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Official: ASUS 8.9-inch Eee PC will include touchscreen, possibly GPS

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 by admin

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Here we have it, confirmation that the second generation Eee PC will in fact feature an 8.9-inch (resistive) touchscreen display. Kevin Lin, ASUS VP of Sales, says that the $500 (starting price) Eee PC will begin shipping in May or June in 8GB to 12GB options with “possible GPS support.” That’s the same time ASUS plans to begin shipping its $200 Eee Dekstop, aka the E-DT. Look, we’re happy with your success with the Eee brand ASUS, but when are we getting our $200 Eee PC?

source:engadget

Google pushes the FCC for white space access, will offer free reference designs to others

Monday, March 24th, 2008 by admin

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The 700MHz auction is over, but that doesn’t mean the days of high-stakes spectrum drama have come to a close — just like we’d heard, Google today began a renewed push for white space internet. Backed by Microsoft, Philips, Dell, HP and others, white space transmissions are designed to fit in between TV signals on channels 2-51, but there’s just one little problem — the stuff doesn’t really work yet. That’s all about to change, according to Google: the company says it’s done its own testing and will submit a proposal for an enhanced system to the FCC soon — hmm, that could explain that secret test 700MHz network on the Google campus we’ve been hearing about, no? What’s more, in an effort to open up the white space market and bring some competition to the broadband scene, Google says it’s willing to provide free technical assistance and reference designs to other would-be white space providers wanting to get in on the action — sort of like white space Android. Of course, all of this hinges on the FCC actually approving the tech, but if the 700MHz open-access drama showed us anything, it’s that Google is pretty adept at playing the system to get what it wants from Uncle Sam.

ECTACO’s jetBook reader will purportedly change your life

Monday, March 24th, 2008 by admin

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ECTACO wants you to know something: it’s about to change the way you read… forever! That’s right, as we journey into the future, nothing will ever be the same about books, reading, or reading books. According to the company, its jetBook reader will allow you to, “Kiss your old-fashioned, dusty library goodbye,” and you can rest easy because, “Not a single tree was cut down to make it!” The “completely amazing” bright red device houses a 5-inch grayscale display, and features multi-language support, bookmarking ability, playback of MP3 files, and an SD slot. The game- and life-changing reader — which will crush and dismember your stupid, old, and ugly real books — is available now for just $349.95.