Pioneer shows off 16-layer 400GB Blu-ray Disc, affirms compatibility with current players

When Pioneer first introduced its unicorn-like 16-layer 400GB Blu-ray Disc, we weren’t sure if the thing would make it beyond the drawing board, let alone be compatible with existing BD decks. Over at the IT Month Fair in Taipei, Pioneer showed up to showcase the capacious disc, and better still, a DigiTimes report asserts that [...]

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Bel Canto’s USB Link 24/96 converts USB audio to S/PDIF

Wait just a second there, vaquero. We know you’re invigorated, but you should probably attempt to digest the price tag here before blowing a gasket in excitement. Bel Canto — not known for trickling out low-end gear — has just introduced the $495 USB Link 24/96, which presumably does an impeccable job at converting high [...]

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Apple’s in-ear headphones finally, really available now

Remember those new in-ear headphones we heard about from Mr. Jobs himself back in September? Well, he promised them for October (see the giant slide behind him), and here we are, in December, and they’ve finally appeared. Each earbud’s got its own woofer and tweeter, so be prepared for Master of Puppets to sound better [...]

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Nokia N97 hands-on

digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/gadgets/Nokia_N97_hands_on’; If you’re like us, you haven’t seen nearly enough of the N97 yet… right? Well fear not, faithful reader, as our intrepid comrade from Engadget Spanish, Drita, has nabbed a tasty hands-on with the phone in question. As you can tell from the pics, it’s not quite as thin as its [...]

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Nokia N97 video hands-on!

Once again Drita from Engadget Spanish has swooped in a caught some fantastic video of Nokia’s new N97 in action. There’s no point in beating around the bush — just check out the device doing its thing after the break!
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AMD Phenom II CPU roadmap foreshadows potent Spring

Not that AMD’s being overly secretive about its forthcoming Phenom II processor, but it hasn’t exactly been forthcoming with model names / estimated ship dates, either. And that folks, is why we look to leaks. A recent writeup over on Chinese site HKEPC details the impending chip family by listing over a dozen new CPUs [...]

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Nokia seals acquisition of Symbian Limited

Yep, it’s a done deal. On the same day Nokia chose to unveil its new flagship N97, the outfit also announced that it had “completed its offer to acquire software company Symbian Limited.” As of now, “all conditions to Nokia’s offer to acquire Symbian Limited have been satisfied and it has received valid acceptance of [...]

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Nanovision’s MIMO UM-710 mini display gets tested, proves addictive

While we were led to believe that Nanovision’s MIMO line of diminutive LCDs would be stuck in South Korea for the foreseeable future, it appears that a trio of ‘em are now shipping to North America. While not christened with any SideShow labeling, this 7-inch UM-710 mini monitor was designed to operate alongside your laptop [...]

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Nokia Maps gets upgraded, Messaging hits most devices

The news is flowing hot and heavy from Barcelona, and the latest succulent tidbits to land in our laps are these. First up, a fresh version of Nokia Maps is on tap, which includes “a number of new features such as high-resolution aerial images, 3D landmarks for 216 cities and terrain maps, as well as [...]

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Palm’s preliminary quarter-end results show drooping revenues, bleak outlook

Remember when we used to write about Palm in order to talk about its devices and / or operating system(s)? Man, those were the days. Now, it just seems like one sadness-filled report after another, and just days after hearing that it would be cutting an undisclosed amount of employees in order to trim operating [...]

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Wiimote repurposed into theremin, Vincent Price’s ghost perks up

Both practical and not-so-practical applications for the Wiimote have been around since Nintendo’s console launched, but this latest hack is quite possibly the oddest thus far. Ken Moore, tinkerer extraordinaire, has inexplicably converted the controller into a new-fangled theremin. By coupling IR-infused gloves with a JV-1080 synth and the Wiimote’s built-in Bluetooth, he’s been able [...]

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Verizon drops Omnia to $199, hopes you’ll pay attention now

Samsung’s Omnia is nice enough to find a good home in many a professional’s pocket, but in terms of overall desirability it doesn’t quite compare to the iPhone or G1. Why, then, did Verizon price the thing $50 higher than its alternate-platform competition? Your guess is as good as ours, but at least the company [...]

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Windows Vista SP2 set for April launch to manufacturers?

In case you missed it, last week TechARP said that Vista SP2 is scheduled for an April 2009 release to manufacturing — that means not you… not yet anyway. We’re guessing that it will hit a month later for general release if the Vista SP1 rollout was any indication. So who’s TechARP? Oh just the [...]

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Windspire vertical turbine on sale now, aiming to capture the consumer wind power market

We’ve covered plenty of wind turbines over the years, but most tend to be awfully conceptual or rather unsuited to consumer applications. Being eco-geeks at heart we’re happy to report on a new one that is both consumer-friendly and in production now. Mariah Power’s Windspire is a 9 meter tall vertical turbine intended for residential [...]

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Canceled 5-megapixel Nokia slider almost looks like a fake

If this thing were coming from any source other than the legendary Eldar Murtazin of mobile-review, we’d go ahead and assume this was a knockoff nabbed off eBay for a few bucks — but amazingly, we think it’s the real deal. The dead-on-arrival burgundy slider with gold accents looks like it could’ve been part of [...]

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