We’ve been hearing about the coming out on AT&T in months’ worth of leaked memos, but now we can finally put it to bed. (Read content ‘Motorola Q9h gets official for AT&T’…)
Everex’s TC2502 gPC is the first mass-market $200 desktop computer, featuring a custom distribution of Ubuntu Linux and headed for selected Wal-Mart stores.
"It’s $200, with no gimmicks or subsidies," Everex spokesman David Liu said.
The gPC aims to joins a popular gang of low-end economy computers leading into the holiday season, such as Asus’ $300 EeePC Laptop and VIA’s $600 Nanobook.
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Finally getting the street cred that its creators have so long desired, the multi-platform, distributed computing network known as is to be recognized by Guinness World Records. According to the group, the network is now the most powerful distributed computing cluster in the world. The system, which utilizes the power of more than 670,000 PS3s, PCs, and lawnmower motors to crunch data, has overall computational capabilities greater than a petaflop (which is a ton of flops). (Read content ‘Folding@Home recognized by Guinness World Records’…)
There’s nothing fun about wearing a medical device on your person 24/7, so Belgian nanotech specialist IMEC is trying to minimize the discomfort of those folks with heart conditions who require constant monitoring. Still several years away from a commercial release, the company’s flexible, wireless patch — also capable of serving as a dedicated heart rate monitor — sends ECG or EMG (muscular) data in a continuous stream to either a PC or data logger for later downloading. (Read content ‘Wireless ECG patch developed’…)
Samsung’s F700 to arrive on Verizon as SCH-U940?
Posted Oct 31st 2007 10:36PM by
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Verizon Wireless customers, you may want to sit down for this one. Samsung’s oh-so-sexy , which is currently thrilling quite a few , could be headed to The Network — and soon.
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Amazon’s Kindle ebook reader delayed until end of the year?
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Although it hasn’t had the buzz of some other , we’ve been heard a lot about Amazon’s ebook reader over the past year — everything from to to a supposed October 15th , which came and went with nary a peep from the etailer.
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We had a hunch that this between wouldn’t just fade away into the sunset, and sure enough, HP is on the receiving end of the latest scuffle. (Read content ‘HP hit with patent counterclaims from Acer’…)
USB Ferris Wheel Phone Stand shocks and awes
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Unfortunately, we’ve no idea exactly what mobiles are compatible with ConnectLand’s USB Ferris Wheel Phone Stand (aside from the , obviously), but we’re all probably better off that way.
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We haven’t heard of Dutch design outfit Crealev before, but the company says it’s developed a “new levitation concept which is able to produce a very high levitation height combined with a low power dissipation and excellent stability” — and apparently the best way to show that off is this series of levitating lamps. Unveiled at last week’s Dutch Design Week event, the lamps are the product of designer Angela Jansen. (Read content ‘Crealev builds a levitating lamp’…)