Olympus will have not one but two cameras based on the Micro Four Thirds system in the near future, a Russian leak hints. The first, the M-1, would have a relatively compact body but would carry a 3.2-inch LCD and shoot HD video, making it one of the first DSLRs below the Nikon D90 to [...]

Here’s another AU phone by KDDI, the WOOO Ketai H001 featuring a 3D display for both video and photos. The LCD is made by Hitachi with integrated the IPS Technology, and has a 845×480 resolution on a 3.1” screen.
 The H0001 has a 5Mpix camera module with AF, supports microSD cards, 1Seg TV tuner, ewallet, [...]

As the battle for the smartphone market heats up, comparisons abound between Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Storm, released in November, and Apple’s iPhone.
For starters, both devices boast a touchscreen, forgoing the buttons found on more conventional phones. But the more important comparison, from the bottom-line perspective, lies in which device carries a fatter margin. And [...]

Nintendo hates pirates and hackers and have done nearly everything in their power to prevent their hardware from running bootleg software, but as you know, that’s pretty much an impossible task. Wasabi has just released its Wasabi DX drivechip that features a plug and play installation on the Wii’s (DMS, D2A, D2B, D2C, D2C2, D2E, [...]

Macworld reports that Intel is set to reveal its first eight-core processor at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco next month.  The ISSCC program reveals that Intel will discuss an “eight-core, 16-thread Xeon processor manufactured with a 45-nanometer process”.
The timing of the presentation suggests the eight-core Xeon processor is likely to be the [...]

Samsung Electronics on Thursday said it has used its 50-nanometer circuit technology to develop the first 4-Gb DDR3 PC memory chip, which the vendor claims offers more capacity at significantly less power consumption than current DDR3 products. Samsung is targeting manufacturers’ new generation of “green” PCs with its new technology, which will be used in [...]

Intel has announced the availability of the first Moblin 2 alpha release. Moblin is an open source Linux-based platform that Intel is developing for Atom-based mobile devices. The company hopes to attract a community of third-party developers to contribute to the platform and target it with their applications. Moblin has already been adopted by several [...]

MAINGEAR Computers, award-winning builders of high performance custom computers for PC Enthusiasts, announced the availability of the next generation of workstations in the market. MAINGEAR will be arming enthusiasts in photoshop, graphic design, video production, pro audio and other creative professions with the new high performance Remix Workstation. “With Remix, we’ve leveraged years of experience [...]

West Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. recently announced a cooperative effort to research systems to help prevent accidents and furnish road information to drivers. West NEXCO, which operates expressways in western Japan, and Nissan will enhance and complement existing information systems using information technology (IT) to provide road and traffic condition [...]

Philips has gone to great lengths (well, widths) with a new set it’s recently unveiled. Forgoing the 16:9 wide-screen aspect ratio most new sets have, the Cinema 21:9, a 56-inch LCD, extends to nearly the same ratio as movies shot in the 2.39:1 format. For cinema buffs, that’s the good news. The bad news is [...]