Jan 7, 2011

Victorinox previews a knife for simultaneous PowerPoint/shanking

CES 2011: If MacGyver filled out TPS reports, he would own one of these

Victorinox had an impressive spread of pocket knives on display, nearly all of them containing one or more flash memory sticks of some sort.  The Belle of the Ball however had to  be the unreleased “Presentation Master”  knife/biometric protected flash drive/Bluetooth Power Point slide advancer/laser pointer/nail file/screw driver/scissors/owner of my heart.
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Jan 7, 2011
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Toshiba’s SSD division is swimming with da fishes

CES 2011: No, seriously.

File this one in the WTF folder.  Toshiba managed to pique our interest with an ingenious, yet slightly crazy/useless display gimmick.  An SSD board was mounted inside of a fish bowl, mostly submerged in ordinary water (made slightly alcoholic once everyone’s back was turned,) and was booted from on a computer next to the tank.  Utterly useless? Yes. Attention getting?  Yes.  Can you do this at home?  Yes (just don’t send us the repair bill.)
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Jan 7, 2011
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Exclusive colour photographs of Sapphire’s P67 board

Not CES 2011: For all those of little faith

WE’VE ALREADY SHOWN you Sapphire’s mini-ITX Brazos board and no-one was overly surprised at seeing this motherboard, especially as Sapphire is a long term AMD partner. However, what we have for you today is an exclusive look at a not quite final P67 chipset motherboard from Sapphire, a product that many didn’t expect to launch.
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Jan 6, 2011

Yale introduces Z-Wave based, multi-touch deadbolt locks

CES 2011: Hackers and bedazzled pink silicone case makers rejoice

Lock maker and home security outfit Yale have unleashed their newest creation on the unsuspecting home automation masses.  Deadbolt door locks with multi-touch gesture input, and internet connectivity so you can lock your kid in his room from anywhere in the world.
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Jan 6, 2011

Kingston previews a totally wireless external flash drive prototype

CES 2011: Lithium battery, flash memory, WiFi, ready for love

Kingston Technology is generally known among the community as a solid provider of all things memory.  From desktop DIMMs to SD cards, they’ve got you covered and now they are putting the finishing touches on a nifty piece of kit that is bound to turn some heads and make its competitors stand up and take notice.
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Jan 6, 2011

Sony Ericsson announces the Xperia arc

CES 2011: Slim and good looking, but will that be enough?

SONY ERICSSON HAS been struggling for some time and although its Xperia line of Android handsets have improved things to a degree, the company has as many others been slow when it comes to releasing updated versions of Android for its handsets. Its latest addition to the Xperia line of devices was just announced and although it has the looks of a high-end handset, does the Xperia arc have what it takes to fight off the competition in 2011?
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Jan 5, 2011

Gigabyte launches its G1 Killer series of gaming motherboards

CES 2011: A little bit gimmicky, but loaded with features

ASUS JUST GOT some serious competition for its R.O.G. series of motherboards, as Gigabyte has just announced its new G1 Killer series which have been specifically designed for gamers. Now these boards do have some gimmicks that are meant to be for the target audience, but they also have a lot of features that we think will appeal to a broader market and they’re features that none of Gigabyte’s competitors have, as yet, implemented on a board level.
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Jan 5, 2011

Cisco joins world + dog in a play for your television

CES 2011: Time to put your pants back on when making calls

Cisco predicts that by the year 2014 no less than 90% of all internet traffic will be video related and they certainly want a larger piece of that action.  Through acquisitions of companies over the years like Flip Video, Linksys, and Umi they are hoping to make a major play for screen time on basically every electronic device you own.
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Jan 5, 2011

Sapphire announces the Pure Fusion Mini E350

Returns to the motherboard market with Brazos

WE’VE BEEN EXPECTING this product from Sapphire for quite some time, although we didn’t quite know what to expect and it seems like the company has managed to churn out a pretty decent Brazos board that differ somewhat from its competitors. The Pure Fusion Mini E350 as the board is called is the first consumer Brazos board that we’ve seen so far that uses SO-DIMMs and it’s one of the few to offer a mini card PCI Express slot as well.
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Jan 5, 2011

Qualcomm goes on a spending spree, buys Atheros

Adds another missing link to its range of products

QUALCOMM APPEARS TO have blown its entire budget for this year already, as the company has announced that it has procured network chip specialist Atheros for the not so insignificant sum of $3.1 billion. Considering Atheros broad portfolio of networking products, this might very well be a fair sum paid, but we can’t help to wonder if Qualcomm couldn’t have gotten a better deal elsewhere.
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