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Spark Linux Tablet Up for Pre-Order, Dev Discusses Economics of Project
The upstart Spark Linux tablet is up for pre-order at makeplaylive.com for a target price tag of 200 euros (about $263 USD). You can indicate how many tablets you’re interested in, and your priority number will ensure you’re among the first to receive yours. The Spark folks are hoping to get a strong sense of... Read More
Amazon's "Customer's Vote" Returns; PS3 Bundles
It's the most wonderful time of the year. Actually, while it is the holiday season, it really sucks. Look at the economy, the stock market, job losses, and earnings reports for many companies. But it is the time of the year for tne annual Amazon.com Customers Vote promotion. How does it work? Step 1: Vote. Browse our six... Read More
Virgin America Launches "Gogo" In-Flight Wi-Fi
On Saturday Virgin America launched its Gogo in-flight wi-fi service, showing it off by filing the press release from 35,000 feet, and with the first ever "air-to-ground" video stream to YouTube Live, YouTube's first official real-world user event. The "fleet" will consist of one wi-fi enabled plane to start, with Virgin... Read More
AMD Appoints Former HP Exec to Head EMEA Region
AMD Appoints Former HP Exec Alberto Bozzo to Head EMEA Region- Industry veteran brings more than 20 years of commercial and consumer PC experience - SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Oct. 30, 2008 - AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced the appointment of Alberto Bozzo as corporate vice president and general manager of Europe, Middle... Read More
New Sharkoon Stereo Headset (Not Just) 4 Gamers
Sharkoon "Rush" Headset: Versatile stereo-headset for use with analogue audio sourcesSharkoon is expanding its "Rush" product line designed specifically for gamers with a versatile stereo gaming headset. The Sharkoon Rush Headset has a stylish design and high-quality workmanship. In addition to the striking Rush-Logo on... Read More
Undergrads Develop and Commercially Release Game
A new commercial PC game came out two days ago from a brand new game development and publishing company. The game is called CellZenith and the company is called Faramix Enterprises. What make this a unique story is not actually the game (full disclosure: we've not played the game, so we cannot comment intelligently about... Read More
IT and Consumer Spending Down in 2H2008
If there was any doubt that the U.S. economy is hurting, taking a gander at today's financial news should sober you up quickly: Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, and Bank of America is bailing out foundering Merrill Lynch. If you are not an investor, you might ask why you should care and what does this have to do with... Read More
NYC Emergency Hot Line Systems Get Upgraded
With camera phones, text messaging, and e-mail now ubiquitous, it was only a matter of time before antiquated emergency systems were upgraded to take advantage of these technologies. Making good on a promise made during a State of the City address, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has just announced that NYC's emergency... Read More
HotHardware's Summer Sweepstakes Winner!
Last month, we announced an exciting sweepstakes in which we planned to give away a full Intel Core 2 Quad 9650-powered system, complete with 2GB of Kingston DDR3 RAM, a pair of ATI Radeon HD 4870 graphics cards and a Western Digital 1TB Black Edition hard drive. The response we received after the announcement... Read More
HotHardware's Summer Sweepstakes! Win a new Rig!
It's that time again folks! In conjunction with our friends at Intel, AMD, Kingston, WD, and Thermaltake we have assembled one hot rig to give away this month! We're announcing yet another new sweepstakes where you could win a full Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650-based system, complete with a... Read More
Capturing 3D Surfaces Simply With a Flash Camera
Creating 3D maps and worlds can be extremely labor intensive and time consuming. And ultimately the final result might not survive the close scrutiny of those expecting real-world emulations. A new technique developed by scientists at The University of Manchester's School of Computer Science and Dolby Canada, however, might... Read More
JD Power Announces The Best Cameras of 2008
J.D. Power and Associates has just released the results of its 2008 Digital Camera Usage and Satisfaction Study, based on responses from over 8,000 digital camera purchasers between April 2007 and March 2008. Not only does the study identify which cameras consumers liked best, but it also gives an indication of what consumers... Read More
AMD Consumer Electronics Event '08 in NYC
AMD hosted a small gathering in the London NYC Hotel yesterday to showcase some of their existing products and technologies, to show off a few products built by their partners, and to demo some products due to be released in the coming months. We attended the event and took a few photos of the various demo stations and... Read More
Consumer Storage In The Enterprise - Thoughts?
There has been much debate lately as to the effectiveness and reliability of consumer-level storage technology in the enterprise space. This article on Dell's future or storage website, details some of the specific considerations and decisions IT managers may have to make..."The fact of the matter is if you’re working... Read More
OCZ Core Series SSD Specs and Details Emerge
Delivering the World’s First Truly Affordable High-Performance SSD for Consumers at Price Points Less than 50% of Comparable High Performance SSDs Sunnyvale, CA—July 1, 2008—OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and computer components, today unveiled... Read More
ATEN 1080p Video Switch Lets Gamers Share
1080p HD Quality from the Super Bowl to the Lecture Hall: ATEN Technology Launches New HDMI Video Splitters and Switches Designed for Home and Business UseIRVINE, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- ATEN Technology, Inc., an innovator of high-quality KVM (keyboard/video/mouse) and remote connectivity products to centrally manage... Read More
DVR Camcorder Pen Camera
James Bond, or even Maxwell Smart would be proud. This is a pen that has digital video recording capabilities. Don't let the DVR acronym fool you; you're not going to hook it up to your cable box. On the other hand, it will come in handy for those covert operations.It's not cheap, at $199.95. According... Read More
FiOS About to Get Even Faster For Some Customers
Verizon FiOS customers tend to be the envy of the rest of us non-FiOS, broadband users. Well, that envy quotient is about to go up another notch, as Verizon announced that as of next week, its 50/20 and 20/20 Mbps services will be available "across all of Verizon's FiOS Internet service footprint in 16 states." "Verizon... Read More
ASUS Announces First Republic of Gamers Conv.
ASUS Announces First-Ever Republic of Gamers Convention--The official ASUS/Intel summer gaming event brings BYOC, BYOL, technologyworkshops and product exhibition into one massive gathering --FREMONT, CA (June 10, 2008) - ASUS®, a worldwide leader in Open Architecture Product and notebook design and manufacturing,... Read More
Retro, Coin-Op Wi-Fi Emerges
Here's an idea that brings back memories of coin-operated kiosks of one sort of another that you used to see in booths in restaurants - and still do in retro-style ones - a coin-operated wi-fi kiosk.First, you’ve got to dig deep and slot some coins into it, after which the kiosk will print out a ticket that details your... Read More
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