Archive for March, 2009

OCZ Gets Official With 10.1-inch DIY Neutrino Netbook

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 [...]

Microsoft Announces Windows Marketplace Partners, Tweaked Policies, Designer WinMo 6.5 Themes

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 [...]

Dell Finally Adds 720p LCD Option To Inspiron Mini 10

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 [...]

Sony: ‘No Plans’ For A PS3 Price Cut

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 [...]

8 Bit Computer Now Available For All Your Homebrewing Needs

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, [...]

Motorola Evoke QA4 Gets Official

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 [...]

NVIDIA Revs Up Pro Graphics Lineup

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 [...]

Global Sony Announcement Rumored For Tomorrow, Unicorns Practically A Lock

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, [...]

Asus Makes optical-endowed Eee PC 1004DN Official

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 [...]

Skype App Coming To iPhone On Tuesday, Blackberry in May

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 [...]