The new TrueHD surround sound format has been included in select HD DVD releases dating back to mid-April, but only now are high-def disc early adopters finally getting to listen to it, thanks to a recent firmware upgrade to the HD DVD format’s only players. High-Def Digest looks at the new format, and samples the four discs that already carry it.
LG said on Thursday it will start selling next month a new mobile phone that incorporates a buttonless touch-screen resembling the much-hyped iPhone from Apple. LG’s Prada Phone is being produced in partnership with the Italian fashion brand. It is set to go on sale in late February for $US780 at mobile phone dealers and Prada stores.
February 20, 2007 VeinViewer is a vein-contrast enhancement device that uses an infra-red camera to highlight blood (the underlying vasculature) and projects the image in real time onto the skin.
“As soon as we’ll know all the production costs, we’ll start accepting pre-orders for Optimus-103. Most likely it will be February 2007.”
Things are getting ever smaller. If you doubt this, just check out the Micro Camcorder - a spy camera developed by Spy Gadget. The camcorder has claimed the spot for the ‘World’s Smallest Camcorder’.
AOL’s Engadget reported that according to alleged retail insiders, the rumored price drop on HD DVD players is about to become a reality on April 1: the HD-A2 repriced at $399 (down from $499) and the $799 HD-XA2 would also shed $100. But Amazon shows that the price cuts are already in effect. The HD-A2 is $356.99 and the HD-XA2 a cool $599.99.
Dell China is setting its sights on “emerging markets” with its new Mini-ITX PC, the EC280. The low-power, small-footprint PC appears to be the same model that we mentioned back in March, which Dell is taking head-to-head with competition like Lenovo and Founder.
New Pleo video on YouTube that shows a recent prototype of the Ugobe Pleo dinosaur robot close up. This video was taken from a meeting with Ugobe on April 4, 2007 and shows many of the marked improvements that have been made to Pleo’s fluidity of motion and looks. Pleo is destined to be the robotics phenomenon of this decade.
We heard it was coming, now sure enough LG announces their DMB-packin’ Prada phone looking every bit like that hasty mockup we rendered back in January.
On February 2, the 7th Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals, ruled against a defendant who claimed that the surreptitious placement of a GPS tracking device amounted to an unconstitutional search. From the court’s decision:The police had not obtained a warrant authorizing them to place the GPS tracker on the defendant’s car. The district jud[…]
How do people respond when they walk past an advertising poster? Do they stop and turn around to look at it with interest or march angrily past? A new system of detailed facial analysis can recognize a person�s mood in an instant.
Take a close look at the Zune’s color and roll over to understand why Microsoft’s Zune is a shitbrick.
Ah, if only we were so lucky. Imagine what life would be like if the world were sexually satisfied. If this were the next pet rock, I would hope for it to last longer. No more wars, no more anger, just peace, sweet peace. All we are saying…Is give peace a chance. –John Lennon
It only took one blog post, one Digg post, and the collective will of digg.com’s membership to conivce Thinkgeek.com to actually make and sell one of their “April Fools” joke products! It goes to show that apart from crashing servers and wordpress blogs, the “digg effect” can actually make real things happen. Thanks everybody!
If the number of launches is anything to go by, mobile phones with built-in GPS (Global Positioning System) seem to be the current focus. For Nokia at Showcase Nokia 2007 in February, the press was treated to a hands-on of the newly launched 6110 Navigator and E90 Communicator which both feature onboard GPS navigation capabilities.
London Based NME (New Media Enterprises - or Enemy?) have announced that they will launch a new HD format in January 2007 with 40 Hollywood titles. According to Home Media Retailing these discs will play in standard disc players or in a special NME player retailing at $179US ($3000 Canadian).
The New York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use Linotype, a complex but highly efficient typesetting machine that revolutionizes the printing process. The Linotype machine was the brainchild of Ottmar Mergenthaler, a German-born inventor who became a naturalized U.S. citizen.
People with dyslexia may find this useful. An electronic dictionary with phonetic spell checking to spell words correctly.
April Fools Day would have been great if I had one of these things.
It’s your prerogative, of course, to ignore all of our Valentine’s Day suggestions and find a gift on your own. But we’d like to steer you away from certain items, which may be top-quality products but probably aren’t the wisest choices for February 14.
You decide! This is a bracket-style game. If you’re familiar at all with March Madness you’ll get it. If not, don’t worry, it’s very simple.
It’s touted as the first of it’s kind, and it may very well be the last. Hurry - auction ends January 13th.
Want to emulate that neat collage look you get when you get photos printed out? There’s a service called Collagr that does it for you pulling in photos from Flickr. If you’ve got shots on there, just fill in your username and Collagr will do its magic. The result is a square array that may look a little small in the preview, but if you save it to
Bose doesn’t publish spec, angering audiophiles. Dr. Bose explains why.
Colleen is giving away goodies on her site!
Ini dia nih the True Navigator : Nokia 6110 dengan GPS map, berikut reviewnya dari sumber www.forumbekas.com :
If the number of launches is anything to go by, mobile phones with built-in GPS (Global Positioning System) seem to be the current focus. For Nokia at Showcase Nokia 2007 in February, the press was treated to a hands-on of the newly launc
It turns out that the hacker behind the custom PSP is none other than Dark_alex himself.
After arriving from the exciting World Internet Main Event, John Reese just releases his very functional FREE new program BlogRush…
This looks like a winner. I have put it to use
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. has announced “HDC-SD3″ consumer camcorder able to record HDTV video at so-called “full HD” resolution (1920 x 1080p). It uses SD memory cards as recording media. Market debut is slated for April 25, 2007 with no SRP set, but the company expects street pricing to be around ¥150,000.
Not only did Amazon loose the goods on Canon’s EOS 40D, they’ve also activated the page for Canon’s 21.1 megapixel EOS 1Ds Mark III for the pros. That’s an 11 megapixel jump from their EOS-1D Mark III (pictured) announced in February… Shazam! Canon’s hope is to supplant the medium-format cameras dominating fashion and commercial photo studios…
“The official website for OpenMoko, the open source Linux-based phone dubbed the “hacker’s dream,” went live today. We groped an early base model back in February and had a righteously detailed breakdown of the latest details last week.”
Dark_AleX, Mathieulh, and Harleyg have released a TA-082 downgrader for PSP units running 2.71 with HEN-D!
TOKYO - Orderly, pornography-free and safe for children, “meet-me,” an online interactive virtual Tokyo, is Japan’s answer to “Second Life.” Or so its creators hope.
Kunimasa Hamaoka, who oversees “meet-me” at digital marketing company Transcosmos Inc., is banking on the cultural differences between Japanese and Americans to compete against th
Oregon Scientific is recalling its Scientific Weather Radios because they may fail to receive National Weather Service Alert signals in certain regions of the U.S. — a failure that could jeopardize users’ safety.