Kipnis Studio Standard - what $6 million can buy
The Kipnis Studio Standard home thetre show you what you can buy for $6 million. It seems there are no buyers for now. On the link below you can find more info. Source: http://www.engadget.com
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Guitar Rising - Guitar Hero with real guitar
The GameTank's game Guitar Rising allows you to use your real guitar to play it. The game itself accepts virtually all audio inputs - direct audio in, microphone, or 1/4-inch-to-USB adapter and allows you to play along with the catalogue with songs on beginner and expert difficulties. On the link below you can see a…
"Sport" Vii 2 video review
That's right - this is a video review of the long awaited Sport Vii (a.k.a. Vii 2) - the video console of your nightmares. On the link below is the review itself and we suggest you endure it to its very end where an unexpected twist awaits you. Source: http://www.engadget.com
Nintendo Patents Several Odd Uses for Nintendo Wii Controlle
Although the pictures can speak for themselves, I'll just say that an European branch of Nintendo has probably on crack for some time by now and is patenting different uses for Nintendo Wiimote. The most outstanding, for good or bad, are posted below. Source: techPowerUP!
Numonyx shipping phase-change memory samples
Дочуваме, че паметта базирана на преход между състоянията е супер специална и се надяваме скоро да можем да я видим реално, защото Numonyx (фирма, създадена от Intel и STMicroelectronics за производството на такава памет) в момента доставят прототипи с кодово име "Alverstone". Естествено, прогреса идва и с рекламата:…
H2GO RC ith fuel-cell: a panacea?
Ахилесовата пета на радиоуправляемите модели винаги е била батерията. Няколко часа зареждане за минути игра не са добър начин да изгубим свещените години на младостта си - за това имаме видео игрите. Но сега имаме H2GO автомобила, който се задвижва от водородни клетки. Доставя се с станция за презареждане с вода,…
Dynamic holographic displays: a couple decades late
Нека си признаем, последните 20 години холограмите не са се развили много. Абонаменти карти? Логота и етикети? Защита от софтуерно пиратство? Това не е виждането, което имаше научната фантастика. За късмет, няколко учени от Университетав Аризона се опитват да доведат технологията в настоящето с техния 3Д холограмен…
MacBook Air with SSD tests: no performance boost whatsoever
Бехме доста любопитни с какво ще се промени тъй или иначе посредствената производителност и живот на батерията на MacBook Air с използването на SSD. Оказа се, че отговорът е "почти нищо". Source: http://www.engadget.com
Sapphire Prepares WaterCooled Atomic Radeon HD 3870 X2
Sapphire are ready with their new Atomic WaterCooled Radeon HD 3870 X2 and will start shipping it after 11th February. This version of RV680 will be ultra overclocked although there is no information about its clock speeds yet. Let us remind you that CoolIT and DangerDen are already shipping Radeon HD 3870 X2 full…
Intel D5400XS Skulltrail hands-on
Check out what 8 processing cores are capable of in the hands-on of the new Intel D5400XS Skulltrail: Source: http://www.gamespot.com
Holocube: 3D holograms in desktop size
After years of promises, it looks like holograms gain up to speed, although their still limited use. Source: http://www.engadget.com
Spice Gun: "Are you hungry, punk?"
Well, it's not the Spice Weasel from Futurama, but surely uses the same concept. That's right, it is a spice gun - useful device with which you can coldheartedly shoot flavour to your food. To use it, just fill the barrel with your most deadlies spice and spin it to change ammo. Source: http://www.engadget.com
Knight Rider case mod
This complicated mod is Thomas Fan's doing.The front LEDs mimic the vehicle fron the homonymous movie and you can see a movie at the bottom link. Unfortunatelu, Thmoas didn't provide plans how to make your own Knight Rider mod, but concerning the theme, you probably would like to add your personal touch. Source:…
HYmini alternative power source
HYmini uses wind power to charge its internal battery, which on its side can be used to charge your gadgets. If there is no wind, you can use the optional solar panel or plug it in the outlet and charge it the old fashioned way. If you are interested, you can find the HYmini for $50, the optional solar panel for $25,…
Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 512MB Atomic
Sapphire decided they are not happy with the referent Radeon HD 3870 cooling and choose something different. Lets see how it is doing: Source: http://www.bit-tech.net
Nvidia taking over Ageia?
At shocking announcement yeasterday, Nvidia disclosed they signed a contract for take over with Ageia Technologies - the company that raised game physics awareness with their PhysX phisics controller in 2005. The price is not yeat disclosed. For more information: Source: http://www.bit-tech.net
Audio FX Pro 5+1 Gaming Headset
Designed by Ben Hack, Audio FX are USB headset, 5.1 channel surround, powerful bass, force feedback, TeamSpeak certificated. Now, lets see whether they are any good or are just empty promises. Source: http://www.bit-tech.net
Xbox 360 Elite laptop: Ben Hack strikes again
Ben Hack did it again! This time he has taken it to the limit, he is standing over the edge - that's right, this is the X360 Elite laptop! Source: http://www.engadget.com
Mod of the Month - January 2008
This time has come for our colleagues at http://www.bit-tech.net . Lets see what their modders have in the store for us: Source: http://www.bit-tech.net
BFGTech GeForce 8800 GTS OC 512MB
Another review of this video controller. Lets see whether the new year's price cuts make BFGTech GeForce 8800 GTS OC 512MB a more wise solution than it was the time it got released. Also you can enjoy a quick view of the new water-cooled solution.P> Source: http://www.bit-tech.net
8800GT G92, 8800GTS G92, the new masters of DirectX 10
We round up the best 7 high-end video controllers, found on our market at the moment to check what they are capable of. Whether NVIDIA's are "animals" and whether the Radeons are worthy adversaries? Answer to these questions, as well as some others concerning certain problems with the video controllers and also…
Real fake: PX-3600 gaming console
We are pretty sure that thousands of students in their moments of boredom drew such console in their notebooks, but that still doesn't mean it is a good idea. Source: http://www.engadget.com
Eazo desktop: ultra luxe at merely ultra price
Maybe you are swimming every night in your money? Well, then this ultra luxe X70 is the thing for you, "only" for $45.000. It features 3GHz Q9550 Core 2 Quad, dual NVIDIA 8800GTX, 4GB RAM, lighted liquid cooling, 10,000rpm 150GB и 7,200rpm 500GB hard drives, 7.1 sound, Vista Ultimate, all this packed in extremely…
DARPA finance Nanotube Anti-radiation Pill
Fear not my friends, the pill is being developed as we speak, son will come the time to use it! Whoever of you dreamed as a boy to live in the world of Fallout, now can sleep peacefully - at least RadAway will be available at every local drugstore. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded $540,000 for…
Pirates of the Burning Sea
Aarghh, matey, are yee be ready to pillage plunder and rape? Yee want to be a pirate like ours and live above the law? Then this new MMO may be the pearl for thee, alas, it faces the gruesome task to find a market niche and muster a pitiful existence before the haegemonia of WoW. Be the Pirates of the Burning Sea to…
Dell M1730 uilizes dual NVIDIA 8800M GTX
Dell may not be the first, but their 17" beast XPM M1730 deserves a warm wellcome in the NVIDIA 8800M GTX club. The two video controllers provide 49% gain in performance (3DMark06) over its predecessor, which had dual 8700M GT configuration. This places the laptop on par with the performance of many DX10 desktop rigs.…
R680: AMD ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
AMD just released their first truly high-end video controller after the Radeon X1950 XTX. Our colleagues from bit-tech put to test the Radeon HD 3870 X2 with six of the hottest games in the moment to check whether AMD are competitive again on the high-end market. Source: http://www.bit-tech.net
Everex's $399 CloudBook wannabEee: now February 15th
Everex's site has been updated with a new CloudBook ship date. The little 9-inch, Via-based laptop with 7-inch display, 30GB disk, and 5-hours battery is now expected to pop with a gOS Rocket on Walmart.com and ZaReason.com February 15th. A day earlier would have required a pink version which nobody wants... at least…
Danger Den almost ready with water block for HD 3870 X2
Water Cooling Experts - Danger Den, have shown a prototype of a new full cover water block designed to work on ATI Radeon HD3870 X2. The copper water block is a single slot R680 water cooling solution that will fit only ATI Radeon HD 3 series X2 video cards, currently only ATI Radeon HD3870 X2. It worths mentioning…
CoolIT announce HD3870 X2 water block
Right on the heals of AMD announcing the availability of the ATI Radeon HD 3870 earlier this month, CoolIT Systems debuts the third installment in the Reference Series line of liquid cooling systems designed to quietly and effectively cool Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. highly anticipated performance graphic cards, the…