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Friday, January 15, 2010

Clear releasing two new WiMAX modems with integrated VOIP functionality

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/clear-releasing-two-new-wimax-modems-with-integrated-voip-functi/

Clear releasing two new WiMAX modems with integrated VOIP functionality

We were recently lucky enough to experience Clear's WiMAX service in Las Vegas for a week and, after having 4G available whenever we wanted it, we were a little sad to go back to our 3G domiciles. For those who live every day in a WiMAX wonderland, Clear has a pair of new modems for you, both featuring built-in ATA compatibility meaning those signing up for Clear Voice VOIP can jack their phones straight in. The devices are the Gemtek Series G, available in Vegas, and the Motorola CPEi 725 Series M, available in Portland. Both are $80 up-front or $5 per month on lease, and neither are available where we are, so if you'll kindly excuse us we're going to go pout in the corner for a bit.

Clear releasing two new WiMAX modems with integrated VOIP functionality originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Thursday, January 14, 2010

This Tiny Core i7 Motherboard Could Almost Fit In Your Pocket [PCs]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/CWX3-jVZYmk/this-tiny-core-i7-motherboard-could-almost-fit-in-your-pocket

5 inches by 3.7 inches—that's the diminutive footprint of the fully loaded conga-BM57 Core i7 motherboard.

Despite its small stature, the conga-BM57 features an impressive spec list, including a 2.66 GHz Core i7, 8GB of RAM, integrated intel graphics, 5 PCI Express lanes, 8 USB 2.0 ports, 3 SATA, 1 EIDE and Gigabit Ethernet—plus support for dual displays over VGA, LVDS, HDMI, DisplayPort or SDVO.

The price and release date are still unknown, but at this size, it would make one heck of a HTPC that could double for some gaming. [SlashGear]

Magnetism! [Image Cache]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/4-2np-paZc4/magnetism

Science visualization doesn't get much awesomerer and old school than this, really. We should put a bunch of these together near the North Pole, to keep the Russians from stealing it. [Thanks David Keyes]

Best Buy lets out the WiDi-enabled Sony Vaio S a week early

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/best-buy-lets-out-the-widi-enabled-sony-vaio-s-a-week-early/

Looks like everyone who picked up the Push2TV a bit early can finally put the adapter to good use. We received a handful of tips that certain Best Buys were selling their Intel Wireless Display-compatible "Blue Label 2.0" laptops a bit early -- nowhere near us, unfortunately -- and now comes pictorial proof from the forums of Notebook Review. This 13.3-inch Sony Vaio S was allegedly caught wearing a $1,049.99 sticker and housing a 2.26MHz Core i5 with integrated graphics -- no NVIDIA GPU here, and we gotta figure that's hurting the displayed Windows Experience Rating. The official launch of the Best Buy-customized Vaio S is next week, along with a number of other WiDi-enabled laptops.

Best Buy lets out the WiDi-enabled Sony Vaio S a week early originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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ATI Radeon HD 5670 brings DirectX 11 and Eyefinity to the budget-minded market

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/ati-radeon-hd-5670-brings-directx-11-and-eyefinity-to-the-budget/

AMD and ATI have got yet another GPU contender under their sleeve, and this one's got quite a one-two punch. The Radeon HD 5670 can boast DirectX 11 and Eyefinity support are for a suggested price less than one Benjamin Franklin. The usual suspects have weighed in on the card, and while "solid value" that outperforms its analogous NVIDIA GeForce GT 240. That's not exactly an A+ grade, but we weren't expecting it to go toe-to-toe to its older brothers costing hundreds of dollars apiece. AnandTech also points out that some DX11-compliant games (e.g. Battleforge, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.) couldn't pull off manageable framerates. Hit up the source links for more thorough analysis, and after the break for the official presser. One last word of advice, as noted by TweakTown: make sure the model you pick up uses GDDR5 (instead of GDDR3), as it could make a world of difference.

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ATI Radeon HD 5670 brings DirectX 11 and Eyefinity to the budget-minded market originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Samsung announces 64GB moviNAND flash, 32GB microSD card

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/samsung-announces-64gb-movinand-flash-32gb-microsd-card/

It's been quite a while since Samsung announced the first actual memory device to result from its 30nm manufacturing process, but it's now back with an announcement for another pair of memory products that should both be hitting the market relatively soon. The larger of those is a new 64GB moviNAND embedded memory device, which joins the company's existing 32GB, 16GB, 8GB and 4GB options, and measures just 1.4mm thick while still packing 16 30nm-class 32Gb MLC NAND chips and a controller. That's joined by a new 32GB microSD card, which fully doubles the capacity of the highest capacity microSD cards currently on the market, and is apparently now being sampled by OEMs with mass production slated to begin sometime next month.

Samsung announces 64GB moviNAND flash, 32GB microSD card originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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570-Megapixel Digital Camera Is the Mother and the Father of All Cameras [Digital Cameras]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/8j50t3hClX4/570+megapixel-digital-camera-is-the-mother-and-the-father-of-all-cameras

Dark energy Peeping Toms rejoice, because Fermilab has created the gadget to catch it: A $35 million, car-sized digital camera, with 74 CCD sensors in it. It will take 570-megapixel photos of the Universe.

The resulting sensor is one meter in diameter, covering a 2.2-degree field of view. The images are so big that, even with an ultra-fast data recording system, each photo will take 17 seconds to acquire.

The camera won't photograph the dark energy itself, however. It will just provide with ultra-detailed shots of the cosmos—tracking 300 million galaxies over the course of five years—which may bring evidence about the existence of this veiled intergalactic power. Which is too bad, because I bet she looks sexy in her undies. [Dark Energy Survey via Wired]

Turn Your MacBook's Trackpad Into a Tablet With Inklet [Apple]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/tuQO_jjvKz8/turn-your-macbooks-trackpad-into-a-tablet-with-inklet

Apple tablet, schablet. Who needs a stand-alone tablet when you can turn your existing MacBook into one? Inklet is a cool program which lets you draw on your trackpad, turning your scribbles into Photoshop masterpieces.

To download, you'll need to give up $24.95 (though there's also a free demo that's worth checking out), and will obviously need a MacBook with multitouch, along with Snow Leopard. Inklet works best with a stylus, so better scratch around for your old DS one if you can. The familiar multitouch gestures work well with Inklet, so if you're at all art-inclined, the video below is worth checking out for a demo. [Inklet]

A Wooden Humidifier That Requires No Electricity [Humidifier]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/uf9cBy_9XG4/a-wooden-humidifier-that-requires-no-electricity

If you live in a place that is cold and dry right now, do yourself a favor and pick up a humidifier. This particular model from Japan definitely has an elegant "ancient tech" kind of charm.

Carved out of Japanese Cypress, the Mast Humidifier absorbs water from the hull and diffuses it through the air—along with the natural lemony-scent of the wood itself. Its rot resistant and, naturally, electricity free. Plus it's really nice looking. [Masuza via Spoon and Tamago via Mocoloco]

Congatec BM57 fits mobile Core i7 onto tiny mobo

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/congatec-bm57-fits-mobile-core-i7-onto-tiny-mobo/

Should you be lusting after some of that Core i7 oomph but have a distaste for the large thermal and physical footprint of desktops, you'll want to hear more from Congatec. A relative unknown hailing from Germany, the outfit has just announced its BM57 small form factor setup, which looks to be ideal for homebrew HTPC enthusiasts -- primarily because its i7-620M CPU is both powerful (up to 3.33GHz with Turbo Boost) and relatively easy to cool (35W TDP, including chip-integrated graphics). The kit is able to support up to 8GB of dual-channel DDR3, as well as drive two video outputs concurrently. Choices include HDMI, DisplayPort and VGA, leading to some tantalizingly versatile possibilities for the creative self-builder. Prices are not yet available, but the BM57 will be demonstrated at the International Gaming Expo in London at the end of this month.

Congatec BM57 fits mobile Core i7 onto tiny mobo originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Toshiba demonstrates 64GB SDXC, pledges spring release

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/toshiba-demonstrates-64gb-sdxc-pledges-spring-release/

Toshiba demonstrates 64GB SDXC, pledges spring release

We've known since August that Toshiba was working to rule the roost when it came to voluminous and speedy SDXC storage, and at CES it took the time to beat its chest again, indicating that its new 64GB SDXC cards have started shipping in samples, putting them on a crash-course with card slots sometime this spring. The 64GB cards offer 60MB/s reads and 35MB/s writes, which should be enough to keep up with the Jonses, and the company's upcoming 32 and 16GB SDHC should be dropping about the same time. Toshiba is claiming this is the world's first 64GB model, but we're only interested in retail releases, and Panasonic and its February-bound offering might have something to say about who gets there first. The race is on.

Toshiba demonstrates 64GB SDXC, pledges spring release originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Panasonic's new AVCHD camcorders put that SDXC memory to good use

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/panasonics-new-avchd-camcorders-put-that-sdxc-memory-to-good-us/

So, you've sold a few kidneys and got yourself one of those fancy new 64GB SDXC cards. What do you put it in? Well, how about one of these new HDC-series camcorders from Panasonic? Just launched in Japan, the three cameras shoot 1080i HD with 25x optical zoom, optical image stabilization and 2.7-inch flip-out LCDs. The big difference between the AVCHD shooters is the onboard storage, with 96GB of flash in the HDC-TM70, 64GB in the HDC-TM60, and a 160GB HDD in the HDC-HS60. Of course, who needs internal storage when you've got 64GB in your SD card and a terrible, well-compensated empty feeling in your gut? No word on price for this trio, but they should be out in Japan later next month.

Panasonic's new AVCHD camcorders put that SDXC memory to good use originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Intel's 40GB SSD quietly starts shipping

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/intels-40gb-ssd/

Smaller sized / smaller priced SSD boot drives are a pretty attractive proposition for someone wanting to boost performance on a budget. Kingston's 40GB SSDnow, for instance, was particularly well received at Engadget HQ recently, and now Intel's on the scene with its new X25-V Value line. With a 35MB/s write speed (as reported by Listed First) and a 65 / 110 microsecond read / write latency this isn't the fastest solid state drive out there -- in fact, at $130 (New Egg) it's a couple bucks more expensive than Kingston's faster alternative. But who knows? Maybe they'll slash prices, or one will fall off a truck in front of you. Stranger things have happened.

Intel's 40GB SSD quietly starts shipping originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Elgato's EyeTV One sticks to ATSC, leaves analog out in the cold

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/13/elgatos-eyetv-one-sticks-to-atsc-leaves-analog-out-in-the-cold/

Looking to catch some of those OTA HDTV signals that your local affiliate is beaming through your brain of late? Well, Elgato's EyeTV One would like to show your PC or Mac how, but you'd better not get any wild ideas about plugging into some of your old analog sources like cable or your VCR. Just don't. The EyeTV One is billed as a cheaper, stripped-down alternative to the EyeTV Hybrid, and at around $100 (on certain online retailers) it's about $30 cheaper. Is erasing your sordid past with analog technologies worth saving $30 to you? Do you really want to spend five hours tonight adjusting your OTA antenna to catch CSI: The Real Housewives of Jersey Shore in HD? So many questions that need answering.

Elgato's EyeTV One sticks to ATSC, leaves analog out in the cold originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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