Toshiba have now released their SpursEngine SE1000 processor for sampling. The processor, based on the PS3’s Cell technology, contains 4 cores as opposed to the Cell’s 8, runs at 1.5Ghz and is capable of 48 Trillion floating point operations per second (48Gflops). Current plans are to integrate the chip with future Graphics Cards and set-top […]
Sun Microsystems have recently received $44 million in funding from DARPA to try and break Moore’s Law by using lasers to interconnect computer chips together, potentially being able to improve on current computing speeds by up to a thousand fold. Currently silicon chips maximum speeds are limited by the need to transport data around the […]
Western Digital have just released their latest two-platter offering, available in the US for $140. Two platter drives offer the best balance of performance vs value vs capacity, meaning a pair of these will out-perform a single terabyte hard drive any day of the week. Boasting a 3Gb per second transfer rate to external sources […]
BT have recently been testing a new device called an interstitial plate, or iPlate, that claims to be able to cut out the interference caused on telephone lines by televisions, faulty wiring and the like. Costing just £10 the handy self-installable gadget has already been tested by 1000 customers and, on average, provided […]
Polaroid are releasing a great new printer that isnt much bigger than the average mobile phone. Via bluetooth 2.0 you can print off your latest drunken images whenever and wherever you want. The device will use specialised polymer paper, consisting of 3 crystalline layers, and by way of heat & pressure can […]
MSI have just announced a bizarre laptop that is part computer, part air purifier. Dubbed the PR620 the laptop is capable of emitting anions - negatively charged particles that are purportedly capable of cleaning ambient air and helping asthma sufferers or aleviate anxiety. If you don’t buy into that, then the laptop is […]
Verizon are looking to deploy a 100GB/s (yes, 100 Gigbits per second!) network across America over the next twelve months. Initially pretty much no-one will be able to tap into such ridiculous speeds but it certainly paves the way for future streaming HD television and cheap internet becoming a lot more viable.
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4 gadgets in 1!? Those crazy people at ThinkGeek have now got a great new office computer gadget for sale for just $14.99 you can get a USB powered vacuum cleaner, flexible desk lamp, cup warmer and an extra slot for another USB toy of your choosing, maybe the USB Aromatherapy Oil Burner perhaps?
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OCZ have been developing their NIA (Neural Impluse Actuator) for a while now, but it finally seems they will be hitting the market in the next few months. Priced at $300 the technology behind this device reads the brains alpha and beta waves, along with muscle and eye movement to manipulate a traditional mouse-pointer […]
Now its Sony’s turn to wow and amaze with their newest unveiling in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress - the XPERIA X1. This monster of a phone sports an incredible 800 x 480 touchscreen display, as well as including a full qwerty keyboard and an insane optical joystick along with all of the […]