January 17, 2005

Canopus Mobile Tuner

Canopus JP has announced KTVX1000USB, a TV-tuner that plugs into your laptop USB port. The Mobile Tuner is set for launch in Japan - February - expected price 10,00 Yen. In addition to giving you the ability to watch TV on your laptop, the KTVX1000USB also features ability to record TV shows on your Harddrive, compact size, antenna and USB powered.

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January 13, 2005

Cellery worm

PCs running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP could be vulnerable to the Cellery worm, that installs a playable version of the Tetris game on PCs that it has infected. While users play the game, the worm browses computer networks for PCs that have not shut off all the insecure ways they connect to other machines to infect them. The risk of infection by Cellery is thought to be very low as few copies of the worm have been found. The virus does not damage machines but heavily infected networks could slow down as scanning traffic builds. Security company Sophos urged users and companies to update their Anti-virus software to keep themselves protected.

- Seen at UberGizmo

January 12, 2005

Intel Sonoma to debut Jan. 19

Intel Corp. will launch the next-generation "Sonoma" mobile platform on January 19. Intel is expected to unveil more than 80 notebooks using the technology at a launch event in San Francisco. Sonoma the new version of Centrino will include a new version of the Pentium M processor for notebooks that offers 2MB of cache, a chipset that features DDR 2 memory support, PCI Express for faster data transfer, a Wi-Fi chip that handles 802.11 a/b/g transmission and high-definition audio.

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January 9, 2005

Sony Vaio Y and Vaio F

Sony JP has announced the spindle note VAIO Y PC and the slim note VAIO F featuring a 15" LCD display. Both Models are set to go on sale January 22nd.

The VAIO Y speculated to cost around 170,000 yen is aimed at the business market does not feature an optical drive. Features include Windows XP Professional OS, 12.1" XGA liquid crystal display, Pentium M 725 (1.60GHz), memory 256MB (maximum 2GB), HDD 60GB and Intel 855GME chip set with video function built-in, Type2 PC card slot x1, memory stick slot (DUO/PRO correspondence) x1, Ethernet and IEEE 1394 (4 pins) x1 and USB 2.0x2, IEEE 802.11b/g wireless LAN and D-Sub15 pin.

5 hours battery life. Measures 285.7x247.8x24.9 -- 35.8mm and weighs approximately 1.69kg.

January 8, 2005

Eizo "FlexScan P170" display

Eizo JP has announced FlexScan P170 their new 17" LCD display. The FlexScan P170 is goes on sale from January 20th in Japan expected price is 45,000 Yen.

Features include 1,280x1,024 dot (SXGA) resolution, 16ms response time, 300cd/ square m brightness , 450:1 contrast ratio and BrightRegulator" function for automatic brightness adjustments based on surroundings

Measures 369x385.2x192mm and weighs 4kg.

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