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Archive for March, 2009

OCZ Gets Official With 10.1-inch DIY Neutrino Netbook

Posted by Tech Guy on March - 31 - 2009

We know what you’re thinking — another day, another netbook, right? Not quite. OCZ Technology’s Neutrino, which we caught napping at CeBIT earlier this month, just got official. Weighing in at 2.86 pounds, the DIY netbook arrives with a 10.1-inch 1,024 x 600 LED-backlit display, Intel’s 945GSE chipset, a 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor, twin stereo  [ Read More ]

Categories: Hardware

Details are starting to come into focus on some of the finer points of Windows Mobile 6.5‘s launch later this year after February‘s announcement at MWC, and if you had to boil the news down to just two words, they’d be “pretty” and “support.” As “pretty” goes, it’s been announced that Microsoft has partnered up  [ Read More ]

Categories: Mobile Phone

Dell Finally Adds 720p LCD Option To Inspiron Mini 10

Posted by Tech Guy on March - 31 - 2009

So far as we can tell, Dell’s Inspiron Mini 10 was supposed to have a 720p screen option from day one, but after the ridiculously weird launch, we’re not at all shocked to see that said selection is just now being offered. Starting right about now, prospective Mini 10 buyers can upgrade that stock 1,024  [ Read More ]

Categories: Hardware

Sony: ‘No Plans’ For A PS3 Price Cut

Posted by Tech Guy on March - 31 - 2009

That PlayStation 3 price drop rumored to be coming tomorrow? Not happening, according to Sony. In a statement given to Joystiq, SCEA public relations manager Al De Leon says, “we do not have plans for a PS3 price drop, and any rumors to that effect are false and are the result of speculation.” Although we  [ Read More ]

Categories: Gaming

8 Bit Computer Now Available For All Your Homebrewing Needs

Posted by Tech Guy on March - 31 - 2009

The above 8 bit computer — which is intended as an educational tool in emerging markets, and has been available in China and India for a while now — is finally for sale here in the good old US of A. This hackable little package boasts a 1Mhz 6502 chip, and comes with a keyboard,  [ Read More ]

Categories: Gadgets-Gizmos

Motorola Evoke QA4 Gets Official

Posted by Tech Guy on March - 31 - 2009

We first caught sight of this one back in February, and again earlier this month courtesy of the FCC, but it looks like Motorola’s QA4 has now finally gotten fully official and, well, there it is. Now formally dubbed the Motorola Evoke QA4, this one packs a decently-sized 2.8-inch WQVGA touchscreen, along with quad-band CDMA  [ Read More ]

Categories: Mobile Phone

NVIDIA Revs Up Pro Graphics Lineup

Posted by Tech Guy on March - 31 - 2009

Squabbles with Intel aside, NVIDIA‘s engineers have been keeping busy, and the company’s got a whole slew of new high-powered workstation graphics chips to talk about this morning, along with new SLI virtualization support. The new gear ranges from the Quadro NVS 295, which’ll drive two 30-inch displays for under $100, all the way up  [ Read More ]

Categories: Hardware

Take it for what it’s worth, but Smarthouse has it on authority that Sony Computer Entertainment is gearing up to make a worldwide announcement tomorrow, and believe it or not, it could involve the PlayStation 3. Analysts (and patient consumers) have been anticipating a PS3 price drop ever since, oh, December 26th of last year,  [ Read More ]

Categories: Gaming

Asus Makes optical-endowed Eee PC 1004DN Official

Posted by Tech Guy on March - 31 - 2009

What’s that, didn’t trust last week’s DigiTimes rumory confirmation of the new 1004DN addition to the Eee PC family? Rest easy, as Asus has come forward and made the first optical-offering Eee officially official. The machine packs a Super-Multi DVD writer, what looks to be the same pinkie-friendly chiclet keyboard as the 1000HE, a 1.66GHz  [ Read More ]

Categories: Hardware

Skype App Coming To iPhone On Tuesday, Blackberry in May

Posted by Tech Guy on March - 31 - 2009

It’s legit; Skype is coming to the iPhone on Tuesday, BlackBerry devices in May. While we’ve seen plenty of Skype-capable apps on the iPhone, the poor, often echo-infected calls should be easily bested by the official Skype App that doesn’t need the extra audio transcoding workaround required by the existing crop of unofficial apps. The  [ Read More ]

Categories: Mobile Phone