Archive for February, 2009
GM officially debuts Holden Cruze, shows off Australian Volt
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Holden Cruze
Late last year Holden, the Australian arm of General Motors, announced it would be getting a new small sedan based on the global platform underpinning the Chevy Cruze. At the time, it was assumed that the Holden would feature revised sheetmetal and possibly a new name, […]
OE-A shows off nonvolatile RAM, RFID tag formed by printing
While it’s far from being noteworthy to the mainstream public, printable electronics hold a lot of promise. Over at Printable Electronics 2009 in Tokyo, the Organic Electronics Association (OE-A) demonstrated some of the most extreme,
Bentley UK hikes prices by 5%
If you’re about to buy a Bentley and live in the UK, get your order in before March 31. After that, prices across the board at Bentley will rise by 5%. Bentley cites the continued weakening of the British Pound Sterling against the Euro for the price hikes, which make a lineup of already extremely […]
Video: Musiblocks rock the house
Here’s something that managed to slip beneath our radar but is definitely worth the double-back: Musiblocks. The design project consists of a central control block at the base of the tower with an embedded force sensor and 6 circular connectors. Add more (or heavier) blocks to increase the volume or twist the block atop the […]
ZumoDrive available for iPhones, netbooks
After being in a private trial stage for some time, ZumoDrive decided it’s about time to go public. As a result, their “Supersize Me” application is now available for the iPhone and netbook users. Yap, netbooks are also there for a reason.
Pininfarina delays prototype showing of B0 electric car
You know things are rough in the auto industry when even an electric car company is struggling to carry on, but that’s exactly what seems to be happening with Pininfarina. After showcasing its rather cute B0 electric car at the Paris Motor Show last year,
Sony CyberShot DSC-HX1 with 20x zoom and 1080p video rumored
The rumor mill seems to be coalescing around a new CyberShot DSC-HX1 camera from Sony in the run-up to the big PMA camera show next week. In fact, on-line camera shops are already adding placeholders for Sony’s new flagship, super-zoom with 1080p video and HQ sound. If true, we’re just days away from seeing the […]
AMD’s triple-core Phenom II X3 goes quad-core via BIOS hack
Here’s a little known secret for you to chew on: that triple-core AMD Phenom II X3 you purchased actually has four cores.
ASUS Eee PC ‘Shell’ ultra-thin netbook launching in April?
Between the Commercial Times and DigiTimes, no secret is safe within ASUS. The former is reporting (via the latter) that ASUS will launch its second generation ultra-thin Eee PC in April as followup to the Eee PC S101.
Nvidia cant compete without CPU, says Intel boss
The increasingly fierce war of words between Intel and Nvidia saw no sign of abating yesterday, as Intels CEO Paul Otellini took a swipe at its new tech nemesis at a tech conference in San Francisco. Rather than focusing on Nvidias Ion platform, which has been the recent target of Intels recent ire, Otellini instead […]
