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Motorola’s Mesh Networking With 802.11s Standards-Ready MeshConnex(TM) Networking Technology

By Kevin Lee on Wednesday, Apr 19th 2006 No Comments

Motorola today announced that its proven MeshConnex networking technology will support the final 802.11s meshing standard being developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE). Due to its
flexible architecture, Motorola customers will be able to configure their MeshConnex powered products to be compliant with the 802.11s standard via over-the-air software downloads. Motorola’s MeshConnex technology powers a wide variety of the company’s products, including its Mesh Enabled Architecture (MEA(R)) and MOTOMESH(TM) multi-radio broadband systems.

When WiFi hot spots are “meshed,” they turn into a powerful, interconnected network that can blanket a campus, downtown or entire city with wireless broadband access. Mesh-enabled access points not only deliver WiFi to users, they also act as router/repeaters for other access points in the network. The result is a self-forming, self-healing wireless broadband cloud that reduces the cost of backhaul, deployment and system engineering.

Motorolas Mesh Networking With 802.11s Standards Ready MeshConnex(TM) Networking Technology

Asus Lamborghini VX1

By Kevin Lee on Thursday, Apr 13th 2006 No Comments

You have heard of the Acer-Ferrari laptop and a while ago, there were rumors of the Asus-Lamborghini tie up. So, right now, the decided to release the Asus VX1 notebook It has a Core Duo 2GHz T2500 processor, Intel’s 945PM chipset and the 3945ABG 802.11a/b/g WiFi adaptor, 1GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM, a 120GB hard drive, a dual-layer DVD±R/RW optical unit, a 15″ (1400 x 1500 resolution) screen, the Nvidia GeForce Go 7400 256MB graphics card. Expect the VX1 to ship at the end of this month. No pricing for North America yet, but expect it to be really expensive.

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Acer and Webaroo

By Kevin Lee on Monday, Apr 10th 2006 No Comments

A company called Webaroo is expected to annouce a deal with Acer to sell laptops preloaded with a snapshot of the internet, in its 40GB harddrive. The internet cache is stored in an offline search. I believe this idea is not that much useful, especially getting your hard drive stuffed with all the unwanted information, since we all have Internet connections all the time.

Lamp and computer together

By Kevin Lee on Sunday, Apr 9th 2006 No Comments

V12 made this computer, that doubles as a basic table lamp. It’s kinda interesting, you would still wonder what is the hardware inside it. But it sure is more interesting than a micro hi-fi.

Kanguru’s 16GB,32GB and 64G Flash Drive Max

By Kevin Lee on Friday, Apr 7th 2006 No Comments

If you think a 2.5 inch hard disc with 60GB capacity isn’t small enough, try the Kanguru’s 64GB Flash drive max, for $2800. It runs on USB 2.0 interface and boasts a 9MB/sec read and 5/MB sec write speeds. There are smaller capacity models, 32GB and 16GB, for $1500 and $800. About $100 for 2GB, that must be pretty insane!

IOGear USB VoIP Skype Calling Kit

By Kevin Lee on Friday, Apr 7th 2006 No Comments

The USB VoIP Skype Calling Kit from IOGear features a dial pad, microphone, headset and two audio ports. The calling kit works as a USB hub as well, inclusive of six USB 2.0 ports. The recommended price for this calling kit is $69.95

Fujitsu’s Creative UMPC Concept

By Kevin Lee on Thursday, Apr 6th 2006 No Comments

Fujitsu is showing off its unique take on the UMPC at the Japanese Design Exhibition in Milan this week. It’s tiny and small enough to fit your pocket. The design of the UMPC does reminds you something like a Gamboy Advance SP, doesn’t it?

Apple allows its users to run Windows

By Kevin Lee on Thursday, Apr 6th 2006 No Comments

Well, nothing much to comment about this, but we all know the latest Mac runs on Intel x86 type processors, so that means it would work for both Mac and Windows, its just great that Apple have implemented this idea now, just like how a PC would have a Linux and Windows bootup.

SideShow to be included in Windows Media Center remote controls

By Kevin Lee on Friday, Mar 31st 2006 No Comments

Microsoft will include its SideShow technology in its Windows Media Center remote controls. This allows users to visually access a PC’s electronic programming guide (EPG). It can be connected via WiFi, Bluetotoh, Zigbee, Z-Wave, Ethernet. Since Windows Vista is launching in 2007, this maybe another obsolete feature by then.

Sony SMU-WM1 Optical Mouse

By Kevin Lee on Friday, Mar 31st 2006 No Comments

The Sony SMU-WM1 Optical Mouse is able to open up to store the reception unit inside. It measures 58mm x 18mm x 86mm, weighs 70g, is powered by a single alkaline battery, and has a reception range of 1m. The SMU-WM10 comes in a variety of colors and will retail for $70.