IEEE 1394, which is very well known under the names of Firewire or i.Link, seems to be getting ready for a speed enhancement by the end of the year. The new IEEE 1394-2008 specification, which will offer support for up to 3.2 Gb/s bandwidth, has been recently approved by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and [...]
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IEEE approves 3.2 Gb/s IEEE 1394 high-speed serial bus specification
Fujifilms brings in 10 Megapixels Finepix Z200fd
Fujifilm today announced the latest in its youth oriented Z line, the FinePix Z200fd. Featuring a 10MP sensor, 5x optical zoom lens and 2.7-inch LCD, the slim (20mm thick) camera offers combination mechanical/digital image stabilization, face detection that also removes red-eye, a rotary dial menu for selecting key functions, and a “blog mode” web resolution images that [...]
Dell vostro 2510 available for $899
Dell is coming up with new laptop Vostro 2510. Vostro 2510 was spotted in a business flier. As far as listed specs, it has an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, 160GB hdd, 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GPU, and integrated webcam. There are not a lot of details on dell.com at U.S site , but [...]
Dish Network to broadcast live 1080p content
Satellite TV provider Dish Network became first live TV provider to broadcast full 1080p ((1920×1080 progressive) content on demand in America. Starting with an August 1st Video On Demand option for the movie I Am Legend, DISH says it will start offering 1080p whenever the content is available rather than the lower-resolution 1080i (interlaced) or [...]
Open Media library Beta 0.1 rolls out to the public
Forget about waiting for Niveus to open up its slick Movie Library to the public, now that the Open Media Library is available. The GPL v3-licensed project just rolled out the 0.1 beta version, designed for users to access their entire movie library and associated metadata (actors, summary, etc.) no matter the format, through extenders [...]
LG’s BD300 Blu-ray player will play Netflix online movies
LG Electronics and Netflix, Inc. today announced plans for the first Blu-ray disc player with the added capability of instantly streaming movies and TV episodes from Netflix directly to the TV. The photo shows the LG BD300 Blu-ray Disc Player, available this fall, and the Netflix instant Queue as it will appear on the TV.
Available this [...]
