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Archive for May 2008

May 30th, 2008

Apple Core Stops Selling TV Hacking Dongle

Apple Core is a company which sells Apple TVs with upgraded hard drives and, until yesterday, a very handy little USB stick called aTV Flash.
The thumb drive was a plug and play solution to hack your Apple TV, bringing a slew of extra features for just $60.00 USD. After restoring your Apple TV to factory […]

By Sean R. -- 3 comments

May 29th, 2008

Sanyo NVA-MS1280DT and NVA-MS1180DT GPS Devices

Back in the days when GPS Devices could only show you around the backyard, this bricks were pretty boring as some of them had green or grey screens. Nowadays, vendors are slapping on plenty of cool features on them to bring the cash. This new Sanyo NVA-MS1280DT and NVA-MS1180DT GPS Devices can even now play […]

By colbert low -- 0 comments

May 29th, 2008

The XYX computer desk with PC ?

The techdigest guys call this “the world’s most technologically advanced desk.”, is that for real ? Can it fly ? No but it is an actual built-in PC in a table. It has a CDRW/DVD combo on the side, a few USB sockets and hot keys for PC shortcuts. You add RAM to it by […]

By colbert low -- 0 comments

May 28th, 2008

VIA OpenBook Design Is Share Alike

Open hardware specs seem to be catching on. After the OpenMoko released CAD design files for all of its handsets, Via’s gone and done the same thing with their new OpenBook. It’s only the outside that’s being released as an open design, but that’s not a bad start.
The OpenBook site spells it out […]

By Sean R. -- 0 comments

May 28th, 2008

Nokia Maps 2.0 is out

The new Nokia Maps 2.0 has a Walk mode feature for tourist who prefer walking and a visual guide that will tell you where you just have been. The turn-by-turn directions are also voice-guided, which would have been premium on the older version..
Nokia Maps is available for Nokia Series 60 mobile handsets that include all […]

By colbert low -- 0 comments

May 28th, 2008

F-Origin zTouch 3.0 Force-Sensing Touch Screens

F-Origin is the leading supplier of force-sensing touch screens with offices in Silicon Valley and North Carolina is launching their new zTouch 3.0 touch screen technology at the SID International Symposium and Exhibition this week. zTouch enables users to control ebook navigation and management, such as turning pages, making selections by touch or through gestures […]

By colbert low -- 0 comments

May 27th, 2008

Motorola W755 with Verizon package

Here’s one of them no-frills clamshell cellphones from Motorola. I guess they are getting lazy in designing something new the last few months. The Motorola W755 does not have any interesting features. Some specs include a bit outdated 2.5mm earphone jack, touch sensitive external buttons, V Cast, support for AAC, AMR NB, MIDI, MP3 and […]

By colbert low -- 12 comments

May 27th, 2008

Convert Your VCR Tapes Into Digital Video

VHS. Some of you won’t be old enough to remember video tape. And those of you who are doubtless have a stack of low resolution cassettes somewhere in the basement, maybe next to the box of 8-Tracks and Zip-Disks. Good news. Now you can rip those tapes to digital files, and even burn them to […]

By Sean R. -- 2 comments

May 27th, 2008

MSI Small Form-Factor Titan 700 PC

MSI, that famed Taiwan based motherboard company has just launched a mini wonder called Titan 700 PC in the UK. The Titan 700 uses the Mini-ITX form factor which is the standard boxy design and comes with VIA CN700 + 8237R+ chipset, a slim DVD burner, 2.5-inch SATA hard drive and 1Gb DDR2 RAM. More […]

By colbert low -- 0 comments

May 26th, 2008

Alienware Area-51 ALX Gaming Desktop just got better

The aliens have landed again. No, its not a new model, but the upgraded Alienware Area-51 ALX Gaming Desktop which is touted as a high end gaming machine. This new elite, ultra-high-performance computers, is the first and only desktop to offer the 3.2GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 overclocked to a blazing speed of […]

By colbert low -- 1 comment