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Honda Begins Sales of New Compact Minivan: the Freed

Honda will begin sales of a new compact minivan, named the Freed, in Japan on May 30, 2008. This new model fuses an easy-to-use and spacious cabin with stylish design.Honda developed Minivan Freed with the goal of creating a minivan that is comfortable and easy-to-use for every passenger and that offers new value by enabling customers to fully and freely utilize this vehicle in activities that meet individual lifestyles ranging from daily transportation to leisure time trips.

Moreover, for the first time in a registration-class Honda vehicle, wheelchair-accessible models are offered in addition to versions with a side lift-up seat and passenger lift-up seat.

May 29, 2008 | Related Entries - Transport

VIA launches 64-bit VIA Nano Processor Family

VIA today announced the new VIA Nano processor family based on the VIA Isaiah Architecture. The first 64-bit, superscalar, speculative out-of-order processors in VIA's x86 platform portfolio, VIA Nano processors have been specifically designed to revitalize traditional desktop and notebook PC markets, delivering truly optimized performance for the most demanding computing, entertainment and connectivity applications, including Blu-ray Disc HD video playback and the latest PC games, such as Crysis.

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May 29, 2008 | Related Entries - Computing

Samsung Soulb with astonishing state-of-the-art design

Samsung announced the launch of Soulb, “Sprit of Ultra” (Soul) in bar form factor. By containing all the merits of Soul DNA, Soulb outstands from all of the other bar type handsets available in market today, setting a brand new standard for bar handset category. An embedded 3-megapixel camera with Power LED, office document viewer and editor, full speed internet browser and Bluetooth v.2.0 will fully support convenience users need without compromising style. Quality entertainment features such as music player, video editor and recorder and FM radio with RDS are also embedded within Soulb. 1GB internal memory and microSD slot provides sufficient space for users to store all the music and pictures they love.

May 29, 2008 | Related Entries - Mobile Phones

Nintendo and McDonald's to test data service using DS game consoles in Japan

Nintendo will test the "Nintendo Spot" service, which delivers data to the "Nintendo DS" portable game console using its wireless communications (Wi-Fi) capability, in public locations in Japan. Nintendo will conduct the test at certain McDonald's restaurants as well as Tsukuba Express stations and on the train.The test will take place at 21 restaurants in Setagaya and Suginami Wards, Tokyo. At those McDonald's restaurants, Nintendo DS users can browse McDonald's Japan products designed for the DS and various campaign information on McDonald's Website and download trial versions of DS software titles as well. The proprietary "Nintendo Spot Viewer" browser software is required to use the service. Nintendo Spot Viewer will be distributed for free at McDonald's restaurants using DS Wi-Fi capability.

May 29, 2008 | Related Entries - Other Stuff

BenQ T850 Worlds slimmest 8-mega-pixel digital camera

BenQ announced today the launch of the world’s slimmest 8-mega-pixel digital camera, the intelligent BenQ T850.The BenQ T850 digital camera is the most intuitive touch screen digital camera on the market today, with 1600 ISO, 3x optical zoom and smc PENTAX lens. Sleek and compact at 14.9mm thick, the BenQT850’s chic stainless steel casing (available in black or red) reflects the minimalist operating ease of the camera. Exceptional efficiency and user-friendliness are made possible by the highly intuitive photo taking and photo editing functions, which center around smartly organized circular touch buttons on the 3” TFT LCD screen. Almost all camera functions can be accessed and engaged by using one of three simple finger movements: tap, circle and swipe.

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May 29, 2008 | Related Entries - Digital Cameras

Asus P5N72-T Premium motherboard with energy saving

In order to cater to users who require a high-performance motherboard that still saves energy, Asus, worldwide leader in motherboard production, has released the Asus P5N72-T Premium motherboard. Equipped with the Asus exclusive EPU technology for astounding energy savings, this high performance motherboard supports enhanced specifications of the front side bus and memory – able to reach an FSB of 1600MHz (O.C.) (originally 1333MHz) and 1200MHz(O.C.) for memory (originally 1066MHz). Press Release After The Jump

May 29, 2008 | Related Entries - Computing

Kuchofuku Suzukaze air conditioned seat cushion

Kuchofuku has developed Suzukaze air conditioned seat cushion as its newest product. Kuchofuku located in Japan is famous for developing air conditioned clothing that uses almost no energy. Humans generate sweat to regulate body temperature, and the new air conditioned cushion uses this inherent body temperature regulation function and the minimal amount of energy necessary to power a fan in order to provide the ideal cooling level for humans. When the small fan built into the cushion rotates, over 170 liters of air per minute is sent into the cushion, thus dissipating the heat and moisture accumulated around the buttocks.

May 28, 2008 | Related Entries - Other Stuff

LaCie 4X d2 Blu-ray Drive

LaCie has doubled burn speeds to 4X for it d2 Blu-ray Drive and has updated the aluminum alloy case and software suite. The drive records, rewrites and reads 25 gigabytes (GB) or 50GB BD-R (recordable) and BD-RE (rewritable), as well as DVD±RW DL and CD±RW. The LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive come fully equipped with Roxio burning software and dual FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 interfaces.

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May 28, 2008 | Related Entries - Computing

Sharp to showcase innovative stand-alone photovoltaic power systems at African Fair 2008

Sharp will showcase its stand-alone photovoltaic power systems at African Fair 2008 to be held in conjunction with the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV). Stand-alone photovoltaic power systems represent a state-of-the-art technology that uses only the energy from sunlight to enable the use of TVs and lights in areas where electricity from utility power grids is typically unavailable. These systems work by storing surplus power accumulated while electricity is generated during the day, and enabling this stored daytime power to be used at night.

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May 28, 2008 | Related Entries - Other Stuff

Super Talent Launches Worlds fastest 1GB DDR3 for Next Generation Laptops

Super Talent today announced immediate availability of DDR3 SO-DIMMs. Super Talent’s new 1GB DDR3-1333 SO-DIMM supports transfer rates up to 10,664 MB/sec. That equates to 66% higher bandwidth than DDR2-800 SO-DIMMs, making this the world’s fastest production DDR3 SO-DIMM. In addition to the faster speed, DDR3 SO-DIMMs require only 1.5V, compared to 1.8V for DDR2, resulting in power savings of up to 20% and less heat output.

May 28, 2008 | Related Entries - Computing

Planex USB audio adapter PL-US35AP

The planex USB audio adapter allows you to enjoy crystal clear music and voice chatting when connected to your PC/laptop USB port. The adapter with built in headphone and microphone input system is less susceptible to the noise inside the computer. Also it has its own volume control and microphone input on/off button.

May 28, 2008 | Related Entries - Computing

Thanko 4GB Solar MP4 Player

Thanko Solar MP4 player comes with an innovative idea of integrating solar panels onto MP4 player so that you won’t run out of juice anytime anywhere. The 4 GB MP4 player with 220 × 176 pixels LCD has excellent display quality for most of the picture format. Other features include built in FM radio, mono speaker (10mw x 10mw (320hw)), voice recorder and built in games. The included software allows you to convert AVI / RM / MPG / VOB / DAT / RMVB files to video format. The player supports MP3/WMA/WAV formats.

The biggest feature of Thanko 4GB Solar MP4 player is the built in solar panels. The solar panels can be pulled out from the body for better charging. On a sunny day (120000 lux) one hour charging will last for 15 minutes of video viewing and 35 minutes of music. The player can be charged via USB and mains. It takes about 5 hours to charge fully via USB mains.

May 28, 2008 | Related Entries - MP3

Samsung develops new cost-effective back light unit for LCD televisions

Samsung Electro-Mechanics has developed a new cost-effective back light unit (BLU) to be used in production of liquid-crystal display televisions. The new BLU, produced using Samsung’s own fluorescent technology, reduces the number of light-emitting diodes used by 35 percent, effectively cutting the production cost by 50 percent compared to other BLUs.

May 28, 2008 | Related Entries - Media Devices

Nissan Li-Ion powered forklift concept to debut at CeMAT 2008

Nissan Forklift will debut its first Li-Ion powered forklift concept model at the CeMAT 2008 logistics exhibition, to be held at Hannover from May 27 -31.The electric-powered forklift employs advanced Li-Ion battery technology developed by Automotive Energy Supply Corporation, a joint-venture between Nissan Motor Co. and NEC Corporation and NEC TOKIN Corporation. This technology was presented at the Frankfurt Motor Show in the Nissan concept car “Mixim”. The technology is also featured in the PIVO 2 concept car. Nissan has committed to introduce a pure electric vehicle in the U.S. and Japan in 2010 and then to mass-market electric vehicles to consumers globally in 2012.

May 28, 2008 | Related Entries - Transport

Motorcycle Simulator to help improve road safety and bike design

A unique motorcycle simulator has been developed by British researchers to help improve road safety and bike design. The Triumph motorbike is mounted on an interactive moving platform which is linked to driving simulation software. This projects different scenarios onto huge screens in front of and behind of the motorcyclist, which creates a realistic experience. The simulator will be able to replicate different weather conditions, traffic and hazards and will also feature a rear road view projector that is viewable through the bike's mirrors.

May 28, 2008 | Related Entries - Transport