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.
Sony has been showing off its Nintendo Wii baiting motion controller. They’ve also officially named it: PlayStation Move.
Sony created a bit of a stir at the PlayStation presentation held at the Games Developer Conference in San Francisco.
The naming of the Move may have lost a number of people money if they’d been betting on Sony naming the motion controller Arc.
The PlayStation Move requires the use of a wand-like device a bit like a rounded Wiimote, with Sony’s Eye camera used as the sensor to track your movements – Sony are bragging that it’s the ‘most precise’ and ultra-sensory device of its kind.
The good thing is that the Move can be integrated into more established PS3 titles – games of choice for underling this was big-hitters SOCOM 4: US Navy Seals and Little Big Planet. LBP was shown using The Move Subcontroller (see gallery) as well as the main Move.
At the presentation Sony broke out a number of Move games which by all accounts looked pretty Wii-ey with the likes of ‘Sports Champions’ a sports compilation pack which includes such mini-games as archery, tablet tennis, and Gladiator Arena (duel fighting).
The PS3 Move will come in three bundles; the first packing the PS3 Move control for those who already own the Eye cam, or you can buy the Move with the Eye cam and a PS3 console. I reckon that the most popular will probably be the third option: The Move motion control with the camera and a game which Sony is saying will cost under $100 (£66).
No news regarding an official UK price but there is a rumbling that the August 2010 launch will be a global affair.
Have a gawp at the PlayStation Move and the PlayStation Move support controller in action below
I’ve had a gadgety grope of Sony Ericsson’s latest.
I’m thankful that I’ve managed this as no matter how good the press releases are they don’t really do tech much justice and, being cynical, I can’t always believe what I’m told.
The other thing I hadn’t realised before having a poke around is that SE have also [...]
HTC have been busy and have unveiled a number of new mobiles at the MWC.
Thing is that, in my opinion, none of them look as lovely as the HTC Legend.
The body is carved from a single piece of aluminum – Mmmmm….. unibody….. I hope Apple are watching!
Under that gorgeous hood purrs Android 2.1 [...]
Today sees the announcement of the new Sony Ericsson Aspen.
SE’s latest business blower joins the rest of its eco-friends in the GreenHeart range.
Being aimed at the busy business-person you get a QWERTY-board for firing off emails and a touchscreen to ease the multi-tasking.
You’re able to organise and adapt panels to change during the day and [...]
Apple keeps holding Flash away from its flagship phone even though it seems that Adobe keeps asking nicely to join the party.
It sounds like this may change soon and with Flash comes Adobe’s 2 Million or so Flash Developers and they’re all heading towards the iPhone – whether Apple wants them or not!
The next version [...]
Polaroid has confirmed its come-back with the promise of releasing a new Polaroid instant camera later this year.
There’s been a campaign and the Impossible Project rallied to keep the format alive by actually buying a Polaroid Film factory and promised us a new camera this year.
And here it is. The new camera will come [...]
I was so tempted just to post the pictures and see if anyone could work out what the heck this thing was.
Then the more I looked the more it became obvious. It’s examples of the new Mad Catz Cyborg mouse – although I still can’t guess what all the buttons and bolts do.
The Mad [...]
When Google decided to sell their own Android blower, the Nexus One, almost as many column inches were given to how they’d do this as were given to the actual handset.
Well, they’ve opened a new store, from which they plan to sell Android phones from a variety of carriers and manufacturers.
This will be a one-stop-shop [...]
For those that want to stay hip with the latest fashions Lenovo bring you the IdeaPad U1.
Everyone seems to be talking about tablets and/or netbooks – Boom! The IdeaPad U1 is both!
You can use it as an Intel Core Duo SU processored Windows 7 netbook who’s spec includes 4GB of RAM, 2 USB ports, HDMI [...]
Ok – so none of the following iSlate news is particularly new but the fact that it comes from a very reliable and connected source makes this type-worthy.
Kai-fu Lee, ex-president of Google China, is well hooked up with Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn.
He couldn’t hide his excitement and has spilled some details on his blog.
Here’s the [...]
A new year and Orange have revealed their latest weapon in the battle of the networks.
Orange has announced that they’re bringing HD to voice calls this year.
Hi Def calling is promised to make you feel like the caller is in the same room as you (good thing or not?) as well as filtering out background [...]
YouTube could be increasing its web monopoly by also becoming an interactive gaming portal as well as somewhere to play 80’s music videos and clips of kittens.
The recent Google patent application for a “Web-based System for Generation of Interactive Games Based on Digital Videos,” was filed earlier this year but has only been published this [...]
It looks as though Asus has decided to join in the floor-cleaning robot wars.
The new ECleaner vac has been just released in China and Taiwan.
Instead of going for the oddness of the Panasonic Fukitorimushi Worm Asus have followed the way of the iRoomba but pricing it at the equivalent of £95 you could well make [...]
Most performing musicians will know the pain of trailing power to the front of the stage in order to power their effects pedals.
Amps and the like are easy enough catered for but, especially if you have vocal duties as well, pedals are usually positioned by the front stage/monitor/mic area and the latest product released under [...]
Hot on the heels of the Google branded Nexus One smartphone comes the news that they’re going to be dishing out their own 3G enabled netbook!
Apparently “multiple sources” are saying that Google has been talking to at least one hardware manufacturer about building a netbook that Google itself could sell directly.
These ’sources’ claim that the [...]
Cast your gadgety minds back to October and Acer’s announcement of their Liquid A1 Android powered smartphone.
Now, The Acer Liquid A1 is for sale and stands as being the first handset from anyone to run Google’s mobile Andoid OS on Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon hardware – albeit underclocked to 768MHz. Don’t ask me why – [...]
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 [...]
You can now wander around the UK capital without leaving the comfort of your puter.
Well – bits any how.
Just like the real London the virtual version is beset by numerous delays.
Twinity, kinda like Second Life with real places, has finally launched a beta of virtual London.
Twinity was launched back in 2006 with a promise [...]
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 [...]
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