Bargain hunters may have found two especially interesting products in
last weekendÂ’s newspaper: Discount store Aldi is selling a desktop PC
with triple-core processor for $399 and Best Buy is offering a Blu-ray
player under its house brand Insignia for $230, which isnÂ’t that far
away from the most expensive upscaling DVD players anymore.
A tiny material issue in NvidiaÂ’s GPUs has cost Nvidia $200 million so
far: The problem
boils down to the solder bump material, in NvidiaÂ’s case high-lead that
was used in all of the firmÂ’s GPUs that were produced until late July,
and we still do not know how serious the issue really is. According to
our sources, Nvidia has switched to eutectic solder bumps in recent
weeks and there is now a new, apparently independent research report,
that claims that eutectic solder bumps, which are…
(Credit: Sony)Sony has added BD-Live capability to the BDP-S350, making good on a promise it made when the Blu-ray player was released earlier this year. The upgrade is available as a free firmware update for existing users; it downloads and installs to the unit straight over the Internet at the click of a button. Even better, the price of the player has dropped to $300. That means–for the time being, at least–the player is 25 percent more affordable than the PlayStation 3.
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AMD is completing the rollout of its first-generation 4000-series of
GPUs with two new entry-level offerings that aim at the growing group
of computer users who are upgrading their integrated graphics chip
systems to discrete graphics cards. AMDÂ’s new 4500/4300 series goes
head-to head with NvidiaÂ’s entry-level 9400-series, but promises to
undercut its rivalÂ’s price point while offering more performance.
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The 2go Classmate PC is aimed at the education market, while the IL1A mini-notebook targets consumers and businesspeople.
The 2go Classmate PC is aimed at the education market, while the IL1A mini-notebook targets consumers and businesspeople.
The 2go Classmate PC is aimed at the education market, while the IL1A mini-notebook targets consumers and businesspeople.
SAN JOSE, Calif.–The West Coast Green 2008 building show kicked off on Thursday, for the first time in this city with one of the nation’s most ambitious “greening” plans.
During our sneak peek at some of the 400 exhibits, products that caught our attention included a device that seemed to make water out of thin air, a solar-powered table, home energy automation systems, and better concrete blocks. Check out the video below for more.
Element Four
Element Four claims to extract water from the air. Its Watermill appliance is supposed to supply enough water daily to quench the needs of a six-person family. It costs around 35 cents to produce more than 3 gallons of drinking water each day, according to the British Columbia-based company. The Watermill is set to become available next February for around $1,300.
CEO Rick Howard said he’d like to create different versions of the 300-watt Watermill, perhaps powered by the sun or wind. He sees the technology as ideal for household use during emergencies, as well as for people in the developing world. It could even customize flavored water, Howard added.
As air enters the Watermill, humidity condenses on a patented coil, and passes into a reservoir. Water passes through a carbon filter and past a germ-killing UV light. The product could be hooked up to a kitchen faucet.
Most drinking water technologies, by contrast, take dirty or salty water, or even sludge, then purify it.
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Originally posted at Green Tech
First it appeared as an art project. Now, over a decade later, it’s back from the dead as a malware lure.…
