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iCarte accessory turns iPhone into NFC/RFID reader

By Shane McGlaun on Wednesday, Nov 18th 2009 No Comments

Apple wants iPhone users and potential customers to know that there is an app for just about everything that you might want to do. That is true, I have yet to want an app for something and not be able to find one. If what you are wanting is to turn your iPhone into a near field communications or RFID reader there is an app (and a hardware accessory) for that too.

Origin gaming PC boutique builder launches

By Shane McGlaun on Wednesday, Nov 18th 2009 No Comments

A few things jump to mind when it comes to gaming PC boutique builders, one of which is expensive. In a poor economy, most consumers are buying cheap computers like netbooks rather than the full featured and expensive gaming notebooks and desktops that sold decently in years past. A poor economy seems like a bad time to launch a new gaming PC company, but that is exactly what Origin has done.

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NZXT unveils Tempest Evo computer chassis

By Shane McGlaun on Wednesday, Nov 18th 2009 No Comments

The last time we heard from NZXT the company was unveiling its budget computer case called the GAMMA back in August. Today NZXT is back and it is showing off a new chassis called the Tempest Evo. The case is a mid-tower design that fits into the NZXT Crafted Series.

Vizio grabs top US LCD TV shipper title again

By Shane McGlaun on Wednesday, Nov 18th 2009 No Comments

The economy is not that great but there are still many consumers who are buying electronics like computers and TVs. The catch is that the cheaper brands are tending to sell more robustly than the more expensive brands that were popular in years past. This is one of the reasons that the Vizio brand of LCD TVs is doing so well in the market despite the poor economy.

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Maingear Shift supercomputer adds ATI HD 5970 to options list

By Shane McGlaun on Wednesday, Nov 18th 2009 No Comments

Maingear launched its new high-end Shift personal supercomputer back on November 2. The desktop packs some serious punch with Core i7 CPUs and space for up to 12 SSDs along with 8GB of RAM and more.

No WinMo6.5 update for XPERIA X1 says Sony Ericsson

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 18th 2009 No Comments

Sony Ericsson have confirmed that there will be no update to Windows Mobile 6.5 offered to owners of the XPERIA X1 smartphone, at least not officially through the company. The news follows speculation about Sony Ericsson's intent, after at least one developer got hold of a ROM that seemingly indicated an official update was planned.

Tony Hawk: RIDE controller getting new Activision game

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 18th 2009 No Comments

The Tony Hawk: RIDE controller may be clever, but it sure is expensive; happily those who couldn’t help themselves will soon have more gaming options to use it. During an interview with Develop, Robomodo CEO David Michicich revealed that “We’re doing a game with Activision and we’re not allowed to talk about it right now”. Although it’s unclear what the game itself might be, the nature of the controller does suggest some sort of snowboarding, skating or similar title.

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OCZ Colossus 1TB SSD gets official

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 18th 2009 No Comments

Call your SSD “Colossus” and you’ll be expected to back that up with some hard figures, and OCZ have certainly managed to do that. The OCZ Colossus 3.5-inch SSD packs up to 1TB of storage, and while it’s taken more time than expected for them to reach the market – we first caught sight of them in June – anybody hoping for speedy, solid-state capacity should find something to satisfy.

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NEC zoom-lens noise cancellation system promises quieter video

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 18th 2009 No Comments

NEC have developed a technology that, they claim, will cut out zoom lens and auto-focus motor noise during video recording. The system uses a microphone and DSP that generates “pseudo-noise” to cancel out background buzzing from the camcorder’s own hardware; the advantage of a predominantly software system is that it can be fitted to even the smallest of point-and-shoot camcorders and video-capable digital cameras.

As well as ongoing, steady noise from hardware, the system is apparently capable of cutting out intermittent or unexpected sounds, such as noise from the cylinder lens or mirrors. In fact it’s even clever enough to take into account the ageing of motors and tweak the “pseudo-noise” accordingly.

Mac OS X 10.7 development already underway

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 18th 2009 No Comments

With Snow Leopard happily padding around hundreds of thousands of Macs around the world, it comes as little surprise to hear that Apple are already a few weeks into development of OS X 10.7. Sign of the upcoming OS refresh has been spotted in the change log of the open source "launchd" framework: a new entry for Mac OS build number "11A47" has turned up, and going by Apple's general nomenclature for build codes, that points squarely at OS X 10.7.

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