Its not the laptops which are self immolating. This time Maxtor does this act when a user tried to boot his PC. The HDD was 200GB Maxtor DiamondMax 10 SATA150 and its flame were 3 inches high but fortunately did not harm anyone. More pics and full story here.
Multimedia Keyboard with Zune Dock
Zune is not released yet and we have a multimedia keyboard which has an integrated Zune dock. Razer will be selling the keyboards and already has a keyboard which doubles up as an iPod dock. Touted as the world’s most intelligent keyboard, it has 32kb of onboard memory, media center keys, programmable hot keys, […]
Anti Bacterial Mouse from Elecom
It’s a known fact that harmful bacterias thrive on our keyboard and mouse. Well, Elecom has unveiled a new set of mice which has anti bacterial feature. These mice have even passed JIS Z 2801 standard test and will be available in four colors; Blue, Green, Pink and Orange. Available for $33. [Press Release […]
Plexeraser destroys data on a CD/DVD
Plextor is going to release a new optical drive which would be used to destroy data on a CD or a DVD. Dubbed as the Plexeraser (model no. PX-OE100E), it can erase data on a dual layer DVD in six minutes and in three minutes for a single layer DVD or CDs. Maybe, its […]
AMD buys ATI for $5.4 billion
AMD and ATI have announced that they will be joining forces so as to create a “Processing Powerhouse”. The deal is valued at $5.4 billion which is subject to approval of shareholders of the company but both the boards have already approved it unanimously. Both the companies feel that they can give a good […]
Plextor to release Blu-Ray Burner
Plextor has announced that they will be releasing a Blu-Ray writer this September. The PX-B900A will burn BD discs at 2X and supports single layer, dual-layer recordable and rewriteable media of either 25GB or 50GB storage capacity. Apart from burning BD-R and BD-RE it also burns DVD-RAM and DVD±R/RW and CD-R/RW. No word on […]
Portable DVD player from Evergreen
Evergreen will be launching a portable DVD player in Japan. The GH-PDV720-TV sports a 7″ screen and will play analog TV broadcasts, DivX and MP3 files. It can give up to 2.5 hours of DVD playback and is expected to hit the shelves in the middle of July. The player measures 780 grams and […]
Doggie Mouse
This really bad ergonomically designed USB optical mouse is from Evergreen. Coming in three variants, it offers a resolution of 400dpi. The mouse works by leaning it towards the left side for a left click and right side for the right click. The large scroller is located at the base which makes it very […]
FIFA Case Mod
A Dutch Modder has made an interesting case mod which sports players playing on a football ptich. The case has some lights, an EA logo and some crowd cheering up for the players. Players were ripped from a model railway accessory kit and painted them into two uniform colors. Looks pretty neat. More pics […]
Samsung’s 2ms Response Time Monitors
Samsung Electronics unveiled two new monitors which has a 2ms response time. The SyncMaster 740BF-R (17-inch) and SyncMaster 940BF-R (19-inch) monitors is a SXGA screen (1280×1024 pixels), has a contrast ratio of 700:1, MagicTune and MagicColor. The 17-inch screen weighs 3.4kg and costs Â¥39,800 (US$346) while the 19-incher weighs 4.8kg and costs Â¥54,800 (US$477). […]