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Nuke those Viruses in Style thanks to Panasonic's latest ION Air purifier

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:01:00 GMT

Nanoe (F-GME03) is Panasonic's latest ION Air purifier with only goal in mind, that of destroying or neutralizing any virus floating gently in the air around you. That's Nothing unusual you may think, yep ION Air purifiers are not really new, however our new Nanoe are now available in 5 different new colorful compact bodies and are as much deadly silent as 30dB only.

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Drobo S and Drobo Elite, New Smart Storage Solutions by Data Robotics

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:39:00 GMT

Both supporting Windows, Mac and Linux, Drobo S and Drobo Elite come equipped with new brilliant features. Different from the classic 4 bay Drobo, Drobo S comes with 5 bays, has fast eSata socket and an enhanced Firewire 800 performance alongside with the USB 2.0 port. The marvelous option of switching between single- and dual-drive redundancy allows for a better data protection through providing you with a margin of failure of up to Two hard drives instead of usual One.

On the other hand, announced to be rather targeting at Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), the Drobo Elite boasts Multiple-Host Connectivity feature (up to 16 hosts), manages up to 255 x 16TB volumes thanks to its Smart Volume Management Technology, has room for up to 8 HDD and sports 2 GB Ethernet sockets. Finally, just like its Drabo S companion, it also offers switch option between single- or dual-drive redundancy.

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Bandai's gorgeous silver-plated Battleship Yamato is now on top of my Xmas list

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:14:00 GMT

Dear Santa, I have been a very good boy along this year and I would much appreciate if you could get me one of those beautiful 1/350 silver-plated Yamato Battleships only sold from November 20th to March first (2010) at 75,000 Yen each (565€)… No seriously Santa, I am counting on you for this one, and don’t send me again that rubbish model that you have been used to get me for the last couple of Xmas…

More seriously, this Battleship Yamato scale model (1/350), will be only available during a limited period and in Japan only and based on the actual plastic version.

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Offer some Chocolates to your loved ones for Xmas

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:46:00 GMT

What can make a better present than Chocolates for Xmas… Especially when you are talking about a Christmas Limited edition Chocolate phone from LG… Only available in Korea this new Christmas limited edition Chocolate will be sold from December 25 to January 18 only.

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VADO 3rd generation HD Pocket Video Cameras by CREATIVE

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:42:00 GMT

Upgraded with low light video recording and manual exposure adjustment, support for an external stereo microphone along with a headphone output, new motion detection mode, ability to take HD quality still photos, third generation Vado HD Pocket Video cameras allows you to shoot widescreen 720p HD videos for 2 hours or snap 7,000 HD quality still photos. It is compatible both with Windows and Mac (Mac OS X 10.4 or later) coming also with its Creative Vado Central software for both. It is also possible to share your videos or photos by uploading them to YouTube, Photobucket, Box.net, Facebook or KinKas. It is available only with 4 GB capacity, though.

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Pantech finally announced its Impact in Korea

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMT

Made official a few days ago in the USA and sold over to AT&T network, the Impact is Pantech's latest phone to join the US Carrier Quick Messaging line-up. Offering an OLED touchpad for the number pad that has haptic feedback technology with vibration, as well as a fill flip open QWERTY keyboard and nifty little 2.6” Wide Screen with a 400x240 resolution, our 3G phone also includes a GPS module and a 2Mpix Camera with video capture capabilities.

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Buffalo, Portable Wooden Speakers for i-Pod Series

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:53:00 GMT

Offered in two versions “maple wood” (a.k.a BSSP12IMA) or “cheery wood” (a.k.a BSSP12ICW),
this 16 gr.and just W112×D21×H142mm sized audio devices aim to be your new portable speakers for your i-pod. No hassle with cables or AC adapter. Just plug its connector into your i-pod dock and enjoy music. It works with i-pod nano 1~5 th gen, i-pod 4th -5th gen, i-pod classic, i-pod mini, i-pod Touch 1st -2nd.gen., has 0.7W+0.7W 8Ω speaker unit and 750Hz～10kHz of bandwidth frequency.

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HandyBrain, Sharp's latest Windows CE 6.0 Barcode Reader

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:53:00 GMT

Available in 4 different versions, Sharp's latest Windows CE 6.0 (R3) HandyBrain, is powered by a TI OMPA 3505 @ 600MHz and features 256MB of Flash ROM and 128 MB of RAM. Strictly made for professional usage, our HandyBrain is sold with either a 3.7” QVGA or VGA screen, SDIO and SDHC Slot, Wifi, Bluetooh, as well as optional 2Mpix Camera module and different key layout.

Sharp has scheduled to release its HandyBrain within December 2009 in Japan as well as February 2010 for the 2Mpix Version.

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Prime Note Galleria GT4, your i7 Note, Dospara New i7 Notebook

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:25:00 GMT

Dospara's latest Prime Note Galleria is definitively one of those notebooks that is worth to check if you are planning to upgrade. Powered by an Intel i7-720QM with 4GB of PCS-10600 RAM, a GeForce GT240M with 1GB of VRAM, 500GB of HDD, and a 15.6” LCD with a WXGA Resolution, the Prime Note Galleria GT4 is by far one of the coolest notebooks available in Japan. The Prime Note Galleria GT4 will be sold in Japan at 129,980 Yen or 975€.

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Another Cool gadget from Cube Works, Yoda USB

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:06:00 GMT

Cube Works has molded their creativity with the popular image of the Star Wars series and came up with this brand new product. The most powerful of all the Jedi Masters, YODA, from now will be by your side warding off evil spirits with his illuminated light saber. It comes with an installation CD allowing you to assign keywords to activate reactions such as blush on YODA’s cheeks or illumination of the light saber. What's more, If you want, you can also attach it with a clip (included in the package) on your monitor to watch you over. It is compatible with Windows XP (service Pack 2 and later)/ Vista, requires min. 1Ghz Intel Pentium and processor, min.256 MB memory, more than 2 MB hard disk space and finally USB 2.0 Port and CD Rom drive.

There comes the question of where you can find it. Of course at the renown address of the gig stuff: geekstuff4u.
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Buffalo latest x600 32GB CF is made for serious shooters

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:56:00 GMT

Need the fastest CF in town? Here you are Buffalo's latest wonder, the RCF-H Series. Available in 8, 16 or 32GB or UDMA x600 CF will, according to Buffalo, offer you a 90MB/s writing speed, way enough for anyone shooting videos with DSLR, or just for who can't stop shooting in Burst mode.
Soon to be available in Japan, these new CF are however quite expensive and will be sold at around 380€.

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Elecom new “Like a SPOON” Wireless mouse is just so cute!

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:28:00 GMT

Not sure if this new wireless Mouse “Like a SPOON” series from Elecom is the most comfortable mouse ever made for Man, but at least, you will be sure to get something pretty different from what you have been used to own.
Powered by a single AAA battery, our 2.4Ghz wireless mouse is also pretty compact with a size of just 65.7x88.3x40.2mm and a weight of 115g only.

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RicePuppet new Evangelion X360

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:21:00 GMT

Once again our friend and Artist RicePuppet worked its magic on the X360 this time with a gorgeous Pink X360 with both Rei and the NERV Logo… Man I wished I could get my X360 painted like this.
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Samsung STORY Station External HDD now eSATA flavored.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:10:00 GMT

Back in April (2009), Samsung introduced a new 1.5TB external HDD known as the Samsung STORY Station and only available in USB 2.0. Yep filling up 1.5TB via USB 2.0 was quite a challenge for many and Samsung decided that it was time to boost things up by adding the support of eSATA on its HDD on top of the usual USB 2.0.
Also, and since 2TB HDD are now available, Samsung now offers its STORY Station in a 2TB version.
Samsung Reveals 2-Terabyte External Hard Drive with eSATA Interface for Faster Data Transfer

SEOUL, Korea, November 23, 2009 -- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in digital consumer electronics and information technology, today announced the STORY Station Plus, its new line-up of 3.5-inch external hard drives featuring an external serial ATA (eSATA) interface to allow lightning fast data transfer. The 3.0-gigabit per second (Gbps), high-performance drives are available in up to 2-terabyte (TB) densities, providing consumers with a high-performance external storage solution.

"Samsung new line of high-density solutions with the eSATA interface give users the speed they need for demanding tasks like photo and video editing, plus safely storing multimedia content libraries," said H.S. Lee, vice president, storage marketing, Samsung Electronics. "The 2TB density STORY Station Plus drive can store the data equivalent of 500,000 MP3 music files, 560,000 digital photo images, or 880 hours of high resolution video."

The addition of the eSATA interface raises the data transfer speed of the STORY Station Plus series by more than six-fold when compared with models using a USB 2.0 interface, the standard connector for most external hard drives. Offering greater flexibility, STORY Station Plus users can utilize either the 480 megabit per second (Mbps) USB 2.0 or the 3.0 Gbps eSATA interface, satisfying consumers' needs for higher performance from their external storage devices.

The STORY Station Plus line-up will also feature Samsung's low standby power design that reduces the standby power by 96 percent to 0.1 watts (W) from the conventional 2.5W. The reduced standby power level meets requirements for the forthcoming European Union EuP (Energy Using Products) Directive for Standby Regulation, effective January 2010.

Samsung's 3.5-inch STORY Station Plus external hard drive is available in densities ranging from 1TB to 2TB. The aluminum outer casing not only provides a chic design but contributes to effective heat dispersion. Key features include Samsung Auto Backup for ongoing data preservation, SecretZoneTM software for personal data encryption and SafetyKeyTM for password protection.

The STORY Station Plus drives will be available globally by the end of November 2009. The STORY Station Plus features a three-year limited warranty and the 2TB version has a $299 MSRP....

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Yet, another public Holiday in Japan

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:31:00 GMT

Well guess what, today is a Public holiday in Japan and for once the weather is freaking awesome outside… Anyway since I do not have anything much to share with you on this and that I still fighting with my jetlag so do not expect much from us this Monday.

However please enjoy some pictures I took of my trip… More to come with my Canon G11 review.

PS… I definitely love Seattle, especially around 12th Avenue… Just which I could spend more time there.

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