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Bang and Olufsen BeoVision 4-103: $130,000 103-inch Plasma TV

March 20th, 2009

Bang and Olufsen BeoVision 4 103: $130,000 103 inch Plasma TV

Bang and Olufsen known for there outrageous audio and video electronics comes up with another, the BeoVision 4-103, is a 103-inch plasma that “rests on a motorized floor stand that can automatically elevate itself so that you can have the optimal viewing height and angle while putting the built-in center channel speaker into position directly beneath the screen.” The BeoVision 4-103 is powered by a wicked cool looking 1920×1080 resolution plasma panel. But at $130,000 I doubt i’ll be ever able to pay for this one.

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SwitchEasy ThumbTacks iPod Microphone not the prettiest looking

March 19th, 2009

SwitchEasy ThumbTacks iPod Microphone not the prettiest looking

SwitchEasy’s ThumbTacks looks really ugly for an iPod accessory, its looks more like an oversized push pin then a real microphone. If you don’t mind the ugliness, it features an integrated microphone, and a 3.5mm jack that plugs directly into the iPod, allowing to make audio recordings with the built-in application. You get to chose between black, white, or red, ThumbTacks is selling for $13.

SwitchEasy ThumbTacks iPod Microphone not the prettiest looking

[Via iLounge]

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Star Wars Force FX Lightsabers: Almost the Real Thing!

March 18th, 2009

Star Wars Force FX Lightsabers: Almost the Real Thing!

From the galaxy not so far, far away here comes  Star Wars Force FX Lightsaber from the guys at ThinkGeek. These sabers will give you almost the same sound and lighting effects that original lightsabers are known for. You also get to select the saber of your choice all six of them Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Yoda, Anakin Skywalker,Obi-Wan, Darth Maul. So if your a real fan of StarWars show it some love. Available now, priced at $99.99.

ThinkGeek via TecheBlog

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Apple shows iPhone OS 3.0, copy and paste, Spotlight search, tethering and plenty more

March 18th, 2009

Apple shows iPhone OS 3.0, copy and paste, Spotlight search, tethering and plenty more

Apple just hours back debuted its upcoming iPhone OS 3.0. Finally guys copy and paste feature is here, A2DP, MMS and universal Spotlight search and quite a lot of features we were crying at Apple for. Finally they listened to us.

  • Copy & Paste text : Double tap over text and you’ll get a “cut, copy, and paste” dialog.
  • Copy & Paste photos: You can now copy paste images, also comes with multiple photo selecting
  • New Spotlight. Now you can will be able to search across the entire information contained in your device, no matter where, if your application supports it, it will work.

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Elecom Scope Node Mouse feels like holding a Pen

March 17th, 2009

Elecom makers of precision peripherals, comes up with another high end mouse, the Elecom Scope Node mouse, which according to the Elecom guys you’ll feel like as if your holding a pen. Well that seems to good to be true, but here are the specs, a 1600 dpi laser sensor which is located between your index and the thumb, usually traditionaly mice sensors located in the center.

Elecom Scope Node Mouse feels like holding a Pen

Elecom Scope Node Mouse feels like holding a Pen

Its looking kinda blocky and out of sorts but for $70 not a bad deal. Coming first to Japan then later to US and Europe.

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Japan’s HRP-4C ‘fashion model robot’ gets unveiled

March 16th, 2009

 Japans HRP 4C fashion model robot gets unveiled

She will neither jump around like Asimo nor she will save or destroy the world like Terminator, but instead will walk the ramps in Tokyo’s fashion world.  Although she has 42 motors powering her, 5 feet tall and weighs 95pounds, still she will make most of the teenage girls skip there lunches. HRP-4C is set to fire the ramps on March 23 at the Tokyo Fashion Show or if you feel like having one for yourself, for $3 million you can have one.

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Engadget via Gizmodo

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The World’s Fastest Hard Drive – Fusion ioDrive Duo

March 12th, 2009

The World’s Fastest Hard Drive   Fusion ioDrive Duo

Not long ago we had endured the mind numbing speeds of 24 SSD drives joined together in RAID belting out 2GB/s read and write speeds. Now Fusion makers of extremely fast and expensive hard drives jolts us with the latest Fusion ioDrive Duo drive. The Fusion ioDrive Duo is according to the manufacturer, is the world’s fastest SSD solution but couldn’t make me stop thinking of the Samsung guys crunching out 2GB/s using there 24 SSD’s . The ioDrive duo basic model comes with 160GB of storage while the top end drives max out at 1.2TB with a read and write speeds of 1.5GB/s and 1.4GB/s respectively.

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