Archive for January 29th, 2008

JVC’s Everio GZ-HD5 / GZ-HD6 HD camcorders do 1080i with ease

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Filed under: Digital Cameras, HDTV Mmm, you can almost smell all those pixels from your cubical chair, now can't you? JVC's getting our minds in a tizzy today with two new HD camcorders that are compact for carrying and big on resolution. Both the GZ-HD5 (available in black and silver) ...

Switched On: Apple TV gets its second audition

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Filed under: Features, Home EntertainmentEach week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about technology, multimedia, and digital entertainment. Apple TV was overwhelmed by the introduction of the iPhone at the Macworld 2007 keynote, but the little set-top device has been the recipient of a complete makeover in 2008. The rich ...

Intel buys up 1.3 billion kilowatts of Renewable Energy Certificates

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsSay what you will about Renewable Energy Certificates, Green Tags, carbon offsets and the like, but Intel sure does own a lot of them. Intel just became the largest purchaser of Renewable Energy Certificates in the US, with a commitment to snapping up 1.3 billion kilowatt hours ...

KDDI touts speedy upgrade to IR transfer technology

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless We're going to hazard a guess that it's been a while since most of you used good 'ol IrDA to transfer any data to your cellphone, but it looks like the folks at KDDI have got themselves on an old school kick, and they're now looking to ...

Slew of Sony VAIO products get minor spec bumps

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops It's that time again boys and girls -- the time when Sony pours out enough VAIO updates all at once that your head starts throbbing uncontrollably. Without further ado, we'll start by tackling the Type T (pictured), which gets upgraded to a 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo U7600, ...

knfbREADER Mobile uses Nokia N82 as text-to-speech device

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Filed under: CellphonesThe K-NFB, a joint venture between Kurzweil Technologies and the National Federation of the Blind, introduced knfbREADER this week, a text-to-speech program for the N82. Coupling Kurzweil's image processing with the N82's camera, a user only has to snap a pic of the document to be read and ...

Panasonic gets official with PMA camera lineup

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Filed under: Digital Cameras Panasonic didn't exactly do the best job keeping its PMA camera lineup a secret before things got official, but it looks like it's finally gotten its act together and it's now loose pictures details on the whole lot of them. As expected, those include new entries in ...