Mouse Computer LB-F1500W With DVD Burner

Japanese PC manufacturer Mouse Computer will release one of the first Netbooks with a built-in optical drive later this month. The LB-F1500W will come with the standard Netbook specifications, including a 1.6GHz Atom processor, 160GB hard disk, 1GB RAM, 10.2-inch (1,024×600) display, and Windows XP Home Edition. The LB-F1500W retails for 64,800 yen or approx. $729. [Press Release]

Panasonic SDR-S15 Ultra Compact Camcorder

Panasonic comes back with its SDR-S15 ultra-compact and elegant camera. Available in in black, silver, and chocolate, the video recorder has SD card slot and offers Intelligent Auto (iA) mode. The Panasonic SDR-S15 also features a 0.6-second Quick Start function and are equipped with high-VideoCam Suite software for easy downloading YouTube. You can purchase this camcorder when it is released in April for about $300. [AVING]

Verizon Wireless Launches Verizon Hub

Verizon’s Hub/One looks impressive. It is a widgeted phone that connects to your DSL line and allows you to do casual browsing, email and info grabbing through an attractive and wide touchscreen. Verizon’s claiming the handset will be $199 with a $35 a month fee. [Verizon]

Soma MP3 Player

‘Soma’ is another revolutionary mp3 player by Andrew Seunghyun Kim. It comes with a unique and fluid shape creating an intrinsic and natural feeling. The Soma will present two screens – a 3.5-inch touch LCD to display key info and a secondary display with 3 buttons below the larger screen to add an analog to the UI and enhance the navigation. The touch sensitive mp3 flaunts a whopping 32GB memory and an analog user interface, capable of displaying the applications, with their features, on the clothesline. Though it’s still a concept at this stage, hopefully it will come into production soon.

LG Fights Against Breast Cancer

The LG Pink Flare is not for the Valentine’s day. However, the company helps us fight breast cancer. Every purchase of this handset, $5 will be donated to Susan G. Koman for the Cure, which is the largest breast cancer organization in the world. The phone will be available from Virgin Mobile in the U.S., and the carrier will donate at least $150,000 to the Cure. In case you didn’t know, the LG Pink Flare is a simple clamshell phone. The Pink Flare will be available at Best Buy only for $29.99. [Mobilewhack]

Sony's 24-inch Media Center All-In-One PC

Sony is a company that is very heavily invested in media as well as electronics. Because of this, they have always had an interest in making their computers be very media centric. Their latest 24-inch all-in-one desktop continues this trend of the system doubling as a home entertainment center as well as a computer. The VAIO LV series of computers starts at $1699 for their entry level LV140J model.

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune PS3 Bundle with 160GB PS3 System

The 160GB PS3 system announced at the GC will be available here as part of a new limited-edition bundle that includes the hardware, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune game, a PLAYSTATION Network voucher for PAIN, and a DUALSHOCK 3 wireless controller. We’re hearing from a lot of you that more PS3 storage space is important, particularly since the launch of our video delivery service, and this new model delivers more memory and a whole lot of content packed-in. The 160GB PS3 has all of the same functionality as the new 80GB PS3 that’s popping up on retailer shelves now, but obviously has twice the HDD space, so you can build levels to your heart’s content in LittleBigPlanet, download a ton of videos, and still have room for your entire music collection. The Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune 160GB PS3 bundle launches in November for $499.99 (MSRP).

New PSP Entertainment Packs with updated PSP (PSP-3000)

We also unveiled at Leipzig an updated PSP system (PSP-3000), which we’ll be offering here initially through the previously announced Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters PSP Entertainment Pack and a new PSP 4GB Memory Entertainment Pack. I’m personally excited about the 4GB Memory bundle because we’re including a - you guessed it - 4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo, which is the biggest Memory Stick we’ve ever bundled with a PSP. Similar to the new PS3 model, this PSP bundle is the result of the current consumer usage model - where more and more of you are finding that extra memory space is crucial. Check out the press release here for more details on what’s included in the bundles.
The new PSP retains the size and features of the current, slimmed-down PSP (PSP-2000), while incorporating some hardware updates:
The LCD screen will have a wider color gamut and higher contrast ratio to deliver deeper, more vibrant colors, as well as anti-reflection technology so you can see the screen more clearly when playing outdoors. As you all know, the PSP’s screen is a key strength of the hardware, and this update adds an absolutely dazzling LCD screen to the handheld.
A built-in microphone allows for Skype calls and multi-player gaming communication directly from the hardware - eliminating the need for attaching a separate headset.
Similar to our firmware updates, the new PSP is simply an opportunity to evolve the platform with the newest technology without adding to the cost of the system. The PSP Entertainment Packs will continue to be $199.99 (MSRP), and later this year we’ll release a standalone, updated PSP in a PSP Core Pack, which remains at $169.99 (MSRP).

First look - Internet Explorer 8 RC1

First look - Internet Explorer 8 RC1
Yesterday Microsoft made available Internet Explorer 8 RC1 (release candidate 1), which means that as far as Microsoft is concerned, IE8 is cooked and that barring anything major, this will become the final release. So, what’s the new browser like?

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A new release of IE is always important because this is the browser that many millions of Windows users will be surfing the web with daily. Like it or not, by the very fact that IE is knitted into every Windows installation makes this an important event.
After what seemed like years of stagnation, Microsoft is continuing the tradition of kitting out IE8 with features that users of other browsers take for granted. That said, there are very nice features built into IE8, which include:
Smart Address BarThe address bar isn’t now just a place to type URLs into. The Smart Address bar in IE8 tries to make sense of what the user is looking for by retrieving sites visited from the history and bookmarks. This is handy for those times when you want to find something but can’t remember where you saw it.
Enhanced findSometimes it’s not finding the site that’s difficult, but finding where on the page you need to look for the information that you are after. IE8 offers a broad range of enhanced and improved tools to help you spot the information you are after. One such example if this is result highlighting.
Tab groupsWhen one tab is opened from another one, the new tab is placed next to the one from which it was opened, and both are marked with a colored tab. This is a good way to keep track of your open tabs.
InPrivateAlong with keeping track of stuff that you might later want to refer back to, IE8 also gives you powerful tools that allow the browser to have temporary amnesia in relation to the sites you’ve visited by temporarily halting the writing of information to the cache and history.
Crash recoveryIf your IE locks up of crashes while you’ve a shed-load of tabs open, with IE8 there’s a good chance that when you fire up the browser again that it will remember what what sites you had open and fire them up again. It can also reload information that you had typed into forms.

Another Korean DAP

MyRacer Lisse S10 is a new Korean DAP that weights at 22grams and measures 46 mm x 40 mm x 11mm. Available in 2GB or 4GB, the tiny digital audio player supports MP3, WMA and WAV file formats. The gadget also has an OLED screen.

BFG Tech GeForce GTX 295

The BFG Tech GeForce GTX 295 is the latest dual graphics processor card that features the new 55nm graphics core from NVIDIA. The card is kind of a mix between the GTX 285 and GTX 260. The number of stream processors per core is similar to the GTX 285 but it runs at the clock speed of the GTX 260. This gives it superb performance in applications that can take advantage of the NVIDIA multi-core SLI technology. It does have slightly less memory than the Radeon 4870 X2 but it does manage to put out a few more frames in some games. In others the performance is roughly the same. The card is quite large requiring double the width of a standard card and a bit larger. It also requires a fairly high powered power supply.

flyPhone - Phones For Children

Firefly mobile has recently introduced the flyPhone multi-media cell phone for children at CES 2009. The phone is equip with all kinds of interesting features including camera, video record, MP3 player, games, and send text messages. The parental controls mode allow parents to monitor usage and keep costs under control. The flyPhone also includes PIN protected parental controls. Parents can chose to limit incoming and outgoing calls to numbers stored in the phone book while preventing additional numbers to be added. No word on pricing and availability yet. [NewLaunches]

HYPERSPACE INSTANT-ON OS ON ASUS

Well what do you know, the instant-on OS offered by Phoenix Technologies dubbed HyperSpace is making its debut on a few flavors of Asus laptops.
The instant-on OS which is subscription based is perfect for the small side of life. Meaning that half the things that it can do can just as easily be done on
your Blackberry, iPhone or WinMo device (taking that you own one of those nightmares).
But if you're in the crowd who doesn't use a Smartphone that this OS might be for you. However we don't think you'll be too happy at the price which is annual and not a one time fee. For those wanting the Hybrid system you will have to fork over $39.95 to satisfy your tastes. If you're interested in bumping it up to Dual than be willing to add another $20 to the previously stated price.
And just in case you're wondering what the hell is HyperSpace OS...than please don't fry your brain and check it out at the READ link.

mStation: Orb For Valentine’s Gift

Another optional gadget gift for the next valentine. The mStation: Orb, an elegant design of 2.1 stereo iPod speaker dock can be a good option. It comes with 6 cosmetic docking cradles, 10 key remote, Docking station syncs with iTunes, and 30 Watts of room filling stereo sound. The iPod dock will be available in 7 Different colors choices starting from white, black, blue, green, pink, red, and silver. The mStation Orb costs $129.95 and you can buy it.

New iPhone Unlock Software Hits Market

Here’s a great device that helps you unlocking your iphone in order to run on other networks. Dubbed under the name ‘iPhone Unlock Sofware’ by iPhone Unlocking Ltd, the software can unlock both the 2G and 3G iPhone in about 10 minutes allowing it to work on any compatible network. Along with unlocking the handset, the software also adds features like MMS, video recording and instant message capability. 24-hour customer support is offered via phone, email, and chat for the software.

Motorola, Verizon Deliver ZN4 Touch-Screen: Krave

With the increasing popularity of touch-screen smart phones, it was only a matter of time before more affordable options started popping up. Verizon announced today a new entry into the touch-screen phone market with the Motorola Krave ZN4. With it Verizon hopes to appeal to the mass market with this sleek touch-screen price at a low $150 (with a two-year contract).
Specs on the Krave include 3G (EVDO) support for Verizon's wireless network. It does not, however, feature any WiFi capabilities. It also has a number of features that have become standard including GPS, Bluetooth v2.0, a 2 megapixel camera, a microSD card slot, and a 3.5mm headphone jack (unlike other phones that don't support standard headphone inputs). The Krave also features a full QWERTY keyboard on the touch screen, complete with tactile feedback.

MSI GT627 GAMING NOTEBOOK GETS OFFICIAL

The prospect of a new gaming notebook from MSI is not completely new as they did briefly demo something to the effect a few weeks ago at CES. But it was about time that they come official with it and so they did.
The MSI GT627 packs some powerful punches including a 1,680 x 1,050 15.4 inch display, 6 cell battery, WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Core 2 Duo processor, 1GB NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS GPU, 320 hard disk drive, 4-in-1 card reader, 4 USB 2.0 ports, VGA/HDMI output, Ethernet, 2 mega pixel web camera, ExpressCard slot, Bluetooth V2.0EDR and an optional Blu-Ray drive.
All of this comes packed in a package weighing in at 5.8 pounds. As usual, there's no word on release date or price. But you're welcome to guess about that in the comments below.

Panasonic SDR-SW21 Shock & Waterproof Camcorder

Panasonic has announced its new SD memory card enabled camcorders called the SDR-SW21. The Panasonic SDR-SW21 sports a tough body and is more of a rugged camcorder. The device can withstand shocks, a 4 foot drop and also survive after being submerged in about 6.5 feet of water. The compact camcorder is also dustproof which makes it a great choice for outdoor shooting. The camera also boast of a quick start recording time of about 0.6 seconds. The SDR-SW21 will be available in three hues namely lime green, orange and silver for a price of $399.95 and will be shipped around April, 2009. [Panasonic]

Yuen’To Music Ball

The Yuen’To Music Ball is a cute portable speaker that you can use on almost any kind of DAP or even on your laptop. Measuring 55×55x55 with 20g weight, it will be powerful enough to let you enjoy music alone. The battery only lasts about 5 hours, but it’s USB-rechargeable. You can get this for almost $80 shipped from Japan starting from February.

THE NEW SOTEC C102 NETBOOK PACKS WIFI-N

Sotec has announced its new C102 netbook in Japan. The new Sotec C102 will replace its previous model C101. There are very few additions to the new model, the marked difference is that it comes with draft-N WiFi support. You also get a relief from the Hello Kitty logo which the C101 sported on its cover. But who knows, Sotec may decide to release a Hello Kitty
special edition of the C102 model. But as of now the C102 looks somewhat more business-like with a platinum silver or rich black cover. Other than these the new Sotec C102 is not much different from its previous models.The Sotec C102 includes Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor, 1GB RAM, Intel 945GSE Express chipset, 160GB SATA hard drive, the new WiFi 802.11 b/g/n Draft 2.0 connectivity, a multiformat memory card reader SD/MS/MMC, three USB 2.0 ports and VGA output. It has a 10.1-inch display with 1.3 Megapixel webcam. The Sotec C102 will be officially announced on January 24th in Japan. There is no word on its pricing yet, but with the above specifications the pricing can be expected to be on the same range as of the previous models.

Window's 7 Shortcuts unveiled

Its kind of ironic at all the good press Window's 7 beta has been getting lately. And more surprising is the sources. Gizmodo has long been known not to be a fan of Microsoft (except their Xbox franchise) but some of the guys are so ecstatic about the new Window's key shortcuts which I have to say myself are pretty nifty.

Sony A800 DSLR With 15.2MP Sensor

There is a rumor from Photofan.jp about the Sony A800 DSLR that comes with a 15.2MP APS-C CMOS Exmor "R" sensor. However, there is no confirmation from Sony. Other specs are include ISO 100-12.800, 6.5 frame per second, new high speed flash synchronize, 9 double cross f/2.8 AF sensor (23 total AF sensor), new metering and AF sensor with tracking and previous focus, Dual AF Ultra-Speed motor and Wi-Fi support. The specs are unbelievable. Stay tuned for more updates. [Photofan Forums]

ACER ASPIRE 10-INCH NETBOOK GETS PRICE AND RELEASE DATE

So you've been just dying to hear about the details of the upgrade to the best selling netbook? Well we've just got word that these will be out of the gate pretty soon, and by soon we mean February and March.
The models have also been defined as well as their price, which follows below.
The D150-0B hits France in February and has a price tag of €329 ($425).