Archive for January 30th, 2008

Nokia N95 8GB with US 3G passes FCC

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones We certainly can't guarantee that your wait for the US 3G version of the Nokia N95 8GB is nigh, but it did just pass through the FCC, meaning the last major hurdle to selling the things in the US is over. We don't blame you for gawking, ...

Nikon’s D60 is world’s first Eye-Fi enhanced camera

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Filed under: Digital Cameras, Wireless, Storage It may be a low-end DSLR contender, but Nikon's D60 can still surprise. Seems Nikon and Eye-Fi are in cahoots as the D60 was just announced as the first shooter crowned "Eye-Fi Connected." The D60 recognizes the Eye-Fi wireless 2GB SD card when inserted then ...

Sony intros the makeup-inducing PCS-XG80 1080i video conferencing system

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Filed under: Digital Cameras, HDTV The kind, loving folks over at Sony claim that they're about to explode the video conferencing market wide open -- HD style -- and we've got front row seats to the festivities. According to the electronics-maker, the PCS-XG80 is the industry's first 1080i, HD conferencing solution, ...

eMachines’ new T5246 and T3642 desktops make you go “Eh.”

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Filed under: Desktops eMachines, long known for dropping mediocre, middle of the road, inoffensive desktops, has once again busted out of the gate with two new defiantly tame PCs that will make you say "Hello." The latest entries -- confusingly named the T5246 and T3642 -- share similar guts, including NVIDIA ...

Western Digital intros My Passport Essential external HDD

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Filed under: Storage WD's Passport portable drive a bit too clunky for your tastes? We dig your style, and if you're always looking for something sleeker and sexier, the new My Passport Essential is likely to satisfy -- if only for a moment. Reportedly, these were tweaked to look more like ...

Gateway’s new GM5664 desktop does Blu-ray and HD DVD, has kid brother that doesn’t

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Filed under: DesktopsGateway is releasing two new desktops today, both sporting some features we've grown accustomed to, but also introducing some new hotness into the typically stale market. The new models -- the GM5664 and GT5662 -- share a slew of the same features, like the ATI Radeon HD 2400XT ...

HP’s Penryn-stuffed Pavilion HDX-9000 gets reviewed

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Filed under: Laptops Dubbed "the best-looking 20-inch laptop on the market" by PC Mag, HP's monolithic HDX-9000 was recently hoisted onto the test bench and put through a number of paces to see if it really was worth the fortunes it demands. The stunning 1080p display and LED-backlit keyboard were both ...