The very loud rumors of those new Nikon and Sony DSLRs have moved into the realm of the real! The first bit of news is courtesy of Nikonrumors.com. The German Magazine “Foto Digital” has revealed in their September 2010 issue (just delivered to subscribers) has posted in the official news section the first real photos and specs of the upcoming Nikon D3100 DSLR (along with 4 new lenses).
Read MoreWith the success of TOJam, and of the Hand Eye Society’s Torontron arcade cabinet chalk full of indie games from local developers, it’s only a small surprise that they’re making more cabinets, and they’ve put out a call for more games to fill them up. More specifically, there will be 3 cabinets with different control schemes, and they want to highlight some of the best of the Toronto indie scene in high traffic areas like the TIFF Bell Lightbox and the offices of the OMDC. The cabinets in question will…
Read MoreWhether you build your own PCs, or buy a computer off the shelf, the keyboard is often the last thing on your mind. Either the new machine comes with one, or you probably have one (or several) lying around that’ll do the trick. I know I’m that way. On one of my systems, I’m still using the keyboard from the PC manufacturer, which looks nice enough, but for extended use is actually pretty annoying. I’ve generally steered away from most gaming keyboards, because although I do game on the PC…
Read MoreUPDATE: Well, it looks like Best Buy has lent some credibility to the very loud rumors of the D3100. According to Nikonrumors.com, Best Buy has actually put the Nikon D3100 into it’s inventory system; the SKU is 1222817, “Nikon D3100 DSLR w/ 18-55mm v”, with availability: 9/18/2010. Hmmmm… ** DANGER WILL ROBINSON DANGER! RUMOURS AHEAD! PLEASE TAKE 100 µm (1×10^-4 m) OF SALT WHILE READING! ** Ever since Canon released their 5D MarkII, the smaller 7D and more recently the Rebel T2i — all with gobsmacking Full HD shooting capabilities —…
Read MoreGateway, the sister company of the world’s number 2 PC maker Acer, has just announced two new netbooks, the LT32 & LT22. Both these machines sport single-core AMD Neo processors, which are more powerful but more power hungry than the Intel Atom CPU’s found in most netbooks. This additional horsepower, with the addition of ATI Radeon 4225 graphics and an HDMI port, allow these ‘Premium Netbooks’ to server as portable HD entertainment centres – they both should have no problem outputting 720p video to any HDTV (however we can’t comfortably…
Read MoreIf you were in the market for a new notebook, but the thin and light category just doesn’t have the oomph you need, don’t worry. Along with the new TimelineX notebooks announced yesterday, Acer’s also announced the AS5745 and AS 7745, of those who want some additional horsepower. The AS5745 Series sports a 15.6″ 1366 x 768 display, while the AS7745 has a larger 17.3″ 1600×900 screen. Some systems will be available with Blu-ray and ATI Mobility Radeon GPUs (5650 or 5850). For those who need to make sure ALL…
Read MoreIt’s been a while since we’ve seen a update to Acer’s Timeline series of thin and light notebooks. In fact, when they launched in North America, they weren’t officially known as Timeline machines at all, but the rather more pedestrian model numbers, such as the AS1410, which we took a look at last September. At the time, the AS1410 represented a great value for someone looking for something more powerful than a netbook, without the bulk that a more traditional notebook. Due to the ultra low voltage CPUs in the…
Read MoreThe new Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant ‘Superphone’ is coming to Bell soon, and to celebrate the phone’s launch Bell is giving one away each day until the phone’s release, expected to be this Friday, August 6th. Along with the phone giveaway, there is also a chance to win tickets to see Lady Gaga, and a Samsung 55” LED TV. The webpage advertising the contest also confirms that the Galaxy S will support video calling. While the model of the Galaxy S that Bell is carrying does have the front facing…
Read MoreAlong with the announcement of the ID Series notebooks, Gateway has updated their NV5 series laptops, and they’re aiming for those who like their social networking to be a single touch away. All NV5 laptops will sport a 15.6 inch 1366×768 LED backlit screen, and will come in a variety of AMD CPU and memory configurations up to 4GB (all expandable to 8GB), with pricing starting at $499.99 The interesting new feature is a new social networking button that calls up… an integrated “social networking” button that allows customers to…
Read MoreGateway has just announced the ID Series of notebooks, with silver shells and a funky blue touchpad that glows when touched. The silver casing actually appears to be quite understated in the provided photos. The 3 models all sport Ultrabright LED-backlit displays, and vary in size from 14 to 17.3 inches. The smaller ID49 (14 inch) and ID59 (15.6 inch) share very similar specs with Core i3 and Core i5 options, 4GB of memory (expandable to 8GB) and 1366×768 resolution displays. Some models will also include the Nvidia Optimus technology,…
Read MoreCourtesy of TED, Tan Le demonstrates her take on the old Mind/Machine Interface trope. The Emotiv Systems’ EPOC headset uses 16 sensors to scan the brain and some very fancy algorithms to identify neural activity and translate this into control signals. Here are ten questions to keep in mind to the degree that the mind can keep anything. 1. Funny how this one seems to be as advanced as it is when speech recognition is still pretty clumsy. Will we jump into full mind/machine connectivity and bypass language altogether? (Just…
Read MoreAcer, a company that’s grown from relative obscurity outside the DIY computer building community to the world’s number 2 computer maker in just a few short years, has announced three new desktop line ups for Canada, covering the spectrum from the small form factor X3 series to the monstrous Predator gaming rig. Playing the mama bear role, is the more traditional M3. The Acer Aspire M3 series is a standard desktop tower, and will come with AMD Athlon II or Intel Core i3 / Core i5 processors and ATI Radeon…
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