Archive for October, 2008
Asustek: $200 Eee PC coming in 2009
During its quarterly earnings shout with investors, Asustek said it plans to drop the price of its already inexpensive line of Eee PCs even further next year.
The original Eee PC from Asus, launched a year ago.
(Credit: Erica Ogg/CNET Networks)
Asustek President Jerry Shen said that by 2009 …
Orginal post by Erica Ogg
Mutant Macs, Psystar clones, and eMachines brought back from the dead
In honor of Halloween, the laptop world was full of spooky headlines that week. Taking a page from Dr. Frankenstein, OWC started hacking apart MacBooks and turning them into tablets. Deep in a secret laboratory, Psystar was reportedly preparing a laptop Mac clone. And through some sort of black magic (…
Orginal post by Michelle Thatcher
Nokia N85 swings back through FCC
The FCC gives the nod to the Nokia N85
(Credit: Nokia)
We already saw the Nokia N85 pass through the Federal Communications Commission in August, but it made another visit to the agency that week. Joining it there was the Samsung SCH-i770 smartphone. considering the FCC has to certify every …
Orginal post by Kent German
Video: New Apple notebooks reportedly include liquid sensors
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As klutzy Apple laptop users know, damage from spilled water, coffee, or other liquids is not covered under the standard warranty. To uncover any potential for warranty swindle, it’s rumored the Cupertino, …
Orginal post by Crave staff
JVC Everio MG730 too expensive for a standard-def camcorder
It’s not that the JVC Everio GZ-MG730 camcorder isn’t good. The body is compact and comfortable to use. It produces solid-quality standard-definition video, and due to its 7-megapixel sensor you’ll get above-average still photos out of it, too. There are manual controls for photos and video, a …
Orginal post by Joshua Goldman
Indecent Exposure 27: Installation execution
Firmware updates explained, mini DVDs take on slot-loaded drives (and lose), and licensing names for lenses.
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Episode 27 |
Jupiter and its moons–through an iPhone camera
(Credit: Mike Weasner and Mac Observer)The fact that an amateur astronomer named Mike Weasner was able to take a photograph of Jupiter and its moons is hardly something worth a mention on Crave, but the fact that he did it with his iPhone camera is rather remarkable.
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Orginal post by Matt Hickey
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