Archive for the 'Tech News 05/2008' Category

Polar Robots to Explore the Arctic

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Roland Piquepaille writes “It’s now almost certain that the world’s ice shelves are melting. And while satellites provide lots of data about their evolution, ground-based weather stations could be even more useful. But if scientists can no longer stay on fragile and volatile ice sheets, what can they do? They can use specially designed robots […]

TG Sambo to fully release its 4.8-inch PMP ‘Pholic’

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — Adopting a 4.8-inch WVGA touch screen LCD and 16GB flash memory, the PMP supports full browsing, wireless LAN, T-DMB/DAB and an electronic dictionary function. It runs on Alchemy AU1250 700MHz processor and WinCE 5.0 OS.
The new brand, Pholic is a compound word of PMP and holic to represent the […]

An all-in-one multimedia keyboard to be revealed

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — Haesol Technology announced the release of its all-in-one multimedia keyboard ‘HSK-705′ in Korea market.
Equipped with built-in speaker and 24 pin charger for handset, the HSK 705 supports headphone jack, volume controller, USB port for mouse and audio input for portable device such as mp3 player and PMP.
Suggested price is […]

1TB Blu-Ray Compatible Optical Disc Announced

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

red_dragon writes “An article on The Register tells the news of an announcement of a new 1TB optical drive and disc that will be backwardly compatible with Blu-ray discs. The technology, developed by Call/Recall in partnership with Nichia, uses a rhodamine-type dye in a 200+-layer recording medium that gives off light when excited by a […]

Fujitsu will launch its waterproof handset ‘F706i’ in Japan

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — Fujitsu will launch its waterproof handset ‘F706i’ in Japan market via NTT DoCoMo in July, which supports HSDPA and 1-Seg mobile TV.
Featuring waterproof up to a depth of 3m, the F706i is equipped with a 2.7-inch display, 2M camera and micro SD card slot supporting up to 8GB capacity.
Original […]

Windows 7 Multitouch Demonstration

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Starturtle writes “Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer have shown a small snippet of the upcoming Windows 7 at Walt Mossberg’s D: All Things Digital conference. It seems like the Windows team have switched their focus for inspiration from Mac OS X to the iPhone OS. Multitouch is the biggest addition, and will appear system-wide, usable […]

Top 10 Additions to Your Phone’s Contact List [Lifehacker Top 10]

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Nearly every new webapp on the block offers some kind of text message integration, but not all of them are the kind you’ll want to keep on every phone you own. However, there are a few contact numbers and services that make even the cheapest phone a high-tech wonder that can schedule and plan events, […]

Stealing From Banks One Cent at a Time

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

JRHelgeson writes “In a story strangely reminiscent of Superman 3, a ‘hacker’ allegedly stole over $50,000 from PayPal, Google Checkout as well as several unnamed online brokerage firms. When opening an online brokering account it is common practice for companies such as E-trade and Schwab to send a tiny payment — ranging from only a […]

DIY Cinder Block Speaker Stands [DIY]

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Audiophile blogger Santi needed solid speaker stands that wouldn’t break the bank, and wound up using cinder blocks to get the job done. Santi writes:
I know most of you out there probably just stick your speakers on a desk, or shelf, and mostly likely the speaker is pushed all the way back against the […]

CacheIt Offers Up Saved Copies of Downed Pages [Featured Firefox Extension]

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Windows/Mac/Linux (Firefox): If you’ve ever arrived late to an overly-popular web page just to get a 404 or similar error, you’ll know how CacheIt, a free Firefox extension, can save you time trying to locate a pre-crash page image. From any page, jump to CacheIt’s right-click menu, and it will try to link you to […]

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