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Japanese firm unveils wearable airbag for elderly

September 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s) | User comments: 2

A Japanese company on Wednesday unveiled a wearable airbag for the elderly that pops out when they fall.


3M Launches First Pocket Projector

September 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 37 vote(s) | User comments: 4

3M will launch their MPro110 mini projector later this month. With its composite video input, you can use it for presentations, playing games, or watching movies. You can even connect you iPod to the projector ...


Is This The HTC Dream- Android or An Anamorphic Inside Joke

September 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 14 vote(s) | User comments: 1

The Dream by HTC seems headed to T-Mobile. Dream will be the first Google Android mobile device to hit the US market and mystery surrounds its actual appearance. Some spy-shots appeared out of nowhere and ...


KDDI's First 3D Mobile Phone LCD Screen

October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 14 vote(s) | User comments: 3

KDDI Corporation has released a prototype of the world's first 3D LCD display, designed for mobile phones.


New Sony Reader has light, note-taking stylus

October 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s) | User comments: 3

(AP) -- Sony Corp. unveiled a new e-book reader Thursday with a built-in light and a touch-sensitive display, features that set it apart from Amazon.com Inc.'s competing Kindle reader.


Google offeres up a new vision of computing's future

September 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | User comments: 3

Tuesday, and it has little to do with desktops or laptops. It's a future that focuses on mobility, with access to the Internet - and the ability to search its vastness, of course - no matter where you are from a device that ...


Panasonic Unveils 3D 1080p Plasma HDTV On Single Blu-Ray Disc At CEATEC Japan 2008

October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s) | User comments: 4

Panasonic unveiled the latest technology in 3D 1080p on a 100-inch plasma HDTV. According to Panasonic, the 3D innovation was demonstrated at CEATEC Japan 2008 using a Panasonic 100-inch plasma and a Blu-Ray ...


Ring-cellphone concept combines style and basic functions

October 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | User comments: 4

Even though it's one of the tiniest cell phones you've probably ever seen, it would be difficult to lose this one. As its name implies, the "ring-cellphone" is worn on the finger, and includes all the components ...


Computer mouse driven by sound

October 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Say "ahh" and the cursor zips toward the northeast corner of the computer screen. "Ooo" sends it shooting straight south. Want it to head southeast? Say "ohh." To make the cursor do a circle or figure 8, let vowel sounds ...


All-in-one printer evolves: Does more, does better

October 09, 2008 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 15 vote(s) | No comments yet

Used to be that I'd avoid all-in-one consumer electronic products simply because they just weren't as good as the separate, standalone models. But that's changed, especially when it comes to computer peripherals. Take the ...


First 'Google phone' to debut Sept. 23

September 19, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | No comments yet

A mobile telephone tailored to run on Google's Android software is to debut next week in New York City.


Review: Xpaper eases digitizing of paper documents

October 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s) | User comments: 2

(AP) -- Promises of the paperless office have been circulating ever since the first IBM clones started showing up on desks in the early 1980s. Yet we're still tied to printed documents and there's no sign ...


HP HDX 18t Notebook Is Now Available

October 02, 2008 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | No comments yet

HP has just recently announced their HDX 18t Premium Series laptop. HP's HDX 18t is powered by Intel´s latest Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Quad processor. The HDX 18t is equipped with up to 8GB of RAM, NVIDIA GeForce ...


Panasonic Develops World's First 3D Full HD Plasma Theater System

September 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | User comments: 2

Panasonic has developed the world's first 3D full HD Plasma Theater System, which enables the viewing of true-to-life 3D images by using a 103-inch plasma television and a Blu-ray Disc (BD) player, distributing full high-definition ...


Taiwan's Asustek adds new member to low-priced mini laptop family

October 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Taiwan's Asustek Computer on Tuesday added a new member to its low-price "Eee PC" mini laptop family after achieving what the company said is a great success in the market.


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