Archive for May, 2010

Home Theater PCs are joining 3D too. Lower tier computer manufacturer ASRock is introducing its Vision 3D HTPC, which is encased in a small aluminum enclosure like the Mac Mini, except with cutting-edge technology such as USB 3.0, HDMI 1.4, Blu-Ray, and NVIDIA GeForce graphics featuring 3D Vision. More »


From Htcyou: The manual cover of Motorola’s Shadow leaked over the weekend. Today, the same informant has posted another picture, which puts the total number of blurry Shadow photographs at two. More »


From Ningin: via Wirebot: The V Screen: 3d Peripheral or Bad Joke? Attention Females: Wentworth Miller Cast in Newest Resident Evil Film

via Ziggytek: Samsung Shows off 19-Inch Transparent OLED Display iPhone, iPhone, iPhone, and iPhone!

via HTCYou: Aoson M500: $265 5-Inch Android Slate That Supports 8 Operating Systems

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MSI’s Intel Atom tablet is going to be available through American and European carriers by the third quarter of this year. Also, MSI plans to cut back netbook production and will concentrate on slates and tablets for 2011. More »


From Htcyou: At Google I/O, much was made about Android 2.2 FroYo’s behemoth speed increase over Eclair. Thanks to the JIT compiler, the unofficially available FroYo ROM is already 600% faster than fully optimized Eclair. More »


Dell’s stance on the Streak is that it “is a data device first and a voice device second.” The UK will be the first nation to receive the slate Android smartphone, followed by continental Europe and then rest of the globe before the conclusion of summer. Dell is positioning the Streak to be more than a smartphone but small enough to go where the iPad cannot. Do you buy it? More »


Intel (silly, leave graphics to the big boys) is abandoning its “Larrabee” GPU and will channel its efforts into furthering the mediocre integrated graphics on its chipsets, but NVIDIA wants to put Fermi in a laptop by June. OEM laptop manufacturer Clevo is the first to receive the GeForce GTX 480M, which comes with up to 2Gb of GDDR5 256-bit memory. More »


Let us play a game: every Tuesday, we scour allover for the strangest looking gadgets, and then you guess wildly what they are. Molded into the forms of gemstones, these jewelry boxes enclose a multi-purpose gadget that should appeal to many ladies. More »


From Htcyou: With access to Barnes & Nobles‘ e-book store, Pandigital’s Novel e-reader has a 7″ color screen (800×600), 1Gb memory (along with an SD-card slot), and wireless for $200 in June. Although sexier for multimedia, color LCDs are hardly as appropriate as e-ink for reading. More »


AT&T might have stopped shipping iPhone 3GS models; the American Beauty director is holding auditions to shoot an iPhone 4G/HD voice calling commercial; Walmart is liquidating the 16G 3GS for $97; Steve Jobs is officially going to present the WWDC keynote. More »


From Ningin: via Wirebot: What if Modern Warfare 2 was developed by VALVe and Team Fortress 2 by Activision? Ace Tennis 2010 Online Volleys on to the App Store

via Ziggytek: Yankee Stadium Is No iPad Zone Steve Jobs Answers E-Mail Regarding WWDC and iPhone 4G/HD

via HTCYou: T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Now Free, G1 Still $100

via Ningin: Super Junior Decathlon: Day 10 Super Junior Decathlon: Day 9 Results

via Rekuru: Actress of the week: Riisa Naka

via BlitzNation: Will Haynesworth Ever Be Traded from the Redskins?

via FlauntMe: Amazing Grace Deodorant - Philosophy

via GirlyBubble: Hello Kitty military vehicle More »


Those translucent OLED screens in science-fiction movies like Iron Man, I, Robot, Minority Report, and The Matrix Reloaded are turning into reality, as Samsung demonstrates the world’s largest transparent OLED display at 19 inches. Back at CES, Samsung showed a 14-inch version on a laptop. More »


According to the new Yankee Stadium restrictions, Apple’s iPad is classified as a “laptop computer” and is therefore not permited on pinstripe premises, whose hallowed bleachers have been built by steroid cheater Alex Rodriguez. Gehrig is rolling over in his grave. More »


BT Games, a South African gaming reseller, is distributing a flyer that promotes Sony’s Playstation Move motion controller as “coming this July,” though no pricing is given. More »


From Htcyou: Making room for the shamefully overpriced $179.99 HTC MyTouch 3G Slide, T-Mobile is giving away the MyTouch 3G for free online when customers sign up for a 2-year contract. Inexplicably, the G1 is being listed at $99.99, but who would buy one now? More »


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