Archive for: March, 2011

Seagate Now Shipping Barracuda XT Desktop Hard Drives

Seagate has now began shipping its 3TB Barracuda XT internal hard drive. The highest capacity hard drive is rare in supporting legacy operating systems such as Windows XP, which can’t  support hard drive capacities higher than 2.1TB.without special sofeware.  DiscWizard software that’s available for download ships with the drive and lets the system read and […]

Loopt Introduces Real-Time Mobile ‘Reward Alerts’ for Nearby Deals

Loopt today introduced Reward Alerts into its mobile app for iPhone, iPod Touch and Android phones. The new alerts bring a social, real-time element to location-based deals. With Reward Alerts, brands and local businesses can offer limited-time and perishable-inventory deals to nearby consumers. Reward Alerts open up a unique mobile opportunity to offer a “flash” […]

See a Geek Become a Heartthrob at SXSW – Trailer for Surrogate Valentine

San Francisco musician Goh Nakamura (playing himself) is barely scraping by playing live gigs and teaching guitar. So when a filmmaker friend asks him to teach guitar lessons to TV star Danny Turner (Chadd Stoops) for his upcoming movie role, Goh jumps at the chance. The black-and-white romantic comedy, which involves a road trip, wild […]

Intel Launches the Dual-Core Intel Atom N570 at CeBIT

Today, Intel announced the dual-core Intel Atom processor N570 aimed for Netbook and tablet use. Running at 1.66 GHz, these processors support four threads, with 1 MB of L2 cache, 8.5W TDP and DDR3 667, helping spur further innovation around netbooks and other devices requiring the low power footprint of the Intel Atom architecture.  Intel […]

Sony Shows Off DualShock 3 Charging Dock

Sony is finally catchup to the Xbox 360 and meeting long time wanted from PS3 gamers today with the addition of DualShock 3 Charging Dock to its PS3 accessory line. The DualShock 3 Charging Station can power up two DualShock 3 or Sixaxis controllers without having to plug into an actively running PS3. Sony didn’t […]

Acer Displays an Updated TimelineX Ultrathin at CeBIT

Acer took its opportunity at CeBIT to show a complete redesign of its ultrathin notebook line, the TimelineX per a report in notebookitalia. The 13.3-inch 3830T and 14-inch 4830T both have a more upscale, part-metal design borrowed from the Ethos, extending to the new ‘chiclet’ key layout and the more reliable barrel hinge. Both systems […]

Lenovo, Tobii Display First Eye-Controlled Notebook at CeBit

Tobii and Lenovo used the start of CeBIT to show a technology first in notebook control. A jointly-made prototype lets users steer the pointer and look at content just by staring at the appropriate spot on screen. The system can even make a basic check for the presence of eyes to dim the screen while […]

Panasonic Cancels Jungle Gaming Handheld

Panasonic on Tuesday said it had already cancelled its Jungle gaming handheld before setting a launch date or price. The company phased out the project despite having set up a Cloud Entertainment group in the US and making deals for at least a Battlestar Galactica online RPG. An exit was prompted by “changes in the […]

Boxee Gets $16.5 Million in a New Round of Funding

Boxee’s got a significant help today with a $16.5 million cash infusion from a round of partners that included Japanese carrier Softbank. The Boxee Box creator hoped both to improve the content and quality of the Boxee UI but also promised an ambitious hardware expansion. It planned more partners than just Iomega and ViewSonic and […]

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