HP Pavilion HDX Entertainment Notebook PC

Take your home theater experience to the next level—portability. You’ll be blown away when your movies come to life on this 20.1-inch XHD Ultra Brightview widescreen display. You can also get the optional 1080p display for even more

Sound good so far? It gets even better with premium A/V features. Audiophiles will cheer for the built-in sound processor that supports your existing 7.1 surround sound system. Or, just crank up the four integrated Altec Lansing speakers and subwoofer. Of course it’s not really fair to call it a home theater experience, given that you can take your personal theater virtually anywhere!

Lift the dual-hinged display and watch this sleek notebook perform like a high-end desktop. Run multiple applications at once, thanks to the dual-core high-speed processor. There’s plenty of room inside—save up to 400GB of data, photos and videos on dual hard drives. Quickly transfer data to your external storage devices at high speeds through the eSATA port.

This entertainment powerhouse is loaded with an enhanced software package that includes web-publishing and video-editing applications. Easily capture and send brighter and cleaner video and audio feeds to family and friends using the new fully adjustable, low-light webcam and microphones. Plus, with one swipe across the integrated fingerprint reader you have the ultimate password protection. Get your work done faster, so you can get back to having fun.

Sure, it looks cool just sitting on a desk. But what makes it the ultimate in cool is how HP fit all the powerful, cutting-edge technologies into such a sleek and elegant package. Save desk space with this next-generation design with all the features you demand. And get the portability you need to bring your entertainment on the road to your favorite vacation spot or hotel room.

Treat yourself to the ultimate in notebook luxury. The HP Pavilion HDX Entertainment Notebook PC is the perfect blend of home theater and personal computer in one great-looking product.

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Samsung HT-P1200 - World’s First HDMI ™ & USB Host Home Theater System

The HT-P1200's total RMS power rating is 800 watts, split up into 130 watts for each of the five satellite speakers and 150 watts for the subwoofer. Some manufacturers prefer to devote more power to the front and centre speakers than the rear speakers, but we prefer Samsung's method as it ensures that the rear channel isn't drowned out.

Although this is predominantly an audio system, the unit boasts a progressive scan DVD player supporting all major formats: DVD-Audio, DVD-Video, VCD, SACD, MP3-CD, WMA-CD, DivX, CD-R/RW and DVD-R/RW. As far as sound formats go, the HT-P1200 is capable of decoding Dolby Digital, DTS and Dolby Pro Logic II, which should cover you for most applications. Further, it'll also function as a JPEG photo viewer, and images can be rotated on the fly as well as displayed in a slideshow. It's even got an integrated FM tuner for those times when your CD collection becomes unbearably monotonous.

Yet one of the system's most interesting features is its USB host capability. Rather than copying playable files to disc, users can simply plug their MP3 player, digital camera or USB memory stick directly into the HT-P1200's USB port for instant playback. We tested this feature using a Canon Powershot G6 digital camera, an Apple iPod and a no-name thumb drive, and all worked without a hitch. The unit lacks a memory card reader, but its USB host support virtually negates the need for this feature anyway.

The unit connects to a TV via the Composite, Component or HDMI outputs; with the latter being a particularly attractive inclusion since it's frequently bypassed by competing manufacturers. HDMI offers superior quality due to its ability to transmit DVD video and 8-channel audio signals digitally, without the quality-reducing process of converting to analog. That said, you'll obviously need a recent display featuring a HDMI input to benefit.

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Treasure your best memory with Samsung GX-20

Your preciously happy today will be your beautiful tomorrow. GX-20 is now presenting more diverse functions to preserve your beautiful memories clearly and gorgeously. The world is brighter and more vivid that you can see, and it’s more bountiful than you can feel. With a 14.6 Megapixel APS-C size CMOS image sensor, you’ll see an entirely new world. Excellent out-focusing allows you to capture an amazingly vivid image, and superior definition means you’ll always get the ultimate brightness. In SLR digital camera, images that go through the lens are reflected to the viewfinder. The vividness and visibility ratio of what you see are determined by how to use the reflective device. In conjunction with the Glass Pentaprism which is conventionally applied to advanced DSLR cameras, the GX-20’s broad and clear view offers a remarkable 95% of filed of view with 0.95X magnification ensuring a bright and clear view.
With 14.6 Megapixels in an APS-C size (23.4x15.5mm), the GX-20 offers the greatest resolution in its class. Further, its sturdy 5.0㎛-size pixels - the smallest in their class - ensure the most vibrant image around. GX-20 utilizes a cutting-edge semiconductor processor and Samsung high-speed DDR2 memory to realize fast, high-quality imaging. The DSP enables more natural definition, a wide range of gradation, continuous shooting, and a prompt response to dynamic subjects. Viewfinders are the method of choice for DSLR cameras. As such, LCD displays have rarely been used, or have only been of small size (1.8 to 2.0 inches). Superior to the GX-10’s 2.5" LCD, the GX-20 features a new 2.7" high-resolution LCD monitor providing an ultra-wide viewing angle covering all directions. The 230,000-pixel high-resolution LCD guarantees clear image preview as well as convenience in using the menu with an outstanding visibility.

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Toshiba's Penryn-based Satellite A300 / P300

Here comes yet another duo hopping on the Penryn train, and each of these buggers are sporting a Toshiba logo. Up first is the €999 ($1,480) Satellite A300 -- the apparent successor of the A200 -- which features a 15.4-inch display, a refreshed design, Harman Kardon speakers, built-in fingerprint reader, 1.3-megapixel camera, integrated microphone, up to 2GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive and your choice of a Core 2 Duo T5500 (A300-124) or T8100 (A300-11I).

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Apple 8GB iPod Touch iPod Touch 8GB

It's no surprise that Apple has been on a screaming rampage of success with its gorgeous, high tech products these last few years. Every new release seems to cast a heavy shadow over its predecessor. This is certainly the case with the new iPod touch. The improvements over earlier designs - bigger, better LCD, touch screen controls, thinner frame, Wi-Fi access, etc. - are dramatic leaps forward, not only for the iPod itself but for future Apple products. The 16GB iPod touch, selling for $399 USD ($299 USD for the 8GB version), has all the signs of a permanent, monumental success. Read our review and check out our video to find out why you'll want this multi-function media player in your arsenal of tech toys.

The revolutionary technology that made iPhone a hit is now on one amazing iPod.Touch your music in Cover Flow and watch video on a stunning, widescreen display.Browse the web with Safari and watch YouTube videos on the first-ever Wi-Fi iPod.

iPod touch features the same multi-touch screen technology as iPhone. Pinch to zoom in on a photo. Scroll through your songs and videos with a flick. Flip through your library by album artwork with Cover Flow. Watch your movies, TV shows, and photos come alive with bright, vivid color on the 320-by-480-pixel 3.5" display. Browse the web using Safari and watch YouTube videos on the first iPod with Wi-Fi built in. Shop the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store from anywhere with Wi-Fi. Browse or search to find the music you're looking for, preview it, and buy it with just a tap.

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Kinwei's KW-P4 PMP tries to be sleek

The KW-P4 076 from Kinwei Technologies comes with an odd-but-appealing pinkeye design. Simple, nonderivative, and definitely eye-catching. Unfortunately, advanced features aren’t what this device is about, as it only supports MTV and AWV videos, MP1, MP2, MP3 and WMA audio files, and JPEG, GIF and BMP images.

The KW-P4 076 has a 2.4-inch TFT display and touch-sensitive controls. It comes with e-book reader, FM radio (with recording) and gaming functionality. Seven EQ settings are built-in, as is capability for English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese language settings. Internal memory hits a maximum of 2GB. Interested? Black and white versions are available.

At first glance, Kinwei's KW-P4 isn't a half bad looking PMP, but if you focus too long on that vivid circle beneath the screen, the luster seems to fade. Granted, we're not exactly sure what function it has, but nothing screws with clean glossy lines like a blast of purple and pink. Nevertheless, this unit does sport a 2.4-inch display, seven preset equalizer modes, an FM radio / recorder, rechargeable battery, up to 2GB of internal storage and support for JPG, GIF, BMP, MTV, AWV, MP1/2/3 and WMA file formats. Unfortunately, it looks like you'll need to send in an inquiry to find out how much this thing will cost, but considering that "minimum order quantity" of 400, we doubt most of you will even bother.

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Apple claims iMacs are outselling PCs

iMac sales have never been higher then PC sales. In fact the number of iMacs sold worldwide has always been tiny compared to that of the PC.

But now, Apple claims that this is no longer the case. According to Apple, iMac sales are now growing three times as much as PC sales. Granted, the growth rate is based on percentages, and there are far more PCs out there than iMacs. However this result still marks quite a milestone in Apples history.

And Apple appear to be heading for yet another rosy fiscal fourth quarter, with sales of iMacs and iPhones tracking way ahead of expectations. The release of the new desktop just in time for ‘back to school’ buying has definitely helped with this trend, as has the recent spurt of share gains from those who have switched from PC.

This ‘back to school’ buying period is only topped by the usual Christmas rush which is expected to be a good one for Apple this year.

The new iMac is apparently the best all-in-one computer that Apple has ever produced, meaning the monitor and the CPU are already integrated. It is made up of a single piece of aluminum with no screws. The new keyboard is also just one-third of the original size of the previous version. The new iMac line comes in 20- and 24-inch widescreen displays in professional-grade aluminum and glass enclosures and is powered by Intel Core 2 Duo processors and has a built in video camera for video conferencing. The ultra-thin aluminum Apple keyboard is also just 0.33 inches thin at its front edge.

The Apple iMac is available only for $1199.99.

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Coby MP-835 touchscreen PMP rocks

Coby has just released their new touchscreem PMP MP-835 with a sleek and cool design. The 10mm thick touchscreen sports a 3-inch, 480 x 272 LCD, and a range of 2GB or 4GB storage options which is lame for a PMP. MP-835 supports MP3, WMA, OGG, AVI and WMV.No word on price, but the player does apparently have FCC certification, so we might be seeing it in the States before long.

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Lenovo IdeaPad Y710 notebook - An Idea whose time has come.

With 2GB memory standard and advanced Intel® dual-core processors, the Lenovo IdeaPad Y710 17" widescreen notebook will quickly become your personal mobile entertainment center. The Y710 features discrete graphics options for fast, crisp visuals, plus integrated Wireless LAN, hard drive options up to 500 GB, a CD/DVD writer and much more.

Since it's from Lenovo, the IdeaPad Y710 is packed with innovative features that are hard to find in other notebook PCs.

• The Dolby® Home Theater™ premium audio system gives amazing, theater-style sound. And the best gets even better thanks to five speakers, including a sub-woofer.
• An integrated 1.3 megapixel camera and Lenovo's VeriFace™ face recognition software can make your face your password and help control access to your notebook by recognizing when you are sitting at the keyboard, even recording the face of others who try to access your system.
• Lenovo's Secondary Hard Drive solution gives you two, totally separate hard drives, one of which can be hot-swapped and used in other systems (via slot or cable).
• An elegantly designed Multimedia Control Center offers a one-stop, total entertainment environment, with a convenient Shuttle Key that puts volume and equalizer controls within easy reach.

But Lenovo IdeaPad Y Series notebooks offer more than just innovative features. They've got a fresh, new look, and special design features that set them apart from the competition:

• The hinge and logo areas are illuminated by colorful halo lighting, giving the Y710 an exciting, "living" appearance.
• Additional multimedia functions (see Multimedia Control Center above) are available via "hidden" touch-sensitive controls across the top of the keyboard.
• An innovative Frameless Screen gives these notebooks a unique, clean appearance, with a glossy screen surface that extends to the very edges of the top cover.
• The Lenovo "touch" even extends to a full-size keyboard — similar to that on legendary ThinkPad notebooks — that gives great feel on each key-press.

And what good is a new PC if you've got to worry about keeping it running? The Lenovo IdeaPad Y710 notebook offers many peace-of-mind features:

• While running on battery power, the Energy Cut tool lets you adjust system performance when you need more time unplugged.
• Concerned about environmental quality? Key components of the IdeaPad Y710 are lead-free. And it meets the European Union's Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) standards.

The Lenovo IdeaPad Y710 is available only for $1199.99.

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mylo™ Personal Communicator COM-2BLACK - The fun of a PC in your pocket.

The Wi-Fi Sony® mylo™ personal communicator gives you what need to stay connected. It conveniently uses wireless LAN technology so there are no monthly bills or long-term contracts. Call your friends on Skype® for free or IM them on AIM®, Google Talk™, or Yahoo!® Messenger using the back-lit slide-out keyboard and enjoy unparalleled communication in the palm of your hands. You can also browse the Web, take photos and share them on the 3.5-inch LCD touch screen. All this on a device small enough to take virtually anywhere. Sony® mylo™, the fun of a PC in your pocket. Also available in white.

Through its hi-res touch-screen, you can browse many popular websites. Adobe® Flash® Lite support also means you can play compatible casual Flash games.

With the built in 1.3 Megapixel camera imaging and everything you do online are at your finger tips. Now you can capture photos, edit them on the built in photo editor and because COM-2 features upload and download capability you can post them directly to your blog or even to your Facebook page. All on the mylo without the need for a PC. MP3, ATRAC, WMA (Secured and Un-Secured) and now AAC codecs. Play music you've purchased from many compatible online music stores. The improved video player supports both MPEG4 along with the improved video quality of MPEG4 AVC.

Sony’s mylo™ COM-2 device owners receive free Wi-Fi access at over 10,000 Wayport Hotspot locations nationwide; including over 9,000 participating Wi-Fi enabled McDonald's® Restaurants, 70 IHOP restaurants, 600 hotels, and more.

The Sony mylo™ COM-2BLACK or COM-2WHITE is available only for $299.99.

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HP iPAQ 610 series soldiers on outside US

So apparently HP just has a very special form of hatred for its native soil, because that iPAQ 610 series with that nifty touch sensitive scroll wheel embedded in the keypad now appears to be canceled only in the US. This bittersweet news comes courtesy of British retailer Devicewire, which reports that it'll have examples of the iPAQ 614 available to its customers as soon as next Monday for the princely sum of £389.99 (about $765). That's fine, though, HP, whatever. We didn't want your stupid iPAQ anyway.

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S3000, A6000 & M8000 Pavilion Slimline by HP

Three new models of desktop PC series have been launched into the market by HP. The three models of the Pavilion Slimline series are s3000, a6000 and m8000. The first one comes with 1GB of RAM, and you can pick either a AMD CPU or an Intel CPU, but for the later you have to pay an extra 50$. If not you can buy it for 500$. The PC can be set with a low graphic card, maybe a TV tuner and a Pocket Media Drive.

You can buy the a6000 at a lower price then the s3000. It’s just 330$ but you would be throwing off some memory because it has only 512 MB of RAM. But the bright side is that it comes with an Intel CPU, a Pocket Media Drive and a graphics card. But the “jewel of the crown” is the m8000. And the price says so to. At 950$ it has a DVD drive and again you can pick between a dual core AMD or Intel processor. All three models have Windows Vista preinstalled.

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Nokia N95 - A True Mobile Music Experience

Equipped with an amazing 5 megapixel camera, music player, large QVGA display, built in speakers, support for HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), integrated GPS plus 8GB of internal memory. The Nokia N95 8GB truly is a remarkable device. And it's only slightly heavier than it's counterpart the N95 and also has a larger display.

The Camera boasts a plethora of features including auto focus, red-eye reduction, flash, self timer, Carl Zeiss Optics and there's also a 20x zoom plus resolution of 2592 x 1944. Supported image formats are JPEG and Exif.

Take superb quality photos and video clips with your Nokia N95 8GB, share them with your friends and family or for the big screen experience why not show them on a compatible TV with the TV output feature.

If you're after music on the go then you wont be disappointed with the Nokia N95 8GB. It supports a host of audio formats: AAC, AAC+, eAAC, eAAC+, MP3, MP4, M4A, WMA, AMR (NB-AMR), MIDI Tones (poly 64), RealAudio 7,8,10, SP-MIDI, True tones (WB-AMR), plus audio streaming and has an audio recorder.

You'll never get lost again once you own a Nokia N95 8GB thanks to the integrated GPS and map application!

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Sony Replaces 3CCD DCR-VX2000 with DCR-VX2100, Improves Low Light Performance

Sony has announced a replacement for the highly popular three CCD DCR-VX2000, the DCR-VX2100. The DCR-VX2100 is a prosumer camcorder aimed at serious hobbyist and professional videographers. It's predecessor, the DCR-VX2000 had an outstanding reputation for video quality and and reliability. The DCR-VX2100's biggest upgrade is increasing the low light performance which is coupled by many small, mostly aesthetic upgrades. Sony's being smart in 'not messing with a good thing.'

The zoom on the DCR-VX2100 remains at 12x, controlled by a large zoom rocker, and the camcorder still includes a manual focus and a manual zoom ring. All the same manual controls, including the ND filter button on the side are on the DCR-VX2100 as were on the DCR-VX2000. The technical specifications of each CCD have stayed the same with 380K gross pixels and 340K effective pixels for video. Each CCD is 1/3 in. in size. Yoshi Nishimura, Camcorder Product Manager for Sony stated "The CCD specifications are the same, the only difference is that we improved the sensitivity of the CCD itself. The improvement was made by improving the process in making the CCD... Since we've been making the CCD for more than a couple of years, the CCD factory was able to improve the sensitivity so that we can change our low light capability from 2 lux to 1 lux."

The DCR-VX2000 had a professional equivalent, the DSR-PD150 which recorded to DVCAM tapes and included XLR inputs. Sony Europe announced the replacement of the DSR-PD150P (the European version of the DSR-PD150), the DSR-PD170P at the International Broadcasters Conference in September. Sony Camcorder Spokesperson Rosemary Flynn stated "At this time the US has no official information on the NTSC version." in regards to an NSTC (US) version of the DSR-PD170. However, because the DCR-VX2100 is effectively the same camcorder as a would be DSR-PD170, and the European version of the camcorder has already been announced, we can very confidently speculate that a DSR-PD170 will hit the US market within the next month or two.

The Sony DCR-VX2100 will be available in December for $3,000.

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Apple introduces The World's Thinnest Notebook - MacBook Air

The brilliance of multi-touch.

MacBook Air includes an oversize trackpad with multi-touch technology. You can pinch, swipe, or rotate to zoom in on text, advance through a photo album, or adjust an image. This gesture-based input so successful on iPhone and iPod touch now comes to MacBook.

A smart LED display.

The backlit LED display allows for an even thinner build. It provides instant full-screen brightness the moment you open MacBook Air. The mercury- and arsenic-free display is also more power efficient, which translates to longer battery life.

Thin is in the details.

The innovative now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t port hatch flips down to reveal (and closes to hide) all the ports you really need: a USB 2.0 port, a headphone jack, and a micro-DVI port that supports DVI, VGA, composite, and S-video output. Even the MagSafe power connection has been reconsidered and slimmed to fit MacBook Air.

So thin yet so expansive.

MacBook Air comes with a way-more-than-generous 2GB of RAM built in — ample memory for working with your favorite applications. The 80GB hard drive provides plenty of storage space. And you have the option to upgrade to a 64GB solid-state drive, which has no moving parts for enhanced durability.

Micro. Chip.

MacBook Air performance is as impressive as its form, thanks to its 1.6GHz or 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor. This chip was custom-built to fit within the compact dimensions of MacBook Air.

Built-in iSight camera.

Unlike most other ultraportable notebooks, MacBook Air includes a built-in iSight camera. It’s so smartly integrated, you hardly notice it’s there. The iSight camera and iChat software make video chatting easy anywhere there’s a wireless network.

The battery is slimmer.
The performance isn’t.

The MacBook Air battery is our thinnest ever, yet it doesn’t compromise power. You can access the web wirelessly for five full hours.

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Samsung and B&O Join Forces for the Dual-Slider F400

Behold the latest offering from Samsung and B&O: the 3G, dual-slider F400. Slide the front upwards and you get your keypad, slide it down and your B&O speakers heave into view. As well as the 2.2-inch QVGA display, there's an RDS-enabled FM radio and MicroSD card slot. Price is expected to be around the 380€ mark, which is around 552 of your buckeroonies, when it launches in March.

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PS2 Guitar Pedal Lets You Star Power, Whammy With Your Feet

Making your fake guitar automatically whammy may be a step too far, but if you want to make Guitar Hero slightly easier for yourself, check out these guitar pedals. They allow you to either activate star power or hit the whammy bar with your feet instead of your hands, making sure your hands stay exactly where they're supposed to be to not miss a note. They're wireless, which is nice, but PS2 only, which isn't nice, and run off 4 AA batteries, which really isn't nice. The price of kinda-sorta cheating? $25.

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Nuvifone: Garmin Drops a Phone into the GPS

Today in a surprise announcement in New York City, Garmin whipped out the nuvifone, a full-fledged GSM HSDPA smartphone built on its own operating system with GPS navigation at its core—but e-mail and web browsing close to its heart, and a camera built in too. No pricing or carrier announcement has been made yet, though its likeliest compatible network is AT&T given the technology. (When T-Mobile launches HSDPA, it too will be suitable, and possibly more attractive than AT&T.)

Features include:
• Google local search
• Garmin Online services - traffic, weather, fuel prices, hotel discounts, etc.
• nuvi-like navigation on the road or in pedestrian mode
• Email, text, IM functions
• Camera, video camera, MP3 and MPEG4/AAC

Garmin is promising to deliver it in the 3rd quarter, and says that while the PND market isn't dying, the cellphone is clearly a ripe opportunity. Only one problem, as quipster and NPD analyst Ross Rubin pointed out: "Hello and Welcome to nuvifone!" Damn, now I'll never get that voice out of my head. Have a look at all those pictures and the official press release below.

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Toshiba G810 Windows Mobile Smartphone Looks Like the HTC Touch

Toshiba's no stranger to Windows Mobile Devices, but their latest G810 touchscreen handset looks more similar to the HTC Touch than their previous HTC-like phones. It's got Windows Mobile 6 on board, 3g HSDPA, 3-megapixel camera with auto-focus, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM radio 2.8-inch touchscreen display, 256MB internal memory, GPS, and a late Spring European launch. It's got enough features to be a good phone, but it's nothing revolutionary.

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Texas Instruments Chip Turns Cellphones Into Projectors, Pocket Goatse WMDs

It's like a can of Pringles falling from the sky in Barcelona today. Texas Instruments has a pair of new mobile chips—one gives cellphones enough GFX juice to record HD video, while the other will power integrated pico projectors. Big pics popping out of tiny phones. The suit-and-tie function would be Powerpoints sans bulky computers, while more deviant minds might raid Chen's private tubgirl collection to terrorize large groups of people.

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Kodak's EasyShare Z1012 IS

The Z1012 IS represents Kodak's latest addition to the line of EasyShare digital cameras. Features include: a 10-megapixel resolution, 12X optical zoom with optical image stabilization, high ISO (up to 3,200), and advanced settings like program, aperture and shutter priority, as well as full manual mode—all in a ultra-compact design. Expect to see the EasyShare Z1012 IS for $299.95 sometime in the first half of 2008.

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BlackBerry Service Outage Going on RIGHT NOW

The company that made the BlackBerry you love so much, is having a complete North American disruption of service right now. You probably won't be seeing the messages in your inbox from your coworkers asking whether or not your service is working (because theirs isn't). At least you'll have something to read later

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Mustek DV300T Video Camera Tastes Like Candybars

It may not be the best compact digital video camera out there, but if looking like a cellphone were a category that anyone cared about, the DV300T would be on top of the market. The 2-inch LCD screen, the 3.1 megapixel resolution, and the lack of an optical zoom are certainly drawbacks—but you do get 64MB of memory (with SD card expansion), voice recording, MP3 and eBook functionality. Hmmm, wait. That is still pretty lame. However, when a price is released, it should be fairly cheap. That is a plus!

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Your Photos Straight to the HDTV

With a cable connection to the TV, the HDMS-S1D Digital Photo Album from Sony serves as an 80-gigabyte jukebox for photos, letting you import images, manage albums and create slide shows without a PC. Photos can be imported directly from several types of memory cards, or by an Ethernet cable to the computer. The digital photo album connects to a high-definition TV with an HDMI (high-definition media interface) cable; it has component, composite and S-video outputs as well. It weighs about six pounds and is available for $400 at sonystyle.com. Once loaded onto the digital album, pictures can be edited on-screen with the included remote control, and music tracks are available for slide shows. And when you want to back up your collection (or when your mother asks for a set of the photos you’ve just shown off), you can burn copies to a CD or DVD with the built-in disc recorder.

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A Souped-Up Wireless Connection for Faster Web Browsing

Most jaded Wi-Fi users have moved beyond being awestruck that wireless networking works at all and have started complaining about the times when it fails to deliver a dependable connection. HField technologies is going after this problem with Wi-Fire, a $79 antenna that connects to a U.S.B. port on either a Mac or Windows computer (XP and Vista).

The palm-size antenna provides faster and more solid connections by combining a sensitive decoding circuit with a directional antenna that amplifies the signal. Pointing the antenna toward the base station can produce a signal that may be two or three times greater than one from a traditional antenna buried in a laptop.

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High-End Workstation Works Hard, Plays Hard

You can party on your ThinkPad, but you perform serious work on your ThinkStation D10 from lenovo. It is a PC that is primarily intended for game designers, videographers and other high-end users, with powerful components and classy black styling. The D10 runs Windows Vista and has up to 750 gigabytes of hard-drive space. It can also hold up to 64 gigabytes of RAM — an impressive number for even high-end gaming machines — and has a powerful Nvidia Quadro graphics card and an optional Blu-ray disc burner.The D10, starting at about $1,740, is also Energy Star compliant, which means it runs at 80 percent energy efficiency and is cooled by an almost silent internal duct system. Special front and side service latches pop open for easy upgrades, and the built-in ThinkVantage system recovery and security software ensures that data does not go missing.

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Becker Traffic Assist Pro 7916

Available now in the UK, the Becker Traffic AssistPro 7916 sports a 4" TFT touchscreen, 400MHz processor, 128MB of RAM, a SiRFstarIII GPS chipset, integrated TMC receiver for traffic avoidance, an SD expansion slot and USB connectivity. Additionally, you'll find a rechargeable battery good for around five hours, a 2GB SD card with maps for 37 European countries, a headphone jack and a multimedia player that handles photos and MP3s. All things considered, we suppose it's not priced too outrageously at £249.95 ($497), but if you're still unsure if it's worth the coin, may we point out the elusive "mood light" feature to push you over the edge.

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On the Go With a Camcorder That Requires No Hand-Holding

Many digital video cameras fit comfortably in the palm of your hand. But sometimes you need your hands for other things, like steering a bike. The VholdR camcorder from Twenty20 lets you skip the hand-holding by clipping it right onto handlebars, helmets or goggles to record action video as you see it. The VholdR, which weighs 4.8 ounces, records TV-quality video to a MicroSD card. It can record about two hours of video on a battery charge, and comes with a U.S.B. cable and desktop software to watch, tag and share your videos on the Web. The camcorder is encased in a brushed aluminum body with a grooved base designed to fit a camera mount. It costs $350 and is available for pre-order at vholdr.com.

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Canon FS10 Flash Memory Camcorder With 8GB Hard Drive

This camera will feel super light in your hand, only 9.2 ounces! Thanks to this lightweight camcorder you can easily bring it with you wherever you are going and will never miss an opportunity to shoot.

You can choose yourself to capture the video on the 8 GB internal flash drive or on a SDHC card. The FS10 is equiped with an 1/6-inch and 1.07 megapixel CCD image sensor that produce very sharp images for both video and photos.

This camera was released January 7th 2008 and at the same time FS11 and FS100 was released.

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NVousPC launched Oscar Zapata

Oscar Zapata has launched a company called NVousPC company. Former engineer of Alienware has come up with his own idea of customizing people's Laptops with any image or color paint you want. You can make a really good looking gadget of your laptop.

You can choose to paint different parts of your laptop differently. Just choose a part you want to customize and choose what you want to do to it; by the way, bottom can also be customized. You can not only change the color of your laptop you can also upload images you want to be printed on your device on their website and they will do that for you.

There are two ways to get a customized laptop. First of them is that you can buy one from them and order what paint job you want to be done. Their laptops' price tags start at 9. The other way is to send them your old piece and customize it in any way you want it. Customization prices start at 6.

That's a nice price tag for painting your precious device. However I would never do something like that. I look at the screen when I work on my laptop and not on its sides.

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LG Announces New Touchscreen Slider: KF510

A few years ago it was all about slim and sleek. Unfortunately, that doesn’t grab headlines these days; at least stand alone. LG’s newest slim slider, though, does rock an ultra tight body and packs in a ton of muscle for its size. Measuring just 10.9mm thin, the LG KF510 sports a 3 megapixel camera and a touchscreen. Not much more is known at this time, but I am sure the details will emerge at the World Mobile Congress next week.

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Razer THX Mako 2.1 Speakers Reviewed

Razer is (justifiably) known for their gaming peripherals, particularly their keyboards and mice (which you love or hate, depending on what kind of games you play). On the audio front, they're slightly less battle hardened, and, by and by, most 2.1 systems are dreck. (I'll totally vouch for Logitech's ZX-2300 setup, though.) And the Mako 2.1 Advanced Desktop Audio's' premise sounds a little gimicky: rounded satellites with 360-degree, omni-directional sound. Yet Gadget Lab says "there's nary another 2.1 system that can match the Mako's performance." The omni-directional business actually works and you can actually hear grenades chucked your from "virtually any direction." The 300W RMS of THX-certified power probably help, pushing the audio everywhere it needs to go. Highs and mids are "especially clear and resonant," though low fidelity is the where system hits a patch of weak sauce—at 400 bucks, that's a bit troubling. The only other bit of blah is the slightly unresponsive touch controls, but they system looks hot, so we can forgive it being a little cold to the touch. Maybe that's a little too much insight into our personal life.

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Sony Makes Tiny 3-Inch Bravia TV XDV-D500, Won't Allow It to Travel Outside Japan

Sony's latest, smallest member of the Bravia LCD TV family is, sadly for fans of multicolored rabbits, destined only for Japan. Shame, as the XDV-D500 sounds good. Find out just how good under the gallery. With its Bravia Mobile Engine, the 3-inch, 432 × 240 pixel TV supports 1seg broadcasts and has a 500:1 contrast ratio. Its built-in recording function fits 10 hours onto 2GB of internal memory, and it can also detect delayed programming. It even has an FM/AM radio and stereo speakers in its diminutive 2.3 x 3.9 x 0.6-inch frame. Available in both black and white, the XDV-D500 will be released in April for ¥38,000 (around $360)

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Intempo BTA-01 Adapter Makes Your iPod Speakers Bluetooth-able

Slot Intempo's little dongle into your speaker's iPod dock, and you can stream music to it from your Bluetooth-ready phone, PC or non-iPod MP3 player. The 2.4 x 2.0 x 0.4 inch BTA01 is compatible with any Bluetooth v1.2 device and speakers with standard iPod dock, and has a range of up to 10 meters. Handy if you need a remote music system or if somehow you've got an iPod speaker, but no iPod. Available now for £39.99 ($79)

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