Considering a new desktop purchase? Make sure the new rig will have WiFi and Bluetooth capability, because that kind of connectivity will make life a lot easier.
The pictured WiFi and Bluetooth USB Adapter, available via chinavasion.com, provides everything while taking no more than one USB slot—at less than $20 at that.
The only question remaining is just how trustworthy chinavasion.com is. Comments on the online retailer’s legitimacy are welcome.
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Not a great way to start 2009 folks, if your XPS M1330 conks out on you, failing to boot-up, showing vertical rainbow lines instead.
Looks like such a problem is commonplace, and the consensus is that it’s related to the laptop’s GPU or motherboard. Less clear in the conversation if it’s a real hardware problem, or simply a niggling cooling system design flaw.
Updates on how well the warranty-claiming process goes will be available shortly.
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the end of the year brings us lists that recap the events of 2008. Since I already used those words as an introduction for an earlier post, I restrained myself from using them again. It’s just not going to be
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Today’s news reminds me of the old Y2K scare, except this time it actually happened. Some Zune owners suddenly found themselves without a functional portable media player recently because of a glitch. Read the details and you tell me if it doesn’t sound a bit eerie. For all of
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A tablet-style device from Apple has been rumoured for years. In fact, it’s been rumoured so long, someone else ended up making and selling one. But 2009 could finally see a fully legit Apple tablet, dubbed the iPad.
Yes, we’re in the land of rumour and hearsay once more, although TechCrunch claims ‘three independent sources close to Apple’ have confirmed details of a prototype device to them. And from what they’re saying, it’s likely to be a large-sized iPod touch with 7-inch or 9-inch screen, mixing access to the iTunes app store with iTunes and a Safari web browser. They also add that prototypes have been ‘handled’ by those sources, with Apple now in discussions in Asia about mass production.
We’ll file this under ‘believe it when we see it’ for now, but it could make commercial sense, especially with a proposed launch in time for Christmas 2009.
Link: Apple (via TechCrunch)
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Virgin and Be Internet may have offered some pre-Christmas cheer by signaling the arrival of their super-fast 50-meg and 48-meg broadband connections, but Britain is still chasing the global pack according to a top computer scientist.
Professor Christopher Bishop of Microsoft Research Cambridge reckons that unless Brits boost their bandwidth it could could have disastrous implications for the education and healthcare systems.
The prof also reckons that unless a major re-building of the nation’s online infrastructure takes place then Britain will be less equipped to tackle global warming. Crikey.
He says: "If we are looking for a government project that would stimulate the economy in the short term and help combat the impact of the credit crunch, while also bringing long-lasting improvements to the nation’s infrastructure, then we could do no better than rewire the nation with fibre optics."
It’s all down to the copper, y’see. Britain’s failure to replace their copper phonelines with road-runner like fibre-optic cables years ago has seen our little island fall way behind the Fear East and other regions when it comes to shifting our online data around the place.
The Prof adds: "We can now shift huge amounts of data speedily around the country but cannot move it for the last mile into people’s houses because there is not enough bandwidth in our domestic telephone cables, the only effective route we have for taking broadband signals into homes and small businesses. This is beginning to have serious consequences."
So come on Gordon, what are you waiting for? The future of Britain depends on your instant action to enable us a better Xbox Live connection, more HD movies. Oh and perhaps improve the economy, education system and environment, but first things first.
Link: The Guardian
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LG is about to make your current Blu-ray player look so 2008, with a range of new networked players offering full access to the YouTube catalogue.
Launching at the forthcoming CES, the as-yet unnamed models will focus on both Blu-ray playback and on-demand entertainment, with deals in place with US movie retailers CinemaNow and Netflix, should you get an urge to view something new when the stores are closed. And if the bank balance is looking bleak (perhaps because you’ve upgraded your Blu-ray player for the third time in a year), YouTube will be available for clips of comic pets, wannabes and bootlegged gig footage.
Ok, we’re talking US services right now, but the technology is universal. We could still pull down YouTube clips in the UK and we have movie download firms in the UK who’ll be queuing up to jump on these players. So don’t be surprised to see these new players in the UK not long after the US launches, which are currently pencilled in for the first half of the new year.
Link: LG (via Engadget)
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Asus is obviously happy with the performance of its upmarket Eee PC model, the S101, as it has now seen fit to grant it a successor.
The S121 comes with many familiar netbook specs - the Intel Atom CPU, 1GB RAM and choice of OS. However, it steps outside the norm with the inclusion of a WiFi-N connectivity. It is also offers a couple of marginal improvements over its predecessor – the screen is now 12.1” and it is expected to come with hybrid SSD/HDD storage and a full sized keyboard.
It has retained the trademark “exquisite” brown stylings, which this time looks to be a little deeper than those found on the S101 chassis and will surely go nicely with your autumn apparel. We’re still waiting for price and availability details, but we’d be expecting something around the £500 mark. More info as we get it.
Link: Asus (via New Launches)
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Has the Christmas season left you tense and full of stress? You need a massage - and with the Harp Chair, you get it through music.
Just settle back into your medieval-style ‘throne’, grip the arm rests and feel yourself sink into tranquility as the soothing strings of the harp tingle your body and tantalise your ears. There are 60 brass strings in total (30 plain and 30 wound piano strings), all tuned to relax your upper and lower back, thighs and the palms of your hands.
Unfortunately those arm rests don’t kick in a motor to operate the harp, you’ll need to find an underling to strum as you take it easy, a bit rich when the makers are asking a hefty $7,000 for the chair. Mind you, if you can afford to pay that amount of cash for a wooden throne, we’re guessing you have enough in the bank to employ a professional harpist for a couple of hours each day.
Link: Hammacher (via Born Rich)
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Leica has been making achingly hip cameras for longer than any of us have been alive, with the Leica D-Lux 4 Titan up there with the coolest compacts.
In truth, it’s no different to your average 10.1MP D-Lux 4, which means an overlarge 1/1.63" CCD image sensor, 3-inch LCD screen, manual and automatic operation, various scene modes, the option to capture RAW images and movie recording.
But this is a limited edition D-Lux 4, the ‘Titan’ highlighting the titanium case, while the limited edition matching calf leather case is certain to catch the eye of your average fashionista. Leica says that 10,000 of these babies will hit the market (and presumably the UK) for an as-yet undisclosed price in January. The price has been confirmed for Japan - it’s the equivalent of £935. Ouch!
Link: Leica
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