Engadget: If IBM is ever able to manufacture its Magic Block voice recorder, it’ll make just about every other recorder obsolete overnight. The Magic Block is a concept for a digital voice recorder that includes a few handy features — such as biometric security and an intriguing design that limits accidental recordings — and one […]
Archive for March, 2006
PSP gets GPS, camera, VoIP… and a price cut!
Engadget: Looks like those GPS add-on rumors were true. Now that Ken Kutaragi’s PlayStation business briefing has ended we can tell ya that a new GPS receiver (PSP-290) with game support will indeed drop this “autumn” with a new GPS-enabled Hot Shot Golf title loaded-up for first release. Sony also let fly a new USB-attached […]
Cellphones Acting as a Mesh Network
An interesting patent has been filed by Agilent Technologies which would enable a cellphone to act in a manner not dissimilar to a wireless Mesh Network. The patent in essence allows a handset to communicate with a base station which is out of range, by hopping via another cellphone (or phones) which then transfer the […]
Psst. Your shiny new passport has a computer virus - CNET reviews
This is a story of a container at a major shipping port. This particular container is marked with an RFID tag, a label with a tiny embedded radio transmitter that broadcasts a short string of data–anywhere from 256 to 1,024 bytes. But in addition to this container holding fresh Florida oranges, its RFID tag holds […]
The Secrets of your Cell Phone Bill - C|net Reviews
So you got your cell phone bill for the month and zipped it open, only to receive a rude shock when you saw the total. What’s this–double the amount it was last time? Is there a mistake? Did you make a three-hour call to Hong Kong? Do identity thieves have your account information in their […]
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The End of the Internet?
A whole lot of guns are lined up against the Net right now: Net neutrality/two-tiered Internet issues; increasing discomfort over the U.S. control of Internet operation; China’s moves to create its own domain system (a possible prelude to a new, country-specific, alternate root system); supposition that, with Vint Cerf and a bunch of dark fiber […]
TV through your glasses
We’ve gone from portable TVs to pockets TVs, now TV on your mobile should be next to make a real mark. But where will it go after that? One company believes TV through a pair of glasses is already becoming reality.Read more from TechDigest…
Intel’s new dual-core entertainment PCs want to rule your music, movies, and pics. Should you let them?
Dive into Viiv - CNET reviews
CE at CeBit
Consumer gadgets rule at CeBit
“The massive IT trade show in Germany makes room for the latest in high-tech gear, including Microsoft’s new handheld design.”

