Technosence

Alpha TV Love

2008-11-01T00:49:00.000-07:00

Alpha is a TV set composed of two slender elements joint by a frame in chrome tube within which the special wirings are pulsing. A choice which comes from the rejection of the assumed bidimensionality of common LCD screens, always supported by a cumbersome pedestal, and which focuses on a new layout with the capability of containing the space required by electronics and DVD player. Price: unknown.

Turntable Rega Planar 78

2008-11-01T00:48:00.002-07:00

Known for its tonearms, Rega makes a fine range of turntables including the Planar 78 — a mono turntable that only plays old-old-old-school 78s. The highest care has gone into the design, which uses Rega’s ultra-low-vibration state-of-the-art rigid-mounted motor assembly. The platter is metallised, giving good mass and accuracy. Price: £224 - £3,850 excluding arm.

Retro Sixties Radio

2008-11-01T00:48:00.001-07:00

A sexy green “Sixties” AM/FM-radio, with a nostalgic style, power LED indicator and adaptor jack (3 x AA batteries not included) which is also available in pink.

PieLamp + Bookshelf

2008-11-01T00:47:00.001-07:00

Pretty colorful and unusual design solution — for a lamp and a bookshelf. Price: unknown.

Computer and Coffee On The Go

2008-11-01T00:46:00.000-07:00

The Yuno PC is a new personal computer concept designed to help you get the most out of your morning without holding you back or constraining you to a desktop PC. Everyone has their own routine, what they read, watch, listen to, and of course drink. The Yuno PC mug incorporates all the important morning alerts such as weather, time, traffic, stocks, and more on its touchscreen display. You can also display your own images as a screensaver if you just want to relax. It lets you enjoy the morning the way you deserve to, stress free and highly caffeinated.

Deco Lounger

2008-11-01T00:45:00.001-07:00

Fortress Seating’s stylish Deco Lounger loveseat splits in two. Supersized at 72 inches wide and 60 inches deep, the Deco Lounger can be pushed together to accommodate one loving couple or one sprawling TV viewer—or split into two parts for those times when you want a little more personal space.

Nokia Prism

2008-11-01T00:44:00.001-07:00

Nokia Prism is a mobile phone adorned with bold geometric patterns, beveled surfaces and vibrant color accents. Price: $250.

On/Off Mug

2008-11-01T00:43:00.000-07:00

“At plain sight On/Off Mug is a standard black mug as they come a dime a dozen and in big white letters it say OFF. Nothing fancy, but once you add the hot beverage of your choice, the mug changes color and is turning white and in big black letters it states: ON. Dishwasher safe of course!”

Drink Selector Mug

2008-11-01T00:42:00.000-07:00

Drink Selector Mug allows you to define your preferences just on your mug. Twist rings to reveal your choice of drink and your milk and sugar preferences. Among available options: Decaf, Mocha, Tea, Latte, Cappuccino, Herb Tea, Hot Chocolate, plus various further options to get your morning drink just the way you like it. Price: $23.99.

PieLamp + Bookshelf

2008-11-01T00:41:00.001-07:00

Pretty colorful and unusual design solution — for a lamp and a bookshelf. Price: unknown.

Logitech Di-Novo Mini & Di-Novo Edge

2008-11-01T00:39:00.002-07:00

“All you long-time diNovo loving fans can take heart — Logitech’s finally given a major overhaul to our favorite ultraslim, tactile, stylie keyboard and mouse. The new diNovo Edge (which runs on Bluetooth, of course) finally fixes some of the long standing issues we’ve had with the keyboard, including having an integrated battery (plus dock / charging cradle, much like Logitech’s mice have long since had — a single charge should supposedly last two months), light-up function keys that show which key mode you’re in.”

BTC Dual Monitor 150 DS

2008-11-01T00:39:00.001-07:00

BTC 150 DS is a dual monitor both of which is flexible enough to change its position according to your needs. Price: unknown.

Tik-Tak Clock

2008-11-01T00:38:00.002-07:00

Tik-Tak Clock: “I wanted to express time differently – with a decorative impact as well as a practical function. The powder coated shades of grey give depth to the piece, whilst the red second hand emphasises time’s continual movement.” Price: £89.00 [via Watchismo]

MX Air: Rechargeable Air Mouse

2008-11-01T00:38:00.001-07:00

MX Air: on your desk, advanced laser technology is supposed to provide you with precise tracking and instant response. In the air, innovative Freespace motion sensing transforms hand motions into responsive cursor controls.

KEF Muon Loudspeaker System

2008-11-01T00:37:00.001-07:00

KEF Muon loudspeaker is fabricated from super-formed aluminium, which uses a similar moulding process to vacuum forming. It uses malleable sheets of heated alluminium to achieve otherwise impossible shapes. Price: $150,000.

Lunch Bags

2008-11-01T00:36:00.002-07:00

The same oilcloth that covers your kitchen table can transport your children’s lunches — or your own — in leak-free style. These reusable lunch bags will cut back on waste since they can simply be washed with a damp sponge (oilcloth is not washing-machine safe). Use a single pattern for the whole bag, or cut out complementary patterns or solid colors for side panels. You can attach small Velcro tabs to hold the bags closed, or clip the tops with colorful wooden clothespins.

Sound Speaker System 500 XL

2008-11-01T00:36:00.001-07:00

500 XL is a pretty unusual loud speaker system. “Sometimes bigger IS really better, especially when it comes to sound. That’s why we took a puny pair of earbuds, put them in Fred’s highly technical Way Big machine, and created 500XL - it’s 500 times the size of the original! How great will these look on your desktop alongside your mp3 player or PC?” Price: unknown.

Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin iPod Speakers

2008-11-01T00:34:00.000-07:00

Zeppelin is an integrated iPod speaker system from Bowers & Wilkins. Zeppelin fills a room with stereo sound and deliver a pretty unique musical performance. Simple yet effective design. Detailed CNET review. Price: $599.

BeoLab 4 PC

2008-11-01T00:33:00.000-07:00

BeoLab 4 PC is a no-fuss version of the popular BeoLab 4, optimised to bring outstanding stereo sound to the desktop. All it takes is a mini-jack cable from your computer, portable music player or any other source with a headphone jack. Price: $990.

Laptop Hideaway

2008-11-01T00:32:00.000-07:00

Laptop Hideaway is made to sit on the floor next to your couch (or bed, chair, or desk). It keeps your laptop protected, easy to reach, and hidden away from view. Works with 15.4-inch laptops-both widescreen and standard. $49.99.

2008-10-31T13:27:00.000-07:00

2008-10-31T13:08:00.000-07:00

Like Apple, Intel Wants to Put the 'Internet in Your Pocket'

2008-10-28T21:25:00.000-07:00

A Lenovo Mobile Internet Device (MID) concept is based on Intel's new low-power Silverthorne processor. Image courtesy Intel

Borrowing a phrase that Apple CEO Steve Jobs used when introducing the iPhone last year, Intel wants to put the "internet in your pocket."

For Apple, that meant a top-down, years-long project to create the ultimate consumer fetish object, a project that was wrapped in secrecy and under the explicit control of Jobs at all times. Intel is taking a decidedly different approach: Create a new, ultra-low-power processor, wrap some specifications for a new PC platform around it, and promote the hell out of it so that manufacturers will be inspired to create devices based on Intel's technology.

This week at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Intel revealed more technical details about its new low-power processor, codenamed Silverthorne, which consumes between 0.6 to 2 watts of power (compared with 35 watts from Intel's Core 2 Duo, a popular desktop and laptop CPU). Intel also promises that the processors will "deliver 1-2 GHz of performance in a device that fits in your hand or pocket." When it's released in the second half of the year, Silverthorne will be the smallest processor the company has created in more than 15 years, according to Intel CTO Justin Rattner.

"Our thesis is that the internet is the killer app," says Pankaj Kedia, director of Ecosystem Programs in Intel's Mobile Internet Device (MID) group. "But today, there is no mobile device that you can say runs the same internet that you and I are used to on the PC. Our MID strategy, at its essence, is to make that real internet … available on mobile devices."

Intel's push into the ultramobile space fits rather nicely into the company's other mobile initiatives, such as its promotion of WiMax. Indeed, if chipmakers can be said to have annual themes, Intel has definitely selected ultramobility as its theme for 2008, going so far as to borrow Jobs' "internet in your pocket" catchphrase in its recent press materials and briefings. (Wired Magazine also used the phrase "put the net in your pocket" on the cover of the November 1999 issue.) Most recently, Intel CEO Paul Otellini demonstrated the company's vision of an always-connected future during his 2008 CES keynote, where a prototype MID was shown translating languages on the fly, reading menus in a foreign country and giving location-based directions.

The key part of Intel's plans with Silverthorne, as Kedia describes them, is to spur on the creation of these new ultraportable internet-ready devices. Rather than compete for market share among existing devices, the diminutive processor (and the "Menlow" platform it will become a part of) is meant to engender a new breed of devices with new capabilities. While the devices will ultimately vary in size and shape -- taking the form of tablets, smartphones, navigation units and ultramobile laptops -- the unifying theme around MIDs will be full internet access regardless of the device's primary function.

Still, Intel faces an uphill battle on several fronts. For one thing, Intel competitor ARM dominates the market for processors used in smartphones (the class of device that currently most resembles MIDs). ARM processors are used in the iPhone and in the Nintendo DS.

Complicating matters further, Intel's use of the MID acronym is not exactly calculated to whip up enthusiasm among consumers, who have already resoundingly rejected Intel's earlier ultramobile platform, the ultramobile PC (UMPC). The MID-like devices that already exist, such as Nokia's N810 internet tablet, are mostly high-price luxury items.

Intel hopes to combat consumer apathy with low prices. Unlike UMPCs, MIDs are supposed to be relatively inexpensive. Analysts confirm that Intel is more than capable of churning out the Silverthorne processors cheaply while still selling them at a sizable profit.

"Ultimately, what it boils down to is that Intel is looking at these devices as an extension of the PC market into an even lower-end segment," Mercury Research analyst Dean McCarron says.

The success of Asus' popular $400 Eee PC has made it clear that people will buy such devices if the price is right, McCarron says.

"When prices come down, unit sales go up," McCarron says. "All indications are that this trend is going to continue to develop," McCarron says … if the prices are right.

But others, like Yankee Group's Josh Martin, are skeptical about Intel's ability to succeed where so many others have failed -- even if it's using a new processor and a new acronym.

"The challenge for these devices is that at the end of the day they're still too small to be productive, too big to be ultraportable," Martin says of MIDs. "Ultimately, the smartphone inevitably overtakes that market," he says, because people would rather have an all-purpose device that does everything adequately than fill out their gadget portfolios with more specialized devices to meet specific needs.

"I just don't see a lot of demand in that market," Martin says.

Nokia N96

2008-08-06T23:21:00.000-07:00

Nokia’s has announced for the popular N95, the Nokia N96 is really features packed than ever before in an smart phone.

Nokia N96 just like the N95, the Nokia N96 is also a two-way slider. Slide the phone one way and you see a standard numeric keypad while if you slide it on the other side N96 comes up with media control keys.

It has the large 2.8″ 320 x 240 pixel display. Nokia N96 has a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash and Carl Zeiss lenses. Just below the the large screen to an enhance navigation, it includes a pad and control keys.

Nokia N96 comes with integrated aGPS (advanced GPS). Nokia improved the N96’s satellite navigation capabilities and they are now much better than the original N95.

Nokia N96 also includes the DVB-H digital TV receiver. This means that the N96 can be used to watch live broadcast TV over the air, if you have DVB-H coverage in your area.

Internal memory is a massive 16GB, expandable to 32GB using a microSD memory card. Nokia N96’s Multimedia capabilities are impressive. The Nokia N96 can play back MPEG-4, WMV9 (Windows Media), Flash Video and H.264 video, plus MP3, AAC and WMA audio types.

Apart from the Nokia N96 DVB-H receiver, and it also comes with a FM radio with RDS. The N95 has a standard 3.5mm jack plug for audio output plus TV output.

2008-07-08T08:07:00.000-07:00

Decisions, decisions. Who needs ’em? Why should you have to choose what to put on your iPod? With up to 160GB of storage, iPod classic lets you carry everything in your collection — up to 40,000 songs or up to 200 hours of video — everywhere you go. In a completely new, even thinner, all-metal design starting at $249, this iPod is a modern classic.

Aibo-Robot

2008-07-08T07:54:00.000-07:00

USB-Piano

2008-07-08T07:42:00.001-07:00

Now here is something that we are exceptionally proud of and know the musician in you is going to love. It is the USB Roll Up Piano and, quite frankly, it spares you the infeasible task of trying to slot a grand piano between your sofa and TV. First, load the software onto your PC. Next plug in your USB Roll Up Piano. And take your place at your chair (coat tail flick is optional). What follows is entirely up to the creative genius within you. You see, the USB Roll Up Piano lets you experiment with mixes, instruments, effects, rhythms, and beats in much the same way as an electric keyboard does. Which means you can create your own masterpieces - and email them to your friends - or play along to the pre-recorded songs.

When your performance is finished, simply roll up the keyboard, place it in your pocket, bag or drawer, bow to the gracious audience (engage imagination at this point so they appear in your head), and take your leave.

· Plugs into USB port on your PC
· Rolls up to a small size
· Simultaneous 49 key activation keyboard
· Record your masterpiece and e-mail to a friend
· Easy to store
· 8 percussion instruments and 128 non-percussion instruments
· 100 pre-recorded rhythms
· Tempo adjustment: (40 - 208 beats)
· Tone effects: (vibrato and portamento)
· Record/playback and program option
· Requires Windows 98 SE or above with soundcard and speakers

Lotus-Hot -Wheels-Car

2008-07-08T07:29:00.001-07:00

New+iPods

2008-05-12T19:09:00.000-07:00

iphone-iPod+Touch

2008-05-12T19:07:00.000-07:00

Iriver_B20-Device

2008-05-12T19:06:00.000-07:00

Crystal Hardware

2008-05-12T19:02:00.000-07:00

D-Note-dna500

2008-05-11T00:04:00.002-07:00

Curon-Qcox

2008-05-11T00:04:00.001-07:00

Asuse_Unleashes

2008-05-11T00:03:00.000-07:00

1-million-Dollar

2008-05-11T00:02:00.000-07:00

Ramos-Rm

2008-05-11T00:01:00.000-07:00

Morgan-Lifecar-Concept

2008-05-10T23:58:00.000-07:00

Toshiba-Porteges

2008-05-10T23:55:00.000-07:00

HP Pavilion

2008-05-10T23:54:00.000-07:00

SamSung Full HD LCD TV

2008-05-10T23:51:00.000-07:00

DS Car

2008-05-10T23:45:00.000-07:00

Prec_M90Ubuntu

2008-05-10T08:27:00.000-07:00

Nintendo Wii and DS Games stored for us in Q1 2009

2008-05-10T08:24:00.000-07:00

Getting more into us, Nintendo have just announced a list of games for the Wii and DS that are scheduled to be released in the first Quarter of 2009. Taking up the sales spot, it looks like that Nintendo also wanted a spotlight on its game releases.

Nintendo highlights POKÉMON PLATINUM as the highlight of the game line-up slated for a March 22nd launch across North America.

See more Nintendo Game releases for Q1 2009 below. This is still a partial list of the upcoming games for Wii and Nintendo DS. Note that game titles and launch dates are subject to change.

Here are the line-up for Wii:
Wii

Activision
Monsters vs. Aliens - March 24

Crave Entertainment
Monster Pals™ - March Solitaire & Mahjong - February Puzzle Challenges and More! - February Crayola Colorful World - March

D3Publisher
Onechanbara™ Bikini Zombie Slayers™ - February Coraline - January

Destineer
WordJong Party - January Battle Rage - February Cradle of Rome - February Cate West: The Vanishing Files - March Burger Island - March

Disney Interactive Studios
Disney Sing It: High School Musical 3: Senior Year - Winter DreamCatcher Play the World - March

Electronic Arts
NASCAR® Kart Racing - Feb. 10 SimAnimals™ - Jan. 27 TRIVIAL PURSUIT - Early spring

Hudson Entertainment
FISHING MASTER WORLD TOUR - Jan. 6 Marble Saga Kororinpa™ - Spring

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
DanceDanceRevolution® Disney Grooves - March

Majesco Entertainment
Escape the Museum - January Major Minor's Majestic March - March

Marvelous Entertainment USA
Little King's Story - Feb. 17 Rune Factory: Frontier - March

Mastiff
Deer Drive™ - Jan. 20

NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.
We Ski™ and Snowboard - March

Nintendo
New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis™ - March New Play Control! Pikmin™ - March

Sega
The House of The Dead: Overkill™ - February SONIC™ and the Black Knight - March MADWORLD™ - March

Southpeak Interactive
Roogoo Twisted Towers™ - Feb. 17 Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball™ - March 17 Brave: A Warrior's Tale™ - Feb. 17

THQ
Paws & Claws Pet Resort - Jan. 5 Neighborhood Games - Jan. 5

Ubisoft
Tenchu™: Shadow Assassins - February Broken Sword™: Shadows of the Templars (Director's Cut) - March

XS Games
Super PickUps™ - Q1

Here are the line-up for DS:

Nintendo DS

Activision
Monsters vs. Aliens - March 24 Pimp My Ride 2™ - March 24 Animal Planet™ - March 10

Atlus U.S.A., Inc.
My World, My Way™ - Feb. 3 Legacy of Ys™: Books I & II - Feb. 10 Trackmania™ DS - March 17

Crave Entertainment
Monster Pals ™ - March D3Publisher of America Puzzle Quest™: Galactrix™ - Q1 Coraline - January

Destineer
USA TODAY Puzzle Craze - January DinoPets - March

Disney Interactive Studios
Phineas and Ferb - Winter
DreamCatcher Inkheart - January Learn Math - January Drivers' Ed Portable - January Monster Band - January Zoo Quest - February My Personal Diary - February Music Star: Pop Star - February Paint by DS - March Matchstick - March Dreamer: Top Model - March Sarah - Keeper of the Unicorn - March Learn Chess - March Dragon Master - April

Electronic Arts
Zubo™ - March
Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure™ - Q1 SimAnimals™ - Jan. 27

Empire Interactive
Jagged Alliance - Feb. 17

Gameloft
American Popstar - Road to Celebrity - March 9

Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero™ - Q1 Suikoden Tierkreis - Q1 Little Magician's Magic Adventure™ - Q1

Majesco Entertainment
WonderWorld Amusement Park™ - January Powerbike - January Our House™ - Q1 Hot 'n' Cold - March

Marvelous Entertainment USA
Avalon Code - February Flower, Sun, and Rain - March

Mastiff
Moon™ - Jan. 13

MumboJumbo
Chicken Hunter Star Karts - March 10

Nintendo
Personal Trainer™: Math - Jan. 12 Fire Emblem™: Shadow Dragon - Feb. 16 Pokémon™ Platinum version - March 22

ROCKSTAR GAMES
Grand Theft Auto™: Chinatown Wars - Winter

Southpeak Interactive
Big Bang Mini® - Jan. 6 Roogoo Attack™ - Feb. 17 Brave: Shaman's Challenge™ - Feb. 17

Square Enix, Inc.
FINAL FANTASY® CRYSTAL CHRONICLES®: Echoes of Time™ - Spring

THE GAME FACTORY
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES™ - Jan. 19

THQ
Paws & Claws Pampered Pets - Jan. 5

TOMY Corporation
My DoItAll™ - February

Ubisoft
Jake Power Fireman - January Jake Power Policeman - January Imagine™ Cheerleader - February JoJo's Fashion Show - February Petz® Horseshoe Ranch - February Imagine™ Family Doctor - February Imagine™ Ice Champions - March Jake Power Handyman - March My Fashion Studio Paris Collection - Feb. 17 American Popstar - Road to Celebrity - March 24 Broken Sword™: Shadows of the Templars (Director's Cut) - March

XSEED Games
Retro Game Challenge

Notable titles include the enhanced New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis and New Play Control! Pikmin for Wii, and Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, Personal Trainer: Math and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for Nintendo DS. Be more excited, they are few more months away to play!

circle PC

2008-05-10T08:16:00.000-07:00

The tried-and-true circle PC is back, this time with even more potent hardware under the hood to keep your media churnin'. First up is the VGX-TP1D, which features a white motif, 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo T8100 processor, 2GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive, GeForce 8400M GT graphics card, integrated WiFi, a dual-layer DVD writer and HDMI / VGA outs. The black VGX-TP1DQ / B steps it up by including a 500GB hard drive and a Blu-ray burner to boot. Both units also boast four USB 2.0 ports, 4-pin FireWire, a multicard reader, TV tuner and a wireless keyboard. Look for each to land in just over a fortnight (in Japan) for ¥150,000 ($1,392) / ¥200,000 ($1,856), respectively.

Are you excited for a Microsoft Zune Phone at CES

2008-05-10T08:12:00.000-07:00

A rumor circulating this week says Microsoft will unveil a Zune phone at CES 2009. Most columnists and bloggers who mentioned it said Microsoft should not build a Zune phone, but probably will.

When the Zune-phone-at-CES rumor hit, bloggers and pundits speculated that the company would target Apple, which people think created a phone based on the iPod. Commentators initially imagined a phone that looks and works like one of the larger hard-disk-based Zunes, but with cell phone functionality.

That idea fizzled when Brian Seitz, Microsoft Zune group manager, told Gizmodo that no Zune phone will be unveiled at CES. Now the rumor-monger consensus is that Microsoft will instead unveil a project code-named "Pink," which is software that puts Zune functionality on a Windows Mobile device, including the playing of media and easy access to the Zune Marketplace.

Another popular idea is that Microsoft will unveil a Danger Sidekick device at CES that's all Pinked out and sold as a music phone. Either way, the addition of Zune-like software to existing phones doesn't add up to a bona fide Zune phone.

If you’re an Apple lover are you excited if Zune Phone will arrive?

XVT Series

2008-05-10T08:11:00.000-07:00

f VIZIO's brand new XVT Series is a bit rich for your blood, how's about a pair of plasmas for under eight bones? Yep, the 32-inch VP322 and 42-inch VP422 -- which were announced at CES at $689 and $999, respectively -- are now available in Wal-Mart locations across America, and they're selling for even less than that. Right now, those longing to hop in the HDTV game without breaking the bank can secure the VP322 for just $599, while the VP422 will set you back just $799. Both sets possess a 30,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 720p panel, 3 HDMI sockets (along with component / VGA) and a built-in ATSC digital tuner with ClearQAM support. Not too shabby for the price, wouldn't you agree?

HP Mini-Note 2133

2008-05-10T08:07:00.000-07:00

Not particularly thrilled with the performance of your HP Mini-Note 2133? If you're vigorously shaking your head up and down as that render chugs along in the background, take a listen at this. The folks over at HP 2133 Guide took the time to benchmark their Vista / XP systems and then apply VIA's recently released drivers for the CN896 chipset and Chrome9 integrated graphics. Not surprisingly, they found the update totally worthwhile. Based on pure numerical changes, there's not a lot to phone home about, but critics did note that "video playback was improved quite a bit on each OS," and that YouTube / Hulu vids were actually watchable post-update. Not a lot of downside to upgrading, so head on over and see what the new drivers have in store for you.

Surely you remember Veronica Belmont posing with the MyVu Crystal / Shades at CES earlier this year? Yeah, the former unit is finally available to order for the three people in attendance who care, and better still, a recent review by PC World asserts that this thing actually isn't a half bad travel companion. Imagery was said to be "crystal-clear" (har) and battery life was more than reasonable, but look, even the reviewer admitted that he "wouldn't be caught walking down the street" with 'em on. Purchase accordingly.

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