Archive for February 25th, 2008

Nokia’s nanotech Morph goes on display, signals melting devices in our future

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones Why is Nokia always trying to outdo everyone with its fancy-schmancy concepts and designs? Why can't they just get in line and keep it simple? We may never know the answer to those questions, but what we do know is that the company is presenting a new concept ...

Oakley’s Split Thumps: Jamiroquai style

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio, Wearables Oakley's Split Thump MP3 player sunglasses' fashion offenses are too numerous to mention, and we're not sure this is helping matters. According to the folks over at Tech Digest, the wrap-around music players will be getting a very special 500-piece, 1GB Jamiroquai edition, replete with purple ...

Apple Tuesday: super special MacBook Pro, iPhone SDK… or nothing at all?

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets As you may or may not know, Apple has made some sort of announcement -- however minor -- every Tuesday since the beginning of 2008. The internet is currently stacked floor-to-ceiling with guesses of what this last Tuesday in February will bring. Many are speculating that it's ...

Panasonic upgrades its 103-inch plasma: sorry, early adopters

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment Well, don't you feel silly. After springing for that 103-incher last year, Panasonic has made a mockery of your spendy home theater with a 150-inch display at CES, and now an upgraded version of the original 103-inch behemoth. The new TH-103PF10UK upgrades the video processing, ...

CFast CompactFlash cards now said to be coming in “18 to 24 months”

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Filed under: Digital Cameras, Storage We've already heard a little bit about about the new and improved CFast CompactFlash card standard developed by the CompactFlash Association, but it looks like things are now starting to firm up, including word as to when the cards might actually be available. As CNET's Underexposed ...

Intel’s 6-core Xeon and Nehalem CPU info leaked

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops Intel's had its new processor plans slipped out to the public thanks to Sun, according to DailyTech. Details on the 6-core (!) Xeon Dunnington, as well as the kinda-sorta hush-hush Nehalem were apparently leaked out onto Sun's public web server over the weekend, including plans for the ...

New MacBook Pro part numbers leaked?

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Filed under: Laptops If you've been replying to our earlier post on Apple rumors by repeatedly typing "MacBook Pro update" across the screen, you'll be happy to hear this latest news. AppleInsider claims they have confirmed three new Apple part numbers which are showing up in both the Best Buy and ...