SlashGear for iPad and iPhone
RSS Feed

Archive for July, 2009

Ferrari 458 Italia unveiled: 4.5L 200+mph sportscar

, Jul 28th 2009 Discuss [2]

Ferrari have unveiled their latest supercar, the frankly delicious 458 Italia, a slippery wedge of V8-powered insanity that will replace the F430.  The combination of a freshly-fettled 4.5-liter 562 horsepower V8 and carefully engineered aerodynamics means the 458 Italia not only makes the o-60mph dash in under 3.4 seconds but does so with the lowest emissions and fuel consumption in its class. Read The Full Story

MiFi 2372 with AT&T and Rogers-friendly HSPA gets official

, Jul 28th 2009 Discuss [1]

Hot on the heels of yesterday's MiFi 2352 HSPA launch in Spain, together with the release of the MiFi SDK, comes the official announcement of the much-anticipated Novatel Wireless MiFi 2372, the North America -optimized HSPA model.  As with the other MiFi devices, the MiFi 2372 allows the sharing of a single GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA connection with up to five WiFi-connected clients; what makes it different is its support for North American 3G networks.   Read The Full Story

Sprint pay $483m for Virgin Mobile USA

, Jul 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

Sprint have announced that they are acquiring Virgin Mobile USA for $483m, bringing the pre-pay MVNO under the Sprint umbrella but maintaining it as a separate brand.  Virgin Mobile USA uses Sprint's CDMA network for its access, and will join Boost Mobile as Sprint's key entry-level line-up.  Read The Full Story

GP2X Wiz retrogaming handheld gets reviewed: expensive but brilliant

, Jul 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

It's been almost three years since we last mentioned a review of one of GamePark's GP2X open-source handhelds, and as you might expect the company has made a few changes since then.  The latest-gen GP2X Wiz has a 2.8-inch 320 x 240 AMOLED touchscreen, customized Linux OS with 15-second boot and is available for $180; according to Boing Boing Gadgets, if you can stomach the price it's the best retro-gaming handheld around. Read The Full Story

A-DATA 4GB DDR3 memory for laptops, desktops & servers

, Jul 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

A-DATA have introduced 4GB DDR3 DRAM single-modules into their range of performance memory.  The new capacity stick will be available across the company's U-DIMM desktop RAM, SO-DIMM laptop RAM and unbuffered ECC-DIMM/ECC Registered DIMM RAM workstation/server lines.     Read The Full Story

VuNow IPTV box gets CinemaNow movie streaming

, Jul 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

Verismo Networks have added Roxio CinemaNow streaming media purchases to the list of talents their VuNow IPTV box can boast.  The video-on-demand box can already show streaming content from local network storage or YouTube, and now adds Sonic Solutions' 250 content providers to its line-up.   Read The Full Story

Orange LG GD910 watch phone gets video call demo

, Jul 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

You can't accuse UK carrier Orange of under-promoting the upcoming LG GD910 watch phone; the wrist-worn video phone isn't expected to hit shelves until August, but they've released a demo clip of the device in action.  Nothing groundbreaking is on show, but it's still impressive to see a two-way video call on such a small handset. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Microsoft Race to Market Challenge: four Surface tables to win

, Jul 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

Microsoft have thrown open the doors to Windows Marketplace for Mobile app store submissions, and to tempt developers away from Apple and other rival platforms they're offering some significant prizes.  The Microsoft Race to Market Challenge will judge entrants in four criteria categories, with the winners each taking away - among other things - a Microsoft Surface multitouch table worth in excess of $10k. Read The Full Story

VIA add DTS head-tracking virtual surround sound to USB audio chip [Video]

, Jul 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

VIA and DTS have joined forces to integrate the latter's Surround Sensation Ultra PC plus Head Tracker headphone technology into the former's Vinyl VT1610 Audio Codec chip.  Together, they offer mobile 3D surround sound, with motion-sensitive DTS headphones used to dynamically adjust surround sound EQ depending on where the listener is facing. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Acer & ASUS delay Android netbooks; freeze launches until Pine Trail in Q1 2010

, Jul 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

Acer and ASUS are tipped to have frozen new netbook launches in the second half of 2009, in response to Intel's decision to postpone the launch of the Pine Trail-M platform - of which the Atom N450 processor is a part - until Q1 2010.  As part of that, Acer's dual-booting Android/Windows XP netbook has been postponed with no known launch date; the netbook, first shown in prototype form at Computex in June, was most recently expected to arrive in August. Read The Full Story

SiRFstarIV GPS receiver cuts fix times, reduces power

, Jul 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

The latest SiRFstar chipset has broken free, and it's promising increased accuracy, lower power consumption, faster fixes and better integration with other positioning sensors; in short, everything you'd hope for from what stands a fair chance of being stuffed inside your next PND, laptop or smartphone.  The SiRFstar IV's star feature is SiRFaware, its ability to maintain "better-than-hot-start" location awareness with only 50-500 microamperes of current. Read The Full Story

Acer Aspire Timeline 1810T CULV notebook gets official

, Jul 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

Acer have officially announced the Aspire Timeline 1810T, the company's latest CULV ultraportable and the effective replacement to the Aspire One 751.  Spotted to preorder yesterday, the Timeline 1810T has now made an appearance on the Acer site. Read The Full Story
Pages: Prev 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Next