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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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Psychonauts PC Game for a Quid, £1, 20 bob, etc

January 27, 2010 Click to read more →
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Steam has cut the price to this fabby game to 1GBP til Thursday!
According to RPS it’s “one of the loveliest games ever, Psychonauts, for £1. It’s hilarious, it’s so beautifully written, and it’s bursting with invention and ideas like nothing else”.
If you’re unfamiliar with Psychonauts the outline reads thus:
For years, the Psychonauts have deployed [...]

Apple Tablet will be Subsidised by UK Phone Networks

January 21, 2010 Click to read more →
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Well, lovers of all that is shiny and gadgety!
Looks like the UK will be getting some Apple-styled Tablet love as it appears that the fruity tech maker is chatting with UK operators over network partnerships for its much talked-about tablet PC.
Orange, O2 and Vodafone are all claimed to be drooling in anticipation of stocking the [...]

The New Apple Will be Unveiled – Here’s the Invite

January 19, 2010 Click to read more →
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Apple has sent invitations to lucky members of the US press for a bit of a do on 27 January.
It takes place at 6pm GMT (10am local time), at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater as we already knew
Could this be the much talked about coming of the [...]

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 [...]

Apple iSlate Named and Shares Grow 145%

December 29, 2009 Click to read more →
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This could be the bestest practical joke in history or the new Apple tablet is going to be called the iSlate (one of the names that has been bounced around for a while).
As I’ve reported before, I’m expected a show-and-tell in a few weeks and everything does seem to be slotting into place.
It appears that [...]

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 [...]

Crunchpad Released as Joojoo – Fusion Garage Dismiss Techcrunch as “Just a blog”

December 8, 2009 Click to read more →
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There’s been a lot of “it’s on” and then “it’s off” articles regarding the fate of the fabled Crunchpad.
Unlike a lot of my fellow bloggers, I have resisted in reporting on every twisty-turny-onny-offy rumour about Michael Arrington’s much-hyped internet tablet.
But, as this talked-about tablet has just been unveiled at a press conference by developers Fusion [...]

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 [...]

Bought Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2? Activision says Thanks 310 Million Times! CoD

November 14, 2009 Click to read more →
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You can’t have gotten through this week without hearing about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
I’ve not bothered mentioning it as everyone seemed to be doing that.
But I can’t fail mentioning this.
The latest episode of the popular shooty-shooty-death-kill game has experienced the biggest launch of an entertainment product in history!
It has managed to haul a [...]

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 [...]

1 in 4 Gamers Pay and Download Instead of Leaving Their Gaming Chairs – What’s a High Street Again?

October 28, 2009 Click to read more →
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Gamers love to have the latest and bestest and it shows that 25% of gamers surveyed said that paying for and downloading the digital only version is the way forward.
The International Gamers Survey, conducted by Today’s Gamers took in the opinion of 13,000 gamers across Europe and the United States and found that, on average, [...]

Asus Designo MS Slim HD Monitors Coming to UK – Get Priced

September 23, 2009 Click to read more →
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Remember that binary inspired Asus Designo monitor that I was salivating over at the start of the month?
Yeah that range of hi-res, quick response LCD panels that measure in at a very slender 16.5mm thin.
Good news folks!
The Designo range will be getting a full UK launch in a week or so and I’ve even got [...]

Longbox Brings Comic Books to iTunes Generation

July 24, 2009 Click to read more →
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LongBox is hoping to bring the kind of digital distribution common with music and video to the comic world!
The software has been in production for over three years by QuickSilver Software and it will be a free, cross-platform iTunes-style jukebox for comic books – it even appears to feature the similar menu to Cover Flow.
This [...]

Project Natal Coming to Your TV and PC Soon!

July 15, 2009 Click to read more →
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It sounds like Microsoft isn’t settling for just bringing its gesture recognition Natal stuff to the Xbox – the Big M has its beadey little eyes on Windows, according to a very good source: That source happens to be a certain Microsoft Chairman, Bill Gates.
Gates spoke to CNET News and talked about a world where [...]

Apple iPad Tablet Coming in October

July 13, 2009 Click to read more →
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Well, things went quiet on the iPad Apple Tablet for a bit but now it’s back and it seems to be backed up by fairly reliable peoples and it all seems scarily plausable.
China Times has added the heat with a claim of a 9.7-inch touchscreen netbook to debut as soon as October for around $800.
CT also claims [...]

TweetMyPC – PC Remote Control via Twitter

May 5, 2009 Click to read more →
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If you’re looking for a way to remotely control your PC and you happen to have a Twitter account – today is your lucky day!
It couldn’t be simpler -  Install TweetMyPC , setup a Twitter account and tell your computer what to do from anywhere.
You then just have to hope that Twitter doesn’t get hacked [...]

Samsung STORY Station – Stores and Secures Your Stuff

April 30, 2009 Click to read more →
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Samsung have just announced the STORY Station external hard drive.
I must admmit – when I saw the name I thought that Sammy were releasing an eBook
The STORY Station has a 3.5 inch HDD for backing up your information, USB 2.0 interface and Auto Backup, SafetyKey and SecretZone functions will give you an optimum [...]

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