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Numark MixMeister, OMNI CONTROL & NS7 USB DJ control surfaces

If you’re more reliant on your computer for your digital music than Numark’s standalone DJ products would allow, the company has three new control surfaces to offer. The MixMeister, OMNI CONTROL and NS7 all offer varying degrees of ha

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Numark HDMIX & ARC 3 digital DJ systems

Numark have taken the wraps off of two new digital DJ products, the HDMIX and the ARC 3. The former is a complete DJ system in a single box, requiring only powered speakers to complete the setup; sources include an onboard DVD drive also compatibl

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Hopping Robot Legs use artificial fibreglass tendons

A team at Oregon State University have apparently taken another step toward giving walking robots a more human-like - and energy efficient - gait, by fitting them with artificial tendons. Existing robotic limbs struggle to recover energy through a

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Silicon iPod nano 4G case adds more weight to Apple rumors

Another day, another case for the so-far unofficial iPod nano 4G. Today it’s a pair of silicon skins from manufacturer Jivo, the box-copy for which proclaims them specially crafted for Apple’s next-gen nano, and from what we can see of

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iPhone Hacker planning security crack live on video

I’m not sure whether that’s meant to be a weasel or an otter (or a stoat, maybe?), but either way O’Reilly are preparing for a sneaky hacking webcast in which Jonathan Zdziarski will apparently demonstrate a method of bypassing the

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Pea Speaker concept is a pod full of Bluetooth balls

It’s not often we see concepts based on peas, but there’s a first time for everything. Designer Lu Le has borrowed the idea of a pea-pod for this wireless “dynamic audio environment” Pea Speaker system: seven Bluetooth-enabl

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Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Service Manual suggests straightforward mods

While we first flagged up the Inspiron Mini 9’s upgrade potential earlier this week, Dell have gone one stage further and posted the netbook’s service manual on their site. Diagrams explain how to dismantle the budget ultraportable, fla

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Oppo Blu-Ray Player BDP S83 spotted at CEDIA

Folk at avsforum has spotted the long-awaited Blu-Ray Player at CEDIA. If you recall, the company has signed technology agreements with Blu-Ray early this year and started to work on feature set of the unit. Little information has been released to t

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Cambridge Audio Joins Blu-Ray Club, announces BD-640 Blu-Ray Player

Another Consumer Electronics manufacturer joins the club of Blu. Cambridge Audio will add a new family member to its Azur line of Audio video component with the announcement of Blu-ray Player BD640. The 640BD will get a full set of 7.1 analog channel

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Infinity Systems Showcases a Trio of Wireless Subwoofers

Speaker wires can be cumbersome if you have 8 set of 11 gauges, 3/4-inch-thick cables laying on the floor like I do. Adjusting the subwoofer’s phase and placement is another challenge if you don’t have the cable long enough to move around. F

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AudioQuest debuts Performance Breakthrough HDMI cable with unprecedented length

While the rest of the industry is inventing on WHDI wireless technology to replace HDMI cable, Audio Request is determined to extend the HDMI cable length to an unprecedented record. The company newly developed Series 10 HDMI cable promised to deli

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Sony new SXRD BRAVIA VPL-HW10 and VPL-VW70 projectors

If I can only list one exceptional feature on Sony SXRD Bravia projector; that would be the revolutionary adjustable panel alignment introduced last year with VPL-VW60 and VPL-VW200. Panel Convergence is a major concern for LCoS, SXRD and LCD based p

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Canon Launches 5D Replacement Campaign : Destined Evolution

It is an exciting time of the year for photographers; Photokina is just around the corner. Many are waiting on Canon to unleash the long overdue 5D replacement. Rumors and speculations have been flooding the internet forum and guess what Canon did?

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Stimuli 3.0 Lamp concept makes maintaining light level super cool

The Stimuli 3.0 Lamp is probably one of the coolest lamp concept designs I’ve ever seen. Too bad it most likely will never be made. But despite that fact, this lamp is awesome in both form and function. This lamp works to maintain a constant

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Fraley robot sculptures revive tech long since trashed

Toby Fraley has created some very interesting sculptures made from found objects or “Junque” to form robots that light up. Each seems to have a personality all its own and though you can distinguish what individual components the bots are

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StellarWindows turns your PC into a portal for viewing space

Japanese company, Fairy Devices, have developed a new toy called StellarWindows that works with your PC to let you take a look at outer space. The toy includes CD software and a USB dongle and is intended for use on either a tablet or notebook PC.

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LG DVS450H is stylish but standard-definition

With Blu-ray players slowly taking on the market and their prices coming down to more affordable levels, LG has opted to go the standard-def route. And while that may seem counterintuitive, they’ve offered up a unique design that is sure to cat

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Hitachi 50-Inch Plasma Display is super thin

Hitachi announced their 50-inch plasma display yesterday at CEDIA 2008 and it is stunning to look at. At just 1.5″ thick, this plasma screen is brilliant, colorful and–of course–expensive. This thin plasma TV was apparently wel

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Sprint’s HTC Touch Diamond leaves much to be desired, according to WSJ

The Wall Street Journal’s review of the Sprint HTC Touch Diamond came out today and it’s more of a knock of Windows Mobile than the phone itself. And as HTC attempted to cover up the OS’s lesser liked features, it succeeds in some r

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Sony VAIO RT-series All-in-One HD Studio

Sony have high aspirations for their final VAIO All-in-One of the day, the RT-series. They’re calling it a HD Studio, “a super-powerful video authoring PC tucked behind a stunning 25.5-inch HDTV”. The RT is based on an Intel Cor

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Sony VAIO LV-series High-Definition PC/TV

Sony are describing their VAIO LV-series as a High-Definition PC/TV. Not only is the LV a full desktop media PC, with a 24-inch WUXGA 1920 x 1200 FullHD LCD, up to a 3.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 processor, 4GB of RAM and up to 1TB of 7,200rpm

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Sony VAIO JS-series All-in-One Desktop PCs

Sony has announced its latest series of All-in-One VAIO desktop PCs, the JS-series, which the company envisages being used in kitchens and dens. Based on a 3.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 processor with 4GB of RAM, a 500GB 7,200rpm hard-drive and a 2

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Sony VAIO VGF-CP1U WiFi Digital Photo Frame

Sony have announced a new digital photo frame with built-in WiFi b/g networking, the VAIO VGF-CP1U. Centered around a 7-inch 800 x 480 display, the CP1U has 128MB of internal memory as well as a memory card reader compatible with Memory Stick, SD a

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Denon low cost Blu-ray player is not that affordable

Denon Electronics has announced that they will begin shipping a lower-cost Blu-ray Disc player next month. The new DVD-1800BD only supports Bonus-View (profile 1.1) and bitstream of all HD audio codec including Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio b

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Gefen Wireless for HDMI only supports up to 1080i

Gefen went back to drawing board with newer WHDI technology. They’ve dropped Tzero’s UWB (WiMedia)-based technology and went to Amimon with 5 GHz band for HDMI-based wireless connectivity. This next generation, wireless technology by Amimon

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Tivo teams up with DirectTV to develop new HD DVR

Good news for Tivo fans stuck in Cable mode. The country largest satellite service provider with 17.1- million subscribers, DIRECTV has announced today that they are teaming up with TIVO to develop a new DIRECTV HD DVR featuring TiVo’s record

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THIEL Audio Intros zöet, premium quality distributed audio and home theater system with IP-addressable speakers

US loudspeaker company THIEL Audio announces world’s first truly plug-n-play, multi-room, multi-channel, audiophile quality distributed audio system featuring the pure THIEL sound. The Zöet concept utilizes your existing home Ethernet and its

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MSI Wind 6-cell netbook availability improves

Having been delayed since the netbook’s launch, the 6-cell battery version of the MSI Wind is finally in stock with US retailers. Newegg currently have the netbook listed at the recently increased price of $549.99, limited to one per custome

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Raon Digital Everun Note reviews, photos, hands-on videos

More information and live photos of Raon Digital’s Everun Note are emerging, including some video demos of both the hardware and its touchscreen. Raon Digital confirmed the Note’s specifications and $879 price-tag earlier this week and

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Prepaid $99 iPod/phone is coming claims Analyst

Compared to this latest rumor, the “leaked” iPod dimensions look positively concrete. Investment bank RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky has told investors that he expects Apple is working on an “entry level, low cost (les

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iPod nano 4G & iPod touch 2G dimensions reportedly leaked

Dimension drawings purportedly giving measurements for the upcoming iPod nano 4G and iPod touch 2G PMPs have emerged. The diagrams, source unknown and as yet unconfirmed, suggest that both media players will undergo casing changes, with the nano re

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Anchor Bay Offers affordable HDMI 1.3 Deep Color Video-Processing IC with ABT1030

Soon we’ll get to see a cheaper and better video scaler and deinterlacer on Blu-ray player, standalone video processor or your AV receiver. Anchor Bay has announced the release of the ABT1030, a new video-processing IC designed for low cost format

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SONY Introduces flagship Blu-Ray player BDP-S5000ES in Japan

First Introduced at IFA 2008, the Sony high end BDP-S5000ES Blu-Ray player makes its appearance to the press during a news conference in Japan today. The Sony’s ES product line (Elevated Standard), is known for superiority component, massive built

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Cowon S9 Curve gets October Europe release, full specs

Cowon’s S9 Curve PMP is set to launch in Germany by the end of October, according to the company’s regional webpage. The S9 has a 3.3-inch widescreen 16m color AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, running at 480 x 272, and will initially be a

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Dell Inspiron 910 netbook confirmed for Thursday 4th says WSJ

Dell having grudgingly confirmed that the Inspiron 910 netbook is coming this week, now the Wall Street Journal has stepped in with an email from Box.net that confirms it will specifically drop on Thursday 4th. Box.net, an online file store and col

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Google Chrome browser full launch presentation video

News of Google’s Chrome browser may have slipped out early on Monday, but that didn’t stop the company having the proper launch event at the Googleplex on Tuesday. That presentation saw Google developers walk through the functionality o

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Sprint XOHM WiMAX details leak

Sprint’s Xohm website, a work-in-progress detailing much of the carrier’s plans for its high-speed WiMAX network, has been unearthed. While much of the site uses dummy filler-text, it does confirm 2-4Mbps download and 1-3Mbps upload spe

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Google Chrome browser announced: integrated search, improved JavaScript

Google have announced plans to take on Microsoft and Firefox with their own open-source browser, codenamed Chrome, by releasing a specially drawn comic by Scott McCloud explaining the app. Based on the existing Webkit rendering engine, Chrome will

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Microsoft Skymarket mobile download store planned for WM7

Hot on the heels of Google’s Android Market confirmation comes word that Microsoft are planning their own on-device download system currently codenamed Skymarket. A number of job adverts - since pulled - outlined their plans, including a Fall

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Daewoo DID-FS Digital Folding Screen amps up media possibilities

A room divider always make a stylish statement but one with an LCD display? That really makes a statement. And one with four LCD displays–well, that’s in a category all its own. The Daewoo DID-FS Digital Folding Screen has 4 interconnecte

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Poseable Robot Calculator makes arithmetic interesting

Calculators aren’t known for being a lot of fun or even interesting, for that matter. But the Poseable Robot Calculator brings back the fun to math. While you won’t be able to perform complicated computations, this posable calculator is

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USB Drive encased in a machine gun bullet

Everyone seems to be coming out with USB flash drives in interesting designs and shapes, but now Crooks and Castles has upped the stakes. This USB flash drive is encased in a machine gun bullet. Seriously. Inside the shiny bullet casing is a 1GB fl

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SlashGear Week in Review - Week 35 2008

The biggest news this week has been coming out of IFA 2008, with SlashGear’s roving reporter there, Milena Glimbovski, sending back all the details of the hottest new hardware. The netbook train shows no sign of slowing, with LG’s X110

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Grundig Vision 6 ECO LCD TVs: super-efficient standby mode

Responding to the constant criticisms of power-greedy standby modes on modern electronics, Grundig announced its Vision 6 ECO LCD TVs. Not only has standby draw been shaved down to less than 0.1W, operating draw is much reduced too, at around 76W.

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Grundig GDP 8800 BD Blu-ray player at IFA 2008

Grundig took the wraps off of its GDP 8800 BD Blu-ray player at IFA 2008, complete with BD profile 1.1, HDMI 1.3 for 1080/24p images and analog 7.1 audio output. In addition, the GDP 8800 BD will support the latest Dolby and DTS digital sound, via

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Grundig Audion 8 streaming media hub at IFA 2008

Seemingly taking a leaf out of B&O’s design book, Grundig’s Audion 8 hifi server is the company’s first networked media hub. Combining a CD recorder, internet radio, 250GB hard-drive and UPnP server, the Audion 8 connects to y

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Grundig Vision 9 1080p HDTV with surround sound speakerbar

Grundig had a new flagship HDTV to show off at IFA, complete with a 1080p-capable LCD panel and a surround sound speakerbar. The Vision 9 has a 24p “Movie Mode” together with Motion Picture Improvement Technology that claims to reduce b

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Samsung YP-Q1 PMP: Hands On at IFA 2008

Samsung took the wraps off their new YP-Q1 PMP at IFA 2008, and we stopped by to have a play. With a 2.4-inch QVGA LCD, a choice of 4, 8 and 16GB capacities and touch-sensitive controls, the Q1 really should be a home run for Samsung; unfortunately

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Samsung X360 ultraportable: Hands On at IFA 2008

Samsung have set themselves a big task with the X360, taking on the MacBook Air, Lenovo’s X-series and numerous other models in the competitive ultraportable segment. It tips the scales lighter than the Air (by a scant 3oz) thanks in no small

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iRiver P20 PMP hands-on: Unintuitive & disappointing

If iRiver nailed the interface of the SPINN, they seem to have come undone with that of the P20. The hard-drive based player is big, blunt-edged and the controls manage to make it look rather like an analog FM radio. Dual scroll-wheels - one hori

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