Archive for March 26th, 2008

Gigantic Ambassador controller built to handle Ableton Live

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Filed under: Peripherals Some fairly fantastic homegrown controllers have graced our eyes before, but seriously, we have no idea how a human brain could actually keep track of all the possibilities on this one. Regrettably, we have no idea how many square inches (feet?) this thing encompasses, but the aptly-dubbed Ambassador ...

ASUS releases Eee SDK, open source continues to be open

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Filed under: Laptops Word on the street is that ASUS has joined the fray and released an SDK for its Eee line. According to the folks over at Eee Site, the Xandros-based software package is available for download as a 1.2GB disk image. Of course, since the mini-laptop's Linux-based OS is... ...

XCOR’s Lynx aims to enter space tourism business in 2010

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Filed under: Transportation Crazy though it may be, XCOR's looming Lynx isn't the first rocket ship built to take Earthlings to outer space, but it's definitely taking a different approach than that of the SpaceShipTwo. Unveiled as the "sports car of commercial spaceflight," the smallish craft is only designed to carry ...

Sanyo brings “smallest and lightest” XGA projector to these shores

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Filed under: Displays It looks like it's not only those in Japan that'll be able to get their hands on what's purported to be the "industry's smallest and lightest XGA projector," with Sanyo now also announcing that its diminutive PLC-XW60 LCD projector will soon be available 'round these parts as well. ...

Super Talent ships “world’s thinnest” 256GB SSD, still too thick for us

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Filed under: Storage We've learned to be extra cautious whenever some company tosses out that "world's thinnest" claim, and while this one isn't an outright lie, it's not exactly as impressive as Super Talent would have you believe. Yeah, the outfit's 256GB FSD56GC25H SSD actually is the slimmest on the market ...

ASUS’ 9-inch Eee PC 900 hits the FCC with full teardown

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Filed under: Laptops Eee fans, your second-wildest dream has just come to pass. ASUS' next version of the mini-laptop has hit the FCC, and we've got the pictures to prove it. Yes, as we speak (possibly, but maybe not) inspectors from the agency are poring over details of the 9-inch, second ...