Dec 23

Dell And Alienware Finalize The Deal!

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This article was written on March 22, 2006 by CyberNet.

Dell And Alienware Finalize The Deal!

After months of denying any claims it looks as though Dell and Alienware have stepped up and finalized the acquisition. Dell has been looking to get into the gaming industry for quite some time now and they did it in a way that upsets many people. People are worried that Alienware is going to go downhill from this point. This announcement comes just when Dell announces the XPS 600 Renegade for sale at the hefty price tag of $10,000!

Dell has said that they plan on operating Alienware as a standalone company but the real issue is whether Dell will replace some of the high quality hardware that goes into the Alienware computers with some of ‘their own’ to help cut costs. Hopefully Dell doesn’t compromise the quality that people expect from the Alienware computers.

News Source: Yahoo! News

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Dec 23

VUDU price dramatically slashed to $99* for the holidays

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We know it’s a touch late to be ordering up a gift for unwrapping on the 25th, but this one just might be worth the IOU you’ll likely be forced to give. VUDU’s movie set-top-box, which typically goes for $299, is now priced at just $99 for a limited time. Of course, VUDU forces you to purchase $50 in movie credits along with it (thus the asterisk being applicable here), but it’s not like you’re just going to buy this and never watch anything, right? There’s also a bundle that includes a Wireless Kit at 50% off (now just $49), making the grand total for a VUDU, $50 in movie credits and a Wireless Kit only $198. Let’s just say now is about the time to buy if you’ve been holding off on a VUDU — we hear those HDX titles are mighty tasty!

[Thanks, Rob]

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Dec 23

Possible iPhone Nano Photos ‘Leaked’

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The iPhone Nano is shaping up (or shaping down?) to be the hot Macworld rumor. First we saw a leaked case design, and now an anonymous reader has submitted this shot to MacRumors.

To us, this looks like little more than a quick invocation of Photoshop’s scaling tool, but as MacRumors points out, it is at least consistent with the purported case design.

I’m unsure on this one. While the picture is almost certainly a fake, if the iPhone is to replace the iPod as we have previously speculated, there needs to be a Nano-sized product in the lineup. What do you all think? Is a smaller iPhone likely, desirable or even usable? Answers, as ever, in the comments.

iPhone Nano Concept Photo? [MacRumors]





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Dec 23

The CD Is Dead [Or Seriously Wounded]

Posted in: MP3, Music, Today's Chili

pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”dead cd.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/dead%20cd.jpg” width=”350″ height=”279″ class=”mt-image-right” style=”float: right; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;” //spanCrystal ball gazers at Gartner have sounded the death knell for the good old CD, saying this Christmas will be its last as a dominant retail audio format./p pWe all know that sales of CDs are falling, compared to digital downloads, but Gartner is calling on the music industry to fully embrace the online distribution ‘opportunities’ instead of propping up our favourite audio Frisbees. Here come the figures./p pIn 2007, online distribution represented about 23%t of revenue [in the US] and about 15% worldwide, while CD sales are now dropping rapidly in major markets worldwide and are em”unlikely to regain market share”/em. Percentage-wise, total revenues from physical media (CDs, LPs, DVD-A etc.) have fallen from 91% of revenue in 2005 to 77% in 2007, while retailers are cutting back on the floor space given over to CDs. /pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/29e523e/mf.gif’ border=’0’/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0’trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=The CD Is Dead [Or Seriously Wounded]link=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/12/23/the_cd_is_dead_or_seriously_wo.html” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=The CD Is Dead [Or Seriously Wounded]link=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/12/23/the_cd_is_dead_or_seriously_wo.html” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/27588480777/u/0/f/9581/c/552/s/43930174/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/27588480777/u/0/f/9581/c/552/s/43930174/a2.img” border=”0″//a

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Dec 23

Snapture Brings Flash to the iPhone

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Snapture has until now concentrated on enhancing iPhone photos with software. Now, the company is doing the same thing, only with hardware. This prototype unit contains a Xenon flash, allowing the iPhone to take decent photos even in low light. The slide-on case also features an LED lamp for lighting video.

Video? Oddly, yes. Like the Snapture application, the SnaptureFlash requires the iPhone to be jailbroken to work, as the regular, unhacked iPhone won’t send a trigger signal to an external flash.

The Snapture unit runs off the iPhone’s battery, but doesn’t drain it significantly despite being around 100x brighter than an LED flash, according to company founder Bowei Gai.

The Snapture folks have shoved this flash into the patent office’s maw and are actively seeking a manufacturer. We have but one suggestion: put a close-up lens on there, too. That way you can fix two shortcomings in one.

Product page [Snapture. Thanks, Bowei!]

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Dec 23

British physics professor perfects “tunable eyeglasses” — no eye doctor required

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We’ve seen small scale liquid lenses progress from concepts to commerical applications, and now Joshua Silver, a retired physics professor at Oxford University, has perfected what he calls “adaptive glasses,” applying similar tech in a singular and ingenious way. Aimed at helping developing nations where glasses are expensive and doctors are often in short supply, Silver’s spectacles are made of tough plastic with with silicone liquid in the lenses. When purchased, each lense will have a syringe attached to it, and the wearer will be able to adjust the amount of liquid in the lenses — which essentially changes the prescription — without the need for an optician. About 10,000 pairs have been distributed in Ghana on a trial basis, with plans to distribute one million pairs in India in the next year — the ultimate goal is one billion by 2020. And somewhere else in the world, a room full of opticians cry into their beer.

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Dec 23

Energizer Powers Up Solar Recharger

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pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”energizer solar1.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/energizer%20solar1.jpg” width=”370″ height=”235″ class=”mt-image-none” style=”” //span With our houses filling up with gadgets at an alarming rate, a good universal charger always goes down well. /p pEnergizer has just launched its Solar Recharger which promises to power many of your fave toys with the help of some rays from the sun [and a plug socket]. /p pThe charger handles the usual AA and AAA batteries but also sports a USB port for powering devices like MP3 players [including iPods] and cameras, among others. They say: /p pem• will feature a USB-out port to power other devices (since some cell phones, cameras, and GPS units have USB plugs, like most iPods for example);br / • can be charged from an AC wall outlet in addition to the sun;br / • and is weatherproof to withstand the elements./em/pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/29e34df/mf.gif’ border=’0’/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0’trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Energizer Powers Up Solar Rechargerlink=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/12/23/energizer_powers_up_solar_rech.html” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Energizer Powers Up Solar Rechargerlink=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/12/23/energizer_powers_up_solar_rech.html” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/27588477197/u/0/f/9581/c/552/s/43922655/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/27588477197/u/0/f/9581/c/552/s/43922655/a2.img” border=”0″//a

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Dec 23

Intel buys a little more Imagination, says it might want it all

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Apple buys a little Imagination -- 3.6 percent to be exact

Man, that PowerVR mobile graphics core must be some hot stuff — hot on the heels of Apple’s $5M investment into developer Imagination Technologies, Intel’s upped its own investment in the company to 3.04 percent. That’s not quite as much as Apple’s 3.6 percent stake, but Intel seems ready to commit — it also filed a statement with the London Stock Exchange saying it might try and acquire all of Imagination if it thinks another company is on the prowl. Of course, Apple and Intel are like, besties, so maybe it’ll all work out, but we’ll see whose letter jacket Imagination shows up to homeroom in next week.

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Dec 23

‘Gadget Meltdown’ Will Occur At 11.48am On Christmas Day

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pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”gadget rage.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/gadget%20rage.jpg” width=”277″ height=”297″ class=”mt-image-right” style=”float: right; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;” //spanOne of the hardest learned lessons of all gadgetheads is: ‘Never Buy Gadgets For Your Parents’. And especially not at Christmas. /p pThe reason is because you will spend all day teaching them how to use it and the rest of your life being their unofficial tech support line. /p pAccording to The TechGuys, the UK’s largest provider of technology support services, ‘Gadget Meltdown’ will occur at precisely 11.48am on Christmas Day. Based on last year’s calls to their TechFriend service, gadgets packed up between 11.40am and 11.56am. The peak was 11.48am with the majority of callers ringing up about problems associated with setting up new PCs, laptops and wireless networks./p pTim Fairs, head of marketing at The TechGuys comments: /pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/29e1e7a/mf.gif’ border=’0’/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0’trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=’Gadget Meltdown’ Will Occur At 11.48am On Christmas Daylink=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/12/23/gadget_meltdown_will_occur_at.html” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=’Gadget Meltdown’ Will Occur At 11.48am On Christmas Daylink=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/12/23/gadget_meltdown_will_occur_at.html” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/27588474522/u/0/f/9581/c/552/s/43916922/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/27588474522/u/0/f/9581/c/552/s/43916922/a2.img” border=”0″//a

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Dec 23

Lenovo Reveals More On Its Dual-Screen ThinkPad Laptop

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pspan class=”mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”lenovo dual screen thinkpad.jpg” src=”http://uk.gizmodo.com/lenovo%20dual%20screen%20thinkpad.jpg” width=”588″ height=”462″ class=”mt-image-none” style=”” //span/p pWith the world gone ‘Netbook-mad’, it’s novel to see Lenovo taking notebook design in a new direction – like adding in a second screen. /p pThe company has just released some new details on its forthcoming dual-screen, ThinkPad W700ds. /p pThe laptop will sport a 17in primary screen as well as a 10.6in secondary screen, which will pop-out from the side of the laptop’s lid. Why?/p pWes Williams, worldwide product marketing manager for ThinkPads, Lenovo, explains: /p pem”People that use high-end computers, whether they are professional photographers or work in other fields, all use two displays at their desktops. What we were trying to do in building a mobile workstation is give them the same experience. Not only do you need a great display, great graphics, great processor and RAID hard drive with a workstation, but it is hard going back to a single display mode.”/em/pimg width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’http://feeds.uk.gizmodo.com/c/552/f/9581/s/29dfe39/mf.gif’ border=’0’/div class=’mf-viral’table border=’0’trtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Lenovo Reveals More On Its Dual-Screen ThinkPad Laptoplink=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/12/23/lenovo_reveals_more_on_its_dua.html” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif” border=”0″ //a/tdtd valign=’middle’a href=”http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Lenovo Reveals More On Its Dual-Screen ThinkPad Laptoplink=http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/12/23/lenovo_reveals_more_on_its_dua.html” target=”_blank”img src=”http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif” border=”0″ //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/27588470561/u/0/f/9581/c/552/s/43908665/a2.htm”img src=”http://da.feedsportal.com/r/27588470561/u/0/f/9581/c/552/s/43908665/a2.img” border=”0″//a

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