Archive for January, 2009 - Page 7

Nothing quite shows just how much you care than giving your partner a shiny new netbook this Valentines – though, perhaps, a pink Samsung SPH-M800 Instinct comes close – and this is apparently especially the case if the netbook in question is pink, has the image of a heart emblazoned [...]

If you’re looking for that extra degree of protection for your personal/business data ioSafe’s new Solo External Hard Drive could offer you additional reassurance thanks to being both waterproof and fireproof (specifically to ASTM E119 industry standards).

Gracenote CarStars is an automobile application that comes with a clutch of features. The standout aspect of Gracenote is its ability to let your favorite music star recommend tracks based on the songs that you listen to. This is made possible by using speech generation technology from Voxonix. So, if [...]

In the first week of January Samsung launched two Blu-ray players – the BD-P4600 and BD-P3600. Both players offer excellent networking including wireless plus video and music streaming via Netflix and Pandora. Both players feature slot-loading drives and BD Live 2.0 compatibility plus support for Profile 1.1.

If you’re looking for a headset specifically catering for maximum gaming emersion you may be interested in Creative’s up and coming Tournament Gaming Headset which is Creative’s first USB headset to feature their Sound Blaster X-Fi and Silencer technology.

Albatron Technology have taken the wraps off their up and coming OTM (Optical Touch Monitor) which utilises the same multi-touch technology that has previously been demonstrated by Bill Gates using a beta version of MS’s new Windows 7 operating system and which, as Albatron are keen to point out, results [...]

LG (specifically LG Korea) have curiously waited till after CES to announce its latest plasma HDTV units, namely the 50” LG Xcanvas Bobos 50PQ60D HDTV and the 42” Xcanvas Bobos 42PQ60D HDTV, both of which sport ultra slim designs – though not quite on par with Samsung’s latest HDTVs – [...]

BenQ have announced a raft of new HD LCD displays in its G-Series which offer 720p and 1080p HD resolution (five new models each), 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio, range in screen size from 15.6” through to 24” and which BenQ bill as ‘blending solid reliability with must-have features’.

Sony has released a new HDD based DVR which comes with integrated high-end digital tuner offering terrestrial digital and BS 110 degree CS digital broadcast compatibility and a 320GB hard disk, allowing the BRX-A320 to record up to twenty-seven hours of HD quality TV or fifty-five hours of standard quality [...]

Dell and AT&T have paired up to offer the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook for just shy of $100 – once you factor in a $350 mail in rebate – to AT&T customers who take up AT&T’s 3G mobile broadband service.