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Apple Announces MacBook Air
Who saw this one coming? Alright, almost everyone did, but that doesn’t make the announcement less cool. The Air is a new MacBook offering that promises to be the thinnest notebook on the market. I’ll agree, given the 0.76″ deep measurement when the notebook is in the closed position. It’s thinnest point, presumably the monitor, is only 0.16″ deep.
Despite the thin size, the notebook offers some decent specs, including a 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB of RAM, an 80GB 1.8″ hard-drive, 802.11n Wi-Fi, 13.3″ display offering 1280×800, built-in webcam and integrated Intel video. For output video, there is a Micro-DVI port, but the MacBook will include adapters to convert it to VGA or DVI.
The notebook looks real promising until pricing is taken into consideration – $1,799. This is a notebook that has no NIC port (due to size), no user-replaceable battery, no optical drive, no microphone… you get the picture. It’s a good offering for those who want an ultra-portable, but the features it lacks will easily be too much for anyone who needs an all-around offering.
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MACWORLD SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple(R) today
unveiled MacBook(R) Air, the world’s thinnest notebook. MacBook Air measures
an unprecedented 0.16-inches at its thinnest point, while its maximum height
of 0.76-inches is less than the thinnest point on competing notebooks. MacBook
Air has a stunning 13.3-inch LED-backlit widescreen display, a full-size and
backlit keyboard, a built-in iSight(R) video camera for video conferencing,
and a spacious trackpad with multi-touch gesture support so users can pinch,
rotate and swipe. MacBook Air is powered by a 1.6 GHz or 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2
Duo processor with 4MB L2 cache, and includes as standard features 2GB of
memory, an 80GB 1.8-inch hard drive, and the latest 802.11n Wi-Fi technology
and Bluetooth 2.1.
Source: Apple Press Release
OCZ’s Neural Impulse Actuator On Track for Release
Most companies stick to one product-type, which can be a good plan or a real bad idea. For most hardware companies, such as OCZ, Corsair, Mushkin and the like, branching out is a smart move since it targets more people than just the usual hardware-enthusiast crowd. Sometimes, though, companies will develop a product so unique, it almost doesn’t even have a proper category to fit under.
One such product is OCZ’s Neural Impulse Actuator, a headband that reads electrical impulses in various frequency ranges and in theory, converts those to something that the computer will interpret with the help of custom-built software that utilizes DirectX to help process the inputs. So, it sounds like one of the weirdest products ever, but according to many who’ve used it, it actually works better than you’d think. Of course the most important thing, though, is that it really proves you know fashion.
 Tech Report’s Scott Wasson, Photo: HotHardware |
We are still clearly in the very early stages of this technology’s development, if it is to become a broadly useful form of input and control. Even with an experienced user like Dr. Schuette, the directional controls appeared to work in a fairly rudimentary fashion. As a result, I’m skeptical about this device’s immediate utility as a gaming controller.
Source: Tech Report
Proposed Canadian “iPod Tax” Dropped, Eh!
It’s not too often we can publish good news that actually has to do with legalities, but today is the day. It’s been proposed for some time that Canadian’s should be charged a secret “tax” on a media player purchase, such as an iPod. Buying the highest-end iPod would result in a ~$75 added tax, which is truly asinine. Such a move would be like suing someone who saved your life because they bruised you when pushing you out of the way of a moving car.
No need to rant though, since the idea has been officially dropped. Despite this “win”, it still goes without saying that things could change with regards to other hidden taxes. Canadians already pay a secret tax on blank media, due to potential piracy, and measures are still being pushed to tax purchasers of legal downloadable music. There’s an oxymoron for you.
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Technology companies largely stand opposed to such levies, as they are seen as driving prices up and hurting competition, while giving markets in places without levies (like the US) an unfair advantage. Meanwhile, consumers wonder why they need to pay a $75 tax on a 30GB+ music player if they’ve done nothing wrong.
Source: Ars Technica
Zelda Gamers Earned $1,150 for Child’s Play
Growing up, I played a lot of games, including Zelda for the NES straight through to Ocarina of Time. But, I never thought to use my addiction for some good, like these folks did. The premise is simple: Play through four Zelda games in a 48-hour period while raising money for charity.
The run is now over and the charity of choice was Child’s Play, one that donates toys to children in hospitals, all donated by you. It’s a great cause and one that earns itself a lot of well-deserved popularity. During a press event last week, Will Smith, of Maximum PC, won a PC-building contest which resulted in a $10,000 donation to his favorite charity. That charity, of course, being Child’s Play.
You can read the entire run-down of how things went on the official blog. When all said and done, $1,150 was raised over the course of the weekend – a great result considering it was all gained from PLAYING GAMES.
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But this weekend wasn’t about us, the e-mails, or even the sweet limericks. Instead, it was about how a love for something as simple as a couple of video games can pull together the masses and raise over $1150 to help a bunch of kids through a kickass charity such as Child’s Play.
Source: Cameron Banga, Via: Kotaku
Toshiba Slashes HD DVD Player Prices Once Again
After last weeks resignation of Warner Brothers from the HD DVD camp, things have not been smooth for Toshiba. It’s at this point when things are beginning to look really bad for HD DVD, but Toshiba has no intentions of going down without a fight, so naturally, price-drops were in order.
The 1080i-capable HD-A3 player now retails for $139.98 at Amazon, while the HD-A30 (1080p-capable) retails for $179.98. Both are great prices when you consider that the HD DVD add-on for the Xbox 360 retails for the same price as the larger model. But at least here, you have a full-fledged set top box, instead of an ugly add-on.
Is this going to be enough to help Toshiba hold on? It’s hard to say, but if anyone else pulls out from the HD DVD camp, then things are destined for ruin. It’s going to be a very interesting next few months.
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Amazon isn’t the only retailer with the discounted pricing, however. Tiger Direct is selling the HD-A3 for $129.99 and the HD-A30 for $179.99. There are also reports that Sam’s Club and Costco are selling the HD-A3 for as little as $128. In addition to the lower prices, customers who purchase Toshiba’s HD DVD players are still eligible to receive five free movies via a mail-in rebate — this is addition to the two movies, 300 and The Bourne Identity, which come in the box.
Source: DailyTech
EMI to Cut 2,000 Jobs, 36% of Total Workforce
As the record industry continues to shoot itself in the foot, the outlook for the compact disc continues to grow far worse. According to EMI, sales of their albums have dwindled by 20% in the past year, and as a result, they are laying off 2,000 of their employees to help cut costs. They also plan to devote less money towards marketing for any given album in order to keep costs to a minimum.
EMI hopes that with these changes, they will increase profits by £100m by this summer – a lofty goal indeed. Despite not agreeing with most of what the record industry does, I hate to see the reality of a dwindling compact disc. No one really knows how things will be in the next five years, but given these recent trends, they will be far different than they are now.
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As difficult as the cuts will be for EMI’s workforce, they’re not a shock. Every EMI employee knew that they’ve been part of Hands’ plans since his Terra Firma p.e. group bought the company last summer. And from an outsider’s perspective, they seem rational given the state of big music. When EMI released its last quarterly earnings report in August, it disclosed that CD sales had dropped 20%, and those numbers could get worse over the next few years.
Source: Alley Insider
Microsoft Shouldn’t Purchase Yahoo!
Microsoft should purchase Yahoo!, or should they? That is the question. Ars Technica takes a quick look at the facts and come to the conclusion that a merger would be a bad idea. It all depends at how you look at it, though. Microsoft could use help right now, and purchasing Yahoo! would no doubt give them a small boost (well, large), but the biggest issue right now for them is that Yahoo! doesn’t give any indication of wanting to be bought.
Another counter-point is this: Yahoo! is doing well enough on it’s own. According to various website trackers, Yahoo! is still the top site in the world (including it’s various subdomains), followed by Google and finally Microsoft. Their stature doesn’t represent that of one which needs help. But, Google is quickly becoming a world ruler and larger competition against them sure wouldn’t be a bad thing.
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And Yahoo might not even want to be bought. I happen to believe that things are looking up now that co-founder Jerry Yang is acting CEO for a while. Yang seems to understand that Yahoo’s greatest strength lies in the community it has built around a massive user base, and Terry Semel never looked like he got that.
Source: Ars Technica
KDE 4.0 Worth the Wait?
After months and months, and months, of waiting for the next major version of KDE, 4.0 was released last Friday. Like a launch of any major piece of software, there were mixed reactions regarding what’s new and how the updated environment is presented. Personally, I am going to hold off. I’ve been…..
January 13th Hardware Roundup
Due to our CES attendance last week, I was unable to keep up with our daily hardware roundup. Although I am not going to include all four-hundred reviews/articles that were found in the news box upon my return, I am including a collection of the ones that caught my eye.
- GIGABYTE X48-DQ6 – TweakTown
Motherboards & Processors
- NVIDIA Hybrid SLI and 700a Series Preview – HotHardware
Displays & Video Cards
- Kingston Media Reader Hi-Speed 19-in-1 Card Reader – DragonSteelMods
- Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus 500GB – Digital Trends
- OCZ 2x1GB DDR3-1333 Gold Edition – Virtual-Hideout
- QNAP TS-109 Turbo Station NAS – Neoseeker
- Super Talent PC14400 1800Mhz DDR3 2GB – TweakNews
Memory & Storage
- Adesso WKB-3000UB Wireless Trackball Keyboard – Techware Labs
- SteelSeries SP Mousepad – XS Reviews
Peripherals & Gadgets
- ASUS Silent Knight II CPU Cooler – Virtual-Hideout
- Glacialtech Igloo 5750 PWM Heatsink – FrostyTech
- OCZ Vendetta Exposed Heatpipe-Base Heatsink – FrostyTech
- Sunbeamtech Freezing Storm – BurnoutPC
- Thermalright Ultima-90 – Overclockers Online
- Tt Bigwater 760i Water Cooling Kit – Overclocker Cafe
- Zalman ZM-VFC2 Multi Fan Controller- OCModShop
Cooling
- Antec P182 – SweMOD
- Antec TruePower Quattro 1000W – SweMOD
- Corsair TX750W Power Supply – Bjorn3D
- In Win Allure mATX Case – Hardware Canucks
- NZXT Rogue – Benchmark Reviews
- Thermaltake Armor+ – Bjorn3D
- Thermaltake SwordM Full Tower Case – TweakNews
- Ultra X2 750W Modular Power Supply – 3D Gameman
Chassis & Power Supplies
- CES 2008: Antec – Think Computers
- CES 2008: CSX Cases by Cooler Master – Hardware Secrets
- CES 2008: Lenovo Launches A Trio Of New IdeaPads, Hands-on – HotHardware
- CES 2008: OCZ Technology – ClubOC
- Goldmund’s Media Room: A Dream For Audiophiles – Phoronix
- SplashTop Running On Prototype ASUS Notebook – Phoronix
Competitions, Complete Systems & Et cetera
AMD Delays Phenom 9700 CPU, Possibly 9900 Until Q2 2008
Ars Technica reports that AMD has revised their roadmap yet again for the upcoming Phenom parts. According to the report, Phenom 9700 will be delayed into the second quarter of 2008, and a low power quad-core part is also planned, the ‘9100E’. Part of the reason for the delay, as Ars speculates, might be a delay in producing the ‘B3’ stepping – which does not suffer from the TLB bug that limited the clock speed of the original stepping.
It’s unclear whether this shift in AMD’s roadmap will affect the Phenom 9900 model CPU, which had been slated to come in at 3.0GHz. Also, as Ars reports, there’s probably little reason for anyone to hold their breath waiting for AMD’s 45nm components.
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If Sunnyvale can’t offer a higher clock than Phenom’s current 2.3GHz, however, much of the processor’s potential appeal is going to vanish—moving from a dual-core at 2.8GHz to a triple-core at 2.3GHz isn’t going to appeal to most enthusiasts. Initial Toliman CPUs will also be based on current K10 steppings—don’t expect AMD’s B3 stepping to show up in the tri-core line before it moves to the quad-core products.
Source: Ars Technica
Microsoft Won’t Make An iPhone Competitor, Gates Says
Several companies have announced or released competing products to Apple’s iPhone, among them Nokia’s N810 (which isn’t a phone, but provides internet capabilities), and HTC’s Touch. However, in an interview with German national newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Bill Gates stated that Microsoft wouldn’t be joining that list anytime soon, according to PC World. The company, he stated, prefers to focus on its Windows Mobile platform, which is already in wide use.
His statement essentially puts the kibosh on rumors that began to circulate shortly after the release of the iPhone. But wait…in February 2007, CrunchGear reported that Microsoft filed a patent for a handheld device that would use the OFDM communication protocol, the basis for future 4G wireless networks. If Bill was giving a straight story, it means that any development that might have occurred has been halted. Which is just as well…we desperately need Microsoft to have total focus and be at the top of their game for Windows 7.
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“We have partnerships with a lot of device manufacturers from Samsung to Motorola and this variety brings us significantly more than if we would make our own mobile phone,” he added.
Source: PC World
CompUSA Gets New Lease On Life
Thank TigerDirect. When CompUSA announced back in December that the electronics retailer would be closing their remaining stores nationwide, Systemax (the parent company of TigerDirect) took notice, and rumors of a potential rescue for the CompUSA brand began to fly. Those rumors have become reality, with Systemax agreeing to purchase select CompUSA stores as a complement to the company’s TigerDirect online retail outfit. Ars Technica has the full story.
In 2003, CompUSA purchased the California-based Good Guys electronics retail chain, renaming and converting the stores to CompUSA and adding a “Home Entertainment†department to their existing stores featuring products from the defunct chain. However, the addition of home A/V products was not widely publicized, and so did little to help CompUSA in its final years. There is no word yet from Systemax on what changes might be in store for CompUSA’s product line.
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“We believe the value of the CompUSA brand remains very high. The company has a long legacy of value pricing, service and customer loyalty among consumers nationwide,” said Systemax CEO Richard Leeds in a statement. “We view this acquisition as a strong complementary business to our TigerDirect operation.”
Source: Ars Technica
Geek Girl Heaven
CES is in full swing, and the evening started out with Digital Experience. It’s hard to convey the extent of technology that one encounters at CES. Picture every gadget, monitor, tv, cell phone, and electronic toy you have ever dreamed of, all there in front of you. Becker showed off their new Traffic Assist Portable Navigation, Vudu introduced us to tv’s new best friend, a box that streams high-def video on demand. Eye-Fi Card is a Wireless 2GB Memory Card and MagicJack lets you make and receive long distance calls from all around the world via your USB port. And the most jaw dropping for this geek girl was the Alienware super panoramic monitor that blew my mind.
But don’t think it’s just computer stuff, Jakks has an EyeClops, a “bionic eye” that serves as a microscope, allowing the image to be pumped directly to a display screen such as a monitor or TV, Pocketfinder Pets are locator devices that utilize GPS tracking technology to offer peace of mind to pet owners. iRobot had a new device to unveil, a gutter cleaner. You simply place it in your rain gutter and hit the power button, it moves itself along, cleaning your gutters for you. When it’s done, you just retrieve it. That’s just an example of a household item available, but there’s much much more.
The show floors open again in just a few hours so this Geek Girl needs to get her sleep, I’ll let you know what treasure I find tomorrow.
Mozilla Won’t Be Going Public Anytime Soon
The web loves its rumor mill. Recently, on the speculations of industry analyst Henry Blodget, who wrote that Mozilla stood to gain greatly from going public, despite
the fact that to do so might be seen to run contrary to the open-source ethos, renewed discussion of what a Mozilla IPO might mean for the industry began to surface once
again. It’s clear that, though the for-profit Mozilla Corporation was formed from the original nonprofit Mozilla Foundation, the high-ups at Mozilla still view their work
as a continuation of the original values of the Mozilla project, and the fact that the sole shareholder in the corporation is the non-profit Mozilla Foundation stands to
ensure that for years to come.
Ars Technica examines the subject in detail in a new article on their site – it turns out there’s more to Mozilla’s denial than a simple statement. The fact that the
corporation is owned by a non-profit organization would make an IPO difficult. Also, as Anders Bylund writes, Blodget’s comparison to Google isn’t warranted; there isn’t
a vastly widening circle of owners with Mozilla as there was with Google – instead, there is effectively a single owner.
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This goes far beyond a simple “no, we won’t.” With public statements like these, management would lose lots of face if they ever turned coat and went public. And
while Blodget likes to draw parallels to the Google IPO four years ago, the situation at Mozilla today is really very different.
Source: Ars
Technica
Sony Might Actually Win A Format War…For Once.
The memory most frequently conjured up by the current Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD format war is the earlier war between VHS and Sony’s Betamax format. But with Warner Brothers and New Line Cinema abandoning HD-DVD for Blu-Ray, and the HD-DVD Group canceling their CES press conference and one-on-one meetings, could we soon be looking at the resolution of the hi-def format war?
According to a recent DailyTech article, Toshiba and the HD-DVD group aren’t ready to admit defeat just yet, but the truth may be that Blu-Ray was a more marketable technology from the start, with a more widely-recognizable name and the placement of drives in every PlayStation 3 console sold by Sony. In this case, it would appear that consumer awareness of a particular format played a crucial role in selecting a winner in the format war.
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“A two-format landscape has led to consumer confusion and indifference toward high definition, which has kept the technology from reaching mass adoption and becoming the important revenue stream that it can be for the industry,” stated Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group President Kevin Tsujihara.
Source: DailyTech
Techgage at CES 2008
As the title would suggest, we are at CES 2008 and prepared to deliver the good information along to all of you as we discover it. While CES doesn’t officially begin until tomorrow, there are numerous pre-shows that occur on Saturday and Sunday, with arguably the best one happening later tonight, Pepcom’s Digital Experience.
We have bumped up our CES staff to four this year, so you can expect a steady stream of content from many different viewpoints. If you haven’t already, be sure to take a look at Greg’s look on the new Logitech announcements and also Nate’s take on the CES Unveiled official pre-show.
So stay tuned! In between all of the comped food and free beer, we will be sure to deliver the information you are looking for.
Guinness Games
No I don’t mean the draught, I mean the Guinness World Book of Records. They’re calling for all gamers!
Want to be a record breaker? Think you are the ultimate Guitar Hero? Join us on the 6th February for the Guinness World Record Guitar Hero Marathon Relay between the UK, US, Canada, Australia and France to celebrate the launch of the new Guinness World Record Gamers Edition!
For more information visit the site and you can see the book!
Nanosolar Powersheets
Imagine a solar panel without the panel. Just a coating, thin as a layer of paint, that takes light and converts it to electricity. From there, you can picture roof shingles with solar cells built inside and window coatings that seem to suck power from the air.
That’s what is being said at PopSci about the Nanosolar Powersheets. There have been rumours of something akin to this for a few years now but it looks like someone finally pulled it off. What is it you ask? Well give it a few years and you can print solar panels at home, but for now a company called PowerSheet is printing solar cells with a printing press style machine that sets down a layer of nano-ink onto foil thin metal sheets. As you can imagine, this greatly reduces the costs, reportedly for about a tenth of what current panels cost. With backing from Google’s founders and $20 million from the U.S. Department of Energy, Nanosolar’s first commercial cells rolled off the presses this year.
For more information be sure to see Popular Science website and make sure to watch the slideshow at the bottom of the page!
Top Freeware Games from 2007
In what could be considered -the- definitive list for top freeware games of the year, Javet, a member of the TIGForums, takes a look at a slew of games from many different categories. When a category like “Best Game in a Small Window” is found, you know this has got to be one great list. Other categories include best sound, best browser game, best physics and even a best editor.
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Popular freeware developer Nifflas has received some great recognition this past year in the gaming community and this list reflects that with him as the best developer – his game, Knytt Stories, receives the best puzzle game award. If you are looking for a new game to play, don’t hesitate to check out this list. I am really wishing a few of these were cross-platform though…
High-Def Format War a Moot Point Courtesy of Dual-Readers
The “war” between Sony’s Blu-ray and Toshiba’s HD DVD has been debated ever since the two have existed, but as recent reports unveil, the war in itself might become a moot point in a few years. A new study from ABI Research notes that the high-def market will be worth $2 billion by 2012 and that a full 66% of that will consist of dual-format readers.
I had the same idea the other night when perusing Newegg. Though Blu-ray writers are still pricey, the dual-format readers retail for just under $300. That means you can have both HD DVD and Blu-ray content right from the comfort of your… computer chair. This same drive would have cost close to $700 earlier this year, and price-drops don’t look to slow down anytime soon.
There. The war is over. Kind of.
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If ABI Research is correct, a market dominance by universal players will render the format war moot as consumers would not have reason to prefer one format over the other from a hardware perspective and it would reduce some of the competitive drive behind the competing formats to negotiate exclusives for one format over another is the majority of users could view both formats.
Source: DailyTech
Apple Sub-Notebook Announcement Expected at Macworld
The Apple rumor-train is in full speed with a leak of an upcoming sub-notebook that should be announced at Macworld – two weeks from now. Given the fact that the ASUS Eee and OLPC are performing incredibly well, it’s no surprise that Apple would want to push their own offering out as soon as possible. That fact in itself makes this rumor a bit believable.
According to the rumor, the initial sub-notebook will not include an optical drive, but rather offer one as an add-on. Since a sub-notebook is meant to be portable, this move actually makes sense. You can leave the drive home when it’s not needed, or take it if you do. While I am interested to see what Apple has in store, I can’t seem to shake the nagging assumption that it’s going to retail for twice what the competition goes for. Hopefully we will know in two weeks.
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Apple is also said to be introducing more than one notebook revision at Macworld. What combination of Sub-Notebook, MacBook or MacBook Pro remains unknown, but we’ve heard that at least one of these new notebooks will incorporate a multi-touch trackpad. The possibility of a multi-touch trackpad has been suggested by both rumors and published patent applications but has not previously been explicitly confirmed.
Source: MacRumors
Top Pirated Movies and TV Shows of 2007
Popular torrent-tracking website, Mininova, has released a top ten list for movies and tv shows. While we don’t condone illegal file swapping, these numbers tell us two things. First is the blatant fact that there is a huge market here that the MPAA and television networks are not touching. Second is the fact that this list is probably close to the actual top ten list for those who actually watched the movies on the big screen and small screen as well.
Taking the top spot for movies is Transformers – not much of a surprise. The runner-ups were Knocked Up and Shooter… the latter being a title I’ve not even heard of. Yes, I need to get out more. On the TV shows side of things, Heroes took the lead with twice the downloads of number two, UK-based auto show Top Gear.
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We made a list of the most downloaded movies and TV-shows of 2007, including the number of downloads the most popular torrents got on Mininova. Note that the actual download count is much higher since there are often more torrents for the same file, and there are more BitTorrent sites of course.
Source: Torrent Freak
Lithium Battery Ban on Flights
While technically not tech news, this is something that affects all of us packing for CES in a few days. To help reduce the risk of fires, air travelers will no longer be able to pack loose lithium batteries in checked luggage beginning Jan. 1. the Transportation Department said Friday.
Passengers can still check baggage with lithium batteries if they are installed in electronic devices, such as cameras, cell phones and laptop computers. If packed in plastic bags, batteries may be in carryon baggage. The limit is two batteries per passenger.
TWO? I can only carry two, ok so we have laptops, digital recorders, cameras, portable scanner, and a plethora of other gadgets that I’m forgetting about and we get TWO extra batteries?
Guess I’m repacking…
Source: New York Times
The End of Netscape
Tom Drapeau, director of the Netscape brand for AOL has announced that AOL will cease development on all Netscape web browsers on February 1 2008. The company will continue to support the current version of the browser, Netscape 9, by releasing patches or security fixes until that date. It’s all over February 1 2008.
For more information, read Drapeua’s blog
Apple’s Stock Hits 0.5 iPhones
If there is doubt that Apple is growing fast, then the little tidbit about their stock doubling in six months should be mentioned. It’s true. I recall back in June, prior to the iPhone launch, contemplating purchasing some stock because it was obvious that it would go up. I am not sure if anyone thought it would jump from $100 to $200 though.
Of course, I wasn’t alone in considering the purchase of some stock, so perhaps we should go kick ourselves in sync. That might make us feel better.
Nah.
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Perhaps more significant than the staggering value is the rate at which Apple has reversed its fortunes. Shares are up more than 10x from where they were trading in mid-2003, when the iPod was just starting to get hot and the PC market was still dominated by the likes of Dell and HP. Since then, Apple has been able to leverage its hot brand to improve sales across the board, with sales of Macs rising 34 percent in the most recent quarter.
Source: Mashable