Thursday, November 13, 2008

BlackBerry Curve 8900 Pallin' Around With FCC, Coming to US Early Next Year [BlackBerry]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/RzqHE40u6TY/blackberry-curve-8900-pallin-around-with-fcc-coming-to-us-early-next-year

Almost immediately after news of a release date and lovely little price on T-Mobile in Germany, RIM has let on a little info as to the new Curve's US release: it's imminent, and should come within Q1 of next year. RIM is just going through the motions with the FCC for now, but T-Mobile and AT&T are likely carriers for the neat little handset. Neither has formally staked their claim. [Gearlog via Engadget]


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Eye-Fi celebrates a year with 4GB Anniversary Edition SD card

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/eye-fi-celebrates-a-year-with-4gb-anniversary-edition-sd-card/

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Eye-Fi has been adding in some pretty swank extras of late for its current stable of wireless SD cards, but we're pretty sure you'll agree that we're due for some new hardware. Today, the outfit is taking the wraps off of a limited edition 4GB Anniversary Edition, which boasts double the capacity of its other cards and "improved memory speeds." Outside of that, there's really nothing too special about it, but those who've already been convinced can procure one right now for $129 at the firm's website or for $99 if you're a Costco member. Full release is after the break.

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Eye-Fi celebrates a year with 4GB Anniversary Edition SD card originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 reviewed on Engadget Mobile

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/sony-ericsson-xperia-x1-reviewed-on-engadget-mobile/

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Sony Ericsson's long-awaited XPERIA X1 is finally closing in on a US release, and Engadget Mobile has the low-down on the North America-bound X1a. Care to see how this hunk of sexy fared in real-world use? Do you love butterflies and magnetic fields? If you can honestly answer yes to any of the aforementioned questions, grab your reading glasses and head on over.

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 reviewed on Engadget Mobile originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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UMID's "super mini laptop" is small, shiny, super

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/umids-super-mini-laptop-is-small-shiny-super/

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Netbooks too big for you? MIDs too cramped? What you need is a super mini laptop from Korean company UMID, one of the sexiest entrants into what seems to be a burgeoning sub-netbook category (or subnet-books for the network admins out there). It weighs just 315 grams (a little over a half-pound) and, while exact dimensions weren't listed, seems to sit somewhere between Nintendo DS and Everun Note in terms of size (judge for yourself, more pics below). Inside it can pack a 1.33GHz Atom processor, 1GB of RAM, and up to 32GB of storage via SSD, meaning it can hold its own against the netbook hordes, and do so on the run thanks to WiBro, WiMAX, HSDPA, WiFi, and Bluetooth connectivity. It also has a 1.3 megapixel camera situated next to a 4.8-inch 1024 x 600 touchscreen and can be yours running XP, Vista, or Linux. Well, not yours, since we don't know when or where this thing will be appearing for sale first or, for that matter, how much it will cost when it does.

[Via jkkmobile]

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UMID's "super mini laptop" is small, shiny, super originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Cray supercomputer is world's fastest (that we're allowed to know about)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/cray-supercomputer-is-worlds-fastest-that-were-allowed-to-kno/

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Cray supercomputer is world's fastest (that we're allowed to know about)
Seattle-based Cray has been wowing us with massive, ridiculously fast supercomputers since the '70s, establishing a position for its machines high on every geek's most wanted list -- despite never publishing a Doom benchmark. In recent years the title of "world's fastest" supercomputer had been lost by the company, ping-ponging from Wako, Japan to Armonk, NY, but is now back in Cray's hands with the implementation of the XT Jaguar. It's comprised of over 45,000 quad-core Opteron processors, 362GBTB of memory, and has a 10PB (petabyte) storage array, able to perform calculations at a massive 1.64 petaflops. That's over one and a half quadrillion operations per second and more than 50 percent faster than IBM's previous heavyweight. Mind you, Cray is quick to point out that this is the fastest machine being used for non-classified research, a caveat that just makes us even more curious about what's keeping the Pentagon's server rooms warm and loud... and apparently orange.

Update: That should be 362 terabytes of memory, not mere gigabytes.

[Via UPI.com]

Cray supercomputer is world's fastest (that we're allowed to know about) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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