Omnivision illuminates the dark side with new 14.6 megapixel CMOS sensor

Look, we know that a sensor announcement falls on the dull side of magical, but without them there wouldn’t be any new cameras now would there? So listen in when we tell you about the 14.6 megapixel CMOS sensor from OmniVision capable of shooting stills or 1080p video at 60 fps (with some pixel binning). The 1/2.33-inch OV14810 sensor features an active array of 4,416 x 3,312 backside illuminated pixels capable of 15fps at full resolution. Omnivision is also sampling its new OV14825 for mobile applications. Both should start appearing in still / video cams and mobile phones shortly after they hit mass production in Q2 of the year twenty-ten.

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Marvells Armada 610 Faces Down Snapdragon

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon, NVIDIA’s Tegra and TI’s OMAP4 have a new competitor in the mobile processor world: Marvell’s ARMADA 610, which features a gigahertz CPU, 1080p video encoding and decoding, and unusually fast integrated 3D acceleration. The ARMADA 610 was initially announced last October, but it’s seeing its first demos – and its first details – at CES this week.
Like their competitors, Marvell makes CPUs compatible with the ARM instruction set. But Marvell is an ARM architecture licensee rather than a processor licensee, which means they have more freedom to alter the processor’s structure than TI and NVIDIA do. 
The ARMADA 600 series runs the same ARMv7 instructions as ARM’s Cortex-A8 processors, but with a shorter pipeline which may allow for faster execution, according to AnandTech.
According to a Marvell press release, the ARMADA 610 can render 45 million 3D triangles per second and control four displays at 2k x 2k pixel resolution each. That makes it more powerful than the PowerVR SGX 530 core used in the Motorola Droid and the Qualcomm graphics core in the QSD8250 Snapdragon, which handle 14m and 22m triangles respectively.

Skype reaches the living room via HDTVs

Company’s free online phone service will be embedded in Internet-connected HDTVs from Panasonic and LG Electronics. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10424922-269.html” class=”origPostedBlog”2010 CES/a/p

VIZIO’s 2010 XVT LCDs go up to 72-inches with 3D, LED, WiFi & WirelessHD

Remember VIZIO’s LED backlit 55-inch XVT LCD with WiFi and widgets that debuted for two grand last year and seemed like such a value? Great, now go ahead and forget it because the company’s top of the line model in August will switch over to a monster 72-inch 480Hz LCD (above) with 3D, WirelessHD, VIZIO Internet Apps widget platform and Wireless-N for $3,499. If that’s too big to fit your budget (or in our case, tiny shoebox apartment) there will also be 55- and 47-inch versions available, with all the same features plus a new antireflective panel for those of you who like to keep the lights on during, they’ll cost $2,499 and $1,999, respectively. These 3D displays feature SENSIO technology and Bluetooth-synchronized active shutter LCD glasses from XpanD, while a VIZIO XVT Pro Wireless HDMI Adapter is available separately with 4 HDMI inputs to blast HD signals across the room on the 60Ghz band. Cinema enthusiasts also have something to look forward to, check the gallery below for shots of the 58-inch ultrawidescreen 21:9 aspect ratio XVTPRO580CD, no word on a ship date or price but when it appears later this year you can kiss black bars during movies goodbye. We’re sure we’ll see more models from VIZIO before CES is out for the smaller, less 3D friendly homes, but right now it doesn’t look like the company plans on giving up its LCD sales crown anytime soon — these combinations of features and pricing may prove very difficult to say no to. PR with other details is after the break.

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Eye-Fi announces 802.11n Eye-Fi Pro X2 memory card

Eye-Fi just busted out at CES with its next generation WiFi-enabled SD card, the Eye-Fi Pro X2. The big features of the new 8GB Class 6 SD card are 802.11n support and the Endless Memory mode, which automatically clears photos and videos as they’re uploaded to your machine over WiFi, and there are also some new sharing options in the mix, as well as geotagging support. No word on a ship date, but it’s up for pre-order on Amazon and other retailers now for $149. Eye-Fi is also launching its new Eye-Fi Center software, which should make managing media delivered from Eye-Fi cards a little simpler — it’ll be out later this month. Couple more images in the gallery, full PR after the break.

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Eye-Fi Pro enters its next generation

The latest Wi-Fi SD card from Eye-Fi not only increases capacity, but uses a new architecture with a 802.11n radio that theoretically increases range and power usage characteristics. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10423405-269.html” class=”origPostedBlog”2010 CES/a/p

Pure launches interactive Internet radios for U.S.

U.K.-based Pure has announced that it’s releasing its family of Internet-connected radios to the U.S. market. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10424295-269.html” class=”origPostedBlog”2010 CES/a/p

Pure bursts onto US scene with five internet radios

Pure’s always had a knack for crafting elegant, oftentimes unorthodox looking radios. Problem is (at least for you Yanks), they’ve been marketed and sold exclusively across the pond. In our humble opinion, there’s no better time to change that than here at the International Consumer Electronics Show, and sure enough, Pure is making itself known on the US radar with five distinct WiFi radios. Up first is the flagship product shown above (dubbed the Sensia), which boasts a 5.7-inch touchscreen, an oval enclosure and access to the Pure Lounge — a nifty little portal that taps into internet radio stations, Twitter and Facebook. You’ll also find an auxiliary input jack and a $349 price tag, which is only topped in this lineup by the $449 Sirocco 550. Said system is much like a mini boombox, complete with the typical WiFi radio capabilities, a USB socket, iPhone / iPod compatibility, a CD player and an SD expansion slot. Moving on, there’s the $139 Siesta Flow alarm clock radio, the $249 Oasis Flow — which just so happens to be both rugged and waterproof — and the $229 Evoke Flow that originally surfaced back in 2008. Details on actual US availability is expected to come later, though the full press releases can be found after the break right this very moment.

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Marvell Powers, Pumps Up Plug Computers

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To most normal people, “Nas” is just a rapper from Queens. But techies know NAS as network-attached storage – essentially, computers with hard drivers that act as personal servers.

At CES this year, Marvell is trying to amp up the capabilities of NAS (the servers, not the rapper) with their “Plug Computer 3.0” platform, which features a 2-ghz processor, hard drive, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Plug 3.0-based computers look like power adapters (see the one at left) and will run Linux on their ARM-based Marvell ARMADA 300 CPUs. 

The most popular Plug Computer-based device so far is the Pogoplug, which connects your external hard drives to the Internet. But Marvell sees the faster processor in Plug 3.0 as enabling new features, such as the ability to stream video between rooms (say, from a PC in one room to a TV in another.)

“Your iPhone or your BlackBerry or your Android OS based phone can be your terminal to your network at home,” streaming all your home media from afar, said Bob Salem, director of marketing for Marvell’s enterprise business unit.

PS3 hack plays Blu-ray backups, should send Motorstorm values soaring (video)

PS3 hack plays Blu-ray backups, should send Motorstorm values soaring (video)
The PS3 has thus far proven to be something a tough nut to crack for those wanting to play backups on non-modified consoles, but word on the web is that a technique has been found that will make it possible — if the stars happen to align properly for your hardware configuration. What you need is a PS3 model capable of running Linux, Ubuntu, Windows XP on top of that, a suite of utilities, a copy of the original Motorstorm, and a Blu-ray burner. Get all that configured properly and you should be able to use the technique at the read link to play those copies of games that have thus far been expensive coasters. Given the complexity of this approach we can’t be 100 percent sure it’s legit, but for what it’s worth there is video “proof” after the break, and should you attempt this feat of hackery yourself please do let us know how you get on.

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