When the Windows 8 developer preview launched last week it was well respected by bloggers who think Microsoft is doing a great job with the new operating system. After testing the operating system over the past week or so, some users have found that you can boot a laptop in to Windows 8 from a USB flash drive. We had heard it was installable from a flash drive earlier this week but now have a demo of it booting from a flash drive.
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After a few months of seeing pictures of the Acer Iconia, we now hear it's actually going to be shipping in the next few weeks.
The Iconia is a dual-screen Touchbook that allows users to work with two 14 inch touchscreens. When opened like a laptop, a virtual keyboard can be set on the lower screen while a regular OS running on the top screen.
The technical specs reveal that the device runs an Intel Core i5 chip. The operating system is Windows 7 and the screens are covered in Gorilla glass to make it extra strong. [click to continue…]
The iPad 2 went on sale yesterday in the US and as usual, iFixit was able to grab one and take it apart to see what the inside of it looks like. There are a number of notable differences in the internal design such as the way the glass is held on and how the insides are organized.
Due to the tapered edges, the iPad 2 screen is held on with plenty of glue. The previous model was held on by tabs. Removing the screen is made quite difficult on the new model due to the amounts of glue used. [click to continue…]
We hear today that the Microsoft Kinect could be getting a firmware update that couple potentially quadruple the accuracy of the motion sensing controller.
The update, that Microsoft [MSFT] is working very hard on, aims to switch compression technology so that more data can be passed from the Kinect to the Xbox 360. [click to continue…]
Check out the Kinect Air Guitar demonstration below. The creator, Chris O'Shea, decided to use a Microsoft Kinect along with c++m openFrameworks and openCV as well as some drivers to get the Kinect to detect a user playing the Air Guitar.
The system works by detecting the user and finding them in the frame. Once done, the user faces the camera and his hands are detected. One hand is recognised as holding the neck of the guitar while the other hand is tracked while it strums the guitar. [click to continue…]
The Microsoft Kinect has been used to create a Minority Report style computer interface. The hack was achieved by students at MIT who managed to use Kinect drivers for Linux and make a program that can detect all 10 fingers on your hands as well as the palms of your hands. [click to continue…]
TRON: Legacy is launching soon. Along with that launch, expect a bunch of gizmos and gadgets to launch.
The first one up is the TRON USB Flash Drives that come in either a 4GB or 8GB capacity. Each is available in black or white. [click to continue…]
Flash Rods has created a DeLorean external hard drive. The Flash Rods company normally puts 4GB of Flash memory in to Hot Wheels style cars. This time, they put a 500GB hard drive in the DeLorean.
The DeLorean used is from the Back to the Future trilogy and is kitted out with the wheels fitted towards the end of BTTFII and the car used in BTTFIII. [click to continue…]
The open source drivers for the Microsoft Kinect were opened up a few days ago. Along with this, some unique ways to use the Kinect have started to show up.
One of these is the Minority Report style interface that can use the Kinect camera to detect movement of your hands and interpret that in to movement of objects on to a screen. [click to continue…]
ViewSonic has released details of the US launch of the ViewPad 7 and 10 models. ViewSonic confirmed that the 7 inch model will launch in the forth quarter of this year with a price tag of $479 while the larger 10 inch model will arrive early next year with a price tag of $629.
Each of the ViewSonic tablets is slightly different. The larger of the two devices is actually a dual booting machine that runs both Windows 7 Home Premium and Google Android 1.6. When switching it on you get to choose which OS boots up. For times when you quickly need to check email, you can boot in to Android and quickly grab those. For times when tasks are a little more demanding, you can then choose Windows. [click to continue…]
The guys over at MacWorld have been busy benchmarking the new range of MacBook Air laptops that Apple [AAPL] announced last week. The new models come with faster processors and SSD drives that help increase performance.
MacWorld tested the 11 inch 1.4GHz Core 2 Duo model with both the 64GB and 128GB SSD and also tested the 13 inch 1.86GHz models with the 128GB and 256GB SSDs inside. [click to continue…]
Archos looks set to be launching another new Android based tablet. This time the tablet will be called the Archos 70 and will run the Android 2.2 operating system. The tablet has a 7 inch screen that has a resolution of 800 by 480 pixels.
The processor inside runs at 1GHz and is a Cortex A8 processor that also utilises a graphics accelerator. [click to continue…]