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VESA might’ve been a bit tardy with finalizing it, but DisplayPort v1.2 is now all official and it comes with an impressive tally of numbers to get your attention. Doubling the data throughput of v1.1a (from 10.8Gbps to 21.6Gbps), the latest version will be able to support multiple monitors via only a single output cable, allowing you to daisy-chain up to four 1920 x 1200 monitors, for example. It can also perform bi-directional data transfer, which will permit USB hubs, webcams, and touchscreen panels integrated into displays to communicate over the same cable as the video signal. Backwards compatibility with older peripherals is assured, but you’ll naturally need a v1.2-capable computer to exploit all this newfound goodness. You’ll find the full PR after the break.

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DisplayPort 1.2 receives final VESA blessing, grows into a real standard originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We love the Plusminuszero range of home accessories designed by Naoto Fukasawa. We’ve been reporting about them for a long time now and almost jumped out of our seats when we saw this, the latest from the brand — the Humidifier S Aroma, a sleek and tall model similar to their Version 3 humidifier.

Coming in three chic colors, this serves as both an attractive home humidifier and also an aroma therapy tool. Pour the aroma oils into the top tray and let your living room become a fragrant, relaxing haven…

You can see why these kinds of products are popular in Japan: they blend simplistic but graceful design with efficiency. They do more than one thing (in this case, a humidifier and an aroma oil burner), and are unobtrusive spatially (paramount in those tiny Tokyo apartments we all live in!). People here don’t take home accessories for granted, even when it is a small and relatively cheap product like this one. Instead, they team up with a high-profile designer and sophistication even for a pragmatic tool.

The Humidifier S Aroma sells for $179.

This article was written on March 12, 2008 by CyberNet.

At 1:46 AM today, Hulu launched to everybody in the United States after 18 weeks of private beta testing. Many of you have already been enjoying Hulu as one of their beta testers and so for you, this is no big deal. But to the thousands upon thousands of people who are just now hearing about this new way to watch TV shows and over 100 full-length movies for free, it is a big deal. At this point the service isn’t perfect, but it is a great way to catch up on shows that you may have missed.

As mentioned, at this point it’s available only to those living in the United States. This is obviously one of the huge downsides with people Internationally showing interest in the service.  So far there’s been no word from Hulu on if or when they intend to make this service available to those in other countries. Another thing that some see as a downside is that the shows aren’t available for download.

Content on Hulu comes from providers like Fox, NBC, MGM, Sony Pictures, Warner Bothers, Lionsgate, and more. In all, there are over fifty different providers which NewTeeVee lists. The shows and movies that they provide aren’t exactly high quality, but they’re not poor quality either.  To make money, ads are displayed for several seconds throughout the show. The one ad I remember seeing when using the service was from Nissan, but other advertising partners include Best Buy, Intel, State Farm, DirecTV, and Chilis.

Overall, I’ve been impressed with what Hulu offers. I think they have a great thing going here and it’ll be interesting to see if they’re able to succeed. Now that they’re open to the public, hopefully they’ll be able to keep up with the demand because there are already reports that the site is going a little slow today.

Source: Hulu Blog

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Ever wonder what the offspring of an after-party Twitter and Digg copulation might look like? No, well aren’t you pure and normal. Regardless, we fantasize about it all the time but never expected this iPhone payment dongle to be first from the litter. Square is Jack Dorsey’s (Twitter co-founder) new startup that now has Kevin Rose (Digg founder) on board as an investor and YouTube pitch man for the prototype payment device that plugs directly into the iPhone’s headphone jack. We’ve covered Square before but this is the first video that clearly demonstrates the full capability of the credit card swipe system on a live device. A compelling proposition for receiving cashless payments if you’re a small business owner looking to exploit irresponsible credit card debt or just the average Joe hocking goods at a garage sale, farmers market, or Craigslist. Assuming of course, Square’s cut of the transaction isn’t too egregious. Demo after the break.

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Square payment dongle demoed for iPhone toting hippies and you (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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And now, for the hopelessly devoted HP homeboy, we present a trio of lust items. The new hotness on the converitble tablet front — the TouchSmart tm2 — is ready for shipping in exchange for nearly $950, and will endow your life with a 12-inch capacitive multitouch display, a somewhat senescent SU7300 1.3GHz ULV processor, and 3GB of DDR3 memory. Should you dare to stray into higher price ranges, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 discrete graphics and an SU9600 CPU are also available. Alternatively, you can splash $929 on the 15.6-inch dv6t, which now comes with a 2.4GHz Core i5-520M as standard, as well as free upgrades to 3GB of RAM and 320GB in storage. Graphics options here range up to an NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M with 1GB of onboard memory. Finally, the dv7t matches its smaller sibling’s upgrades but asks for $999 for the base spec, which includes a 17.3-inch display with a 1600 x 900 resolution. So there you have it, something for pretty much everyone.

HP brings out TouchSmart tm2 tablet, upgrades dv6t and dv7t with Core i5 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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