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- Waiting in line for a Bill Gates keynotes speech is tough. Last year, they served us food and wine. This year, err, the budget was obviously cut back a few notches. When faced with a few hours' wait without any booze, Kat got resourceful, and nabbed France's most famous blogger, Loic Le Meur, for an impromptu video interview. |
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- There are a couple of companies out there in this plugged-in world which Tech Digest and Shiny Shiny would just like to raise their foot-long margaritas to, who've helped with kitting us out to the max, ensuring our laptops are as light as the free beer served at CES parties, and we won't turn an embarrassing shade of red when a Gizmodo buy walks past and spies us using a digital camera held together by duct tape. It was an emergency internal operation gone wrong after a seaside accident, I swear! A huge thanks goes out to these... |
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- The theory of relativity may have come super easy to Einstein and other brainy glasses wearing bods, but to us mere mortals it's all a bit hocus pocus really. I started reading the |
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- In case you missed this not insignificant piece of news, Microsoft has finally relented and are bringing the Zune over our side of the Atlantic. It's due to arrive in Spring, which is a full 18 months after it was launched in the US. |
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- There has been a slow yet persistent splurge of green announcements since CES kicked off, although, as Ashley commented over on Tech Digest, not nearly enough. Panasonic proudly kicked off its EMRM manufacturers' recycling campaign, pulling other giants like Sony on board. Although this is new to the US (and US-only), there are European initiatives like this already in place. Other than that it's been the smaller companies that are holding up the green end. Here's a quick run down of what we've heard on the eco-friendly front: |
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- Finally, a Sony product that we know is coming to the UK! The ?200 (That's alpha, not A, although it has been dubbed the A200) is the follow up to the popular ?100 camera. |
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- Amongst the announcements of phones, HD everything and bigger, better, brighter, there are also launches that are less sexy but a lot more useful. Such a one is Energizer's Energi To Go Portable Power for iPod. |
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- What do MP3 players need to progress to? Well, according to Sony, it's not increased storage, better battery life or a better screen. It's an MP3 player that rolls around the floor, dancing to the music and moving its parts. It seems so obvious now... |
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- Picture it: You've got a brand new swanky mobile which can play you the entirety of The Bourne Ultimatum. You settle down to watch it, and within five minutes you're cross-eyed with the effort of trying to see all the detail on the tiny screen. |
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- Enough said, no? And be patient, he builds up to the fun. |
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- A seduction scene involves certain things, without which the mood will irrevocably be ruined, and a bed made up for you on the couch. they involve alcohol, preferably top end champagne, high heels, somethin |
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- I'm currently on a no alcohol bender which means my house is currently spotless, I wake up in the mornings full of joie de viv |
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- Yep. those clever bods at Canon have been pretty busy this year, as while we were squirreling away mince pies and mulled wine like it was going out of fashion, they were gearing up to make some of the most exciting announcements of the year. The humble camcorder no longer need be the domain of aspiring auteur's or people who can decipher ISO settings in their sleep, it's been simplified and styled |
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- It's always a pleasure when a company encourages us to embrace our curves. In this instance, it's Alienware bringing on the 2880 x 900 resolution ultimate gaming monitor. It's the equivalent of a couple of WXGA+ monitors glued side by side and is bound to be a more immersive experience with better peripheral vision. It's available in the second half the year (and fear not, the pixellation in the video is YouTube compression-related, not indicative of the actual quality). |
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- Bill Gates can always be relied upon to be self-deprecating and surprisingly charming at his keynotes, and this year for his final bow he went all out, calling in favours from plenty of his celeb mates for this video, a look at what his last day at Microsoft might be like... |
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- If you'd have told me that today I'd be posting a picture of Matthew McConaughey playing personal trainer to Bill Gates, I wouldn't have believed you. But here it is! Apparently, when he steps down from the Microsoft later in the year, Gates will be filling his time rapping with Jay-Z, auditioning for Spielberg movies and persuading George Clooney to play him in a movie, as well as buffing up with Matt. All this stuff is from a skit played as part of Gates' final CES keynote speech, which I have to say was miles better than last year's subdued, celeb free offering. This time we had Slash playing Guitar Hero... |
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- More news from the press conference in the form of some rather odd looking home theatre PCs. They're a fairly unique squashed cyclinder shape and offer built-in DVR functionality capable of recording up to 50 hours of HD TV programming, as well as in-built Blu-ray players. |
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- Feel a bit silly having an old fashioned CRT telly, when all your mates have got thin LCDs? Well, it's only going to get worse I'm afraid. And LCD owners? Your time in the spotlight is over. |
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- Sony launched the Milo 2 today, not that we've seen the first one over in the UK yet... That aside, it's billed as a 'personal communicator' which has a QWERTY keypad as well as a touchscreen. |
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- Following the success of their Swarovski USB pendants and headphones, Philips are now producing a black crystal version of the headphones and black and lilac USB pendant versions. And make no mistake, these things must have sold for them to extend the range. |
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- Phew! You know how you all wanted to know lots about phones when we asked you about your interest in CES? And all we've been talking about all day is HD? Well, for those who have kept the faith, a reward in the form of some new announcements from Sony Ericsson. |
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- Pioneer has developed an enthusiastically multitasking navigation and entertainment system that will allow voice control of iPods and Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones. |
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- Even if HD DVD has made a shock exit from the arena, there's no harm in announcing a dual player and, indeed, that's what Samsung has done. It's designed for those who are new to the whole HD world and in an Honoree for the CES 2008 Innovation Award. The BD-UP5500 is a fully functional Blu-ray player, including Bonus View in a sleek, slim cabinet, also offering HD DVD playback. |
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- Three new models have been added to Samsung's L-Series point and shoot range of digital cameras. Two 8.1 megapixel models, the L110 and the L100 join the 10.1 megapixel L210 in its debut. All three have a 3x optical zoom lens and a 2. |
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- Susi and I sat down to chat about our morning's press conference activities and what we thought of the new product ranges and announcements. If you just want an overview of what's around without reading every story and liveblog (though we'll bring you those too), watch on. |
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- If you're in the market for a camcorder in 2008, Panasonic is determined to draw you in. Two new "active" SD models - including one that's waterproof - join two full high definition models and four that are a mixture of hybrid SD/HDD, DVD and miniDV. |
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- Panasonic has debuted slim DVD home cinema systems this year, with three new models packing iPod docks, wireless rear speakers, five-disc DVD changers and easy input. On top of that there's a wireless model, the SC-BT100, which has an integrated Blu-ray player. Today was, for obvious reasons, a great day for Panasonic to affirm its Blu-ray support. |
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- Panasonic has now extended the brand name Viera to encompass all its Plasma and LCD TVs, and has added extended the LCD line to five models, adding a new 37" screen Full HD model. In addition there is an extensive new range of Plasma full HD TVs. |
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- Summary: Panasonic is all about the HD this year, with Viera and developments on last year's Living in High Definition project dominating the announcements. A slew of new announcements includes Viera TVs, camcorders, a Blu-ray home theatre, Lumix cameras and more has come out of this, but there's apparently more to come tomorrow. |
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- Toshiba may have had some bad news this week, but that didn't stop them from getting excited about their new TVs. Five series' of new tellies were put on show at the press conference, all LCD (which apparently now makes up 84% of the market when it comes to flat screen TVs - at least Tosh backed the winner in one format war, eh?). Ranging from $429 to over $3000, there's supposedly a telly for everyone, all in shiny black high gloss (black is the new black when it comes to tech, apparently). I'll warn you there's a lot of jargon under the cut, but if you want to know more about some of the many new HD tellies to be launched at CES, all the info is coming up... |
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- So Warner Bros are backing Blu-ray in the high definition format war, and the HD DVD press conference at CES has been cancelled. It's no surprise then that press packed into the Toshiba press conference this morning to hear what they have to say about the supposed 'death' of HD-DVD. Toshiba CEO Akio Ozaka took to the stage first to explain he was "suprised by Warner Bros' announcement" but it was Jodi Sally, VP of marketing for the Digital A/V department, who really had to mop up the mess and once again let us know that this is not the end for HD DVD. We got it all on video... |
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- JVC's Everio range of hard disk camcorders has been given a colourful makeover for 2008, as well as a few tweaks including a touch-sensitive scroll bar. The four new colours are |
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- After disappointing quite a few with an underwhelming mobile TV announcement, LG did attempt to cheer up the CES-goers with a cameo from Mark Levinson and the launch of a range of new LCD and Plasma TVs. |
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- You had to be up bright and early to get into LG's 8am press conference this morning, but according to Tech Digest's Kat Hannaford, it wasn't worth it. Half an hour of build-up created a general feeling of expectation that some amazing Bluray player might be announced, or that there might be a response to the HD DVD announcements of the last couple of days. |
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- No hablamos solamente del desmoronamiento de las instituciones obsoletas, incapaces de dar respuesta a este ritmo y dirección de hechos, sino también del desmoronamiento de nuestras ya inútiles creencias y hábitos operativos. No hablamos entonces solo de creencias, ilusiones o abstracciones intelectuales superficiales y relativas, sino de dolor, hambrunas, enfermedades y muerte. El año terminó y comenzó con la atención colectiva centrada en el frustrado intercambio humanitario de rehenes. Frustrado momentáneamente, porque si bien las circunstancias políticas no permitieron su concreción, sí dejaron claro que avanzar hacia la unión sudamericana implica ir desanudando en todos los pueblos las situaciones que heredamos del pasado, y que cualquier posible acuerdo ha de ser en términos de creciente democracia. Porque resultaría una broma de mal gusto seguir hablando de unidad entre gobiernos que reprimen y explotan a sus pueblos. |
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- Author: YY Subject: Looking for a proxomitronPosted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:37 pm (GMT 0) I'm looking for a proxomitron so I can play Online games, but I don't have administor's authority. |
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- Toshiba has been demonstrating a concept design for a new ultramobile PC. It doesn’t actually have a name, and we shouldn’t refer to it as a UMPC because it could end up using Windows, Linux or something else altogether, but we have to concede it’s one of the most promising designs we’ |
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- I am trying to modify an existing page. It allows me to make the edits, but when I look at the page in print preview the old text is there. I'm not sure how to get to the old text since it's not showing when I'm in normal view. |
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- georgia.gov - Troup County |
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- The 1st problem is WMP11 failing to play .WMA or WMV files in Full Mode. The canned posts zachd has supplied everywhere does not fix the problem for most people. THIS IS A WMP11 PROBLEM!!! It is not an Intel graphics problem, or a Codec problem, or some other vendor's problem. |
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