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Commodore 64 Revived with New Powers and Performance

by Jay Garrett on March 19, 2010

Every geek of a certain age will remember the now classic Commodore 64.

It was at the height of 8 bit technology when it appeared in 1982 and over the following 12 years 17 million of the them were sold!

The new C64 will be sporting Intel’s 64-bit quad-core microprocessors and 3D graphics capabilities upto 500GB of hard drive storage and 4GB of RAM. Also included are a DVD-RW drive, a touchpad, four USB ports, a Gigabit Ethernet port and a DVI (Digital Visual Interface) port to connect monitors – all this is squeezed into the all-in-one’s keyboard that measures 17.5 inches (44 cm) wide and 2 inches (0.5 cm) tall.

Commodore said. “It’s designed to take up far less room — and use far less energy — than any other desktop computer,” Commodore USA said. The PC will run the Linux, Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.

Commodore USA’s online store is due to open June 1 offering the new edition. Obviously they’re hoping that trading on the licensed Commodore name will envoke all those fond memories.

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Lenovo Mini Wireless Keyboard Shocker – Being Sold by Brando?!

by Jay Garrett on February 24, 2010

This must be a first!!

Brando, the purveyor of USB based silliness, is selling this – the HTPC loving Lenovo Mini Wireless Keyboard for $64.

Yup – it’s selling a useful item from a known maker!! :p

This large remote control sized thumb keyboard and trackball uses a 2.4GHz wireless connection and works up to 30 feet away.

Pretty much ideal for use with Windows Media Center, Boxee, or just about any other PC-based media center application and saves having to get up off your sofa ;)

It’s powered by two AAA batteries and the USB receiver neatly right inside the controllers battery compartment.

As well as ordering from Brando you could, if you so wished, order it directly from Lenovo and save four bucks – and perhaps a little more as Lenovo always seems to have a variety of coupon codes floating around.

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iTablet – Like an iPad but runs Windows, has USB ports, Flash, HDMI…..

February 5, 2010 Click to read more →
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Whether you’re wowed by the iPad or not you can’t deny that it will sell – loads.
UK company, X2, can obviously see the potential as well as hearing what a lot of comments have cited as the iPad’s short-comings. They’ve even named it the iTablet!
In its own words “hot on the heels of Apple’s [...]

Apple iPad Lowdown – Would I Buy One?

January 29, 2010 Click to read more →
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Ok, if it hadn’t been for the site borkage I would’ve posted a breaking news item about the new Apple iPad.
As it is, now the excitement of the event has ebbed away, I shall write up a breakdown of the new handheld and try to look at the new tablet a bit more……. evenly.
Righty, this [...]

Microsoft Courier To Get First Punch in Tablet War

January 6, 2010 Click to read more →
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Ooooo!
Sounds like Microsoft is going to jump in the tablet ring and square up directly to the Apple iSlate. It also looks like they want to get the first punch in as the iSlate isn’t reported to come official ’til the 27th.
The big M’s Courier tablet, reportedly a HP built device, could get a [...]

Sexier Than an iMac – The Philco PC is Bringing the ’50s Sexy Back!

December 14, 2009 Click to read more →
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The Philco PC is lovingly based on the fantastically futuristic and totally iconic Philco Predicta television set (check the gallery below) as well as some Steampunk influences.
The re-imagining of the 50’s style set into a contemporary computer includes some real nice touches.
Take the typewriteresque keyboard or the mouse which resembles something that would normally be [...]

Tiny Aluminium CompuLab Machine is a Fit Windows 7 Desktop PC [fit-PC2i]

December 4, 2009 Click to read more →
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CompuLab is quite well known for producing tinsy-tiny puters.
This mini-marvel measures a mere 4 x 4.5 x 1.05 inches and weighs in at only13 ounces, the fit-PC2i is hailed as the planet’s smallest dual gigabit Ethernet-equipped PC and at the mo I’m willing to believe it.
Don’t be fooled by its small size though.
It aint no [...]

B&W Zeppelin MM-1 Computer / Laptop Speakers – Should be Called Mmmmmmmm – 1

November 17, 2009 Click to read more →
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Ah, the heady world of PC and Laptop speakers.
There are some nice ones out there as is there some interesting ones – just look at these and these!
But when you mention the name Bowers & Wilkins and computer speakers – then you have to take note.
You read right my gadgety faithful – the same people [...]

Dell Inspiron Zino HD on Sale – Windows Mac Mini Desktop Media Centre Computer

November 11, 2009 Click to read more →
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Looking for a Windows-based Mac Mini alike?
Do you need to be able to choose from a multitude of colours and designs to suit your hip pad?
Say “welllllllll heeeeeeelloooooo!” to the new Dell Inspiron Zino HD.
The mini desk-top puter measures a mere 7.8 x 7.8 x 3.4 inches.
As I mentioned just seconds ago: It’s personalisable.
There’s 10 [...]

Asus Touchscreen Eee Keyboard Full Spec Outed by FCC

October 12, 2009 Click to read more →
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Now that the Asus EeeBoard has braved the intimate inspection of the FCC we can now gawp at the full innards of the Keyboard-cum-Computer.
Underneath the 5 inch 800×480 pixel touch of the ASUS Eee Keyboard EK1542 lies the Windows XP Home OS chugging away on an Intel Atom N270, 945GSE / ICH7-M chipset with Broadcom [...]

Take The Internet Addiction Quiz – You May Need a Session at reStart

August 21, 2009 Click to read more →
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I have to admit – sometimes I think I spend too much time on the puter – when I’m not on the puter I’m checking stuff on my iPhone.
Am I addicted?
Well, if I’m unsure, I can take the following questionnaire set up by reStart.
reStart is the first internet addiction treatment center of it’s kind in [...]

Hunt and Peck Keyboard Turns QWERTY into ABCDEF

July 24, 2009 Click to read more →
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Most of us; dare I say, all of us, have used a QWERTY keyboard with our puters or phones.
But if you had been shipped in from a galaxy far, far, away and never had seen the 150 year old lay-out but were still familiar with our earth alphabet you may be thankful for this.
The Hunt [...]

A Real Computer in a Plug – The Sheevaplug From Marvell

July 6, 2009 Click to read more →
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This is Sheevaplug.
No, it’s not some hippy power-sipping appliance lover but a computer in a plug!
Dreamed up by Californian-based Marvell and it has  everything you need in a computer – cpu, memory, network connectivity and USB ports.
More specifically, it’s packing a 1.2GHz CPU, 512MB of flash memory and 512MB of RAM, along with a gigbit ethernet [...]

Maemo Harmattan Nokia Tablet Screen Shot

May 19, 2009 Click to read more →
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Mobile Crunch has posted up this Maemo Harmattan Nokia Tablet screenshot.
Yup – it’s a vertical page worth of widgets that are embedded deeply inside the OS.
From the screen, Mobile Crunch says only the blue-shaded section is visible at once.
There’s not much else really noted in the post.
So, we’re looking at a widget-based ad-supported system subsidised by carriers.
When [...]

Acrylic Cowboy Brings New Meaning to Bare Bones Computing

April 17, 2009 Click to read more →
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Looking for a barebones PC?
Well, this has to be as barebones as PC cases get!
Spotted on The Raw Feed this small piece of plastic with just enough room for the essential PC guts making your puter look something inspired by Make – which aint a bad thing
The Acrylic Cowboy (?!?!) looks to be a [...]

Stealthbot USB Sneaks in Logs Keystrokes Without Anyone Knowing

April 9, 2009 Click to read more →
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Don’t trust your staff, partner or just plain nosey?
Well, if you see yourself as a James Bond type or perhaps you’re simply voyeuristic the StealthBot Computer Spy could be ideal.
Just shove this USB key into any computer and within 5 seconds it will insert a set of ‘nano’ routines which sneakily capture key strokes, screen [...]

D-Roll is the 21st Century Scroll

April 7, 2009 Click to read more →
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I think we’ve all got used to the default design of laptops and netbooks.
You know, hinged book affairs, no matter how slim and light – they’re all much of a muchness really.
That’s where the D-Roll concept shakes things up a bit  – giving it that E-Scroll vibe.
D-Roll, or “digital roll,” is a concept from designer [...]

Acer Hornet Breaks Cover For April Release

April 1, 2009 Click to read more →
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Engadget have received a bundle of information about that Acer Hornet which I mentioned on the old site a while ago.
The Atom powered Nettop HTPC (Home Theatre PC) is well priced and not badly spec’d if all this is true and not some cruel April Fools prank – but the bundle that the Engadgeteers received included [...]

Can You Handle The Shuttle X50 Net-top?

March 18, 2009 Click to read more →

The Shuttle X50 – a touchscreen nettop that has one added extra.
It has a handle!
Yup – looking like a digital crossbreed of lunchbox and briefcase it features a 15.6-inch, 16×9 touchscreen, a dual core Atom 330 processor, 160GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM, 802.11n Wi-Fi, memory card reader, 1.3MP camera and no less than five [...]

Lenovo Pocket Yoga Taunts VAIO P

March 16, 2009 Click to read more →

Grainy shots of Lenovo’s new ultra portable appeared on the interweb last week but now they’ve kinda made it official by slinging some pics of it up on their Flickr page.
It has also been named: The Lenovo Pocket Yoga.
The leather-clad UMPC is seen being typed upon as well as it appearing to have a touchscreen being used with a stylus [...]

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