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Posted Jan 11th 2008 3:48PM by Evan Blass
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets In yet another “innocent prank” that turned out to have very real-world effects, a 14-year-old Polish boy has admitted to modifying a TV remote in order to manipulate the junction-switching devices on the Lodz tram system, resulting in four derailed trains and 12 injuries. According to reports, the teenager snuck onto tracks to study the switching mechanisms, and used the resulting knowledge to re-direct trains “like any other schoolboy might a giant train set,” as a police spokesman put it. The young man now faces charges in juvenile court for endangering public safety.

Posted Jan 11th 2008 4:10PM by Darren Murph
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Don’t feel bad if the iAudio U5 hasn’t creeped into your mind since it “debuted” at IFA last September — it’s not like Cowon’s doled out any sort of marketing blitz to keep us intrigued. Nevertheless, this somewhat stylish little DAP is apparently making its way to the US of A for those who like to avoid the me-too crowd. Specs wise, you’ll find a 1.8-inch 160 x 128 resolution LCD, up to a full day of battery life, 4GB / 8GB of internal memory, MP3 / WMA / WAV playback, a built-in FM radio and voice recorder, user adjustable five-band EQ and USB connectivity. Good enough for you? Cough up $149.99 / $109.99 to snag one in 8GB or 4GB, respectively.

3G reviews the Nokia N95 8GB and writes, “When the original N95 launched, its five megapixel camera was the talk of the town. It’s here again on the N95 8GB. And while there are a number of phones now sporting this resolution, with its auto focus and macro mode, the N95 8GB more than holds its own. However, having seen the new Samsung G800, we do think that optical zoom will soon be a must-have on premium camera phones…As with the original, we found the N95’s camera a bit slow to process images after we’d shot them, and it wasn’t all that great at shooting a moving target. With still objects, however, image quality was good.”

Read more about the Nokia N95 8GB.

Posted Jan 11th 2008 10:50AM by Richard Lawler
Filed under: CES, HDTV, Laptops, Media PCs Toshiba’s Cell processor-based SpursEngine B.E. was on full display at CES, with a variety of tech demos to show off its power. From HD video transcoding, facial recognition, or the always popular gesture-control Toshiba’s baby went through a series of workouts, trying to be the third teammate, with your CPU & GPU, to speed heavy-duty processing. Featuring only four cores — half the number found in the PS3 — it handled all tasks thrown its way, check out the gallery to find out how the power of the Cell could help your PC in the future.

Gallery: Toshiba’s SpursEngine B.E.

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Filed in archive Business by John Mello on October 19, 2007

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Since many of us shoot photos for our own pleasure, we don't have to worry about getting model releases from the subjects in our snapshots, but in today's wired world, even amateurs can find themselves in a pickle over what they thought to be an innocent shot. So it's probably not a bad idea to have at least an acquaintance with release form protocol. You can get that and more at a page recently posted at Dan Heller's Web site.

Heller is a professional photographer and author who has written about the business of photography. While you may not want to read all 20,000 words Heller has written on the subject of releases, eyeballing the summary of the page is worth the effort.

Vizio have added two new models to their VU Series, which also also known as the Envy range. The 32-inch Vizio VU32L, and the 37-inch Vizio VU37L, join the existing 42-inch VU42LF model. Both sets have a 720p resolution along with a easy access side mounted “HD Game Port” with HDMI inputs. Other inputs include two rear HDMI inputs, component, composite and s-video along with an internal standard / QAM and HDTV tuner. They have a great looking design, along with a detachable base, for easy wall mounting, and 10-watt per channel stereo speakers.

No release dates have been set yet, but the prices have been selected.

Vizio VU-Series (Vizio Envy) 

• Vizio VU32L 32-Inch ($699)
• Vizio VU37L, 37-Inch ($899)

Posted Jan 10th 2008 7:18AM by Joshua Topolsky
Filed under: CES, Features
When four MPs aren’t enough… now with RealPlayer support!

Napster is embracing DRM free and have announced that they are going to shift their whole catalog to MP3 exclusively. This means that the largest on-demand subscription service will work on pretty much every MP3 player on the market. According to Napster they are the first in the market to go 100% MP3 and the unlimited music model will remain at the core of their business.

“Napster To Go is a portable subscription service and is supported by a wide array of device manufacturers including major mobile phone manufacturers, who are expected to ship new Napster To Go compatible handsets in 2008.”

We should get more information on availability soon, but hopefully this will force other providers into a similar move and end up in a level playing field with more competition.

Via [GeezZone]

Bang and Olufsen, the Danish manufacturer of stylish AV gear, launches a bunch of new products this year at CES:

The BeoVision8 is a 32" LCD TV, which is new to the North American market this year. At $4000 B&O think their typical customer will see this as a secondary TV for the kitchen, game room etc but they’re also hoping that the price point will entice new consumers to the brand. They’re proud of the the sound quality on the set and I have to say they have a point; For a TV, it does sound very good indeed.

B&O have also applied their design flair to the ubiquitous MP3 player. With it’s polished steel and smoked glass facia, the BeoSound 6 looks the part. A 40 hour battery life makes it unique in the market and it ships with the A8 headphones.

Lastly, to tie your whole system together they give the universal remote a facelift with the Beo5 remote (pictured). If you’re a B&O customer you’ll want this. It brings together a full colour, customisable touch screen with some useful hard buttons. It learns the remote codes from your existing kit so it can control non B&O devices too. It’s not user-customisable - when you buy the remote you’ll also need to set up a consultation with your dealer, who will program it for you to your specifications.

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