Here’s something that was bound to get discovered. Give a guy—any average Joe—a gadget that plays around with words, like a program that reads out stuff you type or another that types out stuff you say, and average Joe is bound to test if it can recognize certain four-letter words we all tend to blurt out every now and then. It appears someone tried it out on Google’s Nexus One, a phone that comes with a speech-to-text feature. The result? The Nexus One will automatically “censor” your #### out.
It’s no secret that solid state drives are the future. They’re faster, more durable, and they need less power to operate compared to traditional hard drives. Unfortunately, it’s also no secret that gigabyte for gigabyte, they’re also significantly more expensive than platter-based hard drives. If you’re looking for just enough to raise your PC’s performance, Kingston offers a quick fix by releasing the SSDNow V Series Boot Drive with TRIM support, a 30GB solid state drive that promises to accelerate boot up, shutdown, and application load times.
It looks like a guitar, shaped like a guitar, and can be set to sound like any kind of guitar you can think of, but it’s not really a guitar. Like those ”guitars” that you typically see used for games like Rock Band, the Misa digital guitar doesn’t come with strings. It’s not a toy, but seasoned guitar players might actually learn to have a bit of fun with this though.
Netgear’s CES lineup involves the usual network devices–media servers, 3G routers, and Powerline AV plugs–sprinkled with interesting features. Really, you never thought you needed so much networking equipment, but these things do make living in a digital world easier (but that’s just us. We’re a bunch of nerds). The lineup is headlined by the Digital Entertainer Express EVA9100, a media receiver that streams content from multiple sources (including the internet) to an HDTV. Seen as a stripped-down version of the company’s existing streamer (the Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9150), but without an internal hard drive and Wi-fi connection to keep the price down to $230.
Stylish storage company LaCie has unveiled three new portable drives—actually, just two new key-shaped drives called the CooKey (shown on the right) and WhizKey (left), plus a 2010 “remix” of their existing Rugged hard drive that they updated with a faster USB 3.0 connection.
Startup company Touchco has developed a new multi-touch interface based on IFSR (Interpolating Force-Sensitive Resistance) technology. The new touch surface, which comes in a number of flexible shapes and sizes, adds a number of extra degrees of control that hasn’t been possible with the usual resistive or capacitive touch surfaces by adding an unlimited number of touch points for multi-touch controls and pressure sensitivity. Could it be the next big thing? (or at the very least, could it be the interface-of-choice on the next big thing?) Its flexibility just might make it so.
Memory maker Transcend has launched fast writing SDHC cards that fall under their Ultimate line. Simply labeled as the Ultimate Class 10 SDHC cards, the new memory cards target HD recorders and high-resolution cameras, and offer write speeds of up to 20MB/s and read speeds of up to 16MB/s–far outpacing existing Class 2 cards that guarantee write speeds of 2MB/s, and Class 6 cards that top out at 6MB/s.
Ultimate Class 10 SDHC cards are available in 4GB, 8GB, and 16GB capacities, and are selling for $17.70, $33.30, and $68.90 (before taxes) respectively on Transcend’s online store.
OCZ has announced that they’re holding a new promo for the holidays that ends up with people going away with a new SSD drive. Okay, maybe it’s not that easy (although it’s pretty simple). It’s actually a contest, but all you’ll need is three minutes and a Facebook account. Promo details after the cut.
OCZ has just introduced the Colossus, a 3.5-inch SATA II solid state drive designed for high-end gaming, enthusiast and performance desktops. Available in capacities that range from 120GB to 1TB, the Colossus sports a 128MB onboard cache and dual controllers for performance, built-in RAID 0, and up to 260MB/s read and write speeds. The 3.5-inch form factor makes it ready for internal desktop mounting without having to pick up an extra mounting kit. Its downside is that this premium kit comes with a similarly heavy price tag that starts out at $609 for the 120GB model.
Gaming systems company iBuyPower has just announced the Battalion 101 W870CU, the company’s first gaming notebook based on Intel’s Core i7 platform. Set up to handle extreme 3D gaming on a mobile platform, this 17.3-inch notebook comes with configuration options for fitting up to 8GBs of DDR3 memory and Intel’s 2.00GHz 920XM Mobile Processor Extreme.
It’s no secret that solid state drives are the future. They’re faster, more durable, and they need less power to operate compared to traditional hard drives. Unfortunately, it’s also no secret that gigabyte for gigabyte, they’re also significantly more expensive than platter-based hard drives. If you’re looking for just enough to raise your PC’s performance, Kingston offers a quick fix by releasing the 
Netgear’s CES lineup involves the usual network devices–media servers, 3G routers, and Powerline AV plugs–sprinkled with interesting features. Really, you never thought you needed so much networking equipment, but these things do make living in a digital world easier (but that’s just us. We’re a bunch of nerds). The lineup is headlined by the 
Memory maker Transcend has launched fast writing SDHC cards that fall under their Ultimate line. Simply labeled as the 
Gaming systems company iBuyPower has just announced the 
