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If you think that your company’s color projector is small, think again. Nippon Signal Co Ltd. recently paraded a SVGA (800 x 600 pixels) compact color projector which measures roughly the size of a standard cigarette box. Despite the diminutive size, it is still able to throw some respectable images and does not compromise on quality. There is not much detail concerning the contrast level and brightness, but it ought to be enough for a presentation in a small, dark room. I wonder what’s the battery life like on something so tiny - must it be powered by an adapter at all times, or is there an internal rechargeable battery?
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August 1st, 2008
Digitimes suggests that NVIDIA is likely to abandon its chipset business, because there’s a lack of support from motherboard partners (Foxconn, Gigabyte and DFI are allegedly on the list), especially for the 790i chipset:
As the story is told, Nvidia called a meeting earlier this week with its motherboard partners to gauge support for it continuing to develop chipsets in the future. The motherboard makers’ response? Silence. (Digitimes)
I’m having a hard time to believe that this is true, but who knows. Being a chipset manufacturer also helps NVIDIA’s GPU business. Think about it without the chipset business, the company would never have had deals like the first Xbox and could not pull off SLI as we know it. This would be a shocker, and obviously that would debunk any Apple/NVIDIA chipset deal. Officially, NVIDIA denies leaving this business and says that this is a “complete fabrication”. I would tend to agree with the latter version. The chipset business represents hundreds of millions of dollars and was profitable the last time I checked. If the problems were real, the company would fix them, but I just can’t picture NVIDIA saying “it’s too hard to build, we give up”.
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August 1st, 2008
I spotted an article with a catchy title: it’s 2018: who owns the cloud? Where the author asks this interesting question and develops the idea that “providing cloud consumers with a spectacular user experience” is critical and that Apple does it better than anybody (well on the “cloud” side of things, this is really open to discussion…). Well, of course, users always need to be served with a spectacular experience. That’s true for any product from printers to computers to networked applications. The “cloud computing” business is split in two: those who run the servers (infrastructure level) and platform and those who build the services (application level). Typically, cloud companies aren’t very good at building apps and application companies aren’t so good building infrastructure (think: MobileMe drama). Web companies have to do both but usually stay close to their core strenghts, like “payments” for eBay and Amazon (that’s a “service”, btw). My guess is that the split will remain for the foreseeable future.
Even thought we say “the cloud”, we’re not talking about “one” cloud, but just about the concept that things are done remotely. If you use the cloud computing of a new startup, your “cloud” might be someone’s PC in a dorm room (slightly exagerated). Even in the next 5 to 10 years, the cloud computing industry will not consolidate to the point where there is one huge dominant player (infrastructure level). Cloud computing is mostly based on open standards, so moving from one provider to another one should be annoying but not too hard. Just like no ones “owns” web hosting today, no one will “own” cloud computing in 2018. The value is in the application, not the infrastructure.
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August 1st, 2008
Shelves are handy things to have in any home, as they offer additional storage space for you to keep your junk - er, memorabilia. Enter the giant LED clock shelf that not only houses your collection of books and toys, the space between these square “pigeon holes” are not wasted as they have been adorned with LED strips, lighting up in different combinations to form a digital clock when seen from afar.
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August 1st, 2008
How many notebooks do you know come equipped with Dolby Surround Sound? Well, the MSI EX310 is one of them, and MSI has positioned this notebook to target the movie-watching crowd thanks to the second generation Dolby Surround Sound for a more realistic movie watching experience. Features include :-
Integrated DTV receiver 13.3″ ACV widescreen displayMagnesium alloy casingATi HD3450 256MB 3D graphics card High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connectivityAI Array microphone2.0 megapixel webcamBluetooth 2.0+EDR connectivityFingerprint reader AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual-core processor
No idea on how much this puppy will cost though.
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August 1st, 2008
Here’s more skinny on the upcoming Lenovo netbook - it will be available in a couple of models, bearing 8.9″ and 10″ displays. Apart from the difference in screen size, both of them will be Intel Atom-powered, featuring LED backlit panels and a 160GB hard drive. Good to know that hard drives are being used instead of SSDs, as the latter would have surely driven the price out of the affordable netbook range. Word also has it these Lenovo offerings will come in four different colors, and we could possibly be looking at a price range that falls between $399 and $599. With so much competition in the marketplace, consumers win.
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August 1st, 2008
Wireless technology is here to stay, and it isn’t all just bad. A&D Medical will ride on the wireless trend and offer a trio of new devices such as a blood pressure monitor, a body weight scale, and an “activity monitor” (in all likelihood pedometer) that transfers stored information to your computer for further analysis via a USB flash drive.
A family of three products are being unveiled, including the Wireless Automatic Blood Pressure Monitor, Wireless Precision Scale, and Wireless Activity Monitor. Utilizing FitLinxx, Inc.’s proprietary wireless technology all of the Wellness Connected products will be linked to provide users a comprehensive picture of their wellness. A complete record of blood pressure, weight, and activity transmits to a user’s computer automatically, where custom software saves and charts daily progress. Consumers can also conveniently send data to Actihealth internet service for enhanced functionality, to access their personal wellness information from anywhere, and to share their progress with family, friends, support groups, and medical professionals.
Sounds like a pretty solid deal to me, having these machines check up on my well-being oh-so-often. Hopefully these won’t break the bank either, when available.
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August 1st, 2008
Do you happen to migrate all of your data to the microSD format? Well, most older memory card readers won’t support microSD/SDHC cards natively but require you to have an adapter instead, but PQI aims to ease that hassle with the PQI M722 two-in-one memory card reader that does microSD, microSDHC and M2 memory cards. It is tiny enough to double up as a cell phone dongle, and with many handsets these days relying on the microSD format, it is a no brainer to get one for yourself. No idea on the pricing, but it will come in black and red colors.
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August 1st, 2008
Things get even hotter with the Helios BBQ Grill, for one reason - it is solar powered. The idea isn’t new, but at least it presents the concept in a much more professional manner. The Helios Grill, in essence, will amplify the sun’s rays just enough so that you will be able to feed an army of hungry kids. I’d slap a healthy dose of sunblock on myself first before manning the grill though, since I’ll most probably have to stand there, flipping beef patties and burger buns all day long under the unforgiving scorching sun. Another thing you don’t have to worry about would be leaving a larger carbon footprint behind at each summer cookout.
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August 1st, 2008
Isn’t this one of the more unique chairs you have come across in your life? Known as the @-space Media Chair from BeeB, it will definitely warrant a place in any decent living room, bringing a 19″ LCD display that can be folded downwards like a car visor, a 2.1 speaker system for hot stereo audio action, a wireless keyboard and mouse combo for you to play games seamlessly and integrated cables to hook up a computer to it. I would have loved to see some sort of handrails on the side as I might accidentally doze off while sitting in it, only to find myself on awakened by a nasty fall on the floor.
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