Archives for September 2009

AMD Eyefinity – Six Monitors on One Graphics Card

September 11, 2009 by Leave a Comment

eyefinity3_fullAMD have created the Eyefinity graphics card that is capable of supporting up to 6 monitors. Most graphics cards struggle with handling just 1 30 inch monitor with a resolution of about 2560 x 1600 pixels, so for a graphics card to support 6 monitors it’s quite an achievement.

AMD have created a single GPU card that can handle six DisplayPort connectors each having a 30 inch screen attached to it. When the 6 monitors are connected the resolution is bumped all the way to 7680 x 3200 pixels and it functions as a giant screen. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Displays

Nikon D300 Discontinued

September 11, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Nikon_D300We heard this morning that Nikon are now discontinuing the Nikon D300 digital SLR camera that has been a great camera since it’s launch. The Nikon D300 was recently replaced by the D300s. The D300 was a little behind in these last days in that it couldn’t do video but there are mixed feelings on DSLR’s needing to do video anyway.

The D300 was first launched in August 2007 and now that it’s not being built any more we could see prices dropping on the camera while stocks are finally depleted. If you still want one of these great cameras then it might be worth checking out Amazon to see if they have any good deals on it. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Camera Gadgets

PSP 6.00 Firmware Goes Live

September 10, 2009 by 3 Comments

psp-network-updateSony have released the PSP 6.00 firmware update and it is available now for download. The new firmware 6.00 can be downloaded the usual way by accessing the Network Update icon on the XMB.

New features on the PSP firmware update include the ability to group games in to folders based on their expire date. To be honest there isn’t too much excited so instead, you can just read over the list below. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Computer Gadgets

iPod Nano with Video Camera – Hands-On

September 10, 2009 by Leave a Comment

iPod-Nano-frontWired managed to get some time with the new iPod Nano announced yesterday. The new version of the nano now includes a small camera allowing you to capture video. Video on the new nano is captured in standard definition and although we’d all like to see HD captured these days it’s still a decent upgrade and welcomed.

The nano measures 3.6″ tall x 1.5 inches by 0.24 inches, so is very handy to carry around as an MP3 player and have the option of capturing video if needed. Please note that the iPod Nano doesn’t capture still images, or at least, it can’t be done yet. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Camera Gadgets

Canon PowerShot SX20 IS SuperZoom

September 10, 2009 by 3 Comments

Canon-PowerShot-SX20-ISThe Canon PowerShot SX20 was recently reviewed over at Photography Blog where they went in to a lot of details (8 pages worth).

The SX20 is a step up form the SX10 that was launched a year ago. The SX20 now includes HD 720p video recording at 30 frames per second along with a new 12 megapixel sensor. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Camera Gadgets

Kohjinsha PM-Series MID

September 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment

kohjinsha_pm-series_midKohjinsha are launching a new MID named the PM-series. It includes the Atom Z510 processor running at 1.1GHz and has 512MB of RAM built in.

As well as the 512MB of RAM the device also has a 16GB SSD built in as well as WiFI and Bluetooth for connectivity. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Laptops

Huawei 3G Wireless Router

September 9, 2009 by 3 Comments

Huawei-3G-Wireless-RouterHuawei make a number of 3G dongles primarily found in a USB port on the side of a laptop or netbook computer. They have now created the E5 that can be used as a portable 3G wireless router by converting your 3G mobile phone signal and routing it over wi-fi to a wireless connected laptop.

As it uses wireless to transmit the signal it can be used as a wireless hotspot for a few people when on the move. OhGizmo mention that this is the worlds first 3G dongle to achieve this although wireless tethering is possible on rooted Android phones as well as other devices. But, having a device specifically designed for this purpose could come in handy as wireless tethering on the Android is just computer to phone rather than several computers to phone which the E5 allows. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

Google Japan Show us how Street View is Created

September 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Google-Street-ViewThis little video shows us all how Google Street View is actually made. The video was made over in Japan, but as there are no voices and just some funky music, it’s easy to follow along with.

Check out how the complaints of privacy are really handled 🙂 Video after the jump. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Tech News

2D Sonic The Hedgehog “Project Needlemouse” Announced for 2010

September 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment

project-needlemouse-working-titleIt has been 10 years since the Sega Dreamcast first launched and to coincide with the anniversary, Sega have announced the launch of a new Sonic the Hedgehog named “Project Needlemouse” that is going back to it’s 2D roots. The new Sonic game, to be launched in 2010, will get spruced up with nice HD graphics.

The game is being built from the ground up and will contain a completely new storyline. A teaser site has also just been launched showing what looks to be similar graphics to the Green Hill Zone (the first level on the original Sonic) and can be found over at needlehouse. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets

Palm Pixi gets a Hands-On

September 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Palm-PixiEngadget managed to get hold of a Palm Pixi to take a look at. Originally it was called the Pixie and then the Eos a few months back… now it is known as the Pixi and is headed to Sprint.

The handset is a very small webOS based handset with 8GB of storage, a full QWERTY keyboard and a 2 megapixel camera with flash. The screen measures 2.63 inches and has a 320 x 400 resolution and the touchscreen is capacitive. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

LG GM750 Windows Powered Smartphone

September 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment

LG-GM750The LG GM750 is a Windows Phone 6.5 based smartphone that will be launched on the 6th October. It will be launched in 7 countries in Europe on the Vodafone network.

Features include, Windows Phone 6.5, a 5 megapixel camera, 3″ “high-quality” touchscreen and GPS. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones

HTC Tattoo Unveiled

September 8, 2009 by Leave a Comment

HTC-Tattoo-keysHTC are launching a new phone named the HTC Tattoo. The Tattoo is an Android based phone that can be completely customised in the way of how the menu’s are setup and what widgets are used on the home pages.

The HTC Tattoo is the second android phone that uses the HTC Sense UI. The Sense UI is a fantastic interface that allows the phone to work with widgets. An example of what it can do is the contacts widget that can pull contacts not only from your built in contacts, but also from Facebook and other networking sites. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cell Phones