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LG 15EL9500 15-inch OLED TV

Posted on the March 2nd, 2010 under Gadgets by Administrator

LG Austria announced the 15EL9500 15-inch OLED TV, which will be released in Europe in May. At just 3mm thick, the 15-inch TV features 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio, 0.001ms response time. It will be priced at Euro 1999.

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• Samsung 40-inch OLED Full HD Display
• Mitsubishi 149-inch OLED Display showed at ISE 2010
• Mitsubishi shows 155-inch OLED Display
• LG to release 15-inch OLED TV in November
• Sony XEL-1 OLED TV is 3mm thin

Intel Itanium 9300 Tukwila Processor Announced

Posted on the March 2nd, 2010 under Gadgets by Administrator

Intel introduces its Itanium 9300 (codenamed Tukwila) processor which packs two-billion transistors. It has four processing cores and eight threads per processor. It has an advanced machine-check architecture that coordinates error handling across the hardware, firmware and operating system and employs the second generation of Intel Virtualization Technology to improve performance and robustness.

The Intel QuickPath Interconnect technology and Scalable Memory Interconnect technology are also included. The Itanium 9300 ranges in price from $946 to $3,838 in quantities of 1,000.

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• Acer Aspire 9300-5005 Notebook Reviewed
• BlackBerry Gemini 9300 leaked
• IBM Power 575 “Hydro-Cluster” Supercomputer has Fastest Processor
• Intel Reader Announced
• MSI Wind Top AE2220 Series All-in-one PC

Corky Concept Mouse

Posted on the March 2nd, 2010 under Gadgets by Administrator

This conceptual Corky mouse is one of the candidate gadgets in the Greener Gadgets Design Competition. The Corky is made on recycled cork shell that is naturally waterproof and recycled plastic components.

Instead of battery, the Corky wireless mouse is powered by the motion of your hand. It is designed by Adele Peters.

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• eVouse Mouse Pen Concept
• Glide Keyboard is also a mouse
• Chocolate Mouse Wireless Mouse
• My Lil’ Mouse – Computer Mouse for Kids
• 3-in-1 Mouse – a Trackball mouse, a Numeric keypad, a USB hub

Google welcomes Picnik

Posted on the March 2nd, 2010 under Google by Administrator

(Cross-posted from the Google Photos Blog)

More than ever before, people are sharing and storing their photos online. But until recently, you had to edit your photos using client software on your computer. Today, we’re excited to announce that Google has acquired Picnik, one of the first sites to bring photo editing to the cloud. Using Picnik, you can crop, do touch-ups and add cool effects to your photos, all without leaving your web browser.

We’re not announcing any significant changes to Picnik today, though we’ll be working hard on integration and new features. As well, we’d like to continue supporting all existing Picnik partners so that users will continue to be able to add their photos from other photo sharing sites, make edits in the cloud and then save and share to all relevant networks.

We’re very impressed with the Picnik team and the product they’ve created, and we’re excited to welcome them to Google. We’re looking forward to collaborating closely with them to improve the online photo editing experience on the web. In the meantime, we encourage you to head to Picnik, import some of your photos from Picasa Web Albums, Flickr or Facebook and try your hand at photo editing in the cloud!

Posted by Brian Axe, Product Management Director

Announcing the winners of the Street View trike contest

Posted on the March 2nd, 2010 under Google by Administrator

The polls have closed, the votes have been tallied and the people have spoken: it’s time to announce the winners of our Street View trike suggestions contest. Last October, we gave Street View fans the opportunity to vote for the special attractions around the United States that they most want to see featured on Google Maps. In the first round, we received more than 25,000 suggestions, which we narrowed down to the 24 finalists that were put up to a public vote. All in all, nearly a quarter million votes were cast.

• The most popular category among all voters was University Campuses, racking up nearly 70,000 votes. Topping the list was Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York). Reminiscing alumni, prospective students or empty-nest parents will be able to tour the university through Street View for a unique look at campus life.

• Cyclists also came out in droves to cast their ballots for their favorite riding spots, and the Boulder Creek Path (Boulder, Colorado) rode away with victory in the Parks & Trails category. Our trike riders — and the avid bike riders in Google’s Boulder office — are looking forward to the chance to take a ride along this scenic 5½-mile greenway.

• History buffs, potential tourists and online window-shoppers will soon be able to take a virtual stroll through the grounds of Faneuil Hall Marketplace (Boston, Massachusetts), the most popular submission in the Pedestrian Malls category.

• In the National Landmarks category, voters elected a location that actually encompasses many of the United States’ most famous landmarks, including the Smithsonian Insitution museums, the Washington Monument and the Capitol Building. That’s right: the National Mall in Washington, D.C. emerged victorious.

• The manually-pedaled trike will soon be making its way to the Motor City to ride through the Detroit Zoo, the top vote-getter in the Theme Parks & Zoos category. With this imagery, families and animal lovers will be able visit the kangaroos and wallabies from the Australian Outback Adventure and the polar bears in the Arctic Ring of Life.