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HTC Touch Diamond Smartphone Officially Announced [Sleek, Sexy & Coming Soo
2008-05-06 22:58:00
HTC has at last taken the wraps of its much anticipated new flagship handset, the Touch Diamond smartphone, which, apart sporting deliciously sleek, glossy aesthetics, comes with HTC?s revised touchscreen TouchFlo 3D animated interface and which, according to Peter Chou, president and CEO of HTC, serves to ?mark a new era in mobile phone evolution, an era where beauty and size integrate with uncompromising innovation at broadband speeds?.
More About: Mobile , Cell Phones , Smartphone , Sexy

Acer Intro New Business (B-Series) & Value (V-Series) LCD Displays
2008-05-06 17:32:00
Acer have expanded their range of LCD monitors with their new B-Series and V-Series displays aimed at business users and those looking for capable (it not especially inspiring)  budget/value displays respectively with pricing starting at a mere $205.
More About: Business , Computers , Devices , V Series

Phoenix Technologies Working with Fujitsu To Bring Failsafe Remote Drive Tr
2008-05-06 13:27:00
Phoenix Technologies have announced that they are collaborating with Fujitsu with view to bringing remote disk control and disk data protection to devices employing Fujitsu?s new full disk encryption (FDE) SATA hard disk drives that will include the facility to track, remotely disable and even remotely erase data from HDD units should your laptop/notebook be stolen or otherwise fall into the wrong hands.
More About: Computers , Phoenix , Drive , Devices

HP MediaSmart Connect Digital Media Receiver & Media Smart HDTV To Support
2008-05-06 11:09:00
Hewlett-Packard have confirmed that their soon to be released Media Smart Connect Digital Media Receiver and Media Smart HDTV will support full screen playback of YouTube video content as well as multiple playlist creation and full remote support allowing users to watch YouTube content from the comfort of their armchairs.
More About: Audio , Gadgets , Visual

Parrot Launch New Designer Digital Photo Frame Collection with Exclusive An
2008-05-06 10:19:00
Parrot, who are no strangers to digital photo frames, have announced a new Designer Collection of digital photo frames with the first designer digital frame in the series having been designed by leading French designer Andrée Putman.
More About: Photo , Exclusive , Audio , Household Tech , Visual

Creative Vado VF0570-P Budget Camcorder Sets Sights on Pure Digital?s Flip
2008-05-06 09:01:00
In mind of the phenomenal success of Pure Digital Technology?s priced Flip Video YouTube and Blogging Camcorder ? a budget priced motion capture device that?s gained a not inconsiderable 13% market share in the camcorder market despite a dispute concerning the device?s full duplex single chip video codec (see link below) ? Creative look set to offer what they obviously hope will gain them a slice of the action in the form of their up and coming low cost Vado VF0570-P.
More About: Audio , Sights , Devices

Cake Royale Series USB Flash Drives Offer Slices of Storage That Look Good
2008-05-06 03:30:00
It has been a while since we featured any kind of curiously styled USB flash drive, but these up and coming cake themed USB flash drives, from the same site that gave us such unforgettable gems as the Freshly Baked series of flash drives previously featured on TFTS, ought to go some way to ensure that we fulfill our quota of bizarrely styled USB memory sticks (for this month at least).
More About: Flash , Series , Storage , Cake , Good

Gateway Update Entry Level FX Gaming Desktop And GT Series PC Ranges ? Fas
2008-05-06 02:52:00
In a press release made available today Gateway have announced that their entry level gaming desktops, namely its FX Series , as well as its GT series of PCs, have been updated to offer newer, faster AMD and Intel processors ? including Intel?s much praised Q9300 Core 2 Quad processor ? as well as increased on-board memory, greater storage capacities and enhanced graphics options.
More About: Gaming , Computers , Desktop , Update

Kensington Release iPhone & iPod Battery Pack & Mini Battery Pack With Char
2008-05-06 01:51:00
Kensington have announced two new products aimed at extending the endurance of your iPod and/or iPhone in the form of the inventively titled Battery Pack for iPhone and iPod and Mini Battery Pack and Charger for iPhone and iPod.
More About: Iphone , Ipod , Devices

Sony Unveil Bravia V4500 HDTVs with Integrated MPEG-4 AVC HD Tuner [Sportin
2008-05-05 17:10:00
Sony Europe has unveiled the new Bravia V4500 HDTV which serves to showcase Sony?s new ?draw the LINE design concept? and which, apart from offering screen sizes between 26? and 37?, is powered by Sony?s Bravia Engine 2 technology and comes complete with an integrated MPEG-4 AVC HD Tuner .
More About: Audio , Gadgets , Sony , Visual

SteelSeries 7G Professional Gaming Keyboard Sports PS/2 Buffer System [90%
2008-05-05 16:13:00
SteelSeries have announced their new 7G Professional Gaming Keyboard which, according to the company?s press release, not only sets a new industry standard for pro-level gaming keyboards but but also increases responsiveness by more than 90 percent as well as offering 10 times more durability than typical keyboards.
More About: Sports , Computers , System , Keyboards

Buffalo Announce VH-MU01 USB Skype & Fusion IP Phone [VoiP Handset]
2008-05-05 15:33:00
Buffalo have announced their new and completely uninspiring VH-MU01 USB handset with integrated noise cancelling that serves as a Skype phone as well as sporting Fusion IP compatibility, for those of you in Japan and, whilst we don?t doubt its functionality, we cannot help but wonder about its (apparent lack of) ergonomics.
More About: Computers , Phone , Devices

German Inventor Develops Miracle AR 1 Stealth Paint Having Given Up On Worm
2008-05-04 13:01:00
According to reports surfacing in the German press, a German inventor by the name of Werner Nickel, who was initially working in the United Arab Emirates on a project that employed worm excrement to grow radishes in the desert (we couldn?t make this stuff up if we tried) has developed a stealth paint, known merely as AR 1, that has confounded the experts who have confirmed that Nickel?s stealth paint does indeed work, but they?re not exactly sure why.
More About: Miracle , Worm , Stealth , Paint

Fujitsu LifeBook U810 Mini & LifeBook T2010 Ultra-Portable Notebooks with I
2008-05-03 13:27:00
Fujitsu have announced the immediate availability of their LifeBook U810 mini and ultra-portable LifeBook T2010 convertible tablet PC/notebooks featuring integrated access to the AT&T BroadbandConnect High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) network promising ?the highest speed data wireless GSM WAN connection available in North America?.
More About: Computers , Portable , Ultra , Mini , Fujitsu

Dell Stops Shipping Vostro 1310 & 1510 Laptop Models in Europe To Fix Misal
2008-05-03 11:30:00
Dell has confirmed that it has ceased shipping two models in its Vostro laptop range, specifically the Vostro 1310 and 1510 models, after a customer - whose vigilance is obviously somewhat more finely tuned than Dell?s own quality controllers - pointed out that the keyboard?s entire lower row was quite obviously totally misaligned making touch typing on the keyboard near on impossible.
More About: Europe , Computers , Models , Laptop , Dell

Digital Foci Image Moments 8 Digital Photo Frame Now Available [IMT-083 450
2008-05-03 10:37:00
Digital Foci have announced that their new multi media ?Image Moments 8? IMT-083 digital photo frame is now available offering a 8? SVGA 800 x 600 LCD with 500:1 contrast ratio, MP3 and MPEG 1/4 file format compatibility, integrated stereo speakers and a not to shabby 450MB of internal memory.
More About: Photo , Audio , Household Tech , Devices , Visual

U200i ?UFO? Touchscreen Camera & MP3 Cell Phone Wrist Watch [Positively Out
2008-05-02 19:21:00
Whilst cell phone wrist watches are by no means anything new, few ? if any ?boast quite the degree of highly distinctive and deliciously glorious retro space age styling as this U200i UFO watch which not only serves as a touch screen time piece and a cell phone, but also has a camera and integrated digital media player functionality thrown in for good measure.
More About: Watch , Mobile , Phone , Cell Phones , Cell Phone

LCD TV Association Launch New GreenTV Initiative [Ellusive GreenTV Certifie
2008-05-02 14:05:00
The LCD TV Association , a global non-profit, marketing trade association ?formed to help the entire LCD supply chain, retail channel and consumers? has announced its new GreenTV initiative which, it hopes, will serve to reduce the power consumption of LCD TV units by at least 30% and result in LCD TVs carrying their GreenTV Certified Logo ? allowing consumers to make a more carbon footprint aware choice at the point of purchase.
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Xbox 360 Blu-ray Drive Rumours Persist ? 360 Blu-ray Drive Available by Sep
2008-05-02 12:49:00
We?ve been here before, of course, what with Sony?s Stan Glasgow indicating, back in March, that talks between Microsoft and Sony were underway with respect to developing a Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360 ? something that was consequently denied in a somewhat unequivocal fashion by Aaron Greenberg (see ?The man From Microsoft, He Say No?) - but now, if a report in the Chinese language Economic Daily News (EDN) is to be believed, then when the man from MS said ?no? his nose perhaps gained just a few millimeters in length.
More About: Drive , Xbox 360 , Computer Gaming , Rumours

Hitachi Ultra Thin Directors & UltraVision Series HDTVs Get US Release [Rel
2008-05-02 11:46:00
Hitachi has confirmed that their ultra thin HDTV units, which measure a mere 1.5? in depth, come in screen sizes ranging from 32? to 47? and which caused a considerable commotion at this year?s CES are hitting the US market in a series of staggered releases.
More About: Audio , Gadgets , Series , Ultra , Visual

Curious Birds Nest Stereo USB Powered Desktop Speakers [The Sound Generatin
2008-05-02 01:33:00
Perhaps its just us, but we cannot help but feel that a designer somewhere (in China) forgot to take their medication before coming up with this monstrosity of a desktop USB speaker system - but what really surprises us is that another someone somewhere actually thought that someone else (who is, quite probably, somewhere else) might actually consider parting with money to have this hideous absurdity litter their desk.
More About: Audio , Desktop , Curious , Sound , Visual

Mvix MV-2500U Ultra Portable HDD Based Media Center [Supplied Sans Hard Dri
2008-05-01 22:20:00
Mvix have announced the immediate availability of their new MV-2500U Ultra Portable hard disk drive based media center which ?provides the joy of watching your favorite videos, movies, music and family photos on your TV or home-theater projector? courtesy of a pocket sized, easily transportable device ? though the actual HDD required for storage of your media files will have to be purchased separately from the device itself.
More About: Media , Audio , Media Center , Gadgets

IronKey Inc Announce New 8GB Capacity IronKey Self Destructing USB Flash Dr
2008-05-01 19:57:00
IronKey Inc have announced that their IronKey self destructing USB flash memory drive featuring military grade AES 256-bit CBC-Mode encryption, the 4GB model of which we featured a while ago here on TFTS, is now available with double the previous capacity.
More About: Computers , Flash

Creative MP3 Player Class Action Proposed Settlement ? Creative Labs Admits
2008-05-01 18:01:00
Creative Labs have now admitted that it has previously ?exaggerated? the storage capacities of its MP3 players, hopefully bringing to end a class action (specifically Case No CV 05 3375) as filed by Vibhu Talwar and Patrick Finkelstein in United States District Court, Central District of California and leaving Creative Labs somewhat red faced ? full details of the proposed settlement, in which Creative offer discounts on new Creative MP3 players to affective parties, are provided below.
More About: Creative , Action , Player , Devices

Dell XPS 730 H2C Premier Gaming Desktop PC Sports Quad Graphics GPUs [Promi
2008-05-01 15:19:00
Following hot on the heals of Alienware announcing their new Area 51 M17X Gaming Notebook, Dell have announced their new XPS 730 H2C Premier Gaming Desktop which, according to Dell?s press release, is capable of playing none other than Crisis at full 1920 x 1200 resolution as 30fps (which is no mean feat, it must be said).
More About: Sports , Graphics , Computers

Daniel Rybakken?s Daylight Comes Sideways Animated LED Ambient Wall Light [
2008-05-01 14:30:00
It?s been a while since we featured any form of lighting here on TFTS but the moment we came across this fascinating concept from Norwegian designer Daniel Rybakken, known simply as ?Daylight Comes Sideways?, which uses a series of dimmable LEDs to not only create false daylight (an artificial window if you will) but that also ads artificial shadows allowing for animated details, such as a cloud passing by or a tree swaying in the wind, we just knew we had to feature it here.
More About: Household Tech , Wall , Light

Dynaudio Announce New Excite Hi-End X-Series Loudspeakers [Excite X12, X16,
2008-05-01 13:20:00
Danish company Dynaudio have announced a new series Excite hi-end loudspeakers, designed as successors to its popular and highly acclaimed Audience range, consisting of no less than five new models ? namely the Excite X12, X16, X22, X32 & X36 ? all of which promise audiophile quality sound reproduction courtesy of Dynaudio?s new driver technology offering MSP (magnesium silicate polymer) membranes, die-cast aluminum frame baskets, lightweight aluminum voice coils, phase aligned first-order crossover networks and soft dome tweeters.
More About: Audio , Household Tech , Series , Visual , Loudspeakers

Equinux TubeStick Hybrid Dual TV Tuner For Macs Combines Digital and Analog
2008-05-01 12:22:00
Equinux, whose TubeStick USB based TV tuner has, until now, been available as a DVB-T device reserved for the European market, have announced the immediate availability of their new TubeStick Hybrid Dual TV Tuner aimed specifically at Mac users based in the US.
More About: Computers , Audio , Devices , Visual

New Dolby Volume Technology To Intro on Toshiba?s REGZA ZH500 and ZV500 LCD
2008-05-01 03:00:00
Dolby Laboratories have announced that their new Dolby Volume audio-processing technology will make its commercial debut on Toshiba ?s new REGZA ZH500 LCD HDTV ? featuring integrated 300GB hard-drive PVR - and ZV500 LCD HDTV ? offering LAN and USB connectivity - which will be launched in Japan next month.
More About: Technology , Audio , Visual , Dolby

BenQ C36 Music Phone Offers Scheduled FM Recording, Web Cam Functionality [
2008-04-30 22:18:00
BenQ have launched their latest cell phone, the C36 Music Phone (successor to BenQ?s C30 handset) which, according to BenQ, offers ?enhanced multimedia functionalities? as well as an upgraded 1.3 megapixel camera ? which can also serve as a webcam - and a ?specious? 2? 176 x 220 resolution 262K colour LCD display.
More About: Mobile , Cell Phones , Recording