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Apple Developing Larger-Screen iPod Touch

December 31st, 2008 at 10:35 pm » Comments (0)

Apple could look to launch a larger-screen iPod touch in the fall of 2009, according to The Washington Post’s TechCrunch.com. Apple has developed prototypes and is holding production talks with OEMs in Asia regarding mass production, according to the paper. The devices would have a 7- or 9-inch screen, according TechCrunch, which compares to the [...]



Zune Freeze Result of Leap Year: Microsoft

December 31st, 2008 at 10:32 pm » Comments (0)

It was the Z2k problem after all, a glitch related to the inability of the device clock to handle the extra day in a leap year that froze thousands of Zune media players Wednesday morning. “A bug in the internal clock driver related to the way the device handles a leap year affected Zune users,” [...]



Magnetic,Detachable Wide Angle Lens for iPhone/Cellphone/NDS

December 31st, 2008 at 11:40 am » Comments (0)

USBfever have a trio of lenses that adhere to your iPhone via a magnetic ring. The wide angle lens (pictured above) offers a .67x zoom with Super Macro. The trio of lenses provide: Wide Angle, Telephoto (2x) and Fish-Eye capabilities to the iPhone (original and 3G) as well as a slew of other phones and [...]



LG unveils the world’s slimmest LED LCD TV

December 31st, 2008 at 11:36 am » Comments (0)

LG Electronics(www.lge.co.kr) will unveil the world’s slimmest LED LCD TV ‘LH95′ at the upcoming CES 2009 held in Las Vegas. Featuring 24.8mm thickness, the LH95 supports 240Hz TrueMotion Drive technology and 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio. According to the company, this LED LCD TV is 2009 CES Innovation Award winners in the Display category.
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OPPO MUSE G11 Priced at about $161

December 31st, 2008 at 11:32 am » Comments (0)

The gaming swivel-screen PMP of our dreams has been priced. The OPPO G11, also called OPPO MUSE is a 3.2-inch touchscreen PMP with 4GB of storage and an MSRP of 1099 yuan or about $161, yes a little pricey for a Chinese MP4 player but this one comes with a Sennheiser MX400 headphones. You can [...]



Ford to debut vehicles that parallel park with the push of a button at Detroit auto show

December 31st, 2008 at 11:29 am » Comments (0)

Sit back, relax and let your car parallel park itself — without a single scratch or ding to your bumper.That’s what Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday about its new self-parking technology, which it announced will debut as an option on the 2010 Lincoln MKS sedan and the new seven-passenger Lincoln MKT luxury crossover vehicle.The technology [...]



LG Electronics Announces New Streaming Content Partners for Its Network Blu-ray Disc Players

December 31st, 2008 at 11:02 am » Comments (0)

LG Electronics today announced the expansion of network entertainment options for its Network Blu-ray Disc players through new alliances with CinemaNow and YouTube(TM). Available on new LG Network Blu-ray Disc Players in the first half of 2009, these new services complement LG’s instant streaming from Netflix and advanced Blu-ray capabilities to deliver consumers an exceptional [...]



SSL broken! Hackers create rogue CA certificate using MD5 collisions

December 31st, 2008 at 10:58 am » Comments (0)

Using computing power from a cluster of 200 PS3 game consoles and about $700 in test digital certificates, a group of hackers in the U.S. and Europe have found a way to target a known weakness in the MD5 algorithm to create a rogue Certification Authority (CA), a breakthrough that allows the forging of certificates [...]



Brother Introduces Quattro™ 6000D, a high tech sewing machine

December 31st, 2008 at 10:43 am » Comments (0)

The Brother Innovis 6000D Quattro Sewing and Embroidery Machine is the ultimate creative partner in sewing, embroidery, quilting and crafting, Brother gives you Creativity Times Four. The Brother Innovis 6000D Quattro Sewing and Embroidery Machine boasts 100 new and improved features including industry firsts such as InnovEye Technology, an Up Close Viewer function and Runway [...]



The new Nokia 6208c is official

December 31st, 2008 at 10:24 am » Comments (1)

In an event held today in Nanjing Nokia unveiled the Nokia 6208c, a new pen input device which caters for a number of different customers, specifically those in China. The touch screen on the 6208c is optimized to write Chinese characters and messages in the most natural way, with a pen. The design of the [...]