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In this Fifth Fear video, Vicki Butler-Henderson puts the Ford Focus RS against the Ford Escort Cosworth. Video after the jump. [Techeblog]
Written by Gizmo Girl on April 14th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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If you love Transformers movie, then you should buy the Transformers Zippos. Available in Black or Metal, the lighter is a limited edition with only 300 units available for each color. You can also buy the Transformers Movie HD-DVD at Amazon. [Akihabara]
Written by Joe Gadget on March 15th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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Netflix has announced that it won’t be selling HD-DVD movies on mail-based subscriptions. So Blu-ray will be the only high definition format available. While HD-DVD titles can still be rented, Netflix won’t be adding more HD-DVD’s to their catalog and will phase out the format once the discs are done with their rental cycle.
Written by Gizmo Girl on February 11th, 2008 with no comments.
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Plextor will release two new Blu-Ray / HD DVD combo drives. The PX-B920SA writes to BD-R at 4x speeds, DVDs at 16x, and CD-Rs at 40x, and reads HD DVD, while the PX-B300SA lacks the BD-R capabilities and just writes to DVD and CD. Both drives are expected to drop this month according to Plextor. Pricing is still unknown.
Written by Gizmo Girl on February 8th, 2008 with no comments.
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Clarion’s high-end in-car entertainment systems have been edging onto ultraportable PC territory for a while now, and they’ve finally made the jump into bed with Intel and launched a Mobile Internet Device (MID) at CES 2008. The Clarion MiND (Mobile Internet Navigation Device) is an ideal example of the chip manufacturer’s digital companion vision: based around a 5.2-inch WVGA 800 x 480 touchscreen and the Intel Menlow platform (comprising the Silverthorne processor and Poulsbo chipset), the device has 4GB of flash memory, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, provision for a 3G data module and/or WiMAX, GPS and a digital camera.
Running a Linux-based OS, the MiND will ship with navigation software, web browser (capable of playing Flash videos from sites such as YouTube), email client, media player, hands-free phone interface, IM client, RSS news reader and image/pdf/office file viewer. An installed docking station for the car will be an option, so that audio and video, navigation and hands-free cellphone calls can be routed through the car stereo.
A pilot website companion for the MiND, currently running in Japan, called Chizuru and Susumu will offer updates for the MiND device, as well as offer POIs, media and other downloads.
Neither an availability date nor a guide price have been released.
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Written by Chris Davies on January 8th, 2008 with no comments.
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This rumor comes from two different sources; the 4G wireless part is apparently from a preview site from Asus themselves and suggests that a new version of the Eee will have WiMAX. The other part comes from some sources that tipped off a Taiwanese paper that Asus was already manufacturing Eee’s with 8.9-inch screens instead of the 7-inch screens that are currently included.
On the WiMAX side, Google and Sprint do have a partnership going on for the release of their Xohm WiMAX network, although I didn’t realize the launch date for that network was this spring, it is a reasonable launch date since they started on the network earlier this year. Oh, since I didn’t mention it, the rumor is that the new WiMAX enabled Eee would launch stateside in conjunction with the Xohm network, and would probably launch before that in other areas where they already have WiMAX.
On the 8.9” LCD format, the word is that the panels only cost $15-20 more and likely wouldn’t affect the overall cost of the device much, but changing up the case and the motherboard and all those other components to fit the larger screen would likely cost more, and that kind of differentiation in your products would likely require separate production lines, so I wouldn’t add much weight to this rumor. But, we could see the unveiling of a new Eee with one or both of these new features at CES next week.
ASUS giving next Eee PC WiMAX wireless, 8.9-inch LCD? [via electronista]
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Written by James Allan Brady on December 31st, 2007 with no comments.
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Intel, clearly not wanting to be left in the dust by the slew of new wireless technologies that are starting to converge, nasty-like, inside our shiny new devices, has begun testing on a chip which can effortlessly swap between WiFi, WiMAX, and DVB-H. The idea is that the chip’s radio would talk to your WiFi at home, hand over the data to WiMAX if you hit the road, and also allow you to pull down digital television while staying mobile — without having to use an array of separate radios or silicon. This should open up a whole new vista of possibilities for time-wasting activities, so whenever manufacturers want to get this into our phones / laptops, just say the word. We’re ready.
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Written by Joshua Topolsky on December 13th, 2007 with no comments.
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Despite rumor and conjecture to the contrary, Sprint’s XOHM-branded WiMax service plans are alive and well. Well enough to soft-launch anyway. The Chicago, Washington D.C., and Baltimore pipes will all go live “in the next few days,” according to Ben Shen, VP of Product Management and Partnership Development. Official launch is still (somewhat) expected for Q2 2008. Business as usual while they court prospective financial suitors, perhaps.
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Written by Thomas Ricker on December 5th, 2007 with no comments.
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