

Hold onto your hats. The new Acme LPG370TS lunchbox computer comes with three 17-inch high-res LCD screens into it’s portable briefcase style computer. Under the hood is an Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4GHz processor, 2GB RAM, Dual nVidia 8800GTX cards in SLI mode, 8 channel audio, Firewire 400 and USB connections, and a Dual Gigabit LAN. WOW. That’s some serious portable gaming power. Especially if you’re a digital fighter jock looking to shoot down some bad guys in cyberspace.
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Can you steal his bones without waking the dog? Probably not the coolest of games out there but it beats the like of Buckaroo (then again most games do).
The thing is this particular pooch is of the aggressive, ‘almost bite your hand off if you so much as breathe near it’ variety. And almost bite your hand off he will, because if you make a dog’s dinner of retrieving the bones, the sleepy hound will wake in an instant, lurch forward and growl. Rrrargh!
Don’t Wake The Dog is available from Firefox for £14.95.
Looking for a new MP4 player? Axxen has recently released one, namely the Pleigo X3 at KES 2007. This MP4 player does not come with any USB connector cap since it slides out using a mechanism, ensuring you won’t have to worry about losing that cap whenever you transfer files to and from it. Features include a 65k color OLED display, a 5-band equalizer, a lithium polymer battery that lasts up to 8 hours of playback, and compatibility with MPEG 1,2,3, ASF, JPEG, AVI, and WMA formats. the Pleigo X3 measures 77mm x 25mm x 9.8mm and weighs 25 grams. It will be available in capacities of 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB. Pricing details have yet to be determined.
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That’s Computer World’s prediction, anyway. The popular PC magazine states that the pay for wireless hotspot plan is stale and saving marketing departments competing for your money will offer wireless for free to get you in to buy their products. The longer you stay, the more you buy. McDonalds is known to offer such an inticement, and now it may look like Starbucks will … or should as well.
The prediction comes on the heals of Starbucks/Apple’s iTunes wireless store which allows users to download music they hear streaming in the any one of the 13,000 plus coffee houses. While users have to pay for the music download, the wireless access is free. So why not extend that with other revenue streams as well?
But the real issue is competition with McDonalds. The Golden Arches has recently added high quality coffee to it’s menu (that’s been rated better that Starbucks, mind you), and at least in Great Britain, the wireless connectivity is free. So why not come for the coffee and free wireless and stay for the Big Mac? Starbucks has answered the call by expanding their breakfast menu with egg sandwiches that look very McMuffin like.
In the end, it makes sense. During the depression, movie theaters had “dish night,” which they gave away free dishes with the purchase of a movie ticket. People build up entire place settings by going to the movies. When I was in college, it wasn’t uncommon to go into an all night diner for coffee and conversation, and leave after eating breakfast in the morning.
Whatever it takes to get em in the doors, that’s what Starbucks should be doing. And free bandwidth is a great way to entice them. Especially the caffeine addicted.
The Lilly House is one interesting concept as it will be able to bloom in the same manner as a flower within 90 seconds. That’s pretty innovative, and I’d assume it will be able to close up within the same time frame as well. Best to equip this house with some sort of weather predicting device so that it can close before your expensive furniture gets wet.
With the push of a button, the house opens in 90 seconds like a flower and transforms from a compact container into a fully furnished and functional space with a kitchen, dining room, bathroom, bedroom, living room and library. All materials used in the Biennale house were recyclable or recycled.
If you’re interested in checking the Lilly House out, it will be located in Columbus Circle (NYC) from November 28 to December 29.
This is the perfect gift for cooks or gardeners or yourself, no green thumb required. It's a counter-top herb garden, with the perfect balance of organic nutrients, oxygen, lighting and automation technology. No messy soil is needed. It comes complete with everything including seed pods and nutrients.
Price: Starting at $699
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The USB Mini Fridge cools your drinks from 5V USB power. It works with PC, Mac, X360, PS2, PS3.
The USB Fridge is very chic but it can’t be used with larger cans (more than 12oz).
This gadget can be yours for US$33.00 from Usb.Brando.com.hk.
It may not be as cool as the SMS kettle but Kenwood have announced their new Response Kettle which has 2 features for us gadget lovers.
Firstly you can visually see at what stage of the boiling process the kettle is at, the light inside the kettle changes from blue to red as the water heats. It also has an 80 degrees mode, so instead of boiling the water it heats it to a suitable temperature for other hot drinks, this would work well for me as I always have my coffee black so end up boiling the kettle and adding cold water to my black coffee, not the most green of things to do.
You can see the full press release on the Kenwood site, found via Chip Chick.
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I’m not much of a gardener but if I was this is the gadget I’d need to tell me where to plant things, the SunCalc.
And stop killing valuable plants by planting them in the wrong location with this clever sunlight calculator that measures accumulated light at a specific location in your yard. Just set the digital calculator into a pot and “plant” it in your garden. 24 hours later, indicator lets you know whether that plant location is full sun, partly sunny, partly shady or full shade so you can match specific plant light requirements to that location and maximize your plant’s potential.
The Sun Calculator is available from Computer Gear for $29.99, though why a computer shop sells a gardening gadget I have no idea.
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For those who always wanted to light up their garden at night but do not have the budget for it, here’s a practical solution that doesn’t require you to fork out extra dough for your monthly power bill. The Solar-powered Courtesy Light will harness all the energy required to function from sunlight alone, which means there aren’t any pesky wiring to contend with as well.
Whether it’s a welcoming light for guests, a security light for you or a practical light to lead the way and help you find your keys, our Solar Sensor Light delivers a fantastic solution. The Solar Sensor Light turns on automatically when motion is detected and off after 1 minute. And the best bit? Its battery is powered solely by sunlight, so no wires are required, making it ideal for emergency use as you can rely on this practical chap all year round.
This home improvement device retails for £24.95 from Gizoo.
Asustek Computer Inc. has prepared one of the first notebook PCs to use SideShow, a small display on the outside of the case that works with Windows Vista to allow users to scan e-mails and other information without booting up the laptop.
Dubbed the Asus W5Fe, it could be a hit with users who need to check some information on the go but don't want to waste battery life or take the time for a full system boot-up. It also could end up adding little extra cost to a laptop. PortalPlayer Inc., which designed the technology used in the W5Fe, has said it only increases production costs of each laptop by around US$30 to $40.
SideShow periodically wakes up the sleeping computer, gathers information stored on the computer's hard disk from Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista, Outlook and other applications, then returns the computer to its sleep state. The information, including recent e-mails and current calendar appointments, can then be consulted on the low-powered external display.
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From CompuLab, the Fit-PC is a tiny, no frills Linux PC that uses a mere 5W of power to operate. That's one-fifth what some computers burn in standby. And the specs may be better than you'd expect. An AMD Geode processor runs at 500 MHz, supported by 256MB DDR memory (non-expandable), 40GB 2.5" hard drive and SXGA graphics controller. And none of that needs fans to cool. The inclusion of 2 USB ports mean that the Fit-PC will actually work with normal peripherals...though we're not certain how much power those ports will supply your devices.
At 5" long and only 1.5" thick, the Fit-PC will fit anywhere. And at $285, we think we're in eco-love. But what did ExtremeTech have to say about the function?
We fired up Firefox and spent some time browsing the web. Some Flash-intensive web sites rendered slowly, but most web browsing seemed no worse than running on an older laptop with integrated graphics. We also loaded up OpenOffice apps to check them out. After we had six windows (and six apps) running, the system definitely became sluggish...
While you can build a PC that's nearly as inexpensive, or buy a used laptop for not much more, the fit-PC's unique form factor gives it an edge in any environment where space is at a premium.
Also, its extremely low power usage means you can keep the system running all the time. In any application that requires always-on usage and a light duty applications mix, the fit-PC may indeed be an ideal fit.
IE7 was previously reserved for customers using genuine copies of Windows-based operating systems and was protected by Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation software.
"Because Microsoft takes its commitment to help protect the entire Windows ecosystem seriously, we’re updating the IE7 installation experience to make it available as broadly as possible to all Windows users," remarked IE7 program manager Steve Reynolds on the IE Blog. "With today’s 'Installation and Availability Update,' Internet Explorer 7 installation will no longer require Windows Genuine Advantage validation and will be available to all Windows XP users."
Microsoft is likely using this move to makes IE7 available to the broadest range of customers worldwide. Mozilla's Firefox browser has gained a lot of traction recently, and this move would give Microsoft some additional ammunition.
In addition to the removal of WGA, the latest version of IE7 brings updates to the menu bar, online tour and a new MSI installer for IT administrators.
A speedy Internet connection is what everyone wants these days - after all, you get to download the latest movies and music (try not to get caught in the process if you’re doing it illegally) in the blink of an eye, and at the very least you don’t have to worry about having your online banking transaction experience a time out, leaving you with beads of sweat wondering whether that $10,000 wire has gone through or not. Roll up your sleeves and be prepared for a new dedicated 10Gbps optical link, as long as your office is a member of Internet2. This research network has already completed a major upgrade to its national infrastructure, operating at speeds of up to 100Gbps at this moment while allowing researchers to provision their own dedicated links for limited periods of time.