Eurocom lets loose Quad Core XEON-based D901C PHANTOM-X server laptop
Posted by on May 12, 2008
Filed under: Laptops
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Original post by Donald Melanson and software by Elliott Back
USB hub brings Japanese exit sign to your desktop
Posted by on May 12, 2008
Filed under: Peripherals
We love exit signs in Japan. They frame just about every door and hallway: guy with briefcase freaking out and bolting out an open door. This is clearly not the first USB hub in an unusual form factor, but Donya has fed our love for the panicky icon. Complete with ports on the little guy’s feet and briefcase, he’s available for about $10 or ¥999.
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Original post by Joshua Fruhlinger and software by Elliott Back
Man United manager inspired to carry on (AP)
Posted by on May 12, 2008
Move over, Sir Alex, and give someone else a chance. Aren’t 10 Champions League titles in 16 years enough? And, at age 66, aren’t your arms tired from lifting 21 trophies in 22 seasons at Old Trafford? Why not call it a day if Manchester United beats Chelsea in next week’s Champions League final? What a way to go out that would be.
Original post by Unknown and software by Elliott Back
Cambiasso out of season finale (AFP)
Posted by on May 12, 2008
Argentina midfielder Esteban Cambiasso is out of Inter Milan's final league match of the season against Parma on Sunday due to an ankle injury, Italian press reported on Monday.
Original post by Unknown and software by Elliott Back
jDome surrounds you with 180-degrees of gaming and public shame
Posted by on May 12, 2008
It’s a pretty obvious concept, really: take a semi-transparent dome and project an image on it. Then, stand in the middle and surround yourself with 180-degrees of gaming action. John Nilsson went and patented the concept and is now developing the jDome with an estimated cost of around $125-200. We have some serious reservations about this system, though. That $125-200 pre-order price tag doesn’t come with a projector and you’ll have to tweak your games’ field of view setting to work with the round shape of the dome. What’s more, the product assumes you’re going to spend your game time standing in front of a dome. Criticisms aside, you can buy a prototype for a bit more — $6,000 to be exact. Video of the jDome in action after the break.
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Original post by Joshua Fruhlinger and software by Elliott Back
Sparta president to manage club for final two games (AFP)
Posted by on May 12, 2008
Sparta Prague president Jozef Chovanec will have a double role to play for the remaining two games of the season as he takes over the manager's job left vacant by the resignation of Michal Bilek.
Original post by Unknown and software by Elliott Back
TDK intros SATA-compatible industrial SSD drives
Posted by on May 12, 2008
Filed under: Storage
It’s far from the first SATA-compatible SSD drive, but TDK seems to think its new GBDisk RS1 series drives will be just the ticket for some very particular users (though not likely you or us). Apparently designed specifically for industrial use, the drive uses single level cell NAND flash memory (as opposed to multi-level cell) and a GBDriver RS1 SATA controller, which TDK says will together help it maintain data reliability while standing up to frequent, high-speed data writing. You will have to make do with some fairly small storage capacities even by SSD standards, however, with the drives topping out at 16GB, all of which come in 2.5-inch drive enclosures. No word on prices just yet, but you can look for them to start rolling out this June.
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Original post by Donald Melanson and software by Elliott Back
Britain drops tax charges on overseas soccer teams (AP)
Posted by on May 12, 2008
In an effort to lure the 2011 Champions League final to Wembley, British officials said Monday that any overseas teams playing in that match would receive a tax exemption. Players from foreign teams are liable for taxes on earnings from bonuses and endorsements when they appear at events in Britain, such as Wednesday’s UEFA Cup final in Manchester between Scotland’s Rangers and Russia’s Zenit St.
Original post by Unknown and software by Elliott Back
Barcelona's Thuram wants to keep playing next year (AFP)
Posted by on May 12, 2008
Barcelona's French defender Lilian Thuram said Monday he wants to keep playing football next season even though his contract with the Spanish giants is not expected to be renewed when it expires at the end of June.
Original post by Unknown and software by Elliott Back
HandTalk glove speaks your hand gestures… we can see where this is headed
Posted by on May 12, 2008
Filed under: Wearables
Oooh, now we get it. HandTalk converts hand gestures like sign language into spoken words. Well, don’t we feel silly. The device was developed by a group of nerds at Carnegie Mellon, and can track finger and hand gestures with a vocabulary of 32 words in its existing v0.1 model. The signals are transmitted from the glove to a phone over Bluetooth, where the words are converted with text to speech software. Not bad for for a bunch of off-the-shelf components, but they could’ve scored double the nerd points by repurposing a Power Glove for this — gotta think big picture, people.
[Via talk2myShirt]
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Original post by Paul Miller and software by Elliott Back
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