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Dell claims world’s fastest laser printer title with 5130cdn printer

By Shane McGlaun on Wednesday, Nov 11th 2009 1 Comment

One of the things that seem to take forever when you are working is waiting for the printer or copier to get the page you need printed. The faster a printer is the faster you can get on with your day and finished with your work. Dell has announced three new printers including the world's fastest color laser printer called the 5130cdn.

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Amazon Kindle for PC launches

By Shane McGlaun on Wednesday, Nov 11th 2009 No Comments

We first caught wind of the Amazon Kindle for PC application back in October when it was announced with a vague launch date of November. Amazon announced yesterday that the Kindle for PC application is now available for download. The app turns your notebook or desktop into an eReader to access the Amazon digital book site.

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Intel Reader unveiled and it’s not what you think

By Shane McGlaun on Wednesday, Nov 11th 2009 1 Comment

Intel has announced a new reader called simply enough the Intel Reader. The device isn’t an eReader like we have been seeing so much of lately from Spring Design and others. The new Intel reader is aimed at users with certain learning disabilities that make reading difficult.

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Aptina announces 14MP MT9F001 camera sensor

By Shane McGlaun on Wednesday, Nov 11th 2009 No Comments

Apatina makes all sorts of image sensors for devices including cameras and camera phones. About a year ago we talked a bit about a new Aptina image sensor that supported HD video recording called the MT90912. Aptina has unveiled a new high-resolution imaging sensor called the MT9F001 with 14MP resolution.

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Blue Microphones unveils Yeti THX certified USB microphone

By Shane McGlaun on Wednesday, Nov 11th 2009 No Comments

There are all sorts of uses for a USB microphone from voice chatting to conference calls and recording your personal podcast. Blue Microphones makes some of the best USB microphones available and the company has announced its latest offering called the Yeti.

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ZyXEL smart home gateway for health monitoring unveiled

By Shane McGlaun on Wednesday, Nov 11th 2009 No Comments

People with serious medical conditions like heart related diseases and uncontrolled diabetes have a hard time living on their own without constant supervision. ZyXEL has announced a new smart home gateway that is designed to provide continuous monitoring of compatible healthcare sensors remotely.

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OCZ and SandForce team on new SSDs for consumers and enterprise users

By Shane McGlaun on Wednesday, Nov 11th 2009 No Comments

OCZ has been deep in the SSD business for a while now and one of the last SSDs that we saw from the firm was the Solid 2 back in August. OCZ has announced that it has teamed with SandForce for SSDs that use the SandForce SSD processor.

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Bang & Olufsen unveils $18k BeoVision 7-55 55-inch TV

By Shane McGlaun on Wednesday, Nov 11th 2009 No Comments

Bang & Olufsen is a well-known maker of high-end home theater and audio gear that carry huge price tags. The company has a line of HDTVs for instance that cost many times what you can walk into your local Walmart and pick a set up for. The last time we talked about a BeoVision HDTV it was the BeoVision 10 and sold for almost $9,000.

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Withings WBS01Wifi Body Scale Tweets your weight

By Shane McGlaun on Wednesday, Nov 11th 2009 No Comments

I talked about the interesting Withings WiFi Body Scale back in early October and it sounded pretty cool. Withings has announced an update to the software of the scale that adds a new feature.

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Nokia Vision of 2015 concept video

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 11th 2009 No Comments

Nokia’s The Way We Live Next 3.0 event isn’t intended to launch new hardware – they had Nokia World a few months back for that – but they couldn’t let the day pass without revealing a few details as to how they envisage devices and services of the future functioning. Heikki Norta, SVP of corporate strategy, took to the stage to show a demo video of possible mobile life in 2015, complete with location sharing, face recognition and that old mainstay of futurology concepts, projection keyboards. There’s also a pretty impressive dual-display netbook and a modular system which can easily switch your “passport data” between a full-sized handset and a smaller unit more suited to exercise-wear.

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