CES 2009: Corsair TEC Memory Cooler

Corsair Memory showed off the the industry’s first thermoelectric (TEC) cooled memory modules today at CES and Legit Reviews was on hand to take a look at this ice cold memory cooler. TEC’s used to be reserved for enthusiasts living on the edge of overclocking, before LN2 and Dry Ice became the “mainstream” it is today. TEC cooling your CPU or graphics card is not as popular as it once was but CoolIT and Vigor Gaming have made news over the last couple of years with TEC solutions.

Page 1 - TEC Cooled Memory Becomes Reality
Page 2 - Other Than TEC Cooling

Corsair’s Peltier Memory Cooler Gets Demonstrated

Corsair’s Dominator memory can apparently get quite hot, particularly if the overclocking bug catches you right. If a product shown off at CES hits the commercial market, however, everything is sure to stay cool. The Peltier cooling device is expected to play nice with second-gen Dominator modules, and when attached to existing heatsinks it can be used to cool a larger heat block in pretty much any water cooling setup. We know, you’re probably scratching your head, but hop on past the break for a quick video demonstration.

Source: Engadget

Panasonic Rolls Out World’s First 3d Full Hd Plasma Home Theater System At Ces

In the midst of debuts pouring in at CES 2009, there are some serious re-introductions as well. Clearly, Panasonic’s 103-inch 3D full HD plasma home theater system together with a Blu-ray Disc (BD) player is one of them. After launching it successfully at CEATEC JAPAN 2008 in October 2008, Panasonic takes a giant leap further.

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Dell Wasbi Portable Printer Announced

Dell has announced that it is to release a portable printer based on the Zink technology found in Polaroid’s portable printer, the Pogo.
Although details are thin, Dell said that it hopes to have the new model available in the first quarter of 2009.
Pocket-lint was at the launch in Las Vegas, in which Dell also teased the press with details of its new Adamo laptop.

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CES 2009: The DTV Storm Brings Mobile TV To Your PC

DTV Interactive’s Storm is a TV tuner that’s roughly the size of a standard USB Flash drive. The device, which weighs 25 grams, brings mobile TV to your PC, anywhere in the U.S.
The mobile TV receiver is compliant with the ATSC-M/H standard and decodes video at 24KHz, with a frame size of 320 by 240. The dongle also has a large antennae that extends from its back for improved signal reception. The Storm has a USB 2.0 interface and is compatible with Windows XP.

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CES 2009: iCap is a Sun Visor for Your GPS

Here’s another contender for the most useless product of CES International 2009: the iCap. Designed by Korean-based ISTT, the iCap is a sun visor–for your GPS device.
The device clips on top of your GPS navigator to keep the glare of direct sunlight off of the screen. The iCap comes in 4.3-, 3.5-, 7, 4.8, and 7-inch sizes, with about a half-dozen color varieties in each size.

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CES 2009: Nanonavi’s Stylish GPS PetFinder Collar

Most GPS collars for pets are hideous. They are usually black and bulky and do the job, but you know Fifi would rather have something more fashionable. The Nanofinder PetFinder is a small and stylish pet collar which is also a GPS/GSM watch style tracker. Working in conjunction with Nanonavi software, you’ll be able to locate your pet instantly via SMS/GPS/GPRS. Just download the Nanonavi software to your mobile device and you’ll be able to track that runaway dog instantly. It also works as a GEO-fencing control collar if you have a dog like Marley….

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ ChipChick

CES 2009: Toshiba Shows Off New Pico Projector

If you blinked, you may have missed it. Tucked away in a corner of their large display at tonight’s pre-CES Digital Experience show at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, Toshiba was demoing its own entry into the super-hip world of pico projectors.
The projector doesn’t look much like all of those pictures that have been floating around the Web, but at least we’ve finally got some in-person proof that the thing exists.
The pico projector measures 1.8 by 0.7 by 3.9-inches and weighs about 100 grams (0.2 pounds). It features an LED lamp that should last for almost 2,000 hours.

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ GearLog

Red Alert 3 Expanding In March With ‘Uprising’

Don’t count the filthy Reds out yet, as Electronic Arts has detailed Uprising, an upcoming expansion to Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3. The add-on will send players back to the front lines with a new single-player campaign, new units and a greater quantity of live-action cutscenes, just in case the original’s love affair with camp left you wanting more.

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ Joystiq

Blackberry-Controlled Door Locks

I tend to forget that I’ve locked my front door. I do lock my front door, of course; but it’s the sort of automatic action that’s really easy to forget you’ve done. So I’ve spent many a day sitting on the subway, worried that I did not, in fact, lock my front door, when I did.
At CES 2009, Schlage - they’re a lock company - showed off this cool new door-lock system which is perfect for forgetful folks like me. For $299, you get a door lock, a lamp, and a bridge unit which connects both of those things to the Internet. You can then not only lock and unlock your doors from your BlackBerry, you can see who’s come and gone and when by giving various members of your family their own passcodes on the lock’s number pad.

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ GearLog

Sonoro Stardust: Now That’s What I Call A Crystal Radio

If you’re into sparkly things, this new radio from Sonoro is sure to catch your eye.The top-of-the-line Elements Stardust clock radio is adorned with nearly 4,000 hand-placed Swarovski crystals, making the case sparkle and shine like diamonds. The Elements features a digital AM/FM tuner, alarm clock with a dimmable vacuum fluorescent display. And the backlit control dial is reminiscent of an aluminum version of the iPod’s scroll wheel

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ Technabob

Tiny Backlit Wireless Keyboard: Fat Fingers Need Not Apply

Do you have teeny tiny fingers? Do you like to type? How ’bout in the dark? Well have I got a deal for you. This pint-sized keyboard is perfect for small hands, typing with the lights off.Did I happen to mention this mini illuminated keyboard is wireless too? Just plug the included dongle into a spare USB port, plunk a pair of AAA batteries into the keyboard, and click-clack to your hearts content. And in case you can’t tell how small this keyboard really is, check out the size comparison photo below:

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ Technabob

Geil Orange Dragon DDR2-800MHz Review

Look at that. Less than £70 for 4GB of RAM. And as much as we love the technical geekery that makes DDR3 better than DDR2, this configuration outperformed the higher bandwidth rig in several key tests.
The conclusion is very clear: four gigabytes is the price/performance sweet spot, regardless of the speed rating.

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ TechRadar

Flap Your Hands, Change the Channel (Hitachi Gesture-Based TV Control)

Is gesture-based remote control the next biggest thing since the touchscreen? Last week, we saw Sony Ericsson’s new W508 Walkman phone, which lets you ignore a call and shut off the ringer with the wave of your hand. And as we wrote back in October, TV manufacturers certainly seem to be taking their inspiration from the motion-sensitive Wii remote with gesture based control technology for changing channels and maneuvering around various types of onscreen content.

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ Switched

Toshiba REGZA 46SV670 Television

The new 46SV670 REGZA television won’t be available until May, but you can imagine how it might look in your lounge from the pics we snapped at CES.
Promising a “quantum leap” in REGZA performance, Toshiba’s new televisions claim to offer a new design, better resolution via Toshiba’s upscaling technology called Resolution plus, 240Hz motion blur, InstaPort for faster HDMI switching, and the ability for it to automatically setup according to your living room lights.
We’ll bring you more when UK launch details are announced later in the year.

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ PocketLint

CES 2009: Samsung’s New Monitor Product Line

Today Samsung launched a set of high-performance LD series monitors that offer seamless multi-display and a new 22-inch SyncMaster 2243QW, as well as the laptop companion monitors LD220 and LD190X. All three monitors incorporate Samsung’s UbiSync technology to help extend users’ visual workspace by connecting up to six displays to a PC via USB cable. UbiSync technology creates a multi-monitor system that can be operated from a single PC without a graphics card or complex software installations. With their clean contours and high-glossy black encasements they can easily serve as secondary displays for a laptop.

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TomTom Go 930 Is One Well-Featured Sat Nav Device!

Everyone knows I am a TomTom fan - their clear mapping and UI are a boon when you are navigating, and their software support (e.g. traffic, speed cameras) is good too. So I was pleased to hear about the launch of the Go 930, because it’s got a stack of features:

• IQ Routes™ technology
• Advanced Lane Guidance
• Easy access to traffic information
• TomTom Map Share™ technology
• Enhanced Positioning Technology
• Voice address input
• Hands-free calling
• Built-in FM transmitter

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ IntoMobile

Mio To Launch Its Breakthrough Navigation Software ‘Mio Spirit’

Mio launched its breakthrough navigation software ‘Mio Spirit’ at CES 2009, which boasts a simple and intuitive user interface, an industry first ‘Explore Mode’ presenting all nearby Points-of-Interest(POI) at a glance, and a ‘Capture Button’ to record favorite routes, locations, and voice memos.

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ASRock N7AD-SLI Review

Over the past couple of months Intel’s new Core i7 CPUs and X58 chipset have come to rule the high end of PC performance but the mainstream is still dominated by LGA775 motherboards that support Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad processors. So here we are with the ASRock N7AD-SLI which supports LGA775 with SLI graphics thanks to its Nvidia nForce 740i SLI chipset.
We’re well used to the idea of budget motherboards that make the most of the features in the chipset but we have to confess that the nForce 740i SLI didn’t immediately spring to mind. Clearly it is a basic chipset that supports a single PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot or dual x8, if you prefer to run SLI, but there is no digital switch and the ASRock employs a flip card to change from one mode to the other, which is a little bit inconvenient. There are six SATA II ports with RAID and six USB 2.0 ports with headers for four more USB ports which is all very reasonable when you consider the low selling price of this motherboard.

Page 1 - ASRock N7AD-SLI
Page 2 - ASRock N7AD-SLI
Page 3 - Performance Results

A $999 Macbook Air Lands In The Online Apple Store

Apple’s ultra-thin, ultra-light MacBook Air notebook may be the most optimum portable computer ever. It surely carries the lust factor that makes everyone turn green with envy, but comes with a $1,799 price tag that puts this thing of beauty out of the regular Joe or Jane’s reach. But power shoppers armed with every trick in a book looking to get the bust deal money can buy hinted to us about a $999 MacBook Air that apparently has landed in Apple’s online store. Yes, there is a catch, but it doesn’t devalue the offering … at least not significantly.

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ TGDaily

Sony Cyber-Shot T500 Review

Back in October last year I reviewed the Cyber-shot T700, an expensive but stylish and well-specified 10.1MP camera and one of the top models in Sony’s prestige ultra-compact T-series. Today I’m taking a look at another T-series camera, the Cyber-shot T500. Like the T700 it is loaded with advanced features, ultra-slim and very expensive.

Page 1 - Sony Cyber-Shot T500
Page 2 - Sony Cyber-Shot T500
Page 3 - Sony Cyber-Shot T500
Page 4 - Feature Tables
Page 5 - Test Shots - ISO Performance
Page 6 - Test Shots - Detail & Lens Performance
Page 7 - Test Shots - Exposure Evaluation

CES 2009: Meade’s Etx-Ls Telescope Is Astronomy For Dummies

Is it just me, or is this space stuff like, total rocket science? Telescope manufacturer Meade is looking to take “all of the hassle and [put] in all the fun” of looking at cool stuff in the sky, with its new ETX-LS. This massive telescope has a slew of features that bring clear images to users who couldn’t locate a celestial body to save their lives.
The ETX-LS features Lightswitch Technology which lets users align the scope with the flip of a witch, using the Integrated Sensor Module and ECLIPS (Electronically Controlled Locate Identify Position System). The telescope also features Advanced Coma-Free optics, an ECLIPS CCD for image capture, and the Autostar III hand-held controller, which features a database including more than 100,000 images.

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ GearLog

Ces 09: Game Making Made Easy With Kodu

On stage, during this year’s CES keynote, Microsoft’ Robbie Bach announced the new game building playground that’s coming to the Community Games channel later this year. It’s called Kodu (formerly known as Boku) and allows anyone to pick up a 360 controller and build their own game. It’s sorta like Little Big Planet, but more open, free and targeted towards all age groups. With a simplified control scheme, over 200 building block options and possibilities galore, Kodu is an interesting lil project.

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ Xbox360FanBoy

The Exper Style Netbook From Turkey

Just by looking at the image of the Exper Style Netbook is enough to make you drool over its sleek-looking and chic red design. If you are to equate netbooks with sports car, well this netbook is as handsome as a fire red Porsche. Unfortunately aside from its sleek design color, there’s nothing much that the Exper Style Netbook has to offer in terms of specs and features.

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Skype Ships Beta For MIDs

eBay subsidiary Skype is beta-testing a “Moblin” version of its proprietary VoIP softphone. Skype 1.0 Beta for Intel-based MIDs (mobile Internet devices) is claimed to offer excellent, free video calling, thanks to the high-performance processors and high-bandwidth 3G/4G/WiMAX wireless networking capabilities MIDs are expected to have.

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Godfather II Release Date Set, Pre-Order Bonus Revealed

EA’s The Godfather II will be hitting PS3, Xbox 360 and PC on February 24th in North America, and February 27th in Europe. The open-world game promises to be a more strategic affair than before with the new “Don’s View” feature, allowing you to see a 3D representation of your criminal activity across all three of the game’s cities.

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ Joystiq

CES 2009: MSI U120/U115 Netbooks With 3.5G or WiMAX

Netbooks seem to be suddenly surging the market following ASUS’ Eee PC. MSI and others are following suit and MSI is showcasing their latest and greatest netbook offering: the U120. The U120 is the new big brother of the Wind Netbook U100 which has been a hot item in Europe, the US, and Japan.
MSI believes the new U120 is the epitome of professionalism with its light, slim and thin characteristics and compact 10″ widescreen LCD with a tiny resolution of 1024×600. The U120 will fit in an A4 sized bag and can come in a Pearl White or Cool Black color. The actual dimensions are 10.24″(L) x 7.09″(D) x 0.78″~1.30″(H) and weighs in at only 2.23 pounds.

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ LegitReviews

Mids Alive And Well(Ish) At Ces

Last year at CES, MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices) were all the rage. It seemed like nobody could get enough of these tiny PC wonders, even if most weren’t functioning devices yet. Then CES ended and the MID essentially disappeared. Instead, consumers and industry folks went back to caring about more traditional laptop form factors, and the netbook exploded. But Intel hasn’t given up on pushing the smaller, touch-screen MID just yet.

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ Switched

Viliv S7 Hands On And Vaio P Comparo

As promised, we’ve made a run over to check out Viliv’s forthcoming S7 netbook tablet, bringing along the ever-popular VAIO P to see how the two stack up (as well as an Eee 1000H for good measure). As you can see, the S7 actually isn’t that much larger than the Sony, maybe 30 percent thicker and a little bit wider, but also a bit shorter. The thing manages to find room for a track pad on top of the keyboard, but it’s an awfully small one, so thank goodness for the (non-multi) touch screen. Also small is that keyboard, which is one of the most painful we’ve yet experienced on a netbook, featuring arrow and punctuation keys that even a pygmy would fat-finger. But, compromises must be made when making machines small, and small this one is. Viliv has written a custom skin that overlays the Windows XP install, demonstrated in a video below.

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ Engadget

Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 Review - Asus

Obviously not content with leaving the performance crown in the hands of ATI’s HD4870 X2, Nvidia has busted out the GeForce GTX 295. This new contender is essentially comprised of two GT200 cores operating internally in SLi mode.
Just like with the 9800GX2, Nvidia has gone with a dual PCB design, sandwiching a massive heatsink in between. Even though the GT200 core used here is a 55nm die shrink of the original 65nm version, it is evidently still much too big for two to share a single PCB.

Page 1 - Introduction
Page 2 - Specifications
Page 3 - Features
Page 4 - A Closer Look
Page 5 - Under The Hood
Page 6 - Testing Configuration

Page 7 - Benchmarks (1)
Page 8 - Benchmarks (2)
Page 9 - Benchmarks (3)
Page 10 - Temperatures, Power & Noise
Page 11 - Overclocking
Page 12 - Conclusion

Nvidia Technologies Help HP Redefine The High-Performance PC

A host of state-of-the-art technologies from NVIDIA are featured in one of the most innovative performance PCs ever created: the HP Firebird with Voodoo DNA, debuting at CES.
Striking a critical balance between performance and energy efficiency, the HP Firebird offers stunning graphics and CUDA(TM) performance in a sleek new desktop design. The HP Firebird features dual NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) 9800S MXM 3.0 modules(1) which are one-fifth the size of typical graphics cards and use approximately one-half the power. Together, they are designed to deliver lightning-fast performance in HD resolutions while reducing size, power consumption and noise. The GPUs can dramatically accelerate applications such as gaming and video transcoding which are written to take advantage of a CUDA-based GPU(2).

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ Desinformado

Evercool Serpent Northbridge Chip Cooler Review

One of the main problems with various motherboard’s northbridge cooler is the small heatsink with little fan at 5000rpm. Fan at such speed makes high noise making use of computer very uncomfortable, not to mention the situation where the fan stops at all making the northbridge to overheat and possibly break due to it. Evercool was kind enough to provide us their newest northbridge cooler called Serpent.

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ RBMods

GeForce GTX 295 Review - BFG

A couple of weeks ago we had the honor of bringing you guys a review on the GeForce GTX 295. And that article proved one thing, it’s going to be welcomed into the high-end arena with open arms. It’s impressive, it’s fast, and heck it even looks good too.
Today however we are re-writing the preview, and will make a fully fledged review of it. For this full review we’ll grab a BFG GeForce GTX 295. Everything we could not talk about will be covered and obviously, some additional benchmarks are now included, making this a new review on the GeForce GTX 295 final product.

Page 1 - Introduction
Page 2 - GTX 295 Technology
Page 3 - GTX 295 Chipset Features
Page 4 - The BFG GeForce GTX 295
Page 5 - Setup | Noise | Power consumption | Heat levels
Page 6 - PureVideo HD
Page 7 - Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA)
Page 8 - Photos - BFG GeForce GTX 295
Page 9 - Photos - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 Reference

Page 10 - Test Environment & Equipment
Page 11 - VGA Performance: Far Cry 2 (DX10)
Page 12 - VGA Performance: Call of Duty 5: World at War (DX9)
Page 13 - VGA Performance: F.E.A.R. - Perseus Mandate (DX9)
Page 14 - VGA Performance: Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway (DX9)
Page 15 - VGA Performance: Crysis WARHEAD (DX10)
Page 16 - VGA Performance: Mass Effect (DX9)
Page 17 - VGA Performance: Fallout 3 (DX9)

Page 18 - VGA Performance: DeadSpace (DX9)
Page 19 - VGA Performance: Left 4 Dead
Page 20 - VGA Performance: 3DMark Vantage (DirectX 10)
Page 21 - Overclocking & Tweaking
Page 22 - Final Words & Conclusion

GeForce GTX 295 Quad SLI Gaming Test Review

Aaaah, don’t you love the smell of napalm in the morning? Um … yeah high-end stuff really makes my mind twisted. But really, once you have been playing around with an über high-end system with quad GPUs that was actually working pretty well, these weird one-liners come to mind.Hello everybody and welcome to yet another graphics card review.

Page 1 - Introduction
Page 2 - Quad GPU Explained
Page 3 - Quad GPU Gaming Explained
Page 4 - How To Setup Geforce Gtx 295 Quad Sli
Page 5 - How To Setup Radeon Hd 4870 X2 Crossfirex
Page 6 - Test Environment & Equipment
Page 7 - VGA Performance: Far Cry 2 (Dx10)
Page 8 - VGA Performance: Call Of Duty 5: World At War | Fear (Dx9)
Page 9 - VGA Performance: Brothers In Arms: Hell’s Highway (Dx9) | Crysis Warhead
Page 10 - VGA Performance: Mass Effect | Fallout 3 (Dx9)
Page 11 - VGA Performance: Deadspace (Dx9) | 3dmark Vantage (Dx10)
Page 12 - VGA Performance: Left 4 Dead (Dx9)
Page 13 - Final Words & Conclusion

Microsoft’s Ballmer Announces Availability Of Windows 7 Beta And Windows Live

In a keynote address at the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer announced the beta availability of the Windows 7 operating system as well as the availability of the latest version of the Windows Live, a suite of personal communications services and applications.
“I’m thrilled to announce the availability of the Windows 7 beta, which is on track to deliver simplicity and reliability,” Ballmer said. “Windows 7 and Windows Live are part of an incredible pipeline of consumer technology that is making it easier than ever for people to communicate, share and get more done.”

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ Desinformado

CES 2009: Powerstick Charges Your Gadgets Via USB

Here’s a cool little solution for portable gadget recharging: Ecosol’s Powerstick can get a quick charge from any USB port. The charger ships with a slew of adapters for use with various gadgets, including iPods, BlackBerries, and digital cameras.
The Powerstick is also green–the “first intelligent charger” won’t consume any more power than it needs. The charger features a built in display to let you know exactly how charged it is. The Powerstick is available now from retailers like Best Buy for around $60.

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ GearLog

CES 2009: INQ’s Cheap, Social Phone

Want a smartphone but don’t want to shell out the dough? INQ Mobile is looking to make the smartphone experience more affordable–and more social. The handset offers a number of features generally only seen on higher-end handsets, such as Java support, widget integration, and support for third-party apps.
The company launched the handset in the UK on November 13th with 3 UK. The INQ1 has no planned U.S. release date, but the company says it’s currently in talk with carriers in the States.The price point should be under $100–even less with carrier subsidization.

Click Here To Read The Full Article @ GearLog