Archive for 'Technology'
Apple iphone – 4G
Posted on08. Jun, 2010 by kanna.
While Apple may tinker with the final packaging and design of the final phone, it’s clear that the features in this lost-and-found next-generation iPhone are drastically new and drastically different from what came before. Here’s the detailed list of our findings:
What’s new
• Front-facing video chat camera
• Improved regular back-camera (the lens is quite noticeably larger [...]
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Stanford researchers harvest electricity from algae
Posted on16. Apr, 2010 by kanna.
While we’ve seen plenty of stabs at viable green energy, from underwater turbines to the Bloom Box, we’re always up for another. Running along the same lines as Uppsala University’s algae-based batteries, researchers at Stanford are generating electrical current by tapping into the electron activity of individual algae cells. The team designed a gold electrode that can be pushed [...]
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Microsoft Zune HD Personal Multimedia Player
Posted on15. Apr, 2010 by kanna.
The 64GB version of Microsoft Zune HD personal multimedia player lets users store about 20 hours of 720p HD video, or 6,400 songs at 320Kbps. The price compares favorably to an iPod touch of the same capacity, which costs $400.
Each ships alongside firmware 4.5, which adds more codecs support, including DivX, access to Microsoft’s Marketplace apps [...]
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Kobo’s eReader gets reviewed
Posted on11. Apr, 2010 by kanna.
So, how much e-book reader can $149 get you? Well, Kobo’s eReader might not be heavy on the feature set, but based on the general impressions from Electronista’s review, we’d say quite a bit. In exchange for dropping the 3G, WiFi, color screen and audio playback frills of the Kindle and Nook, Kobo’s barebones device puts [...]
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HP Slate to cost $549, have 1.6GHz Atom Z530, 5 hour battery?
Posted on06. Apr, 2010 by kanna.
Well, well — what’s this? We just got our hands on what looks like an internal HP Slate presentation given to cool down some of the iPad hype amongst HP employees, and it just happens to have specs and pricing details on the elusive Windows 7 tablet. As we’d heard, the Slate will run $549 [...]