Mouse and keyboard from Dell

Dell has a ways to go before it can match, say, Microsoft’s peripheral acumen — or the considerable buzz being generated by Blue Track at the moment. That said, the computer giant looks to have a couple new ones in the pipeline, and that’s always a treat for the folks too poor or lazy to replace their pre-bundled keyboard and mouse. The keyboard’s short-throw keys will be a love it or hate it affair, but the media keys seem nice enough, while the mouse offers sensitivity-denoting LEDs and some laser tech underneath to match those smooth, predictable contours. No word on a ship date, but look for these to show up in your new Dell boxes before long.

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Water Cube-inspired cell phone from Beijing Olympics

With the next Olympics event four years away, you can expect gadget makers to keep capitalizing on the excitement over this year’s happenings. This Water Cube-inspired cell phone makes a good example.

The cell phone’s design mimicks the Water Cube’s unique “soap bubbles” that were used to light up the aquatics center. Featuring a 2.4-inch LCD screen, MP3- and video-playing capabilities and a “dual high-definition camera,” this looks like a promising cell phone, but I’d exercise extreme caution buying any gadget straight from China — since, oh, you know, the country is notorious for using technology to spy on its citizens.

Nonetheless, it’s an aesthetically interesting phone devoted to the Olympics — much more interesting than Samsung’s boring-as-reading-Moby-Dick Blackjack II, which was the “official” Olympics phone.

Water Cube-inspired cell phone from Beijing Olympics: [via] – [source]

Logitech Illuminated Keyboard makes typing easy

The new Logitech Illuminated Keyboard makes typing easy – even in the dark. To optimize existing backlight technology, Logitech combined microlens reflectors, a multilayer painting process and laser etching – creating a backlight experience that is brighter, sharper and easier to read. Whether you’re typing an e-mail or chatting with a friend, the adjustable backlight gives you just the right amount of light.

The Logitech Illuminated Keyboard features the Logitech PerfectStroke key system, which provides a typing experience that’s comfortable, fluid and silent. PerfectStroke is designed to create longer key travel – 3.2 mm compared to 2.2 mm – than that of typical notebook keyboards.
With its transparent frame, the ultra-thin Illuminated Keyboard (.37 inches or 9.3 mm from base to frame) adds an elegant touch to any desk. Balancing form and function, the keyboard offers a full-size key layout (including a number pad), soft-touch palm rest and a full row of F-keys, as well as media- and volume-control keys for instant command of your entertainment. The Logitech Illuminated Keyboard is expected to be available in the U.S. and Europe in October for a suggested retail price of $79.99.

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Gorillapod Go-Go is very useful for all your gadgets

The Gorillapod started life as a small, flexible camera tripod. The jointed legs can be wrenched into just about any shape, from a simple three-legged stand to a tree branch hugging clamp.

But the folks at Joby, the maker of Gorillapod, have gone one better. The new Gorillapod Go-Go is a stand for all your other gadgets. It can still be used with a small camera, but – as the above photo from Chicago Sun Times writer Andy Ihnatko shows – the Go-Go is pretty damned useful for anything.

There are a few ways to join your gizmos to the Go-Go in long, happy matrimony. First, a mini tripod adapter which screws into a standard bush-mount, best for use with your camera. Second, there is a suction cup. If your first-gen iPhone doesn’t have too many scratches on the back, this is the one to use. Third, and slightly more permanent, is the sticky pad which glues right on to the target device.

The Gorillapod Go-Go wil cost $35 and comes with a selection of four adapters. That’s a small price for a device which performs its tasks and lets you play Facehugger from Alien.

Gorillapod Go-Go is very useful for all your gadgets: [via] – [source]

Samsung X360 – a laptop that weights only 1.27kg

The battle among gadget-makers has been intense over the past decade or so. However, we have come across very few instances when a brand goes head-on with another, especially in the marketing aspect. Samsung’s positioning for the X360 is a case in point. The product, apparently, has now taken the crown for the “lightest laptop,” at 1.27 kg. Samsung is making no bones about the fact that the X360 will be an Apple MacBook Air killer, which weighs 1.36kg, with a slogan that says “Lighter than Air.” However, the company has stopped short of claiming the “thinnest” tag as well. Released specs of the notebook include a 13.3inch SuperBright LED-backlit LCD, Intel Centrino 2 ULV processor (800 MHz front side bus), RAM support from 1GB to 4GB (DDR3 at 1066MHz), fingerprint reader for biometric security and most interestingly, a nano-silver ion particle treatment for the keyboard to keep bacteria at bay.

Wireless connectivity is enabled through 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.0 & EDR, as well as a wired LAN port. With a 7-in-1 memory card reader and 1.3MP webcam to boot, we have reasons to believe the X360 may after all give the Air a run for its money. Let’s wait and see.

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Rubik’s wireless subwoofer

The Elac MicroSub 2010 BT uses Bluetooth to stream music from any enabled device, and you can also connect directly with an RC jack. The subwoofer has four amplifiers and provides a 2.1 sound-system optimized for music reproduction.

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Adam and Jamie are showing us the difference in rendering graphics between CPU and GPU

Mythbusters is such a great show beacuse Adam, Jamie and their assistants, Kary, Grant, and Tory are achieving extraordinary thinghs. I wonder if there exist a myth that they couldn’t try it.
Every week Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman use modern-day science for three myths to show us what’s real and what’s fiction. They demonstrate if those myths are scientifically possible even they are meeting dificulties.

In this movie they show us the difference in rendering graphics between CPU and GPU. The Graphics Peocessor Unit is able to perform many instructions in paralel unlike a CPU that performs one instructions at once.

It was a great demonstration acomplished by mythbusters.
Their comic way of presenting the shows are making us curious about the content of those shows.

Flexible Motorola Z10 doesn’t deserve 500$

Though it’s billed as a “pocket-sized mobile studio,” this 4-ounce, platinum-trimmed phone is certainly no substitute for even a mediocre mini-camcorder (Exhibit A: the Flip Mino). So why drop $500 on the Z10 when you can get a 5MP camphone (Exhibit B: the Nokia N82) that shoots crisper stills and comparable vids? Beats us. Maybe it’s the intuitive editing suite: the Z10’s storyboard feature let us cut together a montage of clips and pics with cinematic fades, circle dissolves, music and title cards in less than 10 minutes. Unfortunately, the OS wasn’t nearly as user-friendly. We literally had to break out the instruction manual just to send a Bluetooth pic (no joke).

Had Motorola spent even half as much time making the software as innovative as its break-away hardware, the Z10 would have wowed us. But with its lacking OS and underwhelming camera, the phone didn’t feel ready for primetime.

Flexible Motorola Z10 doesn’t deserve 500$: [via]

Old fashion wireless microphone

If you have a thing for retro design you’re going to love this USB microphone. It features of course a retro inspired microphone. Which yes is a little more bulky than it needs to be, but it’s worth it to get the overall retro look. It uses radio-frequency identification, so you can move about the room with it as long as you’re within three meters. As you’re wandering you won’t have to worry about tripping over any wires, you can make a fool of yourself anyway though by singing into it.

It will support Windows XP, Vista and Mac OSX. It also does not require drivers for either XP or Vista. The microphone measures 80 x 80 x 160mm and has a On/Off button directly on it. Likely this microphone will probably make you want to listen to music along the lines of Fred Astaire as opposed to the more recent artists. To pick one up it will cost you $29.

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Sony DSC-T500 digital camera capable to hold hours of digital memories

Sony Cybershot DSC-T500 digital camera that does more than capture lovely looking still images – it is also able to record video in both wide and full-screen mode at 720p at 30 frames per second. In addition, this 10 megapixel shooter allows one to zoom in while recording, and is equally at home for high sensitivity shooting for natural or low light conditions.

The Sony DSC-T500 will rely on a Memory Stick media card to store all your photos and videos recorded, where a 16GB capacity Memory Stick is able to hold hours of digital memories. I don’t really like the cap Sony imposed on the DSC-T500 though, allowing each video clip to be up to 10 minutes’ in length only, which means you’ve got to learn how to space out your video recordings accordingly. Well, at least that’s what the press release led me to believe. One good point of the DSC-T500 is its ability to capture still images despite being in video recording mode, ensuring you won’t miss out on even a single moment while fiddling with mode switching.

The Sony DSC-T500 will ship sometime later next month for approximately $400.

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