19:43 03.01.2006
D-Link and Skype are joining forces in Internet calling. The two companies have announced their cooperative effort in developing the DPH-50U USB adapter which allows consumers to plug any regular home phone into your computer to make free VoIP phone calls using Skype. Here are just a few of the features you can expect from the...
"I pity fool who doesn't turn right in 400 feet!!!!" I must say, it sounds like an interesting idea, but I think that I'd get tired of it rather quickly after the initial charm wore off: If you already have an expensive navigation system in your car, you're already familiar with the generic woman's voice telling you to turn left at the next...
Joystiq.com has some information on the security measures employed in Microsoft's Xbox 360. If you're planning on hacking this console, it's going to be quite the chore: The flash is encrypted with a per-box key The key is stored inside the CPU The boot ROM is stored inside the CPU Also inside the CPU is a hypervisor...
This should be interesting. CNET has a dual-core desktop comparison pitting AMD's Athlon 64 X2 range against Intel's dual-core Pentium 4's. In the end, this wasn't even a competition. AMD simply dominated and swept all of the categories. OUCH! Could this be why Intel never...
The folks over at Samsung claim that they have developed the world's largest flexible LCD screen. The screen measures 7" diagonally and has a resolution of 640x480. The flexible transparent plastic used in the TFT-LCD may allow the screens to be used in clothing (we're in for it now!!!): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., announced...
Even though Sony's Blu-ray technology may inching ahead of HD-DVD in the race to crown the winner of the next generation DVD format, cost concerns are finally starting to sink in for disc/drive manufacturers: How much? No one can say for certain. But in at least one early test, according to a top manufacturing executive who asked to remain...
Microsoft plans on having available 300,000 Xbox 360 units available for the December 2nd launch in Europe. There's no word on what the product mix will be (base vs Premium): Industry analysts' estimates of 300,000 Xbox 360s available at launch "were not far removed from reality", said Chris Lewis, the Microsoft...
Laptop Logic has posted their 2005 Holiday Gift Guide for those of you shopping for the mobile professional. Since I only use a laptop computer, I wouldn't mind having these Bose Triport Headphones: The Bose Triport headphones employ three built in drivers in each ear port to cover low, middle, and high frequencies; thus the...
To go along with the GeForce Go 7300 information that we brought you yesterday, here are some benchmarks to go along with it. Since the article is no in English, I'll just link you right up with the benchmark numbers. ...
Well, I can't remember the last time that I used a floppy drive. With the rise of USB thumb drives, floppies have become pretty much useless to modern computers. Even with all of the newer technologies that have risenover the years to stomp it out of existence, floppy drives just won't go away: Originally designed by Sony, it...
"A three hour tour!!" Hardware Secrets has informed us that they have a write-up posted of their trip to Intel's Fab18 in Kiryat Gat, Israel: Intel has several facilities in Israel, including two chip factories. We had the chance to visit Fab18, located in Kiryat Gat, which manufactures Pentium 4 chips in 90 nm process and...
