PSP Rhythm 4.0 Released! PSP Rhythm is the homebrew drum machine for the Sony Playstation Portable.
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Parrot features Bluetooth Speakers at CeBit 2006 @ Ubergizmo
Every where I look I am blinded by a huge mass....hiding under the hype machine Origami, ... If you somehow missed all the Origami hype, you are lucky... I was really hoping for something mind blowing ... now as the bits unravel, Origami looks dull..... enjoy these Origami bits
The screen on this PC is mounted on a telescopic, retractable arm, sort of like the arm on the iMac. It allows you to position the screen where you want it. Manufacturers will come out with commercial versions of this notebook, says Intel Vice President Mooly Eden.
Seattle-based Giant Bite Games officially opened its doors. Founded by game industry veterans Hamilton Chu, Michael Evans, Andy Glaister, and Steve Theodore, Giant Bite describes itself as "a next generation game development studio focusing on the creation of excellent games and a fun workplace."
Giant Bite's team has a wealth of experience in making top-flight games, having worked on Halo, Halo 2, Half-Life and Counterstrike. They've also been involved in making key contributions to Microsoft's DirectX technologies. Collectively Giant Bite's executive team has shipped over thirty games with over twenty million units sold.
Google is planning a massive online storage facility to encompass all users' files. The plans were allegedly revealed accidentally after a blogger spotted notes in a slideshow presentation wrongly published on Google's site reports BBC
The GDrive would offer a mirror of users' hard drives, Reuters said.
In the notes, chief executive Eric Schmidt reportedly said Google's aim was to "store 100%" of users' information.
The notes said: "With infinite storage, we can house all user files, including e-mails, web history, pictures, bookmarks, etc; and make it accessible from anywhere (any device, any platform, etc)."
The Fujitsu Hitachi plasma display corporation (FHP) today announced the mass production of the 42" and 37" plasma that adopt the new ALIS system (PDP).
Both models feature an aspect ratio or 16:9, and panel resolution of 1,024x1,080 dot. The 42V" model features a brightness of 1,400cd/ which becomes the industry highest.
Intel.com has launched a new section at their site dedicated to the Ultra Mobile PC. The Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) category offers consumers small, ultra-mobile devices with full PC capabilities, uncompromised Internet access, anytime connectivity, and the ability to recognize and adapt to its environment virtually anytime and anywhere.
Intel showed off two prototypes of Ultra Mobile PC devices at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco on Tuesday. The models are examples of full-featured, low-wattage minitablets that can run a variant of Windows XP, developed as part of Microsoft's Origami Project.
Sharp, Japan has announced the Zaurus SL-C3200, a new Linux PDA with 6GB Hard drive. The PDA is powered by an Intel PXA270 Processor at 416 MHz, 64MB RAM and 128MB ROM. Features include a VGA res (640 x 480) 3.7 inch LCD display, a QWERTY keyboard, SD and Compact Flash card slot, USB port and IRDA connectivity.
Belkin is set to release TuneTalk, the first working microphone recording device for the fifth-generation iPod. TuneTalk Stereo comes in two different colors - white and black - each with two metal-grilled microphones built into the accessory’s front surface. There’s a one-push record and stop button on its left side, and two ports on its bottom: a mini USB pass-through for power, and a line-input port reports ilounge
KeySpan has announced TuneView, a new remote control with a color LCD display that shows your iTunes or iPod library reports Engadget. At just $99, TuneView works with either a $39 USB adapter to communicate with your PC, or with a $79 dock to connect to your iPod.
Err this could be fake .... What's really interesting is that the guy looks like he is rewinding using the touch screen, unless he has the hold button down why does the video keep going forward?
OrigamiPortal has scored an image of what may or may not be the Microsoft Origami Gadget.
The pic we have received shows a device that looks thinner than the ones shown in the Digital Kitchen video. And the UI is definitely some new handheld OS writes OrigamiPortal
In the corner of the window there is the words Alexandria. The UI components seem to emulate what has been shown so far with Windows Vista beta releases.
The one weird component is the word "podcast" on the right side tree. If this is real, would Microsoft include this by default in their menus?
orbitcast has a photo of what purports to be an upcoming portable video device by XM Satellite Radio. XM demonstated this "wearable video device" to analysts recently. It has the ablity to receive live video signal in portable mode. In live mode, each channel uses 256kb of capacity using On2's video compression. Should the XM/WCS deal go through, XM will have the bandwidth capabilities to broadcast at least 20 video channels in live mode.
Macshine has a mockup of something called the iPod AV aka the true video iPod. This image is fake.... but hey I love an apple rumor just as much as the next guy.
Buried in a Variety piece on Sony is a small bit of the PlayStation 3 being delayed until december 2006/.
Sony's new PlayStation 3 was widely expected to be introduced this spring, but will be delayed as the company fine-tunes the chips that are crucial to the success of the console's Blu-ray function.
The PlayStation 3 --- which is being called "the poor man's Blue-ray" --- is vital to Sony's plans because it plays Blu-ray discs as well as videogames.
Sony will roll out the PS3 by year end, in time for the holidays. If PS3 "delivers what everyone thinks it will, the game is up," Stringer boasts.
Blu-ray is the system developed by Sony to view next-generation high-definition DVDs. Rival format HD DVD is championed by Toshiba. Microsoft recently joined the HD DVD camp, a move that came as its Xbox 360 videogame console is trying to grab market share from PlayStation, the industry leader.
While we wait for the Nintendo DS lite to arrive in America, a DS owner in asia has great photo log of taking apart the steamy new player from Nintendo.
PcMag has a review of Apple's new iPod Hi-fi thing.
It's no surprise that the new champ among iPod speakers/docks comes from none other than Apple. It's versatile and loud enough for almost any listening needs, though it lacks video output.
Zdnet is reporting on a hacking contest launched by a Sweden-based Mac enthusiast. According to the report this guy set his Mac Mini as a server and invited hackers to break through the computer's security and gain root control.
Within hours of going live, the "rm-my-mac" competition was over. The challenger posted this message on his Web site: "This sucks. Six hours later this poor little Mac was owned and this page got defaced".
The hacker that won the challenge, who asked ZDNet Australia to identify him only as "gwerdna", said he gained root control of the Mac in less than 30 minutes.
HP today introduced two notebook series, the HP Compaq 9400 Notebook PC series and HP Compaq 6300 Notebook PC series featuring the latest Intel® Core™ Duo processor technology, which enables users to simultaneously run multiple applications to work more efficiently. Integrated mobile broadband connectivity in select models allows access to corporate networks, email and the Internet without being tied to a wireless hotspot.
Using motion robotics and voice recognition technology, Fido Luggage packs the trainability and loyalty of a dog into a bright, shiny suitcase that follows you around. The obedient invention comes from architect/designer Peter Yeadon, who merges high-tech, scientific, and utilitarian approaches into a body of work that is as stupefyingly brilliant as it is hilariously ironic.
Microsoft has revealed that their super secret Origami Gadget will be unveiled at the Cebit technology fair that takes place in Hanover, Germany from 9-15 March. A leaked promotional video, produced in 2005, showed people using the paperback-sized computer to play games, write notes, sketch, listen to music and use a mapping service.
It is now known that the gadget will use Intel chips and run a version of the Windows XP operating system for tablet PCs.
The New York Times reported that the UMPC gadgets will use a 20cm touchscreen and will be built to play music or movies. It is also likely to have wi-fi net access built in. Final prices for the gadget are not finalised but it is expected to cost less than $1,000 (£572).
Creative is rumored to be working on a movie download service... this is based off an announcment by Creative which reveals a “video programming” event on March 30, one day before a scheduled Apple event.
gamersreport has a how To Make An Xbox360 Arcade feature.
When I first bought DOA4 I realized how much it sucks to play fighting games on a control pad, especially the XBox 360 controller. The D-pad just doesn't cut it for fighters. I then saw the DOA4 Hori stick, and that stick looked like crap to me.
Then I heard Street Fighter 2 was coming out on XBLA and I knew I had to find a solution quickly in preparation for SF2. Then out of nowhere I remembered that I built a joystick out of arcade parts and the inside of a PSX controller for my PSX back in the day. I then thought why not use my SF:AC joystick as the basis for this, and use a wired XBox 360 controller for the guts. So that's where this tutorial begins.
According to a Catholic News Service story, Pope Benedict XVI got a 2GB white Nano, loaded with, radio station's programming in English, Italian and German, as well as classical tunes from Mozart, Chopin and Stravinsky.
Itunes agent is a neat program resting in your system tray constantly looking for new MP3 players and other music capable devices connecting to your system. When a device it recognizes is connected to the system, it will create a playlist for the device in iTunes and it will synchronize that list with tracks on your device.
You may then modify this list, add and remove tracks, before you tell the iTunes Agent to synchronize the list with your player.
A patent Apple filed for in August 2006 , was revealed on March 2nd on the patent office website. The patent application concerns a wide touchpad that appears to stretch across the width of a notebook computer and may have multiple touch-sensitive regions reports Tuaw.
The folks at Engadget Mobile spent some time with Motorola's ROKR E3. ROKR E3 is a GSM/GPRS/EDGE handset with 512MB of internal memory, Bluetooth, a 1.3 megapixel camera, a TransFlash memory card slot, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and some multimedia software. No iTunes.
Apple's forthcoming "true" video iPod will feature a 4-inch display with a quarter-inch border, allowing the device to maintain dimensions typical of previous iPods, Think Secret reports. Prior reports suggested the new iPod's displaywould be 3.5-inches.
The new iPod remains on track for an announcement possibly as soon as late March or early April.
Nokia's full-QWERTY keyboard business phone, the Nokia E61 has been approval by the FCC. Apart from the joystick for navigation, t the E61 offers a quick-access e-mail button.
Apple Computer may be in the intermediate stages of developing an iTunes movie download service that would offer full length feature films to iTunes customers with a broadband Internet connection, AppleInsider reports.
A survey distributed this week through Coyote Insight, a Fullerton, Calif.-based market research firm, asked that participants answer a series of questions related to a potential "iTunes movie service" that would provide on-demand access to movies that could be downloaded to a computer or iPod.
"This iTunes service would provide access to 1,000 movies on demand which can be downloaded to your computer and, in turn, to your video iPod if you have one, or even your television if it is connected to your computer," read a description early in the survey.
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According to Silicon.com Apple on Wednesday released a security update for Mac OS X that fixes 20 vulnerabilities, including a high-profile web browser and Mail flaw.
The set of patches addresses a variety of security flaws, including several that could let an attacker gain control over a computer running the operating system software. The patch arrives after two weeks of intense scrutiny for Apple Mac OS X safety, prompted by the discovery of two worms and the disclosure of two security flaws in that period.
DS Advanced has coverage of the Japanese launch of the Nintendo Ds Lite. Japanese site famitsu. has a little photo log of the hungry DS lite fans with blankets (nintendo probably hired them all to act out the excitement) . Sure the DS lite is pretty but its basically the old DS with makeup...so the whole waiting thing goes over my head
TomTom, recently unveiled the new, smart and easy to use TomTom GO range. The GO range includes three models, the TomTom GO 910, TomTom GO 710 and TomTom GO 510. The new Go Range features significant improvements in design and usability, including hardware, software, connectivity and new content & services writes MobileWhack.
Users can now connect to TomTom HOME through their computer, thanks to the new HOME Dock technology. The pre-installed Safety Camera database is now available across the range, making it even easier and safer to navigate to your destination. Among the three, leading the pack is the TomTom GO 910, which is the first ever portable navigation device featuring multi-continental map coverage including the whole of Europe, the USA and Canada. It also includes some extras such as, fully integrated MP3 player for playing audiobooks, music and podcasts as well as text-to-speech functionality.
Sony Ericsson has announced the HCB-100, a new versatile Bluetooth Car Speakerphone
Empowering the driver to safely remain in full control of the car while handling calls in a simple way, the HCB-100 is an extremely high performing speakerphone with up to 20 hours talk time and 600 hours standby time. It needs no installation, discreetly attaching to the visor of the car with a sturdy clip. Clearly distinguishable buttons allow the driver to handle calls without losing focus on the road ahead.
Week 2 in Microsoft's Project Origami 3 week time line revelation is now live! Click the link to see the flash animation of mystery behind Microsoft's "Project Origami"
Project Origami is a new portable media device that allows users to listen to music, play video games, browse the internet and write hand-written notes. Read More
Uber Gizmo is reporting that the Motorola Q will be undergoing a "Friendly-User" testing starting next week on the Verizon Network. After that and a few loose ends, the Q should be out in April.
Electronic Arts has finally revealed the first official trailer for the upcoming, Superman Returns: The Videogame. A pre-rendered video made from Xbox 360 in-game assets, the new teaser shows the Man of Steel battling against his ore-powered foe Metallo in the skies of Metropolis. Giant rockets, scared citizens, and the classic 1970s Superman score are also included.
ZDNet, has listed some of the possible upgrade scenarios that could be availabe when Windows Vista ships. All three consumer versions - Home Basic, Home Premium, and Ultimate - will be included on the same CD or DVD. Read More
