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Image of Zune HDs marketplace surfaces, leaves much to the imagination
Posted by Hassan Alsheikh in Articles on July 12th, 2009
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and guess where did the guys copy it from.. AGAIN
Clamoring for even the tiniest morsel of Zune HD news? This might just do the trick. Xbox 360 Program Manager “Fitret” has posted on Twitter a pic of his new Tegra-infused portable that happens to show a glimpse of the marketplace section, specifically an artist sub-menu for The Hold Steady. Like we said it isn’t much, but it is a mighty attractive design, and certainly a menu we haven’t played with yet. Now how about a firm release date and price, eh Steve?
[Thanks, Taylor]
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Image of Zune HD’s marketplace surfaces, leaves much to the imagination originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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MacBook Pros with 7200RPM HDDs getting a touch too noisy?
Posted by Hassan Alsheikh in Articles on July 12th, 2009
MacBook Pro hard disk storage really seem to be down on its luck this generation. First was the 3Gbps SATA transfers (now fixed), which honestly didn’t affected but a marginal percentage of users upgrading to SSD themselves. Now comes word from a number of irate users on the Apple support forums that claim their HDDs, specifically those spec’d at 7200RPM, are suffering from performance issues and some audible clicking / beeping sounds. The folks at Other World Computing chimed in to say that it might have something to do with the Seagate Momentus 7200.4 G-Force drives, which takes anti-shock precautions that are possibly causing both noise and extra strain. If you’re not hearing anything now, we wouldn’t suggest you start getting hyper paranoid over the issue — it’s the internet, where things often get blown way out of proportion, in case you haven’t noticed. If you’re still worried / curious, hit up the read link for the full collection of anecdotes.
[Via Engadget Spanish and MacNN]
Filed under: Laptops
MacBook Pros with 7200RPM HDDs getting a touch too noisy? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Switched On: With Google, this is not your father’s OS war
Posted by Hassan Alsheikh in Articles on July 8th, 2009
Ross Rubin (@rossrubin) contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.
Google’s incursions into software — particularly in strategic markets for Microsoft, are like an Earth-bound asteroid. Observers see it coming for a long time, and fear its impact will be devastating when it finally arrives. So far, though, Google’s major software forays have been anything but cataclysmic, and Microsoft hasn’t even had to send Bruce Willis into space to stop them.
On one hand — as I discussed in a recent Switched On column that argued why Android was not the right choice for netbooks — the mobile operating system continues to have a lot of potential to reshape the smartphone OS competitive landscape. On the other hand, while Chrome is a fine browser, Microsoft, Apple and Mozilla all have their counterparts, and certainly Firefox and Safari at least give Google’s browser a run for its money in terms of speed, privacy and user interface. Chrome’s impact has been blunted because the PC is already an open platform.
Enter Chrome OS, which will be available on ARM and Intel processors. For the high-volume Intel PC market, Chrome OS will have to take on Windows, but Chrome OS is very different than other Windows competitors such as the Mac OS, Ubuntu or the OS/2 of yore, in that Google does not seem focused on creating platform-exclusive applications. In some ways, Chrome is more of a competitor to Silverlight than to Windows, as Silverlight is Microsoft’s cross-platform application foundation. Of course, Windows is Microsoft’s home field, and Chrome OS will be Google’s.
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Switched On: With Google, this is not your father’s OS war originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Panasonic HDC-HS350 allows you to record over 30 hours of HD
Posted by Hassan Alsheikh in Articles on July 8th, 2009
If you liked the HDC-TM350, then we can pretty much guarantee you’ll be a fan of the HS350, unveiled by Panasonic today. Essentially identical to its elder brother — but for the hard disk bump on its right side — the new AVCHD camcorder ups internal storage from 64GB to 240GB and retains all other salient features: 10.6 megapixel 3MOS sensor, 12x optical zoom and SDHC expansion up to 32GB per card. The increase in storage allows for over 30 hours of continuous full HD recording, meaning that your battery will give out long before you need to fiddle with your storage options. No word on the when, where and how much questions, but if we had to guess we’d say soon, everywhere and plenty.
Filed under: Digital Cameras
Panasonic HDC-HS350 allows you to record over 30 hours of HD originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Genius EasyPen and MousePen graphics tablets play on both sides of the fence
Posted by Hassan Alsheikh in Articles on July 8th, 2009
Genius, a regular purveyor of cheap and cheerful technology, has today announced a pair of “dual platform” tablets that play nice with both Windows and Mac OS. The EasyPen i405 comes with 28 programmable hot keys, a software bundle, 4 x 5.5-inches of real estate and a $79 price tag. This is trumped by the MousePen i608, which throws in an optical mouse, a 6 x 8-inches working area and — best of all — one more hot key to program. Bargain hunters out there might want to prick up their ears, as the MousePen is already available at Amazon and Newegg at prices south of $60, far below its suggested retail price of one Benjamin — hey, it’s no Wacom, but it certainly won’t dent the wallet too bad.
Filed under: Peripherals
Genius EasyPen and MousePen graphics tablets play on both sides of the fence originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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PSP2 to be based on iPhone-esque PowerVR GPU, rival original Xbox in power?
Posted by Hassan Alsheikh in Articles on July 8th, 2009
If Sony’s PSPgo was some halfhearted attempt to quell incessant PSP2 rumoring (and our favorite PSP2 mockup render, above), it certainly doesn’t seem to have worked. The new rumor out and about is that the inevitable PSP2 will harbor a PowerVR GPU along the lines of what’s present in the new iPhone 3GS. The SGX543MP cited has four cores, with a rating of 133 million polygons per second at the low-end 200MHz mode that seems likely for portable use. GamesIndustry.biz calls this a “ballpark match” for the original Xbox, with some additional Dreamcast rendering enhancements for avoiding wasting time on hidden elements in a scene. They also point out that Imagination Technologies calls the chip a GP-GPU, capable of handling computing tasks in addition to graphics, and potentially giving the PSP2 the power savings of not needing a separate CPU to operate. Sure, it’s all a difficult to pin down rumor at the moment, but if anything these sort of specs show what’s possible for a new generation of handheld gaming when the likes of Sony and Nintendo are ready to give it to us. Now about a second analog stick…
[Via GamesIndustry.biz]
Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds
PSP2 to be based on iPhone-esque PowerVR GPU, rival original Xbox in power? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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