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Samsung 750-series Touch of Color LCDs due in May
Filed under: HDTV
Following up on the
DAPs and
BD-Live announcements, Samsung's seen fit to attach prices to its
750 series of LCD HDTVs and their "Touch of Color" frames. At the top end, the 750 ranges from 39.9- to 52-inch sizes, all with 1080p, 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, DLNA network access and 120Hz motion processing for $2,599 - $3,499 when they hit shelves in May. The 650s are already on shelves with 720p or 1080p variations from 19- 52-inch variations, sans-DLNA, but all models include Samsung's Infolink RSS service for news direct to your flat screen. Don't have Ethernet in your TV room? The Wireless LinkStick enables either series to pull down news without those pesky physical connections for $34.99. Probably not worth
rioting over, but check the read link for complete specs and prices.
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Dean Kamen aims to clean water, generate electricity with Slingshot machine
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
This one has been making the rounds for a little while now (including a recent appearance on The Colbert Report, viewable after the break), but it hasn't received anything near
Segway-like coverage, which is all the more curious given that it's potentially a far more important device. Dubbed the Slingshot, Dean Kamen's latest creation promises to do nothing short of producing clean water from virtually any liquid source (without filters)
and generate enough electricity to power about 70 energy efficient light bulbs. What's more, Kamen estimates that the machines would cost between $1,000 and $2,000 which, given the number of people a single one is likely to help, is certainly quite the bargain.
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Comcast hires former O2 CTO, possibly starting wireless division
Filed under: Wireless
We're not exactly willing to sign up for even more punishment at the hands of Comcast, but all you masochists in the crowd should take note: GigaOm is reporting that the cable giant is "serious" about offering wireless services and has hired former Telefonica O2 Europe CTO Dave Williams to make it happen. It's not clear what type of wireless is being considered, but it's a good bet Sprint will be involved somehow: Comcast is still in that
goofy partnership with Sprint called Pivot that hasn't
gone anywhere, the two companies are rumored to be talking about a
nationwide WiMAX network, and GigaOm thinks there's a chance it could up and buy the stuggling carrier outright. That would be quite a move, but it's all just speculation for now -- we'll let you know if we hear anything solid.
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Cable companies drop Pivot, break up with Sprint Nextel
Filed under: Wireless
Wow, it looks like someone was listening when we said that
Pivot wasn't going anywhere just an hour ago -- Comcast, Time Warner (Engadget's parent company) and Cox have all confirmed to the AP that they've backed out of the quad-play partnership, leaving Sprint alone to awkwardly hang out with Advance / Newhouse, which declined to comment. That must be a fun party. Of course, this also means both of the partnerships Sprint and Big Cable got into have
now failed, but that doesn't mean the competition in the space is over: both Time Warner and Cox say wireless is still in the cards for their companies, but Pivot was just too complicated a venture. Comcast hasn't said anything yet, but promised a comment tomorrow sometime between 7AM and 11PM.
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Nyko intros "limited edition" Kama Wii nunchucks
Filed under: Gaming
Nyko's already let loose a
wireless nunchuck and a
cord-free adapter for your standard issue nunchuck, but if those options are a little too subdued for your taste, you may want to consider one of the company's new "limited edition" Kama models, which are also wireless and available in your choice of four colors of varying degrees of garishness. That includes gray, black, pink and gold (or gold details, it seems), each of which are limited to between 150 and 300 units and cost $35 each. Yes, that's a premium over the standard model, but just imagine the looks of adoration you'll get when you whip one of these out at your next Wii Sports tourney.
[Via
Wii Fanboy]
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Toshiba dreams of 512GB SSDs, invites you to join in
Filed under: Storage
Move over Samsung -- that 256GB SSD
you've been touting is now half as cool as it used to be. According to reports stemming from a Japanese seminar which saw Toshiba's Shozo Saito take the stage, the firm is hoping to flesh out its
line of solid state discs within the next few years. More specifically, it's looking to offer drives with as much as 512GB of room, and Mr. Saito himself expects a full quarter of laptops sold in 2011 to come equipped with an SSD. Figure out a way to get those stratospheric prices down, and we doubt it'll take that long.
[Via
CNET]
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Keyboard-infused pants make it okay to grab your crotch
Filed under: Wearables
Okay, so maybe tapping that space bar repeatedly in mixed company wouldn't be
entirely appropriate, but if you've actually managed to mingle with fellow civilians while rocking these, they aren't likely to mind. Dreamed up and designed by Erik De Nijs, these über-geeky
pants boast a built-in keyboard that's apparently Bluetooth-enabled. Beyond that, you'll also find sewn in speakers, a pocket made especially for travel mice of all flavors and a "joystick controller" strategically located just behind the front zipper (saywha?). Hate all you like, we just penned this very post on a pair of these bad boys. Only kidding.
[Thanks, Hans]
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Samsung releases four Touch of Color series monitors
Filed under: Displays
Samsung's setting loose four new monitors in their "artisan design"-themed Touch of Color series displays (which were
hinted at during CES). All feature 20,000:1 contrast ratios and various supernatural features like MagicColor, MagicBright, and MagicTune; specifically, the line starts with the two lower-tier 2ms models: the $259 T190 19-incher and the $359 T220 22-incher. Then you've got the two higher-tier models (both with HDMI and 5ms refresh): the $499 T240 24-incher, and the $599 T260 26-incher. All will be available by the end of July.
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MSI Wind gets Turkish video hands-on
Filed under: Laptops
Curious enough about the
MSI Wind to sit through a video of a couple of nerds talking about it endlessly in Turkish? Check it out after the break -- and we don't want to hear a word about how you want those three and a half minutes of your life back.
[Via
Mike Cane 2008]
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Best Way To Avoid Keyloggers On Public Terminals?
goombah99 writes "While on vacation, I occasionally need to check my e-mail on a public terminal. What are some good techniques for avoiding keyloggers? Most of my ideas seem to have major drawbacks. Linux LiveCD can probably avoid software keyloggers, but it requires an invasive takeover of the public terminal, and is generally not possible. Kyps.net offers a free reverse proxy that will decode your password from a one-time pad you carry around, then enter it remotely. But, of course, you are giving them your passwords when you do this. You can run Firefox off a USB stick with various plugins (e.g. RoboForm) that will automatically fill the page in some manner they claim to be invulnerable to keyloggers. If that's true, (and I can't evaluate its security) it's getting close to a solution. Unfortunately, keeping the password file up-to-date is a mild nuisance. Moreover, since it will need to be a Windows executable, it's not possible for people without a Windows machine available to fill in their passwords ahead of time. For my business, I have SecureID, which makes one-time passwords. It's a good solution for businesses, but not for personal accounts on things like Gmail, etc. So, what solutions do you use, or how do you mitigate the defects of the above processes? In particular, how do people with Mac or Linux home computers deal with this?"
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