25th July 2007 Archive

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• Your very own R2 unit multimedia machine

  Practical purchase or overweight glob of grease?

  Japanese firm Nikko has created an all-in-one multimedia device incorporating projector, DVD player, media card reader and oh, so much more. So what's new, you might say, well this particular product is shaped like R2-D2 from Star Wars. The driod has a front-loading disc slot, with compatibility for DVD-R/RW and CR-R/RW discs …

  Gadgets and Gizmos 25 Jul 2007, 11:13

• Samsung parades 30in screen with DisplayPort

  Another reason to dig yourself an arse groove

  Samsung has raised the bar for LCD display resolutions giving square-eyed screen-addicts another reason to drool uncontrollably. It has unveiled the world’s first 30in LCD display, capable of providing a 2560 x 1600 resolution through the next-generation DisplayPort video interface. To provide such high resolution, the screen …

  HD 25 Jul 2007, 13:50

• Oki mobilises iris scanner software

  Whole new meaning to eye phone...

  Oki has been eyeballing the mobile phone market and witnessed an opportunity for increased security. As a result, it has developed an iris recognition software that may help ensure undesirables are prevented access from our most cherished communications devices. Although technical details are still somewhat scarce, the …

  Phones 25 Jul 2007, 14:25

• Western Digital tear it up with 2TB HDs

  More storage sir? Ooh. You know you want it sir.

  Storage junkies will sleep a little easier from now on, safe in the knowledge that their insatiable capacity requirements are to be met by Western Digital (WD) and its 2TB My Book hard drive range. The launch, WD claims, is based on “insatiable” consumer demand for more storage capacity. The dual-drive 2TB hard drives will be …

  PCs 25 Jul 2007, 16:03