Sony has actively promoted Blu-Ray as a hi-definition format. And to show a glimpse of what they can do more, Sony creates a mammoth 400 Disc Blu-Ray Mega changer which can dump all your Blu-Ray collection in one go. The player is a prototype for now and is gracing itself on the CEDIA expo […]
Archives for September 2008
Samsung contemplating to take over SanDisk
World’s largest NAND flash memory maker, Samsung Electronics is thinking to buy out SanDisk to further expand its memory business. Both the parties refrain from confirming or denying the news but both agree of talking to each other “for potential business opportunities”. The business opportunities are unclear but if this one goes through, Samsung […]
Xbox 360 now cheaper in US
Australia was the first one to receive it. Then was Japan. And today its USA’s turn to snag Microsoft Xbox 360 cheaper than any of the current gen consoles. The new prices come in effect from today and gamers will be able to buy the console starting from $199.99 for the Arcade, $299.99 for […]
France trials USB Railway Tickets
Railway company in France, SNCF will start carrying closed trials of RFID enabled USB tickets. SNCF already uses RFID tickets for commuters and putting an USB interface is an extension to provide anywhere recharging. The RFID USB drives created by Neowave helps to store personal information details on the chip and the USB interface […]
Sony recalls more than 70,000 VAIO notebooks
UPDATE: The recall has been announced worldwide which makes the total count of recalled notebooks to 440,000 units. Not a good news for Sony VAIO users. Sony USA has recalled around 73,000 units from the VAIO-TZ series fearing of overheating. The recalled notebooks include from the VAIO VGN-TZ100, VGN-TZ200, VGN-TZ300 and VGN-TZ2000 series which […]
Dell Inspiron Mini gets official
So Dell’s Inspiron Mini officially enters the highly competitive netbook market. Ubuntu loaded version starts from $349 which will feature an 8.9-inch LED backlit display, 4GB SSD, Wi-Fi and 512MB RAM. On the other hand, the XP variant doubles up the SSD and RAM to 8GB and 1GB respectively and adds Bluetooth 2.1 and […]
Napbook Notebook Case
Now why didn’t notebook case manufacturers think of this before? Here is Napbook designed to protect your notebook as well as double up as your pillow just in case you wanna cover up for the last night’s sleep, anywhere anytime. It is the brainchild of Hafsteinn Juliusson from Iceland who has just added more […]
Asus N10 is a powerful, expensive netbook (Updated)
UPDATE 4: Asus officially announced N Series range of notebooks including N10. Click here. UPDATE 3: Retailing.com.au has pushed back the availability date to September 30. UPDATE 2: An e-tailer has revealed N10J-A2’s price. UPDATE: Another website is reporting lower end models of N10. The listed ones are N10E-A1 ($649.99), N10J-A1 ($749.99) and N10J-A2 […]
Nokia N96 now shipping
Nokia’s powerpacked Nseries phone, N96 has hit the retail shelves. The phone is available now at all Nokia outlets for a whopping price of $796 (Rs. 35,000) excluding taxes and subsidies. For those who are still unaware of the mammoth device, this one packs 16GB of internal storage (expandable to 24GB with microSD card), […]
Prisoners hid phones in their bodies, surgery needed to remove them
The prisoners in Camp Jail, Pakistan are having a bad time. Not because of the time they are spending in jail but because of phones stuck in the wrong places. Officers apparently found out that 37 prisoners carried phones in the prison and concealed them in their bodies. Officers managed to remove it from […]