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3DV's depth-sensing camera

Tomer Barel, vice president of 3DV Systems, shows CNET News.com's Ina Fried a 3D camera called ZCam. The camera mimics hand moments, enabling gamers to do away with their traditional game controllers.

Tags: Game, Camera, 3DV, Games, Personal Technology, Gaming, 3D, ZCAM, game controllers, motion sensors, Ina Fried

Videos 2007-12-10

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Logitech Gaming Mouse G500

Logitech might have a firm grasp on luxury mice, but the gaming mouse market is a much more competitive space. We like Logitech's new $70 Gaming Mouse G500 quite a bit, too, but we can't say that we find it an unequivocally better product than its chief competitor at this...

Tags: Mice, Games, Logitech, Gaming Mouse G500, mouse, game, scroll wheel

Product reviews 2009-09-08

Western Digital debuts 2TB, 7200RPM enterprise-class hard drives

Western Digital on Tuesday announced that it is now shipping 2TB, 7200RPM enterprise-class desktop hard drives with WD's 500 gigabytes-per-platter technology. The company's family of Caviar Black drives (pictured, below) is intended for gaming, high-performance desktop systems and workstations; while the 2TB WD...

Tags: Hard Drive, Performance, Positioning, High-performance, Western Digital Corp., Branding, Leadership, Performance Management, Processors, Marketing, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-01

Logger Pro 3.8 (Mac)

Logger Pro software provides an inexpensive, user-friendly way for students to collect and analyze data with computers. This program works in combination with Vernier Software's Universal Lab Interface or Serial Box Interface. With either interface, students can easily measure physical quantities such as temperature, pH, pressure, light, dissolved oxygen, relative...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Student, Vernier Software & Technology, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2009-09-01

Watchdog for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

Watchdog for iPhone is a perfect sound alarm and motion alarm system with the ability to call any phone number on alert. Alarm triggered by motion or sound or both. Ability to choose from a number of preset alarm sounds, including sirens or dog barking. Adjustable sensitivity for both sound...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Watchdog, MAIL POINT GmbH, Smart Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-08-14

Fortune Data Centers uses energy efficiency metrics as competitive differentiation

Fortune Data Centers, which opened a new "green" data center in San Jose, Calif., back in April 2009, is wooing prospective tenants with its high efficiency claims -- power usage effectiveness PUE measures of 1.37 at full load -- and its likely certification as the first operational data center in...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-08-07

Diamond Twister 1.4.5 (Mobile)

Diamond Twister is the rotate-the-blocks puzzle game. Discover this priceless mobile game. Steal dazzling diamonds from eight glamorous locations, including lavish mansions and well-protected museums, in this addictive rotate-the-blocks puzzle. Enjoy eight different game modes throughout a simple and challenging concept: Swap two gems to align three or more identical...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Diamond, Gameloft, Games, Smart Phones, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-07-17

News to know: AMD; Windows 7; Chrome OS; 'Slow IT'

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: AMD rounds out six-core Opteron lineup Joe McKendrick: In praise of 'slow IT' Mary Jo...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Information Technology, Operating System, Microsoft Windows, Photograph, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., PecoBOO, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-13

One-third of mobile phones to use accelerometers by 2010

iSuppli reports that accelerometers are expected to appear in one-third of mobile phones shipped next year, due to their inclusion in the popular iPhone and Palm Pre handsets. The iPhone's accelerometer detects when you rotate iPhone from portrait to landscape and changes the display accordingly. The...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Mobile, Cell Phone, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-10

Xbox 360 to challenge Wii with motion-sensing camera?

Xbox 360 to challenge Wii with motion-sensing camera?Wii isn't successful because of technologyIt's the games, stupid. More mainstream appeal. The average person isn't interested in playing games to kill people or work on quests that take weeks to finish, they just want to have fun.This failed on the PS2 alreadyI...

Tags: Games, Microsoft Xbox 360, game, Microsoft Corp., Nintendo Wii, camera, Microsoft Xbox

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

New LCD monitor watches you

New LCD monitor watches youMissing first part of headlineIn Soviet Russia...Nice idea, but the temptation is there to use this tech as a spy tool, and that turns me off a bit.Can it also auto-lock my PC please? ntntRE: New LCD monitor watches you"Yes, I have the mind of a...

Tags: Monitors & displays, New LCD Monitor, monitor

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

Interview with Andrea Vaccari, research associate at MIT's SENSEable City Laboratory

Now that machine and sensor data is joining social data traffic on the Internet, the ability to interpret and create meaning out of the information to improve life could be the post-Web 2.0 manifesto. MIT's Senseable City Lab has been on the task for years with various...

Tags: City, Mobile, Network, Data, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Cell Phone, Analysis, SENSEable City Laboratory, Cellular Phones, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-04-06

2009 Infiniti FX50S

Photo gallery: 2009 Infiniti FX50SWhether the Infiniti FX's bulbous curves can be considered beautiful is debatable, but one thing we know for certain is that--in FX50S trim--it certainly is imposing. With muscular front fenders, a large dark chrome grill, and a pair of the most aggressive headlights we've ever...

Tags: AVM, Infiniti FX50S, camera

Product reviews 2008-12-01

Sharp Aquos LC-46D85U

A 120Hz refresh rate is the current step-up feature of choice among LCD manufacturers, and while Sharp has arrived late to the double-refresh party, the company's D85U series, represented here by the 46-inch LC-46D85U, is finally here. This set eschews the dejudder processing found in 120Hz models from many other...

Tags: LC-46D85U, Sharp Corp.

Product reviews 2008-11-05

Lockdown 1.0.6 (Mac)

Lockdown is a Mac security application built from the popular iAlertU. With a new interface, splash screen, and icon, Lockdown makes securing your Mac while you step away even easier than ever. You can customize its detection features by activating your computer's motion-sensors, keyboard-sensors, external device sensors, MagSafe sensors, and...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Lockdown, Computer, Foozoo Design, Productivity, E-mail, Desktops, Online Communications, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-09-05

$500 + Edubuntu = "a complete waste of money"?

I made a comment in an earlier post about Intel's latest Classmates that a pricepoint of $500 on a tablet-based Classmate loaded with Edubuntu would be incredibly attractive. One reader in particular, however, called this combination a "complete waste of money." Others pointed to the need...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Smartparts SPX12 Digital Picture Frame

There are only so many ways to make a digital picture frame stand out in a sea of off-brand, no-name manufacturers making cheap LCDs available to the masses. Wireless Web access is one, as is design and options for changing the frame to suit your decor. Smartparts went the ease-of-use...

Tags: Flash memory, Wireless Web Access, display, image, SPX12, SyncPix

Product reviews 2008-08-20

Steps 1.2 (Mobile)

Make Steps your personal pedometer! By using your height and weight, Steps can calculate the number of steps, average speed, total distance and total calories burned! Use the calibration tool to create your own calibration profiles! Steps uses the device motion sensors to calculate your body movements....

Tags: Weight, Mobile, Edovia Technologies, Productivity, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-08-04

XTension 6.0 (Mac)

XTension works with X10 devices and hundreds of simple plug-in products already available from web-catalogs and from your local Radio Shack. From lighting control to motion sensors, weather stations and pet feeders, you'll love the things that your Mac can do for you, your home and your family.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Plug-in, Sand Hill Engineering, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-07-16

XtraSense Surveillance System 2.0.0.1 (Windows)

Turn your computer into a 24/7 video surveillance system with remote view. It supports up to 16 cameras (IP, analog, USB and DV camera) and 8 sensors. Features include motion detection with masking area, video filters (sharpness, saturations), sensor triggered or scheduled video recording, FTP video to remote server, launch...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-07-04