iKit Computer Fits in the Palm of Your Hand

IMOVIO launched a device called the iKit, a “Pocket Mobile Companion.” The device is an alternative to the much-loved eee pc’s and smartphones. Measuring in at 95mm by 65mm by 15.5mm, the device looks like an eee pc for Mini-Me.

LifeBook S6510

Fujitsu’s LifeBook S6510 has been tested by the folks over at Notebook Review. The 4-pound super-thin 14.1-inch laptop was found to be rigid with an acceptable LCD. It performed well in tests and the keyboard was user-friendly. However, it does emit a bit of heat, but it passed the grade as a good light-weight business [...]

Gigabyte M704 UMPC

The Gigabyte M704 features a slide-out keyboard and a 7 inch screen with a high 1,024×600px resolution. At 190×120.8×30.3mm, it weighs a mere 780g.
Other features of the Gigabyte M704 include VIA Esther ULV C7-M 1.2Ghz CPU, 40/60GB HDD, 1.3MP camera, Wi-Fi, SD Card slot, and VGA out. This Gigabyte UMPC runs Windows Vista Home [...]

Tesla is Most Excellent

Click on the Picutre of Tesla and check out the cool vid.
Twin Solid State Musical Tesla coils playing Mario Bros theme song at the 2007 Lightning on the Lawn Teslathon sponsored by DC Cox (Resonance Research Corp) in Baraboo WI. The music that you hear is coming from the sparks that these two identical high [...]

Marvell Chip

Marvell has released chips for PC and notebook that determine the amount of power an application will need and will optimize accordingly.
Optimizing power cuts down on power consumption and, of course, global warming-causing greenhouse gasses. It seems such a small thing - our PCs adding to global warming, but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [...]

Terabyte Flash Drives?

Researchers at Arizona State University have discovered a new technique for manipulating charged copper particles at the molecular scale. What that means for us, is low-cost, low-power computer memory - like a terabyte-sized flash drive!

"A thumb drive using our memory could store a terabyte of information," says Michael Kozicki, director of ASU’s Center for [...]

Skype Mobile

3 Mobile and Skype have teamed up with their 3 SkypePhone, a new phone that allows people to use Skype just like they would on their home computer, but now they will not be ties to that computer. Just login to Skype on your phone and do your thing.

Dell’s Precision Desktop

For about $1000, Dell offers its X38-based Precision T3400.
Key features of the Dell Precision T3400 include:

A single socket supports new Intel®Core™2 Duo and Extreme processors for tangible performance benefits. These processors feature the new Intel®Core™ microarchitecture with the Intel X38 Express chipset. This technology provides a shorter pipeline, lower clock speeds and higher (1,333MHz) [...]

24kt Gold & Diamonds Macbook Pro

Here is another wasteful indulgence — Computer Choppers has put together a Gold-plated MacBook Pro, with an appropriately diamond studded Apple logo.Better to spend that extra money to save the planet.

Science to Predict Terrorist Intentions

Computer and behavioral scientists at the University of Buffalo are developing a system that studies faces, voices, bodies and other biometrical data to predict terrorist intentions.
"The goal is to identify the perpetrator in a security setting before he or she has the chance to carry out the attack," says Professor Venu Govindaraju.
The project was [...]