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The new compact wired keyboard from Apple

Ciprian Rosu — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:19:44 +0000

Apple has quietly (lately they do that a lot) introduced a new QWERTY keyboard that somehow looks like the old Apple keyboard, but it lacks a numeric keypad, and it is still wired like the old ‘board. USB ports can be found on either end, and also the typical Apple Exposé controls are in place. The new [...]

Apple MacBook Pro 15-quiet CPU spec bump

Ciprian Rosu — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:11:48 +0000

You cannot always know when things go up or down. But thats why we are here to let you know when that happens. It’s the case of Apple’s MacBook Pro 15, who got a “quiet” CPU bump from 2.4GHz to 2.53GHz. Apple offers an upgrade path to 2.66GHz and to2.93 GHz for the 17 inch model. What [...]

Look tipsy with your personal World of Warcraft Stein

Ciprian Rosu — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:53:58 +0000

Long nights, endless raids. One thing that might keep you going is your beer (no alcohol ofc). And you also need to drink it in style. If you have a wow mouse, a wow pad, a wow keyboard it is time to own a wow stein. All your guild friends (not girlfriends) will be dead jealous. [...]

The Water-Cooled Beast with four QuadCore Opterons

Ciprian Rosu — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:44:51 +0000

Yes, sounds like a lot doesn’t it? Folks from Tom’s Hardware along with other folks from Puget Systems have recently finished putting together a monster computer with total costs of $16k !! The main goal was to create a quiet performance machine, with four quad-core Opteron CPUs, 32GB of memory and eight hard-drives in various levels of [...]

Motorola i465 first look

Ciprian Rosu — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:27:54 +0000

When we all thought that Motorola was dead in the water, we found these new images on the net that proved us wrong (or at least we hoped so). Why did I said “hoped”? Well, probably because the new phone from Motorola i465 iDEN (a full-QWERTY phone) is kinda ugly. Actually it is very ugly. Leaving [...]

New mice and keyboards from Gigabyte

Ciprian Rosu — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:15:01 +0000

You don’t hear too often that Gigabyte will be launching a new series of mice and keyboards. So, let’s start with the handsome GM-M8000 laser gaming mouse that features a nice 4,000dpi sensor, a scaling-designated switching button, new five programmable buttons and it let’s you create a few profiles for storing different macro settings for different applications [...]

Apple introduces new music options: iTunes Pass

Ciprian Rosu — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:32:21 +0000

Aside from the famous iTunes music shop, we now hear that Apple is experimenting with something new called iTunes Pass. This new app will allow you to buy a pass for a certain group or artist that you like and after you’ll get everything that artist releases for a given time period. For example Apple is [...]

The eye of God painted in deep space

Ciprian Rosu — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:16:54 +0000

Looks like an eye and not a very cheerful one but the photo is quite astonishing. The blue pupil and the white of the eye are fringed by flesh-colored eyelids - but this so called eye is so big that if you were to travel with the speed of light you would need almost two [...]

Hackintosh junior Mac Pro

Ciprian Rosu — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:02:32 +0000

What can you do if you love your mac Pro too much? You can try and build your own hackintosh junior Mac Pro using just aluminum sheeting and mesh. What you’ll get is a good looking Mac Pro about the size of a Mac Mini with low power requirements: 5.5″ x 7″ x 5″ with a [...]

Artificial trees to harvest solar, wind and rain power

Ciprian Rosu — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:13:41 +0000

SolarBotanic is a company that specializes in an emerging tech dubbed biomimicry ( mimics the nature, and use nature-inspired methods to solve human problems). The company is focusing mainly on energy production, and they have invented the Energy Harvesting Trees. The trees ( modeled on real ones) are composed of Nanoleafs, which use nanotechnology designed to capture the [...]

World of Warcraft player wins an Oscar

Ciprian Rosu — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:46:24 +0000

A few nights ago it was the Academy Awards where lots of actors, directors, writers and producers got thier deserved awards— as was a World of Warcraft player. Steve Preeg is a well known Hollywood visual effects artist responsible for films like Lord of the Rings and I, Robot. When not working, Preeg is a guild leader in MMO World of Warcraft [...]

The baby slippers are making me feel awkward

Ciprian Rosu — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:45:50 +0000

One of the creepiest things I have ever seen. And if you thought that bunny slippers were weird think again. They should also make baby sounds every time you walk through the house. Now we’re talking !!! via: craziestgadgets.com

LG’s G910 watchphone

Ciprian Rosu — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:36:07 +0000

Want fancy expensive technology ? We have a sample right here: The new LG’s touch-screen G910 watchphone with HSDPA data will cost £1,000 ( €1,144). Or we can simply say $1,500 but, as these things generally go, it will go for $1,000 (without tax) when the thing will be available in the States. Prototypes of a watch phone [...]

Dark Energy: Are we alone in this dark universe?

Ciprian Rosu — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:22:41 +0000

Somewhere in the not so distant future (but distant enough) astronomers will cast their eyes around the cosmos and they will come to the conclusion that our galaxy is alone in the universe. Using the most sensitive detectors the future scientists will have a hard time or they won’t be able to observe the leftover radiation [...]

The interesting Dual external USB SATA drive dock

Ciprian Rosu — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:33:01 +0000

We love a good idea and this one looks like a very interesting gadget. It is the Dual External USB SATA Drive Dock that can dock two SATA hard drives, either 2.5″ or 3.5″ HDD’s with your PC or MAC, via USB or eSATA. “Slip your spare hard drives into this USB dock and it mounts [...]

Logitech G19 LCD Gaming Keyboard out now

Ciprian Rosu — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:21:36 +0000

Good news for the gaming -switching-lots-of- keyboards nerds out there. The Logitech G19 LCD Gaming Keyboard is available for pre-order on Amazon, featuring yummy macros, switchable key backlighting and an impressively big 320 x 240 mini-display. The twelve programmable macro keys can store up to three macros each and there is also a real-time macro recording button [...]

Cowon D2+ PMP

Ciprian Rosu — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:07:50 +0000

We can all agree that almost all Cowon products have quite the same design line. The first time I saw a Cowon mp3 player i wasn’t that impressed with the design but it is needless to say that the gadget had me hooked just after I pressed its buttons for just a few minutes. The same [...]

Toshiba TG01 prototype on video

Ciprian Rosu — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:51:02 +0000

We’ve heard a while ago that Toshiba has some plans regarding the mobile industry. We were not sure what to expect but we have found a video showing the TG01 prototype, where some dude takes a 3D virtual tour trying to show the capabilities of the phone. It looks very good and as all the cellphones [...]

Old School Cassette MP3 player

Ciprian Rosu — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:04:10 +0000

How many times did your tape recorder broke, or the cassette itself ceased to just work and you had to stick your finger in it ? Some actually found that sport funny and they came up with the weird idea to make an mp3 player based on all that. The storage space idea on the mp3 [...]

Canon and the two tilt-shift lenses

Ciprian Rosu — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:47:27 +0000

Recently Canon made a quite interesting announcement: The new tilt-shift lenses: a 24mm and and 17mm. Tilt-shift lenses are often used for landscape or architectural photography. We expect to seem them live somewhere in May, with the 24mm costing $2199, and the 17mm going for $2499. Press release incoming !! LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., February 17, 2009 – Canon [...]

Rick Astley survived through nuclear holocaust

Ciprian Rosu — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:00:02 +0000

“Alright, kiddies, listen up. We’re receiving reports that some red-haired cook in a trench coat is roaming the Capital Wasteland with a stereo playing and dancing to some old song from the 1980’s. If you see this guy, steer clear, once you hear the song he’s jammin’ to you’ll never be able to get it [...]

Amazing Tetris Skills

Ciprian Rosu — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:11:55 +0000

And if you think you know how to play Tetris or you feel too confident about your skill you should watch this Japanese guy totally owning.

Kingston: the new 16GB microSDHC card

Ciprian Rosu — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:54:17 +0000

In a such explosion of mobile devices the need for expandable memory gets bigger and bigger. Most such devices have a microSD card slot for that extra storage space for more music, images, and any other files. Kingston always developing all kinds and sorts of memory, has just announced the new microSDHC card that offers 16GB [...]

Samsung Omnia HD

Ciprian Rosu — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:43:09 +0000

Samsung just announced the Samsung Omnia HD I8910 and it will run on Symbian S60 and not Windows Mobile 6.1 as expected. The Omnia HD features a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen with a range of 16m colors, and a cool 8.1-megapixel camera capable of recording 720p high-definition footage. It also has HSUPA 5.76Mbps and HSDPA 7.2Mbps plus GPS. [...]

Steve Jobs might not be the only one responsbile for Apple’s success

Ciprian Rosu — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:22:56 +0000

Steve Jobs might not be the only one responsible for Apple’s success because some old guy (Carl Clement,87 ) stated that back in the day he and his company were also responsible for the creation of Xerox Alto long before Apple Macintosh even existed. The xerox Alto is believed to have inspired some features of [...]

Ultrasone: Edition 8 ultra-high-end headphones

Ciprian Rosu — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:41:40 +0000

If you’re looking for an expensive pair of headphones look no further. These come directly from the German producer Ultrasone and “every material and component used in the Edition 8 is second to none…the interior ear cups are covered in fine Ethiopian sheepskin, which provides the most isolation of any leather, while the outer ear cups [...]

The new tactile interface: Impress

Ciprian Rosu — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:14:58 +0000

Most of the touchscreens available on the market are hard and flat. This is where Impress comes into play and tries to change the way we interact with things. The new flexible display will allow us to interact in a more “direct” way with the display. For example (as seen from the image above) the circles seem [...]

Rats are trained to become mine detectors in Mozambique

Ciprian Rosu — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:54:50 +0000

It might sound cruel but in Mozambique, rats are trained to sniff out any unexploded mine, single out its location by pawing at the ground, and de-mine the field (splash damage !!!). If you wanna try this at home, before you start the rat training, you’ll need to purchase the Giant Gambian rat variety - because [...]

A new horror Star Wars novel ?!?

Ciprian Rosu — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:38:21 +0000

The new novel written by Joe Schreiber is called Star Wars: Deathtroopers (scaryyy!) and it will be the new Star Wars novel set pre-A New Hope era. More details about the plot and whatnot aren’t yet available to keep the fanboys guessing, but you can already find it on Amazon for preorder for only $8 with a [...]

Jack Black having a bit of fun

Ciprian Rosu — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:29:29 +0000

If you like consoles and especially Jack Black you might wanna take a look at this. And the lessons we learned today: 1)It’s bad to cheat on Wii 2) It’s fun fun to play with Playstation 3) XBOX makes a good partner for threesome….?!! Hit play !!

Find out where you are using your Gmail account

Ciprian Rosu — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:38:24 +0000

We all love Gmail, and because of that they keep releasing new features that are not only useful but also fun. It’s the case of Location in Signature option that appends your current location (determined by your public IP address) to your email adress. Also if you’ve got Gears with location awareness installed, your results will be [...]

Creepy doll made from living cells

Ciprian Rosu — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:08:40 +0000

What can some researchers do when they smoke too much or when they are getting bored? Invent things. It’s the case of some researchers from the University of Tokyo who have created a 5 millimeter tall doll made entirely from living cells. They started cultivating balls of skin cell covered collagen in doll shaped molds and they [...]

The Free Audio Editor

Ciprian Rosu — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:46:14 +0000

Many times I find myself looking for a fast and a free way to edit some sounds, and I do not require a fancy tool just the basic thing to do some cutting and fading. The Free Audio tool, well first of all it is free (doh). But the fact that it is free does [...]

The radio controlled beetle

Ciprian Rosu — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:41:59 +0000

Some bug lovers (scientists actually) from the University of California managed to implant a chip in a giant flower beetle that makes it respond to some commands from the computer. The commands are to fly, stop, turn left and turn right. The beetle is controlled through its optic nerves and wing muscles, and steering is being [...]

Google’s new service: PowerMeter

Ciprian Rosu — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:26:08 +0000

Google just launched a free web service called PowerMeter (in beta of course) that has the ability to let users track the energy consumption wherever they are (home or bussines) if there is a way to upload the data. It is not entirely up to Google for this thing to work, they are counting on others [...]

Blizzard says no to E3 2009

Ciprian Rosu — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:09:51 +0000

It seems that all the rumors regarding Activision Blizzard appearance this year in Los Angeles at the E3 conference are false: “Blizzard Entertainment will not be attending or participating in E3 2009″(GiantBomb). This should mean that Blizzard is focusing on it’s own “show” - the Blizzcon, where they have some good news on the upcoming Diablo [...]

New iPhones rumored for 2009

Ciprian Rosu — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:40:04 +0000

Some dude working for Canaccord Adams stated that three new iPhones will hit the market in 2009. Now, the truth is we don’t know who this dude is so we can question and torture him to find out where he gets his intel. The rumor goes even further, as the new iPhone line ( that’s the [...]

Amazon Kindle 2 with photos and a price tag

Ciprian Rosu — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:57:23 +0000

And here it is ! The new yummy Kindle 2 and I must say that it is indeed very pretty. Much thinner than the first-generation model this one will feature a set of stereo speakers,a cool design with round edges, QWERTY keys and now the scroll-wheel has been switched with a joystick. Like Kindle 1 it will [...]

World’s first 1-gigabit, 44-nano DRAM chip

Ciprian Rosu — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:21:10 +0000

The guys working at Hynix Semiconductor company announced this Sunday the world’s first 1-gigabit dynamic random access memory chip. What do we know so far: the 1-gigabit DDR3 DRAM chip uses 44-nanometer technology and they say it will be 50 percent more productive than the previous standard 54-nanometer technology. DDR3 DRAM is a random access memory technology [...]

Internet Explorer 8 release candidate out now

Ciprian Rosu — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:05:14 +0000

After six months of beta, Internet Explorer 8 release candidate is now available. I can’t say if this is a happy moment because I’m kinda used to my Chrome and Mozilla browsers. But let’s see what Microsoft did with IE 8 this time. The ‘compatibility mode’ is now automatic - switching whenever the IE8 engine can’t [...]

Western Digital’s 2TB Caviar Green hard drive launched

Ciprian Rosu — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:40:57 +0000

Last week Western Digital showed us a sneak peek on their forthcoming release of a new addition and today the beast was launched in the USA. The planet’s highest capacity single HDD - the 2TB Caviar Green is available now for $299. It uses the 3.5-inch platform, it has 32MB of cache and is based around [...]

The amazing Aero EV

Ciprian Rosu — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:15:19 +0000

Without any doubt Shelby Super Cars’ Aero EV is now the “world’s fastest production electric car”. From under the hood the silent All-Electric Scalable Powertrain (AESP) produces 1000 horsepower and 800 lb-ft of torque will bring the Aero EV from 0 to 60 in just 2.5 seconds at a 208mph (335 km/h) top speed. We can talk [...]

Kid’s Science Project: Warning birds about deadly windows

Ciprian Rosu — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:56:47 +0000

Charlie Sobcov an eight grader from Canada fell in love with birds on a trip to Costa Rica four years ago and he found out that more than 500 million birds are killed by impact with windows annually in the US, Canada and Mexico. And so, his quest began: stopping birds from dying in collisions with [...]

You can still download Windows 7 Beta till February 10th

Ciprian Rosu — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:30:32 +0000

Yep, hurry up, because if you haven’t downloaded the public beta of Windows 7, you’ll need to do so before the February 10th. For those with slower connections, if you start the download by the 10th you need to finish it until the 12th. If you don’t , there’s no need to panic because Microsoft will [...]

AMD’s Phenom II reaches 6.5GHz: a new record in 3DMark is set

Ciprian Rosu — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:13:32 +0000

A team of crazy hardcore speed freaks overclocked one of AMD’s latest Phenom II X4 chips using liquid nitrogen and liquid helium creating an environment of -232 degrees Celsius. Once the silicon was appropriately chilled, they proceeded to push the clock speed to an insane 6.5GHz, that delivered an absurd score of 45,474 in 3DMark05. [...]

Four eyes: The strange USB bookmark

Ciprian Rosu — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:04:11 +0000

Yes that’s right, this is the USB bookmark. Its functions are multiple: a bookmark, a USB drive, but despite the fact you might actually think that you can use it as glasses, well they are not glasses. Just 2-mm thin, this 2GB USB bookmark with its geek chic silhouette pays tribute to nerd culture. Or so [...]

The Cyber Fox USB Drive

Ciprian Rosu — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:59:07 +0000

After the Teddy Bear next in line is the Cyber Fox USB drive. Based on the same principle - decapitate the fox to operate the USB this is might be problem solving for the dude with anger issues. This might also pass as some sort of anti Firefox thing, because of the head removing or it [...]

Tmsuk T-34: the net-firing security robot

Ciprian Rosu — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:39:47 +0000

If someday a metallic voice from some weird moving box tells you to “stay still” or “do not move”, you’d better be good and listen to it. The Tmsuk T-34 is a small robot (or a remote-controller car) equipped with a net launcher. The Japanese robotic company equipped it with a video camera, microphones and body [...]

Start Killer removes the Start button

Ciprian Rosu — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:08:39 +0000

Some of you might have heard of Start Killer. For those that haven’t its’ pretty self-explanatory: this utility frees up taskbar space by removing the Start Button. “When you run Start Killer it remove the Start button from taskbar and give you additional space on taskbar, when you close Start Killer the Start button is again [...]

iPhone Flash Drive wins the weirdest Flash Drive contest

Ciprian Rosu — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:51:28 +0000

Yes, it does ! Look at it, it’s a tiny rubber iPhone. And everyone keeps on saying that it is sooooo cute!!It’s just a rubber thing…what’s so cute about it? The translate on the producer page says it all: + Super-cute style iPhone Flash + Support USB2.0 compatible with USB1.1 and under + Windows: 98/98SE, Me/2000/XP, VISTA + No [...]