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AU Optronics unveils curved LCD

New display technologies often precede innovations like the iPhone, Microsoft's Surface and other new toys. With that in mind, it's worth noting that AU Optronics has unveiled a curved LCD display. On Monday, AU Optronics, a leading LCD component manufacturer based in Taiwan, said it will showcase...

Tags: AU Optronics, LCD, Thickness, Display, Monitors & Displays, Keyboards, Hardware, Components, Peripherals, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-19

MacBook Air: thinnest but not lightest

MacBook Air: thinnest but not lightestRE: MacBook Air: thinnest but not lightestOne thing apple cannot afford not to be is cool. They have to make products like this, even if they fail, as did the cube.Well the Toshiba and the thinkpad...both have 12 inch displays and not 13 inch,...

Tags: Notebooks, Apple MacBook, MBA, notebook, MacBook Air, thickness

Discussion threads 2008-01-18

Wrinkles in nanoscale-sized films

An international team of scientists from Chile, the Netherlands and the U.S. has found a very simple way to measure the material properties of thin films having a thickness of only a dozen nanometers. The researchers just dropped water on thin film floating in a Petri dish. This causes wrinkles...

Tags: Film, Wrinkle, Polymer, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-08-12

Additional Resources

First impressions of the HP iPAQ 910 Business Manager

First impressions of the HP iPAQ 910 Business Managerquestions on the 910Look forward to your review of the 910.I have the ff questions. I asked HPsome of these questions and they haven'tgoten back to me.1. Does the Micro SD slot support SDHC?2. I have the prior version of this...

Tags: Handhelds, Flash memory, Compaq iPAQ, HP iPAQ 910, HP iPAQ 910 Business Manager, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP iPAQ

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

Microsoft's multicore strategy

Microsoft's multicore strategymulticoreinfoA link is provided to this blog on http://www.multicoreinfo.com , the hub for multicore related resources.Moderately talented?"...enables the moderately talented to produce functional software. Enabling Visual Basic programmers to exploit multicore chips is no mean feat."Say what? I use VB because its easier and faster to develop...

Tags: multi-core, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

I'm done with the MacBook Air (for now)

I'm done with the MacBook Air for nowSince your MBA will just be lying around...So, since you're done with your MBA, can I have it?Must agreeI must agree with you. I also have MBA and MBP. The performance is a bit of an issue. But I think the portability overcomes...

Tags: Notebooks, AirBook, MacBook Air, Apple MacBook, MBA

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

Planes, trains, and automobiles

Planes, trains, and automobilesRE: Planes, trains, and automobilesIt's all about fear and control. Since planes can cover a greater distance AND are easier to control points of entry are limited to a plane and fewer connection points they also offer a higher profile of success. The natural fear of flying...

Tags: Government, train

Discussion threads 2008-06-16

iPhone 3G announced for July 11th availability, but lots of questions remain

iPhone 3G announced for July 11th availability, but lots of questions remainUSA...ATT...no mas, jack.sighRE: iPhone 3G announced for July 11th availability, but lots of questions rAs long as the iphone stays on AT&T it will stay out of my pocketJobs again sells the old while pretending it is new[i]Wow, the...

Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, Harry Bardal, Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G, 3G

Discussion threads 2008-06-09

Unboxing and first look at the HTC Touch Diamond

The devices just keep rolling in here at the ZDNet Mobile Gadgeteer headquarters and this time we have the HTC Touch Diamond device that was announced at a major kick-off event last month. I didn't attend the event where each attendee is getting a Diamond, but HTC came to Mobius...

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Video, HTC Touch, Image Gallery:The HTC Touch Diamond, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Marketing, Software, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-06-07

Breaking: iPhone 3G photos leaked (updated)

Breaking: iPhone 3G photos leaked updatedSo the iPhone is only 0.1" thick now!!11!11one1!1After all, it is beveled and the thickness of the MBA was measured at its thinnest point so the iPhone is now as thin as a piece of paper! Hehe, Apple sure fooled a lot of people with...

Tags: Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G, 3G, photograph, Apple Consumers

Discussion threads 2008-06-07

First impressions of the Nokia N78 with S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 and FM transmitter

When it rains, it pours and I am getting swamped with new mobile devices to evaluate right now with the HTC Advantage 7510, Nokia N82, and now the Nokia N78. The Nokia N78 is the successor to the very popular Nokia N73 with significant improvements, including WiFi, GPS receiver, S60...

Tags: Device, Nokia Corp., Transmitter, Nokia N78, Nokia N73, S60 Feature Pack 2, Image Gallery:The Nokia N78, Naviwheel, Stereo Speaker, Cellular Phones, Engineering, Flash Memory, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-06-06

Philips 42PFL5603D

At the Consumer Electronics Show this year we selected the Philips 42PFL5603D as the best product overall because it addressed one big issue with today's flat-panel HDTVs: power consumption. Now that we've tested the "Eco TV," we can confirm that it does indeed use less power than any flat TV...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Philips 42PFL5603D, Philips Electronics N.V., Eco TV, backlight, TV

Product reviews 2008-05-30

Gateway M-1626

The Gateway M-1626 is a fixed configuration version of the manufacturer's midsize M series and is currently available through Office Depot. As with the M-1618 we reviewed last summer, we like the design of the Gateway M1626, which combines a lovely display and a comfortable keyboard inside of a relatively...

Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Gateway M-1626, Gateway Inc.

Product reviews 2008-05-30

Xerox: Gel ink will be the future

There may come a day when we're buying a tube of ink gel for our printers. Xerox on Thursday said it is previewing what it calls a "cured gel ink technology" that prints on plastic and foil. Xerox's plan is to take digital printers to the packaging...

Tags: Xerox Corp., Paper, Image Quality, Inkjet Printer, Ink, Gel, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-29

Photos: Sony's OLED TVs gain star status

New superthin prototype draws a crowd--including decor guru Martha Stewart--at the D6 technology and media conference.Sony''s ultra thin OLED (organic light-emitting diode) TV at the D6 technology and media conference in Carlsbad, Calif., on Tuesday. The television is less than the thickness of a credit card and will be on...

Tags: Sony Corp., Organic Light-emitting Diode, Photograph, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-05-28

Via open sources laptop designs; Will it make Via relevant as a chipmaker again?

Via has open sourced a laptop--computer assisted design documents, 3D models and all of the specifications--but let's be clear about the motives. Via wants to sell more chips and motherboards to power this device with hopes to become a little more relevant. Via calls this contraption the...

Tags: Open Source, Motherboard, Laptop Computer, Laptop Design, Wireless Module Option, Module Option, Chipsets, CAD, Notebooks, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-27

MacBook Err

MacBook Errcaption"This one goes to 11. 12. 13. 14..."Suggestion for a new function key....F-off :-)RE: MacBook ErrAs much as I like reading this blog, I sometimes think that some entries would be better not being written. Beside the second key would obviously lower down the volume (unlike what...

Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, F11, Nigel Tufnel, Spinal Tap, keyboard, Apple MacBook, St. Hubbins, Derek Smalls, heavy metal band, World-famous, metal band

Discussion threads 2008-05-20

Mobius Seattle 2008; First impressions of the HTC Advantage X7510

Mobius Seattle 2008; First impressions of the HTC Advantage X7510Advantage CommentsMatt, great preview of the new Advantage. I love my 7501, but I wish it were thinner and lighter. Not that it's huge, especially compared to a UMPC, but it's not easy to put into your pants pocket....

Tags: Keyboards, Handhelds, Mobius Seattle 2008, HTC Advantage X7510, Mobius, High Tech Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-15

Samsung ML-2851ND

Samsung's ML-2851ND is a barebones monolaser printer with a few extra features attached that will appeal to the small-to-medium business crowd that simply needs to print out text documents or light graphics. The $330 price tag is higher than average for a monochrome printer (especially one that that isn't wireless),...

Tags: Printers, input tray, CNET Labs, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung ML-2851ND, printer

Product reviews 2008-05-12

Don't insulate, Nansulate, says Florida cleantech company

Don't insulate, Nansulate, says Florida cleantech companywhat about other uses e.g. Space Shuttle, airplanes, etc?If this stuff is so good NASA should be buying it by the bucket to insulate their flight vehicles including the Back To The Moon Lander.What about Boeing using it for airplanes instead of whatever they...

Tags: Nansulate, R-Value, cleantech company, clean technology

Discussion threads 2008-05-09