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A telescope in a cubic kilometer of ice

University of Delaware UD scientists and engineers are currently working at South Pole under very harsh conditions. This research team is one of the many other ones working on the construction of IceCube, the world's largest neutrino telescope in the Antarctic ice, far beneath the continent's snow-covered surface. When it...

Tags: Ice, Particle, Tank, IceCube, Digital Optical Module, Eiffel Tower, IceTop, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Team Management, Blogging, Internet, Management, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-12-10

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New night vision module available for Nikon dSLR cameras

Electrophysics has debuted a high performance night vision module compatible with Nikon digital SLR cameras such as the Nikon D3 and D700 models. The AstroScope 9350NIK Night Vision Modules fit between the camera body and SLR lens, maintaining electrical connections and lens features such as optical image stabilization. The company maintains that...

Tags: Nikon Corp., DSLR, SLR, Vision, Camera, Electrophysics, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-09-09

Alpine CDE 102

The Alpine CDE-102 CD receiver is about as entry level as car stereos come these days. It plays CDs and that's about it, or is it?As it turns out, even an entry-level car stereo can hide a few tricks up its sleeve. For example, the Alpine can playback digital media...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Digital media, Digital music, Network technology, Alpine, Alpine CDE-102, faceplate

Product reviews 2009-06-25

Alpine iXA-W404

Our experiences with Alpine's "mechless" car audio receivers have been mostly positive. So, when we received the iWA-X404, which ups the ante with the inclusion of a larger display and touch sensitivity, we naturally assumed that bigger would be better. True, the W404's larger screen facilitates the playback of video...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Corporate communications, Digital music, Digital media, Alpine iXA-W404, Alpine, W404, touch screen, encoder

Product reviews 2009-06-10

G.E. discovers how to put 500GB on a disc; eventual Blu-ray killer?

G.E. discovers how to put 500GB on a disc; eventual Blu-ray killer?Double edged swordWith the ISPs boosting fees and limiting monthly usage the "instant media download" scheme will never take off. The "flash" thing is still too expensive and unreliable (what would a 500 gig flash module cost). ...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Flash Media, DVD archive, killer, G.E., disc, DVD, disk, Flash Movie

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

Sony DMX-WL1 Bravia Wireless Link

Photo gallery:Sony DMX-WL1One of Sony's latest strategies with HDTVs is to market a range of add-ons, such as the Bravia Internet Video Link, designed to work with its Bravia televisions. The most expensive such device so far is the DMX-WL1, otherwise known as the Bravia Wireless Link Module....

Tags: TV & Home Theater, TVs, Cable, Sony Corp., transmitter, Gefen EXT-WHDMI, external antenna, HDMI, wireless link

Product reviews 2009-02-03

Alpine iDA-X100 digital media receiver

When was the last time you walked into a store and purchased a CD? If it takes you a few moments to come up with an answer, you've probably made the jump to digitally distributed and stored audio. If so, Alpine may have the car stereo for you, the...

Tags: Digital music, Monitors & displays, Advertising & Promotion, faceplate, digital media, Alpine iDA-X100, Alpine, knob

Product reviews 2008-12-18

Move over, Psystar: EFi-X USA to sell Mac OS X-capable PCs

Move over, Psystar: EFi-X USA to sell Mac OS X-capable PCsThis isn't really competition for PsystarPsystar basically covers the low end. This covers the high end. The competition is only with Apple.But of course if Psystar customers get hosed as a result of the lawsuit, this dongle may save their...

Tags: PC, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Psystar, EULA, Apple Inc., EFi-X USA, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-12-12

The "As close to $150 as you can get it" PC

As usual, my mailbox is brimming with great comments and questions from Hardware 2.0 readers. Here's one that caught my eye: I notice that you talk about building PCs regularly. If you wanted to build a PC but spend as close to $150 as possible, what components would you...

Tags: PC, Motherboard, CPU, RAM, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-09-16

Panasonic SC-PT660

Panasonic's 2008 home-theater-in-a-box line has three contenders in the sub-$500 range. At the top of the line is the SC-PT960, which includes wireless speakers in the rear, tallboy speakers up front, and is XM-ready. In the middle is the $400 SC-PT760; it loses the satellite radio compatibility, but retains...

Tags: Digital music, Panasonic SC-PT660, speaker, Panasonic, iPod Dock, Apple iPod

Product reviews 2008-03-26

Secure ripping from "episodic DVDs" described in just-published Microsoft patent app

A major new Microsoft Patent application entitled DVD identification and managed copy authorization describes and illustrates a secure manner in which DVDs could be enabled for "ripping" of selected sections of media. In other words, and as Paragraph 44 of this app...

Tags: Consumer, Multimedia, Authorization, Activation, Content Provider, Client, Information, Microsoft Corp., Copy, Copy Service, Identification Response, FIG, Authorization Service, Method 1000, Method 1100, Method 1200, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-01-03

Turtle Beach Ear Force AK-R8

Plenty of PC headphones and audio cards offer a "headphone surround-sound" mode, but it's often little more than a sophisticated reverb mode that uses psychoacoustics to trick the mind into thinking it's hearing something beyond a stereo (2-channel) source. That's why the Turtle Beach Ear Force HPA headphones were so...

Tags: Ear Force AK-R8, headphone, Turtle Beach Ear Force HPA, PC, AASRM, earcup, USB

Product reviews 2007-11-01

Build the $340 NAS for half the price but double the speed

The thing that has always bothered me with the NAS Network Attached Storage market for consumers is that it's very high margin yet the products deliver very poorly on performance.  While that might be great for the product manufacturers bottom line, it isn't so great when you're the consumer.  Typical...

Tags: Hard Drive, NAS, Media Center PC, Performance, Power Consumption, Watt, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Media Center PCs, Performance Management, Storage, Microsoft Windows, Serial ATA, Linux, Hardware, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Software, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-10-22

Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 1)

Last month, I wrote about the FUD surrounding Windows Vista and DRM. The FUDmaster is Peter Gutmann, a New Zealand researcher who wrote a paper last December that made a series of outrageous and inflammatory claims about Windows Vista. Since then, Gutmann has expanded the paper to more than four...

Tags: Monitor, Digital-rights Management, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, Video, Microsoft Corp., FUDmaster, Peter Gutmann, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2007-09-16

Vista Media Center takes over the living room

[Update 24-August, 2:00PM: By popular request, I've assembled a list of the parts that went into this system, including specs and prices.]  In June, I recounted my out-of-the-box experience with a new Dell PC running Windows Vista, starting with a failed BIOS upgrade, undergoing a successful repair, and establishing that the basic hardware and software...

Tags: Media Center PC, PC, System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Vista Media Center, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2007-08-24

Sony KDL-46S3000

Sony's 2007 line of Bravia-branded LCD HDTVs includes numerous new models, but the least expensive, and therefore most likely candidate for most popular, is the KDL-S3000 series. The 46-inch KDL-46S3000 represents the largest of the series, and is priced above many like-size budget panels but lower than most 1080p models....

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, Sony KDL-46S3000, Sony Corp., KDL-S3000, KDL-S3000 series, TV

Product reviews 2007-06-05

Microsoft Patent app enables set-top box programming over Internet

A newly published Microsoft Patent application describe technology for remotely programming a set-top box for television.The Abstract for the Patent app Remotely Accessing and Programming A Set-Top Box offers this description:Systems and methods for remotely programming a set top box and for remotely scheduling an...

Tags: IPTV, microsoft

Blog posts 2007-05-24

Gateway E-100M (Core Duo)

Editor's note: The specific configuration reviewed here will be available from Gateway starting October 5, 2006. (10/3/06)Gateway's basic black E-100M is a tidy grab-and-go package for workers on the move. This ultraportable's no-nonsense design clearly evokes the black IBM ThinkPads of yore, certainly a good bit of psychological free...

Tags: Processors, Memory, Gateway E-100M, Gateway Inc., Intel Core Solo, Intel Core Duo

Product reviews 2006-09-28

Fujitsu LifeBook E8210 Notebook

The Fujitsu LifeBook E8210, the latest in the company's line of business-oriented thin-and-light notebooks, is by no means exciting, flashy, or inexpensive, but it does offer serious performance and security at a competitive price. The LifeBook E8210 performs as well as the more expensive Dell Latitude D820, totally outperforms the...

Tags: Notebooks, Fujitsu Ltd., Lifebook E8210, Fujitsu LifeBook, notebook

Product reviews 2006-08-11

Fujitsu LifeBook Q2010

Editor's note: The score was revised upward to reflect our test of the extended battery, which comes standard on the LifeBook Q2010 we reviewed. (7/25/06)The Fujitsu LifeBook Q2010 ultraportable laptop is small enough to fit in even the most cramped coach seats, but at more than $3,000 for a well-configured...

Tags: Notebooks, Fujitsu LifeBook, LifeBook Q2010, Fujitsu Ltd.

Product reviews 2006-07-21