The Sony Ericsson Kurara: 720p Recording+AMOLED screen=Hot

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I'm currently in a commited relationship with my Android smartphone, but that doesn't mean I have to stop looking at other devices. Some of them I might even want to oggle lecherously while sweating and mumbling under my breath. That might make me sound like a bit of a freak, but the Ericsson Kurara really does look that hot.

This new smartphone was leaked out on an Ericsson fan forum and brought into the English-speaking blogosphere by Boy Genius. As best we can tell, the Kurara is an S60-running smartphone with an 8.1 MP camera, like the Rachel. Unlike the Rachel, the Kurara's camera is supposed to be able to record in 720p HD. The Kurara is also rumored to pack an AMOLED screen, although that's impossible to confirm with the photos we have.

Posted on Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:06:17 CST | by Robert Evans

Hot Walmart $10 DVD Pre-Order Deals Matched By Amazon, A Price War Is On

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In October Walmart started to offer hot pre-order books at $10 and got into little price war with Amazon leading to prices below $9. Now Walmart challenged Amazon to a new $10 online price war. This time Walmart offers 10 hot upcoming DVD movie releases including Star Trek Movie, Night at The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for under $10.
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Posted on Fri, 6 Nov 2009 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX1 Review

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The Sony Cyber-shot TX1 is supposed to take great photos in low light situations and features the new Party-shot option which automatically takes happy, smiling photos of your family and friends. The new Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX1 was unveiled in August.
PhotographyBlog has tested the TX1 and published this review. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Incomplete Windows 7 Feature Turns Laptops into Hotspots

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A developer from Philly has found an unfinished feature of Windows 7 that allows the computer to be turned into a WiFi hotspot for sharing an Internet connection with other users. The feature is called Virtual WiFi and the developer used the feature to create a free app called Connectify that was released as beta last week.

The app allows several Windows computers to share a single internet connection and it shows up as a real wireless access point. The app also allows the user to join a WiFi hotspot and still run the app to share the connection on the same networking card. Read more

Posted on Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

ToysRUs Hottest Deals Available Today

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Besides the ToysRUs Big Book, ToysRUs offers a set of what they call Hottest Deals today. We got the list of toy deals which features lots of free goodies that come with the purchase of Barbie toys or Moxie Girlz to name just two.
The whole month of November retailers will promote great deals leading up to Black Friday. Last year showed us that often the deals before Black Friday are just as good or even better than what you find on Black Friday.
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Posted on Sun, 1 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pictures of the Hot Lenovo ThinkCentre All-In-One PC Get Released

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To know what products companies will release next you need to monitor all kinds of channels. For a while I have had the Lenovo Flickr account in my Update Scanner app on Firefox. Today a photo of the ThinkCentre All-In-One PC appeared.
The ThinkCentre All-In-One PC actually rivals the HP TouchSmart line in style. We do not know anything else as Lenovo did not announce any specifications for this All-In-One. Does it have a touchscreen? We do not know. Read more

Posted on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

PhotoTrackr Mini Geotags Photos

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I have never really felt compelled to tag photos with GPS information. After all, isn’t the purpose of a photo so you can remember where you were for years to come? A new geotagging device has been unveiled from GiSTEQ called the PhotoTrackr Mini DPL900.

This isn't the first geo tagging solution from the company and the latest version of the PhotoTrakr is smaller than the original. The new version of the device is compatible with RAW format photos on Mac computers thanks to new software. Read more

Posted on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

ReNu Solar iPod Charger: Being Green Can Be Hot

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Solar technology is awesome. It's easy to use and provides an unlimited source of free electricity wherever you go. Unfortunately, most commercial solar panels looks like, well...solar panels. Thankfully, the ReNu solar iPod dock (via Gizmodo) is just sexy enough to grab the attention of hipsters the world over. It's got a slick, ultramodern design and a hefty price tag: $200.

The dock consists of a set of speakers and a square solar panel/battery combo that sits comfortably in between them. With a full charge, the battery can power music for 7-8 hours. When it goes dry, you just need to pull out the solar panel and expose it to the sun. With direct line, it can charge the battery to full in 9 hours (that's almost an even rate of replacement). In poor light, however, charging can take as long as 20 hours.

Posted on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:29:33 CDT | by Robert Evans

Epson Adds Tethered Shooting to P-6000 and P-7000 Photo Viewers

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Epson unveiled its P-6000 and P-7000 photo viewers a while back and has been adding new features to the devices ever since. The P-6000 and P-7000 photo viewers are devices that allow photographers to offload their photos to a larger hard drive for storage in the field.

The photo viewers are perfect for backing your photos up while you are shooting them. Epson announced last week that the P-6000 and P-7000 digital photo viewers have gained new features. Both of the devices can now be tethered to a DSLR camera via a USB cable. This allows the image taken to be stored to the camera's internal memory card and to the Epson photo viewer at the same time. Read more

Posted on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Dell Adamo XPS Stars Briefely In Photo Shoot

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Dell keeps on teasing us with their new super-thin Dell Adamo XPS notebook. Yesterday Dell let the Adamo XPS out of the bag for a small press gathering. Dell gave Steve Guggenheimer, Microsoft's corporate VP of its OEM business, a brand new Adamo XPS which you still cannot get your hands on.
PCMag was there and took a couple photos of the very cool looking Dell Adamo XPS in the wild. Read more

Posted on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Epson Photo viewers Now Support Tethered Shooting

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Epson is probably best known by most of us for its line of printers and scanners. The company makes a range of other gear too, including home theater projectors and picturing viewing devices for pro photographers. Epson has announced that it's P-6000 and P-7000 multimedia photo viewers now feature tethering.

The ability to tether to the camera as the photographer is shooting allows them to be able to see their images immediately and save them as they are shot to streamline the backup process. The DSLR camera has to connect to the Epson viewers via a USB cable and the image is automatically saved to the viewer. Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Sony DPP-F700 Photo Frame with Built-in Printer Unveiled

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Sony announced a new digital photo frame in its S-Frame series that has a photo printer integrated.
The Sony DPP-F700 Photo Frame with Built-in Printer allows you to not only view photos, but print 4 x 6-inch professional quality 300 x 300 dpi photos instantly in just 45 seconds.
The Sony DPP-F700 photo frame and printer has a 7-inch color screen with WVGA resolution (800x480). Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:30:58 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nikon D3s Low-Light Photos And Night Vision Video Impress

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Nikon unveiled the new low-light DSLR monster Nikon D3s a week ago. Canon revealed their competing Canon Eos 1D Mark IV this week. Both new DSLR Cameras are selling for around 5k.
Gizmodo took the Nikon D3s (pre-production model) to the circus and published some beautiful low-light photos taken with the D3s.
The sample photos also include a series of shots that just differ in ISO setting. The paparazzi will love these new ISO capabilities. Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Windows 7 Launch: Hot Windows 7 Notebooks On Sale

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Windows 7 is here! And with it is the huge wave of new Windows 7 Netbooks and Windows 7 notebooks. It is hard to actually identify the best new Windows 7 notebook. One that stands out though is the new HP Touchsmart TX2 with Windows 7 as it makes use of the Windows 7 Multi-touch features. Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Windows 7 Launch: Hot Windows 7 Netbooks On Sale

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It is October 22nd and Windows 7 is officially launching today. Of course the Microsoft site is taken over by this even and Windows 7 praises.
The release of Windows 7 is supposed to drive netbook and notebook sales to new heights this Holiday shopping season. In the netbook category the new ASUS Eee PC Seashell 1005HA with Windows 7 Starter might become the bestseller on Amazon again as the XP running 1005HA still is.
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Posted on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:58:55 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Motorola Calgary Android Phone Photos Leak

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The rumored second Verizon Wireless Android phone from Motorola dubbed currently Motorola Calgary appears in the flesh in photos on BoyGeniusReport.

Verizon Wireless is already teasing and pushing the new Droid as iPhone killer.

The new Motorola Calgary is not as impressive as the Droid. It also has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard but is aimed at the low-to-mid range. Read more

Posted on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

The BlackBerry Smartwatch: Hot, But Silly

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Like millions and millions of other people these days, I no longer wear a watch. The advent of the cell phone as a ubiquitous device has made them superfluous for a lot of us. While old-fashioned watches may not be too exciting these days, the concept of the smartwatch most definitely is. Ever since LG's overly-expensive GD910 made it onto the market, we've been waiting to see who the next entrant in the smartwatch category would be.

Today, we know it's RIM. That's right, the makers of the BlackBerry are working on a companion smartwatch (via Gizmodo) for their line of phones. Crackberry posted up several images of the new watch, along with some information on its purpose. This smartwatch is not a stand-alone device, but a BlackBerry accessory designed to display messages from a paired BlackBerry. It's made by a 3rd party manufacturer, and could be marketed as the inPulse.

Posted on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:00:27 CDT | by Robert Evans

Motorola Droid Hands-On Test And Photos Appear Early

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Verizon Wireless started officially teasing their new iPhone killer Motorola Droid over the weekend.
If you want to see the Motorola Droid in the wild and get some first hand impressions, BoyGeniusReport has you covered. BGR got their hands on a brand new Verizon Motorola Droid early and published several photos as well as unannounced details. Read more

Posted on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:30:11 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Hot Windows 7 Notebooks Available For Pre-order On Amazon

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Windows 7 goes on sale next week. I searched on Amazon and found several interesting new Windows 7 notebooks that you can already pre-order to be among the first to own a Windows 7 laptop.
Take the stylish Lenovo Ideapad U350 for instance. It features a 13.3 inch screen, 5 hour battery life, 3GB RAM, 1.3GHz Intel CULV CPU, 320GB HDD Wifi 802.11n and Windows 7 Home Premium. You can pre-order the Ideapad U350 for $599.99.
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Posted on Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG Chocolate Love Campaign Has Two Hot Korean Girl Bands Performing

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LG is promoting the new LG Chocolate BL40 phone in Korea with some cool music videos featuring two hot girl groups. One group was apparently not enough for LG.
The groups SNSD and F(x) perform the song Chocolate Love produced by no other than Bloodshy and Avant. Swedish Bloodshy and Avant worked with stars like Britney Spears, Madonna and Kylie Minogue to name a few. Read more

Posted on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:19:17 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Roundshot Livecam D2 HD Webcam has 66M pixels

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A Swiss company called Seitz Phototechnik AG has announced a new webcam that has a massive resolution called the Roundshot Livecam D2. The camera creates a seamless panorama of up to 66 million pixels in a few seconds. The device has a resolution twice that of HD and can be used for a variety of functions.

The company says that the webcam can be used by hotels, cities, harbors, airports, and resorts to control how it is presented on the Internet. The camera can rotate 360 degrees and has good color and high light sensitivity. Read more

Posted on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun