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Windows 7 HDD and SSD performance benchmarked: whips Vista

, May 29th 2009 Discuss [0]

Benchmarking Windows 7's performance with various hard-drives and SSDs may not sound like much fun, but when you consider how many people will end up using the new OS once it officially launches you can at least see its uses.  HotHardware have been testing out Windows 7 and contrasting it with Vista's performance, and the good news is that the new platform bests its predecessor, particularly when it comes to SSDs. Read The Full Story

ASUS Eee Box EB1002 and EB1006 with discrete graphics tipped

, May 29th 2009 Discuss [0]

Two new ASUS Eee Box nettops are in the works, according to listings on the Energy Star website.  The ASUS Eee Box EB1002 and Eee Box EB1006 both use Intel's Atom 1.66GHz processor, with the former having integrated graphics and the latter an unspecified discrete video card with 128MB of memory.  Read The Full Story

Color Kindle won’t launch for “multiple years”

, May 29th 2009 Discuss [0]

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has suggested that a color Kindle will not reach the market for "multiple years".  Speaking at the company's annual shareholder's meeting this week, Bezos told investors that he has "seen the color displays in the laboratory" but that they are "not ready for prime time".  The CEO also suggested that sales figures of the Kindle ebook reader will never be officially released. Read The Full Story

Sony Ericsson Yari reviewed: gesture gaming surprisingly playable

, May 29th 2009 Discuss [0]

Sony Ericsson's Yari motion-gaming handset only made its official debut last night, but already GSMArena have posted their review of the 5-megapixel slider.  As you might expect, it's the special movement-tracking gaming that prompts the biggest smiles, but there's still some love spared for the 5-megapixel camera with autofocus. Read The Full Story

HTC Hero shows up in promotional video [Updated]

, May 29th 2009 Discuss [2]

A video promo for the HTC Hero Android smartphone has shown up online, demonstrating the handset's new "Rosie" UI.  No details regarding the origins of the video are known, but it appears to be an official HTC demo showing the angular handset running through its new OS. Video HTC Hero demo after the cut Read The Full Story

ITG xpPhone: WVGA touchscreen, QWERTY & 3G

, May 29th 2009 Discuss [5]

As descriptive names go, ITG's xpPhone says it all.  The 4.8-inch WVGA touchscreen slider is, as you might expect, a phone, and runs, unsurprisingly, Windows XP; it's all chugging along on an unspecified AMD mobile processor with up to 1GB of RAM, a choice of up to 64GB SSD or 120GB hard-drive, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS. Read The Full Story

Sharp Five-Color LCD over 99% of visible colors

, May 29th 2009 Discuss [0]

Sharp have apparently developed a new five-color LCD that's capable of displaying more than 99-percent of real surface colors.  That means that the display is able to show almost all of the colors the unaided human eye can see, including hitherto tricky or impossible shades such as the color of the sea (emerald blue), brass instruments (golden yellow), and roses (crimson red). Read The Full Story

Viliv Computex plans revealed: new MID & netbook, WWAN-a-plenty

, May 29th 2009 Discuss [0]

Viliv have announced their plans for Computex, and there are a few interesting MID and UMPC tidbits that should keep them ahead of the game in the ultramobile space.  As well as obviously demonstrating the latest versions of their existing set-to-ship range, Viliv have promised a 10-inch screen MID (possibly a netbook) and a 4.8-inch MID with keyboard, potentially as in the mockup shown here. Read The Full Story

Pixel Qi demo 3Qi indoor/outdoor/e-ink netbook display

, May 29th 2009 Discuss [0]

Pixel Qi have finally demonstrated their clever 3Qi screen, which mixes together indoor and outdoor readability together with an e-paper mode.  The same panel is used in both halves of this picture: on the left, it's set to full color saturation with its backlight on, while on the right the backlight is off and the panel is in e-paper mode.  The latter will be incredibly power-frugal, as e-paper only draws power when changing the display, not to maintain an image. After the cut, outdoor readability demonstrated Read The Full Story

Qualcomm Smartbooks: Snapdragon netbook & smartphone challenge

, May 29th 2009 Discuss [0]

Qualcomm have been sharing their plans to take on Intel and the netbook market with a range of Snapdragon-powered Smartbooks.  Bearing a similar design and ethos to the Wistron demo unit spotted back in March, the Smartbooks will include Qualcomm's 1GHz processor, WWAN, WiFi and Bluetooth, together with GPS and up to ten hours runtime. Read The Full Story

TiVo DirecTV PVR delayed until 2010

, May 29th 2009 Discuss [0]

TiVo have pushed back their DirecTV TiVo DVR plans to early 2010, rather than the second-half of 2009 as originally suggested.  Revealed in the company's quarterly financial call - in which TiVo confirmed that they had made a net loss of $4.1m in the three month period - no official reason for the delay was given. Read The Full Story

Hulu Desktop app reminds people how good Boxee made it

, May 29th 2009 Discuss [0]

Hulu have announced a new desktop app, the imaginatively titled Hulu Desktop, which brings "lean-back viewing" to PC and Mac.  The app allows the Hulu catalog to be browsed and titles played, either with a standard keyboard and mouse or with a remote control.  However the news has come as something of a slap in the face to Boxee, who are still forced to use workaround fixes to access Hulu content on their multimedia platform. Read The Full Story
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