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Valentine`s day version for Zune Originals

There is Apple, and there is Microsoft. There is the brand new MacBook Air and there is a new designed Zune. Uh, in the same day. Microsoft has released a new Zune Originals version: Valentine`s day, a 80GB device coming with 19 different skins, all with flowers, hearts and other “love” things.

In my opinion they should hire another designer, another web designer, another developer and start a new product or take the big Bill advice and start another business but not in technology market.

Toshiba’s Ultra-light Notebook

Another “unique thing in the world” is a notebook from Toshiba, being the lighter in the world.

Why should it be small-weight? Well it’s highly portable, flexible, with a slim new design…Portégé R500 brings the same functions as one of double weght, and it is available in two versions, “single” and ”dual spindle”.

The ”single” one weighs 779 grams and it is the first of its kind with a flash SSD(Solid State Drive) of 64 GB.The SSD have a small need energy, and more elastic at vibrations and sudden beats.

The ”dual spindle” incorporates a optical drive of 7 milimeters, raises the eficency level of the system.

The Portege R500 also has a high security, with a fingerprint authentification.All two versions have a battery lasting from 7 to 12.5 hours of non stop use.Here are some system specifications:

Proccesor: Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor
Proccesor Frequency: U7600(1.2GHz)
Cache L2: 2MB
Total Memory instaled: 2GB (2×1GB)
Type of Memory: DDR2 RAM
Display: 12.1″ Widescreen
Resolution: WXGA (1280 x 800 pixeli)
Video Controler: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Graphic Memory: Shared pana la 256 MB
HDD: 64GB SSD
Sound: Toshiba Bass Enhanced Sound System, Built-in speaker, Built-in microphone,
Volume dial
LAN/Modem: Gigabit Ethernet LAN
Wireless: 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N
Bluetooth: Bluetooth® 2.0 with EDR
OS: Windows Vista™ Business
Extra Slots: Connection to optional Slim Port Replicator II, PC Card slot for 1x
Type II card, 1 memory slot
Interface: 3 x USB 2.0, RGB, i.LINK® (IEEE1394), external microphone, SD™ Card
slot, RJ-45
Battery: Lithium-Ion
Guaranty: 3 ani( internationala)
Weight: 0.779 kg

Apple MacBook Air - World`s thinnest notebook

In this picture is Steve Jobs, Apple Chief Executive releasing the World`s thinnest Notebook: Apple MacBook Air, a notebook less than an inch in height. Air comes with a lot of features like “The brilliance of multi-touch” that makes us to rember the iPhone, but no.. it`s an notebook.

At less than 1 inch you could ask where are the usb plug-ins and other things that you need to a notebook? Or how does it look? Simple, Apple developers checked all those essential problems and solve them in an elegant way. For example, this is the “flip-down door“, a “door” that keeps hidden usb, wireless and headphones plug-ins:

Apple MacBook Air comes with “a way-more-than-generous 2GB of RAM” running on a Intel Corel Duo processor and with a 80 GB storage space hard-drive, powered up by a 5 hour battery and the price starts at only $1700 for the 1.6 GHz CPU and $3098 for the 1.8 GHz CPU but built on a 64GB Solid Hard Drive, both with 13” displays. (you can preorder it right now)

AMD Spider with Quad-Core

AMD has just produced a new platform, code-named:”Spider“.

It has integrated a quad-core proccesor and a very high-quality graphic technology:The Ultimate Visual Experience.AMD Spider combines the comming-out of the Phenomenon Quad-Core and Ati Radeon graphic card, which supports the Direct X 10 developed by Microsoft.

This is wanted to be a major step to Accelerated Computing, AMD vision in co-proccesing acceleration.

ICDUX70 and ICDUX80 - New Voice Recorders from Sony

Today, 15 January 2008, Sony released two new recorders: ICDUX70 and ICDUX80.

Recorders are available at 1 or 2GBs able to recorder up to 581 hours. Both versions are able to play mp3 files and record music on the move. Stereo recording is captured by the built-in microphone.

Both versions are powered up by USB so you could transfer files and charge your bateries directly from your computer.

(Photo Credits: Pocket Lint)

$29.000 USB Flash Drive

This is miiStore Ice flash drive, a $29.000 flash drive.

Not the features are making this price. This is a usual 4GB SanDisk Flash Drive running on Windows or Mac.. but it`s covered in 456 white diamond. Perfect for Paris Hilton or for one of these geeks.

Telescope for Your RAZR V3

A new gadget that blown me away was a telescope for the RAZR V3 from Motorola, “dead” for a long time. This is a thing that may revive and boost the popularity of Motorola’s RAZR and also KRZR V1.All that you have to do is attach the telescope and start exploring.

The gadget is available at no more than 19 $ , pretty cheap, if you want to do James Bond.

Pixel Qi:$75 Laptop

The former chief of technology at One Laptop per Child Fundation, Mary Lou Jepsen, has founded a new company called Pixel Qi, which has a purpose of making and selling thecheaper laptop,cheaper than the one build in 2005.

Costing just 75$, it has almost the same functions as the earlyer project and is hoping to be a “spin-out” from the non-profit group.

Sony Cyber-Shot

The new digital camera from Sony, the F730,is light and easy to use, it’s said to be a break-thru in digital photography.With a optical zoom of 3x and 7.2 megapixels, it can make outstanding pictures, able to print in even in a A3 dimension.The great autofocus system makes possible great photos of moving objects.

The captures can be viewed on a 2.4 inches LCD screen.Also it suites the begginers in photography, having a complete guide of functions included flash,macro or delay release.

On yhe screen you can see also tips about choosing the best picture size or what means every functions and effects given by it.

World Cheapest Car: $2500 Tata Motors Car

As everybody knows in India $100 are a lot of money. So what should do an indian to buy a $10.000 car, that is cheap in Europe? Simple.. nothing, because Tata company has relased a new cheap car, the world cheapest car: Tata Nano for only $2500 (or 100,000 rupees).

The car looks like Daewoo Matiz also a cheap car, but not so cheap. Tata Nano puts big companies in a big truble right now because this year a lot of cars should be relased in India.