Archive for March, 2008

AMD brings DisplayPort to pros with ATI FireGL V7700



Filed under: Desktops, Gaming, PeripheralsHot on the heels of AMD's Radeon HD 3000 graphics card receiving its oh-so-coveted DisplayPort certification badge comes the firm's first DisplayPort-equipped card for the professionals in attendance. Hailed as the "first commercially available 3D workstation graphics card with DisplayPort support," the ATI FireGL V7700 sports ...

Sony’s PIX brings full-length films to AT&T Mobile TV



Filed under: Cellphones, Portable VideoSony just revealed a bit more about AT&T's Mobile TV service launching in May. We now know that one of the two exclusive AT&T channels will be called PIX, Sony's new feature film channel for cellphones. The service is a first of its kind in the ...

Researchers develop human prosthesis for balance, unfortunately it’s not a tail



There's hope for those of us suffering from chronic imbalance as a result of staring too long at periodic tables and 20-sided dice. It's an implant developed by neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. The implant looks to off-set balance irregularities in the human vestibular system caused by ...

HP’s Elite 3 megapixel webcam says “hello” in stereo



Filed under: Digital Cameras, Peripherals While it may look like an overhead projector without any hints to the scale, you're actually looking at HP's (relatively) tiny Elite Auto Focus Webcam. Compatible with all the major PC-based, video chat solutions out there (Yahoo, Skype, MS Messenger, AIM), the USB 2.0 cam clips ...

Sony Rolly busts a color move



Filed under: Home Entertainment, Portable Audio, Robots Sony just turned out the Rolly music player in black. A surprise blown by the FCC just last week. At least we can wonder at the colorful end-caps at a cost of ¥1,500 (about $15) per. Of course, if you scoffed at the original ...

PSP slim modded for dual analog sticks



Filed under: Gaming Been longing for a second analog stick on your PSP? Modder LordNico's got you covered with the Razor X (seriously, where do these guys come up with their names?), a user-installable analog stick that appears to mimic the functions of your standard four button pad. (In other words, ...

Original content coming to Xbox 360



Filed under: Gaming, Home EntertainmentWe were kind of wondering when it was finally going to happen: Microsoft's inked a deal with a production company to do original content for the Xbox 360. The licensed back catalog of stuff is good and all, but this would fill that niche in between ...

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX triple-SLI rig benched



Filed under: Desktops, Gaming Looks like the first NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX cards have made their way out in the world -- officially announced or not -- and TweakTown's got the benches. Performance gains seem marginal in triple-SLI over dual, but hey, those drivers probably aren't finished and these cards aren't ...

Apple seeds updated iPhone 2.0 beta, not many changes



Filed under: Cellphones Looks like Apple's been passing around a new working version of the iPhone 2.0 beta firmware -- not too many changes since the last release we saw, though. So far, from what we can tell the build is now officially 2.0 (before it was registered as 1.2), the ...

Apple seeds updated iPhone 2.0 beta, not many changes



Filed under: Cellphones Looks like Apple's been passing around a new working version of the iPhone 2.0 beta firmware -- not too many changes since the last release we saw, though. So far, from what we can tell the build is now officially 2.0 (before it was registered as 1.2), the ...