Archive for April 2nd, 2008

Hey Samsung it’s April: 500GB laptop drive please?

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Filed under: Storage Reader John V. just reminded us that Samsung's 500GB SpinPoint M6 is now overdue. Sure, companies miss deadlines all the time -- but this time, it's different. For one thing, Samsung is notorious for issuing world's first, biggest, pinkest, (you name it) press releases. And when it's as ...

Intel’s Centrino Atom chips are officially official

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Filed under: Handhelds, Laptops Intel officially took the wraps off its widely-discussed and readily-implemented Centrino Atom processor / system controller for MIDs last night, and while there aren't a lot of surprises in spec land, it was nice to finally get an idea of what these suckers will cost: ...

Hotels are wising up, providing Wii Sports and Guitar Hero to bored guests

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Filed under: Gaming We keep telling ourselves we're going to play through Mario 64 some day on one of those ubiquitous N64s embedded into hotel entertainment systems, but we never get around to it -- primarily because of our unhealthy addiction to "next-gen" graphics and gameplay. Lucky for us, hotels are ...

Keepin’ it real fake, part CXV: CECT T5 T32 WinMo 6 iPhone clone doesn’t try to hide it

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones We're sorry, but we can no longer summon any sort of enthusiasm for iPhone knockoffs. Who cares if they're running Windows Mobile 6 with a perfect clone of the iPhone interface, plus GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and whatever other tech flavor of the month; the form factor just kills ...

FCC turns down Skype’s open access petition

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones Carriers have been making some strong strides in the direction of open access, and the recent 700MHz auction was a particular win for consumers, but the FCC isn't quite ready to go whole hog here. The commission has turned down Skype's request that the FCC expand 1968's Carterphone ...

Western Digital pumps out the My Book Studio Edition II

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Filed under: Storage Confused by all the various permutations of Western Digital's My Book line of external drives yet? No? Well, go ahead and add the My Book Studio Edition II to your stack of flashcards, Mr. Smart Face. Just like the previous 2TB My Book products, you're getting two RAID ...