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Earth Trek Offers VGA Webcam With 2-port USB Hub For $45

Nerd Grind — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:46:05 +0000

Earth Trek has dubbed their webcam the "hottest webcam" in the world. All boasts aside, it’s still a pretty nifty unit. It packs a 1.3-megapixel camera, VGA capture abilities, auto focus / auto brightness and a 2-port USB hub. Those extra peripheral ports sure do seem handy.

The unit is on sale now for a measly $45. Go get your cam on.

Hello Kitty Netbook Out Now – Cute and Expensive

Nerd Grind — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:26:30 +0000

In case you were wondering, Sanrio’s Hello Kitty will not be sitting out the netbook wars. Enter the Hello Kitty-branded netbook. The adorable feline’s first-ever netbook is actually quite the looker. It’s packing the usual 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU. The unit also sports 1GB DDR2 SDRAM, a 954 GSE Express chipset and a 120GB hard drive. The screen is your standard 10.1-inches and the cute computer also has two USB ports, a 1.3 megapixel webcam and WiFi.

It’s available now and costs $890. That Hello Kitty logo is expensive. Watch a Hello Kitty movie below to charm you into spending that extra $450 or so:

ASUS Releases Touchscreen Desktop Computer Tomorrow in Taiwan

Nerd Grind — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:57:21 +0000

ASUS is releasing their 15.6-inch touchscreen EEE Top computer tomorrow in Taipei. ASUS will release the unit at a formal press conference. The unit has a 15.6-inch touchscreen LCD, a 160GB hard disk, 802.11.n WiFi, some 4-watt speakers, and a 1.3 megapixel webcam. The Top runs on a 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor. It also sports an ATI HD3450 graphics card. ASUS has yet to release pricing and when the unit will be available in other countries than Taiwan. Sources speculate it will cost around $499.

ASUS Releases Details on ET 1602 / ET1603 Eee Top All-in-one PCs

Nerd Grind — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:57:33 +0000

ASUS has finally released details regarding their ET1602 / ET1603 Eee Top all-in-one PCs. The company has decided to host official details for both units on their website. Both rigs boast a 15.6-inch touchscreen LCD, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a 160GB 5,400 RPM hard drive, 1.3-megapixel webcam, gigabit Ethernet, 802.11n WiFi, a pair of stereo speakers, two USB 2.0 ports, a multicard reader, audio in / out and a nifty handle to help with lugging them around. The ET1602 features an integrated graphics set while the ET1603 includes a discrete ATI Mobility Radeon HD3450. The company did not fess up on pricing or a release date, however.

Thecus Announces their N3200 Pro NAS Will Feature an AMD Geode CPU

Nerd Grind — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:28:24 +0000

Thecus Technology has reworked their their N3200 and announced their N3200 Pro. The brand new NAS will now feature an AMD Geode CPU. The device has features aplenty, including three SATA drive bays for up to 3TB of storage, optional Raid 5 striping and an LCD display. The unit will also offer photo, iTunes and DLNA-compatible server options as well as browser-based management. The N3200 Pro will also offer a service called the "Web Surveillance Server," which will allow uses to take regularly scheduled photographs just by plugging in a USB webcam.

The company has yet to release any pricing or availability but the previous N3200 model costs $339.

Samsung releases first US retail laptop

Nerd Grind — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:50:33 +0000

Samsung laptops have made it to these shores disguised by other manufacturers, but the company’s Q310 model is the first unit to officially hit America. There are two versions of the model available. The Q310-34G offers a 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo T5800 CPU and a 250 GB hard drive. The Q310-34P offers a 2.26GHz Core 2 Duo P8400 CPU and a 320GB hard drive. Both models sport 3GB of DDR2 Ram, integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics card and a 13.3-inch display. Also, expect the usual DVD burner, webcam and WiFi bells and whistles.

The company promises more laptops for the USA in the future.Oh yeah, and just because this is the land of the free, doesn’t mean the laptops are free. The Q310-34P costs $1,049 and the Q310-34G costs $1,249.

Minoru 3D Webcam promises to make video chat even weirder

Nerd Grind — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:44:29 +0000

Even the future McFlys in "Back to the Future 2" had to do their video chatting in two boring dimensions. Well, we may not have hoverboards but we have finally surpassed them in one regard. Minoru recently released a 3D webcam.

The system works by featuring dual cameras that are spaced a face-width apart.. This creates a stereoscopic effect that is viewed by donning one of those junky pair of 3D glasses. Really. Those are back. Biff Tannen’s bully friend in the original "Back to the Future" could have never predicted their longevity.

The 3D webcam will be released sometime in December for just under $100.

Bond. James Bond.

Nerd Grind — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:27:31 +0000

This sweet, shark looking gizmo is actually a WiFi-enabled, remotely-controlled robotic webcam called Rovio. This bad boy allows you to remotly survey your home or office remotly through streaming video and audio transmitted via the Internet to your cell phone, PC or video game console.

Are you kidding me? This is stuff straight out of James Bond

The WowWee Robotics’ Rovio retails for USD$299.

Nerf Assult

Nerd Grind — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:02:07 +0000

Now this isn’t really the toy that you and your merry pack of colleagues should get while working in the office as it certainly won’t catch the affection of your boss’ eye. The USB MSN Missile Launcher now functions with MSN, allowing you to take aim at your friends on MSN thanks to the webcam retrofitted onto the USB Missile Launcher. There is a 5 meter range with this thing, and having just three missiles per round isn’t going to cut it, so you will need to take aim carefully. Guess you can finally bring a semblance of the Worms game into the office (or home) with the USB MSN Missile Launcher. Interested office juveniles can pre-order a set for themselves today, and shipping will commence on the 18th this month. The USB MSN Missile Launcher retails for $49.00 and comes with three foam missiles, while an additional pack of 3 missiles will set you back by $3.

[via ubergizmo]

Handheld Webcam

Nerd Grind — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:01:42 +0000

IPEVO has a new PoV handheld webcam that showed up at the Taipei Computer Show. It allows users to show others "what they see," with its VGA (640 x 480) resolution, adjustable focus, automatic white balance, a built-in microphone, and USB 2.0 connectivity.

Of course you can still set it down on your desk or monitor, but handheld is so much more fun!

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