Archive for February 14th, 2008

Secrets of the ThinkPad X300 — what Walt didn’t tell you

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Filed under: Laptops That X300 preview from yesterday leave you wanting for more? Well since Lenovo doesn't seem to keen about busting this laptop out and giving us the true skinny, we've got some detailed spec sheets to show you in the interim. Just in case you were on the hunt ...

Self-reconfigurable Matrix-style camera array soon to be self-aware

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Filed under: Digital Cameras We're pretty sure this camera setup won't be putting the Wachowski Brothers out of a job any time soon, but some folks at Carnegie Mellon slapped this Matrix-style rig together for a "mere" $22,000. The cameras are mounted on linear guides, making them self-reconfigurable, and each can ...

Michael Bay singlehandedly wins the HD format war

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Filed under: HDTV digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Michael_Bay_singlehandedly_wins_the_HD_format_war'; Finally, Michael Bay has stepped down from Cheese Mountain to pontificate on the finer points of the HD DVD vs. Blu-ray war. Speaking from the inner-sanctum of his lair -- located equidistant from the Church of Scientology and a gigantic cotton candy stand -- ...

LG’s very slim, very red LGX LCD TV hits the FCC

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Filed under: Displays, HDTV LG wasn't offering much in the way of a release date when it announced its super-slim (as in 1.7-inch) LGX LCD TV last month, but it looks like it could be coming sooner rather than later, with the set now making its all-important debut at the FCC, ...

Hands-on with Nokia’s S60 touch UI at MWC

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, Features, Handhelds Move along, nothing too new and thrilling here. We hunted down Nokia's touch demo and were completely un-thrilled by the whole package. Sure, it's still early days for the interface, but it's a case of same old same old as it's sporting the same UI, same ...

Electric Bill’s Van-Puter does his Dodge Caravan proud

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Filed under: Desktops, Transportation "There's this big space between the seats -- wonder what I should do with it?" You know how the story goes. Electric Bill's answer was to slap a MicroATX case down there, put a printer up above it, and bolt a 17-inch LCD to the dash. He ...

Subscription-based Everex Zonbu laptop reviewed

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Filed under: Laptops PC Mag wasn't exactly bowled over by the subscription-based Zonbu desktop, but that didn't stop them from coming back for another go 'round with the similarly subscription-happy Zonbu laptop, which they found a bit more to like about. While they again found the low upfront cost ($279, in ...