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Sony Intros First Digicam with Web Browser

January 10th, 2009 at 7:14 pm » Comments (0)

With a focus on making photo sharing easier and more convenient, Sony today introduced the world’s first Wi-Fi® enabled digital camera that uploads photos and videos to Web sites through any public hotspot due to its built-in Web browser. The new Cyber-shot DSC-G3 digital still camera answers one of the most pressing needs for photo [...]



CES 2009: Expect Fewer Phones With Windows Mobile

January 10th, 2009 at 7:11 pm » Comments (0)

Microsoft says it is responding to the fierce competition in the phone market by retooling and beefing up its mobile operating system–and by putting it on fewer devices. Todd Peters, the vice president of marketing for the Windows Mobile division, discussed those concepts in general terms in an interview at the CES. He declined to [...]



Public Availability of Windows 7 Beta Overloads Microsoft’s Servers

January 10th, 2009 at 6:57 pm » Comments (0)

Although Windows 7 Beta 1 has been making the rounds on torrent sites for the past few weeks, the operating systemofficial release during his keynote at CES. was first officially made available Thursday to MSDN, TechBeta, and Technet subscribers. Steve Ballmer was quite exuberant about theFriday was the big day for the general public to [...]



Palm unveils new Palm Pre device and an all-new webOS

January 10th, 2009 at 5:00 pm » Comments (0)

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Palm, Inc. unveiled its Palm webOS mobile platform, built from the ground up to be constantly connected to the web, and the new Palm Pre, the first phone based on the new platform.

Palm webOS automatically brings information from the many places it resides – on a phone, at work or [...]



Paradigm bumps its Reference Studio speakers to v.5

January 10th, 2009 at 10:58 am » Comments (0)

Paradigm Electronics Inc., an international leader in speaker design and manufacturing, introduced the fifth generation of its Paradigm® Reference Studio Series speakers. These updated models benefit from engineering advances that further enhance their aesthetics, ergonomics and performance capabilities. Series v.5 also introduces the smallest model to date in Paradigm’s Reference Studio Series: Studio 10, a [...]



Sanyo intros PDG-DHT100JL 1080p DLP projector

January 10th, 2009 at 10:51 am » Comments (0)

SANYO announces its newest DLP® projector to the line-up, the PDG-DHT100JL projector. SANYO has offered DLP® projectors in addition to the broad line-up of LCD projectors since last year. This new projector is the brightest*1 of its class with an incredible 6,500 lumens, and is compatible with Full HD signal, allowing bright high definition, high [...]



Viliv’s S7 ultra-portable gets official specs

January 10th, 2009 at 10:46 am » Comments (1)

The Viliv S7 is surprisingly sturdy and polished.  Internet access and general everyday tasks were speedy, despite the low-power 1.86GHz Intel Atom Silverthorne processor (a 1.33GHz version is an option), the touchscreen is responsive.  It’ll be interesting to see how it compares in testing to the ASUS Eee PC T91, which has a larger display [...]



CES 2009: MediaFlo Hits The Road With Audiovox

January 10th, 2009 at 9:33 am » Comments (0)

Mobile TV service MediaFLO made good on its plans toexpand its service beyond cellphones to new devices by announcing at CES a deal with Audiovox to create in-car video displays that receive the live MediaFLO broadcast service. The deal, which was announced in Las Vegas by Audiovox Electronics Corp. president Tom Malone and MediaFLO USA [...]



AMD Teases Cloud Computing Game Revolution

January 10th, 2009 at 9:25 am » Comments (0)

The AMD Fusion Render Cloud will transform movie and gaming experiences through server-side rendering,  which stores visually rich content in a compute cloud, compresses it, and streams it in real-time over a wireless or broadband connection to a variety of devices such as smart phones, set-top boxes and ultra-thin notebooks. By delivering remotely rendered content [...]



LG Shows off OLED Display Just 0.85 Millimeters Thick

January 10th, 2009 at 9:18 am » Comments (0)

LG Electronics is showing off a 15-inch OLED (organic light emitting diode) display at the International Consumer Electronics Show that’s just 0.85 millimeters thick, less than half the thickness of a similar display it expects to market in the second half of this year.The company’s 2.5-mm-thick, 15-inch OLED display will be available in the second [...]