Feb 25 2010

Would you want to control your iPod with your eyes?

Posted by Ade as Tech News

Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo has developed a pair of headphones that gives us the ability to control our mp3 players and phones by mere eye movements.

Via MYCE: Designed to look like a set of regular earbuds, the NTT DoCoMo customized headset is able to read electrical changes on the surface of the human eye. A user who looks from right to left can pause music, right and then left glances skip to the next track, and rolling the eyes clockwise helps raise the volume. The company hasn’t announced plans to release the eye-based headset to the consumer market any time in the near future.This type of ...

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Nov 22 2009

Scientists have developed Star Trek-like phasers

Posted by Ade as News, Tech News

Ah, science. What would we do without you? You make everything just plain awesome. And you keep on topping yourself each time. Case in point: scientists have created a way to create a phaser that causes paralysis. You know, as in "set phasers to stun." Scientists have developed a Star Trek-like phaser, capable of causing paralysis with a beam of light. A phaser traditionally emits a beam capable of stunning or killing an enemy. However, anyone hoping that the machine will become a powerful new weapon could be disappointed, scientists have only proven the effect on worms. Researchers have now found a way to paralyse tiny worms when they expose them to ultraviolet light. Even when the ultraviolet light was ...

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Sep 01 2009

Take Ten (1 Sep 09): Vaio/Chrome, movieIQ, Samsung app store, Windows Mobile 6.5, 3G problems by 2010, Wii channel free, Snow Leopard, Kindle in Europe, Nokia World

Posted by Andy as Featured Articles, Tech News

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Every Tuesday, Gadzooki takes a look at ten top tech stories from the past week and serves them up to you in manageable chunks for easy digestion. Be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed or Twitter account so you don't miss them.

1. Sony Vaio laptops preloaded with Google Chrome browser

sony-vaios Apparently it's been happening for some time, but Sony has been preloading some of its US-destined VAIO laptops with Google's Chrome web browser.

That's a great result for Google, even thought VAIO's aren't necessarily the most popular laptops going and that Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox have a huge market share in comparison (~70%/20%).

Is this a sign that Sony might be keen to get Google's forthcoming Chrome OS on board? It would be interesting to know, though hard to measure, how much damage PC manufacturers have suffered as a result of sticking Windows Vista on their computers. Windows 7 might be better, but perhaps Chrome OS will join Linux as a credible alternative OS — even as a build option rather than by default — for hardware vendors wanting to distance themselves from Microsoft.

Chrome might only have about two percent of the browser market share at present, but I just get the feeling that share will grow as more deals are done and the word gets out to Joe Public.

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Dec 26 2008

Jamo 804 Surround Sound System

Posted by Jim as Tech News

Yeah I know the company name isn't really a big bang with the audio industry but Cali Lewis of GeekBrief.tv seem to be pretty well pleased with their new system offering. The <a href="http://jamo.com/Default.aspx?ID=6509&M=Shop&PID=19152&ProductID=18072">804 Surround Sound System</a> by <a href="http://www.jamo.com">Jamo</a> (new theater audio system) can be mounted horizontally as a center speaker or vertically as a chic black pillar emitting really good sound. The speaker finish is housed in black leather and high gloss aluminum, kinda perfect for the bachelor or bachelorette in you, eh? I'm sure your friends will remember this visual marvel. They can be mounted as a three piece combo around your wall-mounted flat screen display. Each speaker seems to be a ...

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Feb 24 2008

The case of too many D’s… it may kill X

Posted by Jim as Tech News, XBox 360

Whoever said that technology is too fast to control has hit it bulls-eye once again. I was strolling in a mall, brought my trusty 80GB iPod with me and tuned in to TWIT's Leo Laporte saying "HD-DVD is now DEAD". That's too many D's to control I know! The death blow may well be Walmart saying they will now officially just sell Blu-Ray DVDs, BUT won't push for it, would still continue to sell HD-DVD formatted way back the aisle. I was a bit relieved that I didn't include an HD-DVD player in my Christmas list! I could just imagine my frustration to find out that that player dead technology a month later. Crossing my mind is Tom Hanks' "Green Mile" liner... "dead ...

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Feb 02 2008

Televisions of the Future

Posted by Mr Butterscotch as HDTV, Hardware and Gadget Features, LCD, Tech News, Television

The CES show was host to some rather amazing gadgets and gizmos this year - in fact arguably one of the best years for some time. Things really seem to be getter better - but not only that, they seem to be getting bigger as well. What I mean by that is of course that televisions are the next (and current) big thing! As a first at CES, the world's first laser television was displayed. This was debuted by Mitsubishi who state that it is a 'new category' of display to offer alongside the likes of LCD and plasma technology. The reason for the development of this type of screen is that it offers (apparently) ...

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Jan 21 2008

The Gadgets of CES

Posted by Mr Butterscotch as Hardware and Gadget Features, News, Tech News

Well, the CES was a little while ago now (back in 7-10 Jan, held in Las Vegas). Unfortunately, this year was more of an evolution of current gadgetry rather than a revolution to display anything genuinely exciting. Nonetheless, there are a few new developments we should, as gadgeteers, take a look. Smart GPS Not just a provision of point to point navigation equipment and software anymore, most of the major GPS suppliers are moving to ‘smart’ versions of their hardware. The focus is (luckily) still on getting access to on-the-move information such as cinema times, parking spaces and traffic awareness information. This one would be particularly useful for me as there’s always a blackspot I hit every ...

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Oct 04 2007

Vista Performance Improvement with these Updates

Posted by Jaren as Computers, Gadzooki News, News, PC, Software, Software Features, Tech News, Windows

While waiting for SP1 or the Tuesday Patch on October 9, though I'm waiting for the SP1 for quite some time, I'm starting to think if it would do me any good to wait for it. Microsoft has wordlessly release four updates for Windows Vista which will improve the performance and reliability. Although these "hotfixes" are not yet available on Windows Update. But You can download them and install them on your own. Here's the Detailed List of the Windows Vista(KB941649) update improvements: It extends the battery life for mobile devices. It improves the stability of portable computers and of desktop computers that use an uninterruptable power supply (UPS). It improves the reliability of Windows Vista when you open the menu of a ...

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Oct 02 2007

Sony to release OLED TVs in December

Posted by Rogue as Security, Tech News, Television

With the HD war heating up, the battle between LCD and Plasma is reaching fever pitch. Just like HD DVD and Blu-ray, each camp has its avid supporters who extol the virtues of each technology. But Sony is about to stir things up with the announcement that it will finally release the first OLED TV this December. OLED is widely seen as the best among the three technologies because it is more energy efficient and it allows for the production of extremely thin and ultralight displays. It is also a great technology for showing very vivid pictures that can render fast moving images -- this makes it perfect for action movies or sports. Of ...

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Aug 25 2007

A 12 Year old OS : Windows 95

Posted by Jaren as Computers, Random Thoughts, Software, Tech News, Windows

Microsoft Windows 95 is celebrating it's 12th year anniversary since it was launched August 24 1995. The 32-bit successor of famous OSes Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups and MS-DOS. Windows 95 started it all. I remember an advertisement on a PC magazine -- "DOS is Dead" -- a Windows 95 Ad. Two months after the official launch, that Windows 95 had sold millions of copies. A year later, it boasted sales of 40 million units. Although Microsoftno longer supports Windows 95 there are still some that uses Windows 95. after it still has a DOS operating system to back it up, which is very stable OS. "Windows 95 has been much anticipated and much has been written about it. But fundamentally, ...

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