Blu-ray Association to The World: We Will Own You In Three Years
Apparently Sony and its cohorts are certain that they will own the market in just three years. At least, this is what Frank Simonis, the Blu-ray Disc Association’s European chairman, has said today at CeBIT: “Within three years it will just be Blu-ray” Frank is not only talking about beating HD DVD, but also replacing…
Pretec i-Disk RFID: Where Do You Hide Yours?
Pretec’s new i-Disk flash drive is 25 per cent smaller than a quarter, and can store up to 1GB of data. A combination of USB flashdisk and RFID technology in a waterproof case, the i-Disk is made using a semiconductor MCP process, and measures 45.7 x 12.2 x 2.2mm. It will primarily be marketed for…
Glowfiish X800: There’s a ‘Two-Eyes’ Joke in there Somewhere
But it’s up to you to make it, not me – the reason being that E-TEN’s latest Windows Mobile 6 smartphone has your usual two cameras. One is an auto-focus two megapixel version at the back for hi-quality snaps and vids, and a VGA camera on the front for video calling. The important thing, however,…
Garmin Launches Even More Nüvis [Verdict: I’ll Stick With TomTom, Thanks]
Following on from yesterday’s Garmin Nüvi 200, here come a trio of Nüvis (Nüvee? Nüvilots?): the 600, 650 and 660FM. The 600 and 660FM are aimed at the European market, the former being a regional version of the 650, the latter bringing an FM transmitter to the 660. https://gizmodo.com/garmin-announces-nuvi-200-series-gps-navigators-244389 So, let’s concentrate on the 650.…
ATI Radeon RV6xx Video Cards To Include HD Audio
You know you are in for a boring friday morning when you have to start a post with a PowerPoint slide. The news, however, is that ATI has announced at CeBIT’07 that they will include a HD Audio controller in their next video card generation, the RV6xx. The cards will be able to pass digital…
And On The First Day of CeBit, Philips Said, ‘Let There Be AmbiLight Everywhere’
You might think that taking the AmbiLight idea and applying it to speakers is a bit whack. Well, you’re wrong. Imagine having 16 million colors illuminating your computer corner, desk or batcave, responding to the sound and vision in your home. Under the AmBX name, these peripherals come in either 2.1 or 5.1 the speakers…