Author Archive for Chris Davies
Sling Media’s SlingCatcher has only been officially shipping since this morning, but already Sling Community have their review posted. The SlingCatcher works a little like a SlingBox in reverse, displaying content either from one of the company’s own streamers, from a computer running the supplied SlingProjector software, or from an attached storage device. The review [...]
The Apple MacBook ‘Brick’ event is just around the corner, but knowing that we’ll soon find out what Steve Jobs & Co have up their sleeves doesn’t stop the rumors from circulating. bbGadgets have done some basic deduction from the shadowy notebook image in the Apple October 14th advert, and based on the typical size of the [...]
We don’t normally cover industrial hardware on SlashGear, but with laser-guided water-jet cutting systems in the headlines so much lately FLOW’s 6-axis robotic waterjet cutting system seemed too good to pass up. On show at the Fabtech International & AWS Welding show 2008 in Las Vegas (my invitation to which must have got lost in the [...]
The market for a $4,449.99 ultraportable can’t be too large, but that didn’t stop Sony from giving in to their darkest miniaturization impulses with the VAIO TT. Billed as the world’s lightest Blu-ray laptop and set for release on October 15th, Engadget received an early delivery of the top-spec VGN-TT198U just begging for an unboxing.
While Acer had two new laptops on show for the Sprint XOHM launch yesterday, what could be argued is their most interesting device to support WiMAX was hidden from sight. Laptop Mag grabbed some hands-on time with an Acer Aspire One WiMAX netbook prototype that had been lurking in a nearby Intel van; they weren’t sure if [...]
Fujitsu’s ST6010/ST6012 Tablet PC has reached the FCC for the usual round of wireless testing and mediocre photography. The pen-enabled slate at least got a room with a view, as opposed to other pictures we’ve seen. As well as certification, we now have access to the ST6010’s user manual, revealing that the PC is more [...]
Apple will hold a MacBook launch event on October 14th, where new MacBook and MacBook Pro models are expected to be announced. The much-rumored event will be held at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, and start at 10am PST; we’ll be Live Blogging the whole event at the usual place, http://Live.SlashGear.com/
Over at AndroidCommunity the first user review of the T-Mobile G1 smartphone has been posted. The G1, which officially launches on October 22nd, is in the hands of forum-member Kaziko, and he’s been giving his first impressions of the touchscreen device as well as answering questions on its capabilities.
Sony Japan have announced the launch of the PlayStation Store for PSP, an on-device download center that allows new games, media content and services to be accessed directly from the handheld games console itself. Available Wednesday, October 15th in Japan, the PSP Store will require a WiFi connection and accept payment from the Sony “Wallet”; [...]
Microsoft announced the latest instalment of the popular Halo franchise, Halo 3: Recon, at a Japanese event today, promising the Xbox 360 game would hit shelves in the Fall of 2009. In contrast to Halo 3, the Recon game will star an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper instead of Master Chief and document the events leading [...]
