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Samsung PL90 digicam has pop-out USB & face-tracking portrait mode

Chris Davies, Aug 4th 2010 Discuss [0]

It's obviously the season for digital cameras with integrated USB plugs, since Samsung has just outed a new point-and-shoot of their own. The Samsung PL90 is a 12.2-megapixel digicam with a 4x optical zoom and VGA-quality 30fps video recording mode, and has a pop-out USB plug for offloading shots together with recharging the camera. Read The Full Story

Asus Eee 30GB USB Hard Drive is 1.8-Inches, Only $30

Evan Selleck, Aug 3rd 2010 Discuss [0]

When it comes to external hard drives, you don't want something that's as big as your keyboard sitting on your desk, next to your monitor. The whole idea is to have something compact, but that's perfectly capable of holding all of your necessary data. And, when it comes to the new Asus Eee 30GB hard drive, you'll have to keep it limited to the bare essentials. Read The Full Story

USB-powered UVmini toothbrush sanitizer for the mobile germ freak

Shane McGlaun, Jul 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

There is nothing hokey about killing germs and bacteria using UV light. This technique is used in hospitals all around the world to kill airborne germs and germs on other items. We all know that germs can get on your toothbrush, which is a big deal if you have the flu and forget to replace your toothbrush when you start to feel better. Read The Full Story

Toshiba Smart Pad tablet prototype shown; due before October 2010

Chris Davies, Jul 20th 2010 Discuss [0]

Back when we got our first glimpse of the Toshiba Libretto W100 and the Android-based AC100, what we didn't get to see was a prototype of the company's new touchscreen slate. That's been wheeled out over in Australia, with the company's Managing Director for the country, Mark Whittard, whipping out the iPad-like tablet and suggesting it would hit the market before October 2010. Read The Full Story

Cambrionix B2 32 port USB charger outed; charge-&-sync models in pipeline

Chris Davies, Jul 16th 2010 Discuss [1]

You don't have to be a gadget reviewer to end up with more than a handful of devices that all require USB charging, and finding ways to rejuice them simultaneously often means laborious AC plug juggling. We've seen Cambrionix's port-bristling USB charging stations before, and now the company is back with a more compact setup that promises fully power protected charging for up to 32 devices simultaneously. Read The Full Story

Reviews

iMo Monster 10″ Touch USB Monitor Review

Ewdison Then, Jul 15th 2010 Discuss [2]

Nanovision’s MIMO range of USB companion displays are no strangers to the pages of SlashGear, and we’ve reviewed our fair share of them over the months. Standing proudly on the test bench today, though, is the company’s biggest to date, the 10-inch touchscreen iMo Mini-Monster. A titan among USB secondary displays (and a Tinkerbell among regular LCDs), the iMo Mini-Monster promises the same ease of connectivity as its smaller siblings but with the same resolution as a 10-inch netbook. Worth the $259.99, then, or has Nanovision overestimated exactly what consumers want from their companion LCDs? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

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Kokonatchi is your Japanese USB Twitter peanut [Video]

Chris Davies, Jul 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

We're not quite sure what it is that makes tech designers think that everyone wants a gelatinous flashing blob sat on their desk, changing color and shivering to communicate Twitter updates, but they keep cropping up every so often. Students at the University of Tokyo and Waseda University are the latest to attempt it, with their peanut-shaped Kokonatchi robot changing color depending on the tone and mood of your incoming Twitter messages and even vibrating if "frightened". Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Researchers exploit USB flaw to steal data

Shane McGlaun, Jul 5th 2010 Discuss [0]

If you went to your home or office computer, would you be able to tell if someone had swapped your keyboard for one exactly like it? Many people probably would not be able to. A team of researchers has shown that a shortcoming in the way USB standards work could be used to steal data. Read The Full Story

The Daily Slash: July 1st 2010

Evan Selleck, Jul 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

The beginning of the month. By now, you're probably already getting ready for your fourth of July weekend, and there's definitely nothing wrong with that. We'd be lying if we said we weren't. It's a big holiday. Until then though, welcome to tonight's edition The Daily Slash. First up, in the Best of R3 Media, we've got a new rumor about a 2GHz Android device, an iPhone class-action lawsuit, and some other devices get some prices leaked. And then in the Dredge 'Net, we've got some eyewear with an integrated USB stick, and a Fujitsu netbook gets released into the world. Read The Full Story

Reviews

Iomega eGo Portable USB 3.0 and Skin Hard Drive Review

Chris Davies, Jul 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

External hard-drives are only getting larger, and manufacturers are pushing for the adoption of faster interfaces that will allow users to shuffle their data around with less delay. On the SlashGear test bench today is the Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive, complete with 500GB capacity and a USB 3.0 port; the company also sent over their new Skin Hard Drive, which takes a USB 2.0 unit and dresses it up with a colorful finish. Check out the full review after the cut.

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Livid Instruments Block MIDI controller looks monome-awesome

Chris Davies, Jul 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

Sadly our music creation skills aren't up to much here at SlashGear, but we do like a good controller surface. Livid Instruments' new Block controller is a great example: 64 monome-style assignable clip buttons surrounded by faders, knobs and function keys in a minimalist housing, it's the ideal way to interact with whatever PC or Mac based music app you may be using. Read The Full Story

Reviews

Blue Microphones Eyeball 2.0 Review

Chris Davies, Jun 30th 2010 Discuss [3]

Blue Microphones, as their name suggests, are generally all about the audio, and they’ve a strong reputation among musicians for the quality of their hardware. The Blue Microphones Eyeball 2.0 takes the distinctive Blue Snowflake and discretely adds a pop-out 2.0-megapixel webcam; once we’d finished popping the lens in and out of its spring-loaded silo we set to work reviewing it.