Hang on, so US customers will be waiting a whole 3-5 weeks to get their hands on MSI’s Wind budget ultraportable, courtesy of Amazon, while in the UK a rebadged version of the notebook is available today? Somewhat conclusive proof that MSI really need to re-examine their supply-chain, UK retailer PC World is shipping its version of the Wind - called the Advent 4211 - already.
Philippe Starck may be best known for semi-minimalist furniture, tricky to read watches and a portfolio that could fill your entire home, wardrobe and garden, but the poor guy has recently been taking some time out to sob about how criminally materialistic we all are. His solution: a personal wind-turbine, called Democratic Ecology.
ASUS have surreptitiously released official photos of their misleadingly-named Eee Monitor, which in actual fact is not merely an LCD display but a full, all-in-one PC. The machine, available in black and white, will feature an as-yet unconfirmed processor, likely to follow the trend of ASUS’ Eee Box desktop PC and be Intel’s 1.6GHz Atom N270. The screen is believed to be 19-21-inches.
eMachines has announced a trio of new budget desktops, priced from $300 and all featuring Intel processors. The range begins with the T3656, with a 2GHz Celeron CPU, 1GB of RAM and 160GB, 7,200rpm hard-drive, and tops out with the T5274, with a dual-core Pentium 2GHz, 2GB of RAM and 320GB, 7,200rpm hard-drive. Both have multi-format DVD burners, 5.1 channel surround sound audio and Intel’s Graphics Media Accelerator 950.
Add this one to the section of random devices now with added LED lights. I’m not entirely sure it was necessary but I suppose it does look cool.
The bench is obviously weather resistant, so you can use it both indoors and out. It glows either one color or you can program it to change between several colors.
It’s supposed to be relaxing or something along those lines. This 95w bench is made by a German company and to find out more on pricing you’ll have to actually contact them (which is never good news).
This little clock is meant to look retro, but honestly the wood design looks like it was made out of plywood with some fake wood paneling tossed on top. However, the seller Gadget4all isn’t exactly known for their chic designs.
Turns out that the Diablo III game isn’t the only big news Blizzard will be announcing this year. They’ve got another MMO they’ve been working on. Rob Pardo spoke briefly on the subject saying “So we have another development team. So yeah, there’s still an unknown project in development from us.”
After being in development for quite sometime, OpenMoko Neo FreeRunner is now available for end users to buy. On July 4th, OpenMoko will be taking orders for the handset and expected to be shipping on July 7th.
The Linux powered handset will be available in two version, 850MHz or 900 MHz Tri-band GSM. It weighing 6.5 ounces and features a 2.8-inch touch screen with 480 x 640 VGA resolution, 802.11b/g WiFi, AGPS, GRPS 2.5G, Bluetooth 2.0, two 3-axis motion sensors, and 128MB WSDRAM / 256MB NAND Flash.
The OpenMoko Neo FreeRunner comes with the price tag of $399 and will be available directly from OpenMoko.com store or via distributors in EU, India, and North America.
MSI’s Wind notebook is now available to purchase on Amazon, priced at $499.99. Delivery is estimated as taking 3-5 weeks. The notebook was meant to ship to pre-order customers on June 27th, but shortages of batteries have forced MSI to again delay it.
Although there have been a couple of external RAID arrays launched recently, none have been quite as slick as Sonnet’s new Fusion F2. Despite the name, which sounds suspiciously like a men’s razor, it’s actually a 5.9 x 6.2 x 0.72-inch aluminum case containing two bus-powered 2.5-inch SATA II hard-drives for up to 1TB of storage. Round the back, there are two eSATA ports rated for up to 3Gb/sec and a FireWire port that’s used for supplying power.
