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Bill Gates and Steve Jobs at D5 2007-06-11 05:12:23
As every tech enthusiast well knows, Bill Gates
and Steve
Jobs made a joint interview at the D5 Conference last week. If you haven’t seen the interview yet, then at least check out the highlights of the historic event in the video above. Read more:Bill Gates
The World’s Largest Touch Screen Display 2007-06-11 05:00:07
HP introduced and demonstrated the world’s largest touch screen display at the D5 Conference last week. Check out the video of the multi-user display above. It’s pretty hard to imagine a personal use for something like this but commercially, it might be a goldmine. Read more:World
, Largest
, Display
Microsoft Surface demonstrated on the Today Show 2007-05-31 05:14:46
Bill Gates demonstrated the recently announced Microsoft
Surface ‘table computer’ on the Today
Show, showing off several uses for it. I think everyone has to admit that the way files are transferred to several devices is so intuitive and and easy it’s simply amazing. (more…)
World’s thinnest laptop in action 2007-05-29 05:43:01
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2180347509092338363
Here’s a video of the Intel Metro - the world’s thinnest laptop - in action at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference. Read more:World
Chargepod = Less Wires 2007-05-29 05:02:30
This is one of those cool products that can make your desk a lot cleaner. Callpod’s Chargepod allows you to charge six devices at one time, with one power cord. It’s compatible with all mobile devices such as cell phones, Bluetooth headsets, PDAs, digital cameras, mp3 players, portable gaming systems. Device specific adapters are available, depending on the device that you want to charge (each costing $9.95). The Chargepod itself costs $49.95. (more…) Read more:Wires
A solar powered cell phone 2007-05-29 04:15:32
This solar phone
cell was presented by Beijing Hengjiweiye during China Beijing International Expo 2007. Aving has grabbed some pics and as you can see, the front face of the phone is covered completely by solar panels which allows the phone to be charged from ANY light source.
I’ll stick to to regular chargers for now but could this be a glimpse of the future, perhaps ?
A gigantic Samsung i600 Windows Mobile smartphone 2007-05-29 03:47:48
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DkOsqvhabQ
Remember the days when cell phones were huge and you could carry them around like suitcases (like this one)? Well this one would have topped them all back in the day. Although this giganticSamsung
is for promotional purposes only, it’s supposedly fully functional. Read more:Windows
, Mobile
, Windows Mobile
Dell + Ubuntu has arrived 2007-05-25 12:40:18
Dell listened to advanced users and tech enthusiasts and has launched their line of computers running on Ubuntu
, the most popular open source operating system out there.
Dell is currently offering three systems: Dimension E520 N ($599), Inspiron E1505 N ($599) and XPS 410 N ($849). The prices are starting points, you can customize your setup as you order. Check out the detail on Dell’s website here.
Monster Cable’s iFreePlay Cordless Headphones for iPod Shuffle 2007-05-25 08:44:34
Now this is pretty cool - light weight headphones that an iPodShuffle
plugs into, leaving you without the worry of tangling earphone wires. What makes it even cooler and thought out is the fact that Shuffle’s controls seem to be very easily accessible when docked. And one you’re done using the headphones, the design allows you to fold them together. (more…) Read more:Monster
, Cable
, Cordless
, Headphones
Intel Unveils The World’s Thinnest Laptop 2007-05-25 01:56:36
Behold, this is Intel
mobile Metro, the world’s thinnest laptop at less than 0.7 inches. This little beauty was made by Intel and Ziba Design. It uses flash memory instead of a hard drive, has up to 14 hours of battery life and weights just 2.25 pounds, also making it one of the lightest notebooks ever made.
The screen contains light sensors that automatically adjust brightness and also has a built-in video camera. (more…) Read more:World
, Laptop