All the stories tagged with: Computers

Creative Live! Cam Voice

05/23/2006, Creative’s Live! Cam Voice comes with its revolutionary Directional Live! Audio Technology for great sounding voice without the unwanted hisses and occasional pops. It uses an advanced CMOS sensor and a high-quality ultra-wide angle lens that takes brilliant 1.3-megapixel videos [...]

MIT unveils working prototype of $100 laptop

05/23/2006, Thankfully, pictures of the MIT’s $100 laptop under the One Laptop Per Child program show that the infamous crank has disappeared. This working prototype shows that this noble vision is beginning to bear fruit. This laptop aims to increase the [...]

WinHEC showcases SideShow peripherals

05/23/2006, Microsoft’s SideShow technology enables notebooks to display essential information in a secondary display regardless of the notebook’s status – imagine viewing schedules, phone numbers, and addresses without powering your notebook. This platform can be extended to other peripherals like keyboards, [...]

Microsoft, Lenovo tie-up to develop prepaid notebook

05/23/2006, We have prepaid phone lines, but what do you think of a prepaid notebook? It looks like Microsoft and Lenovo have collaborated to develop a notebook that costs around half the normal price. To use it, you have got to [...]

Samsung unveils Q1 and Q30 UMPCs

05/23/2006, Samsung has released the world’s first PCs embedded with 32GB NAND flash-based solid state disk (SSD) with the introduction of the Q1 and Q30 UMPC. Both models will be available in Korea this June. Looks like NAND flash has taken [...]

Waterproof keyboard from Lenovo

05/22/2006, First we have waterproof cellphones, and now waterproof keyboards? Lenovo showcased a waterproof keyboard that is compatible with any PC workstation, and this bodes well for those who have a tendency of knocking over their cups whenever elbows are in [...]

Toshiba Portege M500 notebook

05/22/2006, Working professionals who are in the market for a new notebook ought to take a look at the new Portege M500 from Toshiba. Toshiba has included the Intel Core Duo processor T2400 (1.83GHz) as the heart of this 12.1″ sub-notebook, [...]

Skype Flash phone sports PMP functions

05/22/2006, I guess its only a matter of time before somebody decided to incorporate personal media player functionalities into Skype Flash phones. These new breed of Skype Flash phones come with a 65k color display and supports MP3, WMA, WAV, ASF, [...]

Sony Vaio range receives Blu-ray burners

05/21/2006, Sony has released a notebook and a desktop that feature Blu-ray drives – the Vaio Type A notebook comes with a Blu-ray burner, a HDMI port, a 17″ screen, a Core Duo T2500 processor, 200GB of HDD space, and a [...]

Jiristech closer to releasing JPC1000 webcam

05/21/2006, Jiristech has made leaps and bounds in developing the JPC1000 biometric-capable webcam, pushing it closer than ever to a release. When it becomes commercialized one day, we might not even need to remember those pesky passwords required to access a [...]

Sony Vaio UX UMPC exposed

05/21/2006, If you’re a proud owner of Sony’s Vaio UX UMPC, would the thought of tearing it apart to see the technology behind this mini marvel cross your mind? Well, satisfy your curiousity with Sony’s effort of dismantling the Vaio UX [...]

IOGEAR USB VoIP Skype Calling Kit

05/21/2006, IOGEAR’s $69.95 USB VoIP Skype Calling Kit is an out-of-the-box solution for those who want to create a true landline telephone environment via transforming their desktops and notebooks into a VoIP phone system. Already taking the business and corporate world [...]

Lenovo 3000 V100 sub-notebook

05/21/2006, Lenovo’s new sub-notebook, the Lenovo 3000 V100 confounds us all with its liberal use of numbers in the product name. Thankfully, the specifications are not that cryptic, featuring a 12.1″ WXGA widescreen (1200 x 800 resolution) and will be available [...]

Market forces Dell to use AMD Processors

05/19/2006, After years of rumors, Dell is finally using AMD’s processors in a small segment of their offering. While it is true that the number of units shipped will be small the processors will be used in two of the most [...]