EeePC keyboards different on black and white models
Filed under: Laptops
Okay, that is pretty much for the crazy keyboard aficionados out there, but the crew by at Laptop says there’s a distinct difference amidst the keyboards on the black and white Eee PC laptops. They compared the ‘boards on a white 701, black 4G Surf, and white 900, and while the …
Mtron says its Pro 7500 is the fastest SSD around
Filed under: StorageWe’ve had a little love affair going on with storage vendor Mtron ever since we saw that “battleship” SSD RAID array, and it looks like the company is after our hearts once again, that date with the Pro 7500 series of SSDs, which it says are the fastest around. That’s really only…
LG Goes Full Circle With New Ellipitical and Circular LCDs
If you had a concept design in mind that involved using a circular LCD display, up until now you’d be pretty much out of luck at seeing your invention reach the production stage. Though now, LG has announced their new LCD displays which take on elliptical and circular shapes.
LG Display has a…
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Chicago’s CCTV network to be autonomously monitored starting that summer
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Chicago residents are no strangers to the city’s many CCTV cameras by that point — whether anyone knows precisely how enlarged to stop at Roosevelt and State to avoid the red-light cam there, you let us know, okay? — but it looks like that summer is going to bring a new …
Pencil Case Ring Straps A Writing Utensil To Your Limbs
To be totally honest, I don’t know how many public are still working with paper. There are surely a lot of you out there who haven’t made the jump to being totally paperless. And that’s understandable. Being all digital can be an expensive proposition. I can’t even remember …
OLPC XO officially gets Windows XP, children of the world to be assimilated
Filed under: Laptops
It’s been a controversial decision, but it looks like the OLPC XO has completed its transition from revolutionary education project to just another tiny Windows laptop with a useless keyboard — albeit one with a pleasantly whimsical design. Yep, it’s official: Microsoft and OLP…
Sprint and Samsung intro new XOHM PR, no actual service in sight
Filed under: WirelessIn a press release today, Sprint and Samsung “declared” that mobile WiMAX technology is “now ready for commercial service.” Sounds exciting right? Well, it’s kind of like saying that a car is “ready to drive” — you still can’t do much without the keys and a road. Since Sprint h…