Archive for January 21st, 2008

Toshiba adds 3G to the featherweight Portege R500

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Filed under: Laptops Forget the MacBook Air: those folks seeking the absolute lightest notebooks on the planet know that Windows machines are still the only way to go, and Toshiba has proven that once again with an official 3G upgrade to the already impressive Portege R500. According to Akihabara News (which ...

The Weighted Companion PC isn’t bitter or anything

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Filed under: Desktops Got that song stuck in your head? You know, the song. Go ahead, hum a few bars, nobody's going to notice. "This was a triumph..." Bet it's in there now! Now, while you spend the next 6-8 weeks trying wrench that beautiful melody from you head, you can ...

“HBO on Broadband” to offer free downloads, live feed

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Networking Being an HBO subscriber is about to get a lot more appealing, as the Time Warner-owned pay channel giant is set to roll out a new service that allows subscribers to both download select content as well as view live feeds on their PC. "HBO on ...

Sharp’s SP600 PMP does it all with a yawn

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video This little PMP is certainly spectastic, the Sharp SP600 has a 4.3-inch screen, 30GB HDD, any video or audio codec you'd want (including OGG and H.264), plus an SD card slot, e-dictionary and Windows CE 5.0. The 419,000 won ($444 US) pricetag isn't even that ...

Japan toying with idea of cellphone “sommeliers”

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones Japan seems set to begin licensing cellphone vendors as "sommeliers" in an attempt to help guide cheerful consumers through the quagmire of choices available for handsets and plans in Japan. Japan's communication ministry is looking to the private sector to manage the potential nightmare exam and certification process, ...

MiLeap X and Y laptop details get fleshed out

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Filed under: Laptops We already had a pretty good indication of the specs for HCL's new low-cost MiLeap X and Y laptops, but those that still haven't had their curiosity satisfied can now get their fix courtesy of PCLaunches, which has the complete rundown on both systems. As expected the lower-end ...

Handpresso gets unboxed: how did we ever get by without?

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Filed under: Household Actually, that headline is a bit misleading, since we'd never actually subscribe to a method of coffee production that required any sort of effort before the coffee is actually in our body -- clearly defeating the purpose -- but this Handpresso thing is still quite the little gizmo ...