Archive for February, 2010

Nintendo’s Dunaway: No Wii Successor ‘Anytime Soon’

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Miyamoto may have been dropping hints about some new Nintendo hardware recently, but it looks like a true Wii successor isn’t among the options in the short term. That’s according to Nintendo’s Cammie Dunaway, who told GameSpot during the company’s just-concluded Media Summit that she doesn’t see a proper Wii follow-up coming “anytime soon.” She [...]

Raidon Announces HyBrid Disk SSD / Hard Drive Combo

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Not interested in piecing together your own hybrid SSD hard drive with something like SilverStone’s HDDBOOST kit? Then you might want to consider waiting for Raidon’s upcoming HyBrid Disk drive, which promises all the same benefits with none of the hassle (apart from actually installing it in your computer, that is). Complete details on this [...]

It’s The End Of February, Where’s Your JooJoo?

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Call us optimistic, but we pictured February 25th rolling around with us laying on a couch and watching some Olympic ice dancing clips on the JooJoo’s 12-inch screen. Ah, but here we are about to cross off the last few days of the month and the only thing we’ve got in our hands are some [...]

Adafruit Is In The Square Payment Pilot, Awesomeness Will Likely Ensue

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Our good friends at Adafruit Industries are now taking mobile payments with the best of ‘em thanks to a prerelease Square dongle they’ve managed to score, ostensibly as a part of the public trial announced earlier this month. They’ve posted a quick video showing the process of taking someone’s cash via plastic, and it looks [...]

[Scoop] Asus Prepares 3 New EeePC 10 “Means 1015P, 1016P And 1018P.

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Asus prépare 3 nouvelles références d’EeePC de 10″ de diagonale. Asus prepares 3 new references EeePC 10-inch diagonal. Je n’ai malheureusement pas beaucoup d’informations sur ces machines et juste une image de deux d’entre elles. I do not have much information on these machines and just a picture of two of them. Mais il semblerait [...]

Samsung To Unveil Broadband HDTVs With Embedded Skype Capability

Friday, February 26th, 2010

LUXEMBOURG, 25 February 2010 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd and Skype today announced that the new Samsung LED 7000 and 8000 series models of 2010 high-definition televisions will feature embedded Skype™ software allowing Skype users to make video and voice calls through the TVs. Samsung, the global market leader in televisions, will begin shipping TVs [...]

ZMP to Release 1-Seater Electric Robot Vehicle

Friday, February 26th, 2010

ZMP Inc will release the “RoboCar G,” a one-seater electric vehicle (EV), expecting that it will be used for the researches of next-generation vehicles.
The RoboCar G is based on a one-seater EV developed by the Next-gen EV Study Group at Gunma University. And ZMP added its technologies and know-how accumulated from the development of the [...]

Sony Exec Says PSP Go ‘Confused’ Consumers, Might Have Been Too Expensive

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Well, we’ve already heard some rumors that Sony was considering a relaunch of sorts for the PSP Go, and it looks like at least some execs from the company are now starting to speak publicly about why such a move might be necessary. In an interview with IndustryGamers, SCEA Senior Vice President of Publisher Relations [...]

Energy Efficient Hardware Investigated

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Over the last year, we’ve been inundated with tech products branded as ECO-this and Green-that. While we’ve always been interested in energy consumption as an indicator of aspects of technical design and performance, we’re far from convinced that you can actually save significant cash by buying a-n-other company’s ‘power saving’ product.

Pentax Makes All-Weather Optio W90 And Superzoom X90 Official

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Pentax is going for broke with its take on the rugged camera, the W90, which is unlikely to ever be confused for a svelte and stylish point-and-shoot. What it loses in looks, it gains in usability, however, as the 12.1 megapixel shooter can withstand shocks from a height of four feet, go nearly 20 feet [...]