
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) are now the new standard for future flat screen technology after Liquid Crystal Display technology (LCD), plasma and Surface-conduction Electron-emitter (SED).
In 1987 Kodak discovered electronic components produced by placing a series of organic thin films between two electrodes which are now known as OLEDs.
In 1987, they reported Read more …
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Get your flying license ready because the X-Hawk is coming to town. The X-Hawk which is a type of a flying vehicle or a flying car if you will, is being released soon. The company behind X-Hawk, Israeli-based Urban Aeronautics releases updates on the on going developments so you can keep track of technology, Read more …
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Monday, August 20th, 2007
Every time I consider replacing my main working PC or laptop the question rises, To Mac or not to Mac? Do I finally switch my main workhorse to a Mac? The main issue during all this time was having all the tools I need for my work and hobbies available for the Mac. As Read more …
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
Following yesterday’s robot demonstration, here’s another nice one, not that practical, but fun to watch.
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
the BigDog, a robotic pack mule designed to be used by the armed forces has just won $10 million in Pentagon funding. The robot, that debuted back in 2004 is designed to carry heavy loads of equipment of up to 120 pounds for soldiers and may fill other duties in the futuristic battlefield.
The petrol-engined, Read more …
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Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
Seems like the entire tech blogsphere is reporting the news from CES in Las Vegas. While all the woo’s and haaa’s going to Apple’s new iPhone (ok, so it’s an iPod with a big touch screen that can make phone calls…), new HD-DVD bluray combined players, new HD-DVD bluray combined disks (do you see Read more …
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Thursday, November 30th, 2006
A Reuters article from last night tries to brew a good twist on pretty lousy survey results for Microsoft’s Zune. The headline Zune has shot at iPod market share, survey says, does much to hide the fact that only 7% of people looking to buy a new MP3 player showed interest in Microsoft’s Zune. Read more …
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Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
For some reason, Gmail is not working on my wifi enabled UX50. Not surprising, but disapointing. Maybe I should dig into it more and see if somehting can be done. Considering I never upgrade the original browser, I’m not that surprised. Than again, I’m not using the UX50 for browsing, even though it was one Read more …
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Thursday, September 21st, 2006
I started wondering lately about getting some extra security for the office. Aside from the usual security supplied by property management, I thought of adding extra security cameras on the premises.
Systems available range from CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) cameras hooked up to a central monitor, to miniature color camera hidden in the tiniest objects, Read more …
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Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
Even though Sony has announced a global launch of the PlayStation 3 gaming console, a new official statement from Sony indicate different plans. The console will not be available in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa and Australia until March next year. According to an official statement the decision to postpone the launch date Read more …
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Tuesday, September 5th, 2006
It is generally believed (a completely unfounded believe) that the Blu ray recordable media will have the same life expectancy as DVDs. While a DVD lifespan is anywhere between 10 to (unlikely) 250 years, the Blu ray recordable media is very different.
There is a fundamental difference between the storage media used in Blu-ray and Read more …
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Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006
Segway never lacked in the Cool department. It had the hype as high as you can ever have, and cool was all over their product even before anyone knew what the Segway was. Unfortunately, the product never really took off as everyone imagined for many reasons. Ever since they have been working hard on reproducing Read more …
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Tuesday, July 4th, 2006
PLUG-IN is the winner of the industrial design excellence award for IDEA 2006. This new design addresses the difficulty the elderly and others might have with electrical outlets. While the market is full of countless child-protection units and fresh designs, none address the specific limitations of the elderly. The PLUG-IN’s upward-angled faceplate allows users Read more …
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