Tuesday, June 28, 2011

LG whips out new DM50D personal 3D TV with passive 3D glasses

LG has unveiled a new 3D TV and monitor that is sized to fit into just about any room and on your desk. The monitor is called the DM50D and it has many of the same features of the higher end Cinema 3D TVs from LG. The screen promises to be flicker free and have [...]
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Solar Sinter uses sand and sun for 3D printing

A student named Markus Kayser created an awesome project for a MA Design Products project. I hope he graduates with honors simply for the coolness of this project. Kayser created a device that can take advantage of the two unlimited resources out in the desert – sun and sand. The project is dubbed Solar Sinter [...]
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

AMD resigns from industry group associated with BAPCo and won’t endorse SYSmark 2012

AMD has announced today that it has separated from the industry group BAPCo. AMD has also announced that it will not endorse the SYSMark 2012 benchmark suite. SYSmark is a benchmarking program that is often used by publications in print and online to test the performance of computer system. The benchmark is intended to be [...]
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New AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule details emerge, launch imminent

Earlier this month I mentioned that the AirPort utility update had revealed the new Time Capsule and AirPort Extreme were inbound with mention of the new products in the new software update. New details of the updated products have now landed thanks to a mystery source over at 9to5Mac. The new details include part numbers [...]
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Monday, June 20, 2011

T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide caught in wild ahead of July 6 release

The incoming T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide has been caught in the wild once again, only this time around the photos are a whole lot less blurry. The QWERTY-blessed slider, TmoNews‘ tipster confirms, runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread with HTC Sense and is “much like the Sensation but with some specific myTouch features.” The keyboard comes in for [...]
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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 25 2011

Happy Father’s Day to all the geek dads out there! Welcome to this week’s edition of the SlashGear Week in Review! Panasonic confirmed a new GF series camera early in the week with a new GF3 for novices and a pro version coming. These little cameras have interchangeable lenses and are sized more like a [...]
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Friday, June 17, 2011

Gigantic 268MP image sensor shoots space photos from Earth

If you though the high megapixel DSLR cameras used by pro photographers were impressive with their resolution, wait until you see the gigantic photo sensor for the OmegaCAM that is operated by the European Southern Observatory. The camera uses 32 different image sensors to reach its 268MP total resolution. It uses that resolution to shoot [...]
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Apple Accepts WebGL Graphics For iAd, Ready For 3D Ads?

It was revealed today that Apple will be supporting WebGL in iOS 5, but limiting its use for only iAd developers. WebGL is a new rendering standard that lets developers create 3D animations and graphics in websites without the need for a plugin. Being used for iAds could mean lots of really annoying in-your-face ads [...]
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UK carriers band for NFC Payments joint venture

Four of the main UK carriers have banded together to work on mobile commerce, pushing NFC payments, digital coupons and mobile advertising. Everything Everywhere – the combined T-Mobile and Orange – along with Telefonica UK (aka O2) and Vodafone UK have formed a joint venture which will handle the sales, delivery and payment on top [...]
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T-Mobile USA boosts 4G HSPA+ 42Mbps coverage: 47 new markets

T-Mobile USA wants to give you a little extra motivation to go for its flavor of 4G, with an HSPA+ speed boost for 47 new markets. As of today, San Diego, Salt Lake City and Fresno are among the locations getting 42Mbps HSPA+ support, which – if you have a Rocket 3.0 USB modem – [...]
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Sunday, June 12, 2011

Facebook testing new “Happening Now” real-time feature on some user pages

Facebook is always testing new features and working to improve the social network and maintain its edge. MySpace quickly fell from its lead in the social networking scene years ago when it stopped innovating. The latest new feature that Facebook is testing is called the “Happening Now” sidebar. This is a bar that sits next [...]
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Epic Games Website and Forums Hacked

Epic games, the developer of Gears of War, recently notified its forum members that its website and official forums had been hacked. With all the news about security breaches, it might be simpler to start announcing who has NOT been hacked. Not as serious as the attacks on Sony and Codemasters, the attackers were only [...]
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Mushkin unveils Chronos SSDs with SandForce SF-2281 controller

Mushkin has a line of SSDs already that includes some very nice and speedy storage drives for consumers. The company has announced its latest SSD called the Chronos series and the new line of SSDs will use the SandForce SF-2281 processor. This line of SSDs will also be the first from Mushkin to use the [...]
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HTC Sensation 4G On Sale Early At Some Walmarts

HTC’s new flagship phone, the HTC Sensation 4G, is reportedly going on sale early at some Walmart locations. The phone was recently knocked for having an iPhone-like “death grip” signal strength problem, which the company quickly dismissed as false. If the issue doesn’t perturb you and you’d like to grab one early, then be on [...]
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WaterField Designs Keyboard Travel Express

Waterfield Designs announced today it is unveiling its Keyboard Travel Express. Designed with the wireless Apple Keyboard in mind, the Travel Express can hold wireless keyboards and accessories from other manufacturers as well. Measuring 13 x 7 x 1 inches, the Keyboard Travel Express is available in six colors. It can hold the Apple Wireless [...]
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Pioneer Elite VSX receivers pack AirPlay, DLNA streaming, more

Pioneer has revealed its latest batch of Elite receivers, throwing in Apple AirPlay support along with the company’s own Air Jam collaborative playlist system, which allows multiple devices to contribute tracks to a single playlist. The Pioneer VSX-40, VSX-50, VSX-51, VSX-52 and VSX-53 offer seven channels of up to 110W each, have DLNA streaming media support [...]
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Windows Phone chief “feeling flattered” over iOS 5 design

Steve Jobs may have called 2011 the “Year of the copycats” back at the iPad 2 launch, but it seems it’s other firms feeling the warm, muse-like glow of being inspirational in the aftermath of the big iOS 5 reveal. Joe Belfiore, Microsoft’s director of Windows Phone, took to Twitter to say he was “feeling [...]
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HTC Sensation with AT&T 3G/4G support hits FCC

Could AT&T be getting an HTC Sensation 4G of its own? A version of the dual-core HTC superphone has been spotted crossing the FCC as the PG58110, complete with support for AT&T’s GSM 850/1900 and WCMDA bands V and II. That would allow it both voice and data access on 3G and HSPA+ 4G networks. Test [...]
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Monday, June 6, 2011

E3 2011: EA Shows off Mass Effect 3, Battlefield 3, Need For Speed and more

More action is kicking off at E3 2011 as the EA event is about to get started. It looks like we are getting right into the good stuff with Mass Effect 3, then some Need for Speed, followed with what is surely to be the biggest game for them coming up, and that is Battlefield [...]
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FIFA 12 Football Club Reveal from E3

When Matt Bilbey, Vice President of football for EA, took the stage at E3 today, we had no idea what that would mean for FIFA fans: the new Tactical Defending, the Player Impact Engine, and the biggest announcement of all the new EA Sports Football Club. Definitely some exciting announcements from EAs Matt stated, Football [...]
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T-Mobile Sensation 4G Review

The approach of the T-Mobile Sensation 4G may have been keeping Android fans awake at night, but I wasn’t one of them. I have to admit, I haven’t been feeling HTC’s recent handsets. Sure, they’re well made and reliable, but it also felt like the company had taken a cookie-cutter approach, churning out little-changed me-too [...]
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Acer outs H9500 DLP home theater video projector

The last time we talked about a new projector from Acer was back in February when the P5403 debuted. Acer is back with another new projector today called the H9500. The projector is suitable for use in your home theater and has full HD resolution with a 16:9 native aspect ratio. Acer packs the projector [...]
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