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Soros, Omidyar, Google.org set up India Venture

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MUMBAI (Reuters) - The philanthropic units of billionaire investor George Soros and Google have put $17 million into a venture with the Omidyar network to fund small and medium enterprises in India, they said in a statement. Read more

Posted on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:07:25 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Powramid E-900H Surge Protector Review

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Today we are checking out the Powramid surge protector from Kreative Power. This gadget was shown off at CES 2008 and is one of the most interesting surge protectors around.

The coolest part about the Powramid is the unique design that allows power supplies of all sizes to be plugged in without blocking nearby AC ports. The device has six AC outlets. Read more

Posted on Wed, 6 Feb 2008 13:12:48 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Readius ePaper Phone comes mid 2008

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Polymer Vision, the ePaper spin out from Philips is promising the Readius mobile phone again. Sounds like this year’s Mobile World Congress must start soon in Barcelona.

About one year ago Polymer Vision and the Telekom Italia was supposed to offer the Cellular-Book dubbed Readius in 2007. Looks like that did not work out and the new release of an improved Readius phone is now scheduled for mid 2008. Read more

Posted on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Slide takes $50 mln in Funding amid Facebook Craze

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By Eric Auchard

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Social network software maker Slide Inc said on Friday it had closed a $50 million institutional financing round, marking the rising valuations of start-ups riding fast-growing Facebook's wave of popularity. Read more

Posted on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

CES 2008: Intel Menlow based MIDs

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Intel demonstrated the Menlow platform for mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) at CES 2008.

Several companies have already designed next generation mobile internet devices on the new Intel platform. Some do not look that different from the UMPC's that are currently available.
The FreeScale LimePC platform might enable more radical devices as it is squeezing a PC motherboard with graphics and audio cards, PCI, Ethernet, SATA, and USB into a device smaller than an iPod Nano. Read more

Posted on Tue, 8 Jan 2008 10:42:04 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sanyo to focus on Batteries in mid-term Plan: Report

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sanyo Electric Co aims to double sales of its solar cells in the next three business years and to boost rechargeable battery sales by 50 percent to drive its turnaround, the Nikkei business daily said. Read more

Posted on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Midway's Blacksite: Area 51 Ships Today

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Midway announced that Blacksite: Area 51 shipped to retailers nationwide today. The game is a FPS shooter with squad-based game play available for both Xbox 360 and Windows PCs.

On Xbox 360, the game retails for $59.99 and the PC version sells for $49.99. the game is scheduled to be released on PS3 in December. Blacksite: Area 51 has an ESRB rating of “T” for Teen. The game was developed using customized Unreal 3.0 Engine. Read more

Posted on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:05:28 CST | by Shane McGlaun

NBC shelves ''Heroes'' Spinoff amid Strike Fears

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By Andrew Wallenstein

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Fears of a writers strike might already have contributed to a decision NBC made Wednesday to pull the highly anticipated spinoff miniseries of its hit "Heroes" from a midseason launch. Read more

Posted on Thu, 1 Nov 2007 08:57:51 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sanyo gives up on Chip Unit Sale amid Credit Crunch

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By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Alison Tudor

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sanyo Electric Co Ltd has given up on the sale of its microchip unit after private equity buyer Advantage Partners LLP failed to secure funds for the deal in tougher credit markets, dealing a blow to its share price. Read more

Posted on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:00:36 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Midnight Movies draw Crowds to hoot and holler

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By Ka Yan Ng

TORONTO (Reuters) - Blood and gore, rock and roll, naked men wrestling, killer sheep, "general freakdom," and an audience that hoots and hollers its way through a movie are par for the course at midnight screenings here. Read more

Posted on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

RIM Shares rise amid Microsoft takeover Talk

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TORONTO (Reuters) - Research in Motion Ltd moved higher on Thursday on renewed market speculation that Microsoft Corp could be interested in buying the BlackBerry maker. Read more

Posted on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:21:57 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

SoundTech's New LightSnake USB MIDI Cable

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SoundTech has been making LightSnake cables for a while now that allow you to connect musical instruments like your guitar directly to your PC for recording via USB.

The most recent addition to the LightSnake family of products was announced today and is a USB MIDI Cable that features the Live when Lit technology that makes the cable glow when connected. Read more

Posted on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:16:02 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

LG.Philips shows Multi-touch Screen and Triple View Display at IMID 2007

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At the IMID 2007 in Korea LG.Philips shows a 47 inch multi-touch display and a triple-view display solution.

Since the introduction of the Apple iPhone multi-touch displays are the new hype. A 47 inch multi-touch display can be used with both hands, which I imagine will be very engaging. Read more

Posted on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Rockstar Shows Off Midnight Club LA & Wii Table Tennis in Leipzig

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Rockstar Games is showing off two of its new game titles at the Games Convention in Leipzig. One of the games is Midnight Club: Los Angeles. The trailer for the game is now online at Rockstar Games and shows interesting gameplay.

If the graphics live up to what the video shows, the game will look very good. The other title Rockstar is showing off is Table Tennis for Wii. This game is on hand at the show for visitors to try out. Read more

Posted on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:00:57 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Polk Audio Announces miDock for Sirius Stiletto

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Polk Audio is introducing a new miDock designed for the Sirius Stiletto portable satellite radios. The miDock for Stiletto will dock the Stiletto 10, Stiletto 100, and the Stiletto 2 that was introduced just this week.

The dock uses high-resolution micro speakers for high-quality audio. When the miDock is connected to AC power it also charges the Stiletto. Read more

Posted on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:34:28 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

NZXT Lexa Blackline Mid-Tower ATX Case

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Benchmark Reviews published a review of the NZXT Lexa Blackline Mid-Tower ATX Case.

Quote from the review: "NZXT has just introduced the NZXT Lexa Blackline just in time for summer, with newly modified design and a menacing Black and Red theme. The Blackline comes equipped with two red 120mm LED fans running at 23dba and a top 80mm exhaust fan. The front bezel is piano black to match the gloss black finish everywhere else. Read more

Posted on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Midway Game Lineup for 2007 E3 Business & Media Summit

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Midway Games Inc. announces the games the will show this week at the E3 Summit 2007.

lineup showcases exciting new properties such as Stranglehold, highly anticipated next generation games such as BlackSite: Area 51, developed by Midway Studios - Austin, proven brands such as Unreal Tournament 3 from world renowned developer Epic Games and Ultimate Mortal Kombat, Midway's top-selling fighting franchise's debut on Nintendo DS; and kid's games like Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, based on the top-rated Cartoon Network series. Read more

Posted on Mon, 9 Jul 2007 08:29:09 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Midway and Sony Announce PS3 Exclusive Edition Stranglehold

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Today Sony and Midway announced an exclusive version of Stranglehold Collectors Edition to be available on PS3. Stranglehold is a game from John Woo, the guy behind the cool flick "Hard Boiled".

The limited edition game will include the full version of the film “Hard Boiled” on the same Blu-ray disk as the game. Set to be available at select retailers at an MSRP of $69.95.

While there is no firm release date on the game/movie pack it is slated for a summer 2007 release. Stranglehold continues the story started in Hard Boiled and gamers get to play the character of Inspector Tequila. Read more

Posted on Thu, 17 May 2007 10:42:35 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

UK Tech News Round-Up : Police Warnings about PS3 Midnight Launches

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Our recently launched I4U News UK Edition has a couple interesting stories this week.

British Police is apparently concerned about midnight Sony PS3 launches, read full story.

Also some energy conservation group says that Brits have to pay £1.19 (~$2.30) per day for electrical power run the Sony PS3 - full story.
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Posted on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:35:36 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple TV Delayed until Mid-March

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I actually just yesterday ordered the Apple TV for one of our upcoming Gadget Model shoots, and today I received an email telling me about a delay from February to Mid-March.

You can read the email I got below. Basically Apple says the wrapping up took a bit longer than expected. This is an issue that Apple seldom has, because they just do not announce a product until its available. The Apple TV was different from the beginning. Steve Jobs pre-announced the back then called iTV already in September 2006.
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Posted on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:56:29 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

CAO Vision Sensi-Box High-Tech Cigar Humidor

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I never thought I would report about cigars on I4U NEWS. CAO makes it possible with their introduction of the Sensi-Box cigar humidor for the new CAO Vision cigars.

CAO will introduce a new cigar called CAO Vision. It comes with a portable high-tech humidor that features a built-in hygrometer that displays on the box the current humidity. The Sensi-Box keeps the humidity at the ideal 68 to 70%. It does that through a so called Humidipak. A small package filed with liquid that regulates the humidity inside the CAO Vision cigar box.

If you open the white box blue LEDs light up the interior. Read more