August 2, 2009 - August 8, 2009

VIA EPIA N700-10EWNano-ITX Board maintains absolute stability at temperatures ranging from -20°c to 70°c: VIA today announced the VIA EPIA N700-10EW Nano-ITX board, designed for industrial and embedded applications in environments with extreme temperatures. Guaranteed to maintain absolute stability at temperatures ranging from -20°c to 70°c, the fan less VIA EPIA N700-10EW can be employed in environments that traditionally inhibit x86 computing. The VIA EPIA N700-10EW is capable of maintaining system stability in extreme conditions because of the high quality components selected for its construction. Powered by a power-efficient 1GHz VIA Eden ULV processor and the latest VIA VX800 media system processor, the EPIA N700-10EW also boasts completely solid state capacitors.
More...; August 7, 2009 | Related Entries - Computing
British-built Honda Civic Type R will be exported to Japan: The British-built Civic Type R will be exported to Japan from next year. The acclaimed 3-door hot hatch, manufactured at Honda's factory in Swindon, England, is to be shipped to Japan where it will go on sale during 2010. The model will be called the Type R EURO, to distinguish it from the Japanese-market 4-door Civic Type R saloon, and will be sold in limited numbers.
More...; August 7, 2009 | Related Entries - Transport
Evolta Robot powered by two Evolta alkaline batteries creates a new Guinness World Record: Panasonic showed that its Evolta alkaline batteries are the best in the world on Thursday when a small robot car powered by two Evolta alkaline batteries completed five and a half laps at the Le Mans racing circuit in France in 24 hours. The robot covered a distance of 23.726 kilometers, certified by Guinness World Records as the longest distance traveled by a remote-controlled robot.
More...; August 7, 2009 | Related Entries - Robotic
Sharp Aquos DX Series with built-in Blu-ray Disc recorder offers 7X extended HD video recording: Sharp will introduce 13 new models (in 26V-, 32V-, 40V-, 46V-, and 52V-inch sizes) of the Aquos DX Series LCD TV with built-in Blu-ray Disc recorder. This second edition of the DX Series brings more advanced functions such as even better images and ease-of-use. The recording function is improved with the 7X extended HD video recording, which allows extended recording time while retaining the same exact full-HD quality as the original high-definition broadcast. Image quality has also been taken to a new level with the High-Picture-Quality Master Engine, as well as Clear Double Speed function for crisp, high-speed images.
More...; August 7, 2009 | Related Entries - Media Devices
eneloop neck warmer- keeps your necks warm during winter: Eneloop neck warmer from Sanyo is ideal for winter sports, such as skiing, as well as for commuting by bicycle or by motorcycle. To keep the neck warm, the warmer has a heating section which snugly wraps around the neck. One-size-fits-all design permits the outer cover to suit both men and women, and with its size-adjusting belt, the eneloop neck warmer can be adjusted to accommodate just about any neck size. The thermal section and the power supply unit are removable so that the outer cover can be easily hand-washed. As with the ‘eneloop portable solar’, the ‘eneloop mobile booster -KBC-L3A, is used for supplying power to the eneloop neck warmer.
More...; August 6, 2009 | Related Entries - Green Energy
eneloop portable solar-100% clean solar energy as the source of power for mobile devices: Equipped with Sanyo’s patented, highly efficient HIT solar cell, the portable solar device is ready to generate power from the sun anywhere. The eneloop portable solar provides 100% clean solar energy as the source of power for a number of mobile devices. With two types to choose from, eneloop portable solar can meet specific charging needs, offering both a single HIT solar panel type for simple charging needs and a twin HIT solar panel type with higher power generation capacity to provide more power when needed.To capture the energy converted from sunlight, the eneloop portable solar comes with an eneloop mobile booster -KBC-L3A which stores the energy to an internal lithium-ion battery via a USB power port. After approximately one hour of generating solar power under fair-weather conditions, the twin version of the eneloop portable solar -SSL-SBWL3AS can charge a USB-charge enabled cell phone enough to continuously talk for approx. 40 minutes. The single panel version of the eneloop portable solar, the same amount of generating time yields approximately 20 minutes of talk time on the cell phone.
More...; August 6, 2009 | Related Entries - Green Energy | Related Entries - Mobile Phones
BenQ E-Series LCD monitors E2220HD/ E2420HD deliver uncompromised picture quality for 1080p enjoyment: BenQ’s formal debut today of their new LCD monitor E Series- E2220HD and E2420HD – embody today’s Full HD era, both in specifications and styling, with class-leading connectivity, fusion aesthetics, and proprietary advantages consumers won’t find anywhere else. The BenQ E Series expectedly delivers uncompromised picture quality for 1080p enjoyment. BenQ’s next-generation Senseye 3 Technology optimizes contrast, clarity, color, and motion at the touch of a button for all multimedia and office display scenarios. Senseye 3 dramatically boosts image quality by expanding the color gamut beyond RGB (red, green, blue) to incorporate CYM (cyan, yellow, magenta). With a foundation of six colors instead of the conventional three, Senseye infuses images with breathtaking color vitality and depth. A 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 300-nit brightness, and blur-free response times (2ms GTG for E2420HD; 5ms for E2220HD) additionally underlie solid display performance. With a class-leading 11 connectors, the E Series enables consumers to enjoy hassle-free, seamless viewing without the interruption of unplugging and re-plugging cables. In fact, with two HDMI ports, four USB ports, D-Sub, DVI, and three audio connectors, users can keep an array of digital devices permanently plugged in simultaneously.
More...; August 6, 2009 | Related Entries - Computing
Sony Party-shot –camera dock automatically detects faces and adjusts composition to takes photos for you: Sony Party-shot personal photographer-IPT-DS1 is an innovative camera dock that pans 360 degrees and tilts 24 degrees, automatically detects faces, adjusts composition and takes photos for you. The Sony Party-shot camera accessory uses the camera's BIONZ image processor with its Face Detection and Smile Shutter features to take photos without the user needing to snap the shutter button. Compatible with the DSC-WX1 and DSC-TX1 Cyber-shot digital cameras, the Party-shot camera accessory is mountable on nearly any tripod, so you can set it up in a convenient location in your home, especially when you are entertaining.
More...; August 6, 2009 | Related Entries - Digital Cameras
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX1-Digital camera with Exmor R back illuminated CMOS sensor technology: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX1 camera is the first to employ Sony’s new Exmor R back illuminated CMOS sensor technology to improve shooting in low-light scenarios, enhancing image clarity and drastically reducing grain. To further extend low-light shooting performance, Sony Cyber-shot camera DSC-TX1 camera incorporate the hand-held twilight and anti-motion blur multi-shot modes introduced in Sony’s breakthrough Cyber-shot DSC-HX1. With its slim profile of just 16.5mm, the 10.2 mega-pixel TX1 offers streamlined, distinguished curves for a sophisticated look appealing to the fashion-oriented looking for great performance. With a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens, the Sony TX1 camera lets you focus as little as 0.4 inches from your subject for extraordinary close-up shots. The 4x telescopic zoom is perfect for capturing far-away subjects, and Sony’s Optical SteadyShot image stabilization helps overcome camera shake.
More...; August 6, 2009 | Related Entries - Digital Cameras
Sony DSC-WX1-World’s first digital camera with Exmor R back illuminated CMOS sensor technology: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX1 camera is the first to employ Sony’s new Exmor R back illuminated CMOS sensor technology to improve shooting in low-light scenarios, enhancing image clarity and drastically reducing grain. To further extend low-light shooting performance, Sony Cyber-shot camera DSC-WX1 camera incorporate the hand-held twilight and anti-motion blur multi-shot modes introduced in Sony’s breakthrough Cyber-shot DSC-HX1. The 10.2 mega-pixel WX1 camera has a 2.7-inch Clear Photo LCD Plus display and features a Sony G lens with an extraordinary wide angle 24-120mm 5x optical zoom. This lens’ f/2.4 maximum aperture offers nearly twice the light gathering capability of conventional lenses. Using Exmor R CMOS sensor’s high speed, the camera capture six separate images in less than a second and utilize Sony’s BIONZ processor to combine the shots into a single image of extraordinary detail and low noise. With HD video capability DSC-WX1 camera records HD movies in 720p high definition MPEG4 format for stunning large-screen home movie playback. You can record up to 29 minutes (or up to 2GB file size) in 720p format.
More...; August 6, 2009 | Related Entries - Digital Cameras
Facebook is world's 4th largest website: Social networking phenomenon Facebook has become the fourth largest website in the world. In June this year, Facebook attracted a total of 340 million unique visitors globally, trailing only Google, Microsoft and Yahoo sites. In fact Facebook grew 157 percent in the past year alone, gaining 208 million visitors. The social networking website Facebook passed Amazon in August last year in terms of worldwide unique visitors. In the first half of this year, it surged past eBay, AOL and Wikimedia Foundation sites.
More...; August 5, 2009 | Related Entries - Other Stuff
World’s No 3 chipmaker Elpida Memory posts $ 468 million loss in the April-June quarter: Struggling Japanese chipmaker Elpida Memory incurred a group net loss of 44.45 billion yen (468.36965 million U.S. dollars) in the April-June quarter, against a loss of 13.77 billion yen a year earlier. In the first quarter of fiscal 2009 ending next March, Elpida, a maker of dynamic random access memory chips used mainly in mobile phones and personal computers, said it booked a group operating loss of 42.31 billion yen on sales of 72.57 billion yen, down 33.6%.
More...; August 5, 2009 | Related Entries - Media Devices | Related Entries - Mobile Phones
NVIDIA Launches World’s First Interactive Ray Tracing Engine: Nvidia today introduced the NVIDIA OptiX ray tracing engine, part of a suite of application acceleration engines for software developers. Nvidia acceleration engines make it easy to incorporate valuable, high-performance capabilities into applications, while simultaneously reducing development time. As the world’s first interactive ray tracing engine to leverage the GPU, the NVIDIA OptiX engine is a programmable ray tracing pipeline enabling software developers to easily bring new levels of realism to their applications using traditional C programming.
More...; August 5, 2009 | Related Entries - Computing
Toshiba announces World’s first 64GB SDXC Memory Card with the World's fastest data transfer rate: Toshiba today announced the launch of the world's first 64GB SDXC Memory Card with the world's fastest data transfer rate. The new SDXC and SDHC Memory Cards are the world's first memory cards compliant with the SD Memory Card Standard Ver. 3.00, UHS104, which brings a new level of ultra-fast read and write speeds to NAND flash based memory cards: a maximum write speed of 35MB per second, and a read speed of 60MB per second. The specifications meet strong market demand for cards combining high level performance with increased data capacity, in order to support such applications as high speed continuous shooting for digital still cameras and high resolution video recording for digital camcorders, and high speed transfers of those data from/ to other media.
More...; August 4, 2009 | Related Entries - Digital Cameras
Aerojet and NEC to Explore Low Power Ion Propulsion Systems for Satellites: Aerojet and NEC will explore the feasibility of jointly supplying low power ion propulsion systems for the U.S. and Japanese aerospace markets. Ion propulsion systems can be used for geosynchronous satellite propulsion systems and deep space missions providing significant advantages over traditional chemical propulsion systems due to the higher fuel efficiency.
More...; August 4, 2009 | Related Entries - Other Stuff
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