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CES 2008: Dell debuts monster 30” WQXGA display with DisplayPort
Oh gawd. Just when you think that everyone’s agreed on a set of connectors, you find they’ve been off agreeing something new behind your back. I’ve only just noticed that most PC monitors are connected using DVI now and sort of expected that might shift to HDMI once Blu-ray and HD DVD started appearing on more PCs. Not so apparently. DisplayPort is the future now and has been endorsed by Video Electronics Standards Association as the next standard of digital display interface for broad adoption in PCs, monitors, and projectors.
CES 2008: New DivX and Sony Pictures Television agreement could see Walker, Texas Ranger heading to PS3 and Xbox 360
DivX and Sony Pictures Inc have announced a new agreement that will enable online distribution of Sony Pictures content to DivX certified devices.
CES 2008: The ugliest Bluetooth headset ever, now with noise cancelling technology
I’m on board as far as the noise cancelling technology goes – with the system rapidly commandeering most traditional forms of earphones and headphones, it must only be a matter of time before stereo Bluetooth headsets get the same treatment. We should applaud MOTOR TREND for getting in there first.
CES 2008: IceRage reveals its pair of “magnificent” mice
IceRage is a company that isn’t shy with its adjectives. Their press kits use word like ‘Fashioneering’, and ‘Magnificent’ – really not bad for a company that makes mice. And the first of these has been christened ‘The Ultimate Pocket Mouse’. What could possibly have earned it this accolade? Well, it certainly tries to pile in as many conceivable mouse functions on to a single object as humanly possible.
CES 2008: Logisys shows off ace neon PC mod
Logisys has a vision. That vision is to turn PCs into spangly neon boxes of joy, through the use of CCFL and LED lighting, as well as transparent casing.
CES 2008: Trust makes tiny Bluetooth 2.0 USB adapter
And I mean tiny: check it out. No, I don’t have giant freakthumbs. Trust International is showing it off at CES. And, er, there isn’t much more I can say about it until they release pricing and availability details. But still, innit small, eh?
CES 2008: Lachiya's touchable piggy iPod dock wins our hearts
There are too many iPod docks and not enough hours in the day at CES to cover them all, so we’d rather focus on the cool ones. Especially if they’re shaped like pigs and come in bright colours. Tech manufacturers, there’s a lesson there for next time.
CES 2008: Huge thanks to the following companies…
There are a couple of companies out there in this plugged-in world which Tech Digest and Shiny Shiny would just like to raise their foot-long margaritas to, who’ve helped with kitting us out to the max, ensuring our laptops are as light as the free beer served at CES parties, and we won’t turn an embarrassing shade of red when a Gizmodo buy walks past and spies us using a digital camera held together by duct tape. It was an emergency internal operation gone wrong after a seaside accident, I swear!
A huge thanks goes out to these…
CES 2008: Punch with some proper Wii boxing gloves
While wandering around the Sands hall at CES today, I bumped into a Chinese company called Shenzhen Koonhome Technology, who were showing off some Wii accessories. The most quirky was the Wii Boxing Gloves.
CES 2008: Samsung launches a slew of digital cameras – here's a quick roundup
Along with hundreds of high def tellies, it’s traditional for electronics manufacturers to flood their CES stands with digital cameras in all shapes and sizes. Some of them may not have the most wild and quirky set of features, but these are the cameras you’ll actually be buying next year when Currys works out that no-one’s stupid enough to buy consumer electronics before Xmas and has to flog ‘em off cheap in the new year. Here’s the run down:
Samsung i8
The latest in the multifaceted PMP range of Samsung cameras, the i8 offers MP3, WAV and video files as well as the more normal act of taking photos. It takes 8 megapixel shots and measures in at 3.5” x 2.3” x 0.8”. Compared to its CES award winning predecessor, the i85, the design is a lot less angular than before, although I can’t quite decide if that’s really been a good thing.
