Archive for May, 2008

LaCie Doubles External d2 Blu-ray Burn Times To 4x

Not like 4x Blu-ray burners are anything special, but if you’ve got a special place in your heart for anything designed by Neil Poulton, this one’s for you. LaCie has just announced that it’s doubling the burn speed of its tried-and-true d2 external writer, enabling owners to toast BD-Rs at 4x. It’ll also handle BD-REs […]


Nvidia 9500GT is for real

Few days ago, TechNewsTime.com has posted about the Nvidia‘s low-End series GPU, Nvidia 9500GT GDDR3 version performing higher than 8600GT.
Some Chinese company has shown some pics of the low-end prototype.

The specs are:

65nm chip.
32 Stream processors.
512MB memory.
Samsung 1ns GDDR3 memory (K4J52324QE-BJ 1A).
Single DVI, VGA and HDMI ports.

The card has aluminum cooler with a low noise fan […]


ARCHOS 605 WiFi (20GB-160GB) Firmware 2.1.04

ARCHOS 605 WiFi (20GB-160GB) Firmware 2.1.04 driver
New features:
* Added option “Never Off” in Power Settings (not valid when powered by USB cable)
* Improved battery autonomy for large Hard Drives (> 30 GB)
Bug fixes:


Archos 705 WiFi Firmware 2.1.04

Archos 705 WiFi Firmware 2.1.04 driver
* Music: Fixed playlist created from “Hard Drive” which was not correctly saved
* Music: Fixed Windows Media Player Playlist support
* Video: Fixed macrovision-protected recorded video playback
* Web: Fixed some screen corruptions on TV output


Earth Trek Touts World’s Smallest Projector

While it likely won’t hold onto the (slightly dubious) title for long at the rate mini-projectors are cropping up these days, Hong Kong-based Earth Trek has nonetheless gone out and proclaimed its new 90-805R projector to be the “world’s smallest” and, indeed, it is small. Measuring about 4 by 2 inches, the projector can apparently […]


Willcom Shows Off 1seg-equipped Willcom 03 Smartphone

It looks like those wanting something a bit more capable but just as brightly-colored as Willcom’s most recent candybar phones could soon be getting their fix, as the company has just announced its new Willcom 03 smartphone, which packs a bundle of features into an eye-catching package. Up front and center on this one is […]


New DS Lite Colors All But Confirmed By Nintendo

Chicks and dudes, get ready for extremely spicy, delicious, and stimulating news. Remember those new DS Lite colors we mentioned a few days ago? Apparently Nintendo has all but confirmed the forthcoming arrival of cool ice, hot red, and lime green — at least in Europe. According to DS Fanboy, the big N has started […]


NTT DoCoMo’s 906i And 706i Handsets Answer Who’s Your Daddy?

We’ll get into more detail later, but we thought it was appropriate to share the moment when the Japanese showed the world just how pathetic your 3G iPhone fantasies really are. Announced today are 19 new handsets from NTT DoCoMo’s 906i and 706i series. All 8 of the 906i feature 3G / GSM international roaming, […]


Ramos Reveals Blue Magic T8 PMP

Just in case you felt there wasn’t quite enough screen real estate on the ultra-sleek V8, RAmos is giving the display even more attention on the Blue Magic T8. The player features a 4.3-inch display, 10-millimeter thick enclosure, built-in FM radio tuner and the potential to play nice with a not-yet-developed dock that would enable […]


German Users Claim MacBook Air Can Cut Through Bread, Flesh

VIA’s trying its hand once again at the “mini-note” form factor, with a new OpenBook reference design. Its first go round, the NanoBook, was generally panned in light of the ultra-successful Eee PC, but certainly wasn’t ignored. The new design is right in line with the new wave of subnotebooks, with an 8.9-inch 1024 x […]