Archive for November, 2009 - Page 11

Unlocked Motorola Milestone UK Release Confirmed

Sim Free Motorola Milestone (Euro Droid) Android 2.0 Phone Pre-orders Now Accepted
Filed by on Wednesday, 25. November 2009

If you’re UK based and you’re looking to get your hands on the Euro version of the Motorola Droid, namely the Motorola Milestone – which happens to be the first Android smartphone to utilise the Android 2.0 OS – and you don’t want to commit to a network contract then [...]

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US Military PS3 Based Supercomputer In the Works?

US Military To Order 2,000 PS3 Consoles for USAF Research Lab (336 PS3 Cluster Already Operational)
Filed by on Wednesday, 25. November 2009

Remember all that nonsense that terrorists could build a cruise missile with a Playstation 2? Well, that was bunk, but, the real life United States Air Force has an interest in PlayStation 3s, and it’s not for gaming. The air-division of the US military wants the Sony gaming consoles for it’s [...]

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Introducing... The Imperator

Razer introduces new 'mid-range' gaming mouse
Filed by on Wednesday, 25. November 2009

No, the Imperator isn’t a mid-1990′s SUV from an American car company. Instead, it’s the new gaming mouse from Razer. As you can see above, it’s a (typically Razer) sharp-looking design. The real attraction here is the customizable ‘sliding’ side buttons that can accommodate any and all gamers and their sweaty grips.

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TiVo and Google Team Up

TiVo, Google, annouce partnership to get TV advertsing metrics
Filed by on Wednesday, 25. November 2009

Since the popularity of DVR services (like TiVo) have spread, previous forms of TV advertising metrics (like the Nielsen ratings) have become somewhat worthless as people will skip commercials. Now, Google is teaming up with TiVo to get access to exclusive data that TiVo has never shared with an outside company before.

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Gigabyte Booktop M1305 Notebook Breaks Cover

13.3" Booktop M1305 to Impress With CULV Processors & Desktop Graphics Cards, Price Announced
Filed by on Wednesday, 25. November 2009

Renowned for their amazing rigs and amazing products, the folks from Gigabyte have just added to their notebook collection with the new Booktop M1305. A stunning 13.3-inch machine running on CULV processors and featuring a desktop graphics card under the hood, the Gigabyte Booktop M1305 not only looks like a [...]

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BenQ G Series Eco LED Monitors Availability & Price Confirmed

BenQ 19" G920WL & 18.5" G922HDL Widescreen LED Monitors Promise Low Power Consumption
Filed by on Wednesday, 25. November 2009

BenQ is appealing to the green minded by announcing two new models in their G series of widescreen LED monitors. Dubbed Benq G920WL and Benq G922HDL, both displays have been designed as “eco” models hence why they boast the lowest power consumption in their class.

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BlackBerry Media Sync 3.0 Becomes Available Today

Media Sync 3.0 PC Application Brings Two-ways Photo Sync
Filed by on Wednesday, 25. November 2009

RIM has just unveiled that their latest iteration of Media Sync is becoming available starting today at 12:00 PM, EST time. The latest iteration coming from the Canadian stables, Media Syn 3.0 is a desktop PC application that won’t get you wow with its features.

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Amazon Kindle Getting Better Battery & PDF Support

Kindle Firmware Update Confirms Battery Boost & PDF Reader Won't Cover the Kindle DX
Filed by on Wednesday, 25. November 2009

In a late evening report today, Amazon have announced that their Kindle e-reader owners will be getting a free firmware update that not only brings a battery life increase of up to 85-percent, it’s also going to have a built-in native PDF reader that allows to read your own documents. [...]

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Olympus Pen E-P1 Gets Swarovski Treatment

Limited Edition Crystal-studded Pen E-P1 Appealing to Fashionistas, Makes Geeks Go Eww
Filed by on Wednesday, 25. November 2009

Half a year ago when the folks from Olympus took the wraps off of their new Pen E-P1 micro four thirds camera we couldn’t have imagined that a pimped out version would shock us that much. Nothing more than an extreme eyesore for the passionate geek, this Swarovski-coated digi-cam is [...]

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Sony Vaio X Notebook Running Mac OS X

Hacking a Vaio X to Run OS X, Lacks Wi-Fi But Looks Cool
Filed by on Tuesday, 24. November 2009

Although Sony has done a great job with their new Vaio X notebook in terms of design and performance, some would say with Windows running the show, it lacks a “real” operating system. Hence why InsanelyMac forum member Asama has decided to install Mac OS X onto Sony’s “slim and [...]

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