Lutron, the company that developed the dimmer switch in the ’60s, now offers a lighting system that can be controlled by your iPhone or iPod Touch. That lamp you see above is screwed into one of Lutron’s wireless modules and, with a simple app, you can control how bright you want it to be from [...]
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LMac Touch: Perfect… And Nothing More
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Everybody loves a bright new and smart computer and when you think of modern in terms of computer development you take into account several key points of which: the size of the computer, its functionality, its portability and why not, aesthetics. Taking the above into consideration we must admit that the LMac Touch [...]
Apple to develop its own search engine?
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Apple has been mostly absent from online and search engine markets. The company is barely dipping its toes into Web 2.0 with MobileMe, but a rocky launch an ongoing problems issues still weigh on the service and shows Apple’s inexperience in this segment. But that might change: According to TechCrunch, Apple may either [...]
Verizon Wireless to Launch BlackBerry Storm Next Week
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Verizon Wireless will start selling the BlackBerry Storm, Research in Motion’s eagerly anticipated touch-based iPhone 3G alternative, on November 21 for $250 with a new two-year contract.A $50 mail-in rebate will bring the customer’s outlay down to $200, on a par with the cost of Apple’s popular handset (which is exclusive to AT&T [...]
Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 5 digital music system
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Bang & Olufsen have officially announced the BeoSound 5, a digital music system intended to bridge the gap between the company’s high-end hifi systems and music stored digitally. The main interface is the BeoSound 5 controller, a 2.65kg table-top or wall-mounted remote dominated by a 10.4-inch 1024 x 768 LCD and an aluminium [...]
RED’s Digital Still and Motion Camera System now official
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After a morning of drip-fed images, RED just went official with its DSMC (Digital Stills and Motion Camera) System. The system starts with your choice of the professional Scarlet or “master professional” EPIC brains which can then be bunged into about 2,251,799,813,685,248 possible camera configurations, RED only half-jokingly chides. The brains [...]
UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL UNVEILS THE URC DIGITAL R50
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Unlike other high-end remote controls, URC’s stylish new flagship device for the consumer retail channel can be programmed entirely on its bright color LCD screen. There’s no need for a PC or internet connection. Universal Remote Control®, Inc. (URC), the pioneer in control technology, today announces the release of the URC Digital R50, [...]
Sony’s New Exmor 12.25Mpix CMOS
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Sony just announced three new Exmor CMOS (5.15, 8.11 and 12.25Mpix) that we’ll probably see in our mobile phones in the near future. Included is the world’s first 12.25Mpix (effective pixels) 1/2.5 type CMOS, the IMX060PQ.
Sony also announced a 1/2.5 type lens module at 12.25Mpix, the U060F.
UMID F1 UMPC with WiBro, HSDPA
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Korean company UMID presents the F1 UMPC that comes with support for HSDPA and WiBro (WiMAX) connectivity. The F1 is powered by a VIA C7-M 1.2GHz processor, 512MB/1GB of RAM, and 30GB/60GB hard drive. You can see some live shots after the cut.Other than HSPDA and WiBro, the UMID F1 features also WiFi [...]
AT&T Brings S60 Back with the 6650
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AT&T announced that it has added the Nokia 6650 to its ranks. The 6650 is a clamshell that runs Nokia’s S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 and has quad-band GSM/EDGE and 850/1900 WCDMA for AT&T’s 3G network. Other features include a 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR with support for A2DP stereo, [...]
