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HP today unwrapped its newest offering dubbed as the DreamScreen. The core function of the DreamScreen is to display photos but thanks to HP, the screen can do more than that.
Coming in a piano black design with flushed glass, the DreamScreen connects easily to a wired or wireless network to stream pictures, music and [...]

 
A poster at AVS forum leaked few images of what is claimed to be the successor of WD TV. The original media player from WD is a nice budget offering giving the goodness of full HD playback at under $100. Now, the second iteration adds some new features that makes the WD TV more luring. [...]

 
Hi-Den Vision from Hong Kong are selling a nifty gadget that is definitely worth noting. Not bigger than a cell phone, the Tiny Hi-Def Player (HD-0311) allows users to watch HD content on their HDTVs. Just plug the player with the TV with HDMI cable, insert a USB drive or USB card reader on the [...]

 
Pardon our limited capacity to understand Korean but it looks like Samsung is out with an e-book reader of its own in their home market. The SNE-50K reader has been created in association with Kyobo, South Korea’s largest bookstore. The 200g and 9mm slim device features a 5-inch display, ability to take notes with pen [...]

 
“If you can’t afford it, create it” – is the mantra of the Chinese companies. Cloned mobile phones are a common sight in China but it seems they’ve been smitten with something new, which the Americans have been carrying for more than one and half years – the Kindle. WeFound is the answer to Amazon’s [...]

 
Amazon has lowered the price of its smaller version of Kindle. The 6-inch e-book reader that was previously selling at $359 will now sell for $299. The unexpected price cut is attributed to the competitors who are selling their respective e-book readers for less than the $300.
The Kindle 2 was launched early this year [...]

 
Samsung took the wraps off from P410M, its LED pocket project at the World IT Show in Korea. The new projector promises 30,000 hours of lamp life, 800×600 resolution, 1000:1 contrast ratio and VGA/USB/Composite support. Pricing and availability are not known.

[Aving via SamsungHub]

 
UPDATE: TechOn English have translated the article. Apart from detecting the angle, it also determines the position of the brush in the mouth and controls the vibration speed accordingly.
I don’t know if there is any need but here it is. Omron Healthcare from Japan will sell HT-B551 toothbrush with an acceleration sensor that will [...]

 
Americans now have one more home server to choose from, this time coming from the largest selling netbook vendor. Acer’s Windows based Aspire easyStore Home Server is apt for home and small business users who want to share, preserve and access data from a centralized location.
The Aspire easyStore will go for an affordable $399 [...]

 
Not exactly Kindle 3 but Amazon has unwrapped its newest Kindle offering, the DX. As expected it brings in an extra few inches, which now measures at 9.7-inches (e-ink display) and tie ups with newspaper and academic textbook publishers. On the features front, it includes auto-rotating screen, built-in PDF reader, larger user storage of approx. [...]

 
Amazon is holding a press event tomorrow to unveil the next iteration of Kindle with a larger screen. Amazon’s move for a larger sized e-book reader comes in order to lure newspaper and academic textbook publishers to adopt the platform.
The first images that have surfaced, show Kindle DX (that’s what it’s called) with a large [...]

Toshiba has announced to ship its high density NAND flash chips fabricated with 32nm technology soon. Samples of 32nm based 16Gb (2GB) and 32Gb (4GB) flash chips are available now which can be used to integrate in memory cards, USB drives and other embedded products. The 32Gb chip will first be applied to memory card, [...]

 
If you’re in the market for an AIO, the most you will have to settle is for an Atom based one. Atom powered AIOs are cheap, power efficient but not powerful. But Taiwan’s Cybernet Inc. is stepping up in the AIO game to offer users wanting that extra juice in the same compact form factor. [...]

 
Bangalore based Procsys is selling ION 2600 handheld device to cater businesses’ Point of Service (PoS) application needs. The ION 2600 is somewhat revolutionary for the PoS category because of the fact that it is powered by an Atom processor. It does effectively handle businesses various needs by supporting Smart card readers/writers, biometrics and built-in [...]

 
Thank Thanko for fulfilling your office spying needs. Next time you won’t be called a perv for filming a hot gal in the office as your necktie will handle all your dirty video duties. The tie sells for 12,800 Yen ($128), has 4GB of storage and can store video recordings of up to 4 hours [...]