Posted by Digg on 11th April 2006
Toshiba plans to put on sale in Japan in May its first laptop computer with a built-in HD-DVD drive, the company said today. The Qosmio G30 is expected to be the first computer available from any vendor with an HD-DVD drive.
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Posted by Digg on 10th April 2006
Apparently the next Toyota Prius will get an insane 113 mpg. It’s going to use lithium batteries instead of nickel and will accelerate from 0 to 62 mph in under 10 seconds, compared to 11 for the current model.
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Posted by Digg on 10th April 2006
Asus this week lauded its latest laptops’ successful attempt to win the thumbs-up from audio specialist Dolby. Announcing two new machines, Asus said one comes with the Dolby Home Theater stamp of approval, while the other ships with “gameplay transforming” Dolby Digital Live technology.
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Posted by Digg on 9th April 2006
Google recently acquired an advanced text search algorithm invented by an Israeli student. Yahoo and Microsoft were also negotiating.
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Posted by Digg on 8th April 2006
Kanguru has dropped the bomb on the USB 2.0 flash drive market with a whopping 64 GB of storage space on a flash drive about the size of a pack of gum. The drive is called the Kanguru Flash Drive Max.
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Posted by Digg on 8th April 2006
Dubbed the RangeMax Next series and supposedly already shipping, the NetGear’s 802.11n offering claims to deliver speed up to 300Mbps, which we believe is not possible to achieve in real world performances. But it’s still pretty amazing, considering that it’s wireless and it’s actually faster than 100Mbps wired Ethernet.
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Posted by Digg on 8th April 2006
Microsoft and other tech companies are currently pushing bills in various U.S. states that would allow them and others complete access to all data on a private computer and to all Internet traffic in and out of it in the name of providing better privacy.
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Posted by Digg on 8th April 2006
Workers are taking down the black construction barricade around the glass-cube entrance to the Fifth Avenue (NYC) Apple Store, in preparation for the future grand opening.
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Posted by Digg on 8th April 2006
TechCrunch compares iTunes and its competitors. Allofmp3 wins on all counts, but number of songs. They also offer the highest quality. The stores reviewed: iTunes, Allofmp3, BuyMusic, MSN Music, Napster, Rhapsody, Walmart and Yahoo.
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Posted by Digg on 7th April 2006
Japanese Co. Evergreen is no stranger to the cheap and crap-plasticy product. Now they combine their love of the two and apparent hatred for human-kind in this $8.50 DN-2000 MP3 player targeting the ill-fated shores of Japan, and perhaps, beyond.
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