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  • LifeTouch: NEC preps Android-based tablet PC

    LifeTouch: NEC preps Android-based tablet PC

    Posted on June 14, 2010 | No Comments
    A number of Japanese companies, for example NTT, have announced or hinted at tablet PCs in the past months, but NEC is the first to actually name, spec and date its first model. Dubbed LifeTouch [JP], the NEC tablet will feature a 7-inch TFT LCD screen (800x480 resolution), weigh 400 grams, and run on Android 2.1.

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  • Panasonic unveils super-light convertible tablet PC

    Panasonic unveils super-light convertible tablet PC

    Posted on June 2, 2010 | No Comments
    Panasonic in Japan today announced [JP] the "Let’s Note CF-C1", which the company says is among the world's lightest convertible tablet PCs. The latest addition to Panasonic's "Let's Note" series of notebooks weighs just 1.46kg (including the battery, 1.67kg with two batteries). The company says it was able to push down the weight by choosing lighter materials and changing the display's open-close and rotating mechanisms.

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  • Sanyo Xacti DMX-CA100: World’s first waterproof full HD camcorder in action (video)

    Sanyo Xacti DMX-CA100: World’s first waterproof full HD camcorder in action (video)

    Posted on June 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Sanyo last week announced the DMX-CA100 for the Japanese market, the world's first waterproof full HD camcorder "for consumer use with optical zoom lenses" (Kodak has released a simpler model just recently). And now we can (courtesy of DigInfonews Tokyo) give you a video that shows the device in action.

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  • LaCie’s Rugged Safe external hard drive is both rugged and safe

    LaCie’s Rugged Safe external hard drive is both rugged and safe

    Posted on May 26, 2010 | No Comments
    LaCie wants to ensure that your data is safe. Like really safe. The company took its Rugged hard drive line, added a fingerprint scanner and 128-bit AES encryption and in turn, made what might be the Mad Max of hard drives.

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  • Thanko releases “Wristband Battery” for portable gadgets

    Thanko releases “Wristband Battery” for portable gadgets

    Posted on May 7, 2010 | No Comments
    Tokyo-based gadget maker Thanko is at it again. This time, the USB specialists are giving us the Wristband Battery [JP], which is what it sounds like and supposed to make life easier for fans of portable gadgets.

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  • Quick Look: Seagate launches the FreeAgent GoFlex system

    Quick Look: Seagate launches the FreeAgent GoFlex system

    Posted on May 4, 2010 | No Comments
    It’s an endless battle: a new transport protocol replaces an old one and all of the drives based on the older system are completely obsolete. Well, Seagate thought long and hard and created the GoFlex system, a drive with removable transport hardware that can turn a standard SATA drive into a USB 2.0/3.0 drive, a [...]

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  • Iomega launches StorCenter ix12-300r storage device

    Iomega launches StorCenter ix12-300r storage device

    Posted on May 4, 2010 | No Comments
    Yes, it’s quite a mouthful. Iomega, a company owned by EMC that provides network storage for small and medium businesses, today announced the launch of their StorCenter ix12-300r Network Storage Array. The device ships with 4TB of storage but can be expanded to up to 24TB after filling up its 12 drive bays.

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  • Fujifilm now lets you view 3D pics taken with its REAL 3D W1 on 3D TVs

    Fujifilm now lets you view 3D pics taken with its REAL 3D W1 on 3D TVs

    Posted on April 22, 2010 | No Comments
    Do you remember the FinePix REAL 3D W1, the "world's first" digital camera that lets users shoot photos (and movies) in 3D? Announced by Fujifilm back in September 2008, the device, which you can see pictured below, became official one year later (Fujifilm in the US, for example, sells it online for $600). For those lucky owners of said camera who also plan on getting a 3D TV soon, Fujifilm in Japan has announced [JP] the HDP-L1, a so-called "HD memory card player" (pictured on top of this post). Once plugged into your brand new 3D TV via HDMI, the small device lets you view 3D pictures and movies you made on the W1 on the TV screen (all you need to do is to put an SD or SDHC card with the 3D material into the player).

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  • Panasonic to release VIERA-compatible HD web camera for Skype

    Panasonic to release VIERA-compatible HD web camera for Skype

    Posted on April 20, 2010 | No Comments
    Back in January, LG and Panasonic were the first companies to announce that they would build a Skype function into their future TVs, making it possible to video chat in HD quality without a computer. And today Panasonic in Japan unveiled the TY-CC10W [JP], a web camera that can be used to skype on some of the company's VIERA TVs.

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  • The Amiga is coming back!

    The Amiga is coming back!

    Posted on April 19, 2010 | No Comments
    The Amiga lives! Yes, a company by the name of A-EON will resurrect the famous computer this summer, but not before pumping it full of growth hormone. One stat to whet your appetite: while the Amiga A100 had a maximum of 8MB of memory, the new guy will have 2GB. That's 250 times as much memory.

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  • Meet ISAMARO, Japan’s newest humanoid

    Meet ISAMARO, Japan’s newest humanoid

    Posted on April 16, 2010 | No Comments
    Japan must have a solid number of customers willing to pay a ton of money for home-use robots, because otherwise there wouldn't be so many of them actually available for end users like you and me. Take ISAMARO [JP], for example, a new humanoid that hasn't been build for demo purposes, research etc. but for people who actually want to use him.

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  • Onkyo’s new notebook is 22mm thin, offers over 14 hours of battery life

    Onkyo’s new notebook is 22mm thin, offers over 14 hours of battery life

    Posted on April 7, 2010 | No Comments
    Onkyo in Japan announced [JP, PDF] a new notebook today, the Sotec MX1007A4. It has a 10.1-inch screen featuring 1,024×600 resolution and LED backlight, with Onkyo saying one of the two selling points is its thickness (the notebook is 22mm thin - 18mm at it thinnest part). It weighs just 1.16kg, too.

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  • For women only: Sony’s Cyber-shot DSC-W530D

    For women only: Sony’s Cyber-shot DSC-W530D

    Posted on April 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Sony Japan today announced [JP] a new digital camera that's specifically geared towards women. Technically speaking, the DSC-W530D isn't really a new device (it was unveiled earlier this year in Japan and is available for $200 in the US, too). But Sony changed the design to (possibly) make the Cyber-shot more appealing to female customers.

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  • Buffalo Japan to release four new SSDs, six HDDs and two NASes

    Buffalo Japan to release four new SSDs, six HDDs and two NASes

    Posted on March 31, 2010 | No Comments
    Buffalo announced a slew of new SSDs [JP], HDDs [JP] and NASes [JP] in Japan today, all of which might soon be available outside this country, too. Available with 32GB ($160)/64GB ($230)/128GB ($440) and 256GB ($840/build-to-order) on board, the four 2.5-inch SSDs are part of the Buffalo SHD-NSU2 series (pictured above). All of these SATA devices support Windows XP/Vista/7 andMac OS X 10.5, are equipped with 64MB of DRAM cache and come with a USB 2.0 interface.

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  • The Century USB 3.0 2.5-inch HDD enclosure lets you test USB 3.0’s water

    The Century USB 3.0 2.5-inch HDD enclosure lets you test USB 3.0’s water

    Posted on March 29, 2010 | No Comments
    USB 3.0 hard drives are little on the expensive side right now. But there’s a new option in town that will let you give the faster interface a-go with a spare hard drive. The external enclosure has USB 3.0 interface and a screw-less design. Simply insert a drive you have laying around, snap together the case, and enjoy [...]

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