Archive for July 31st, 2008

Sega adds Dream Hamster to its Dream Pets collection, girls say “kawaiiii!”

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Filed under: RobotsSega Toys has been up to all sorts of shenanigans lately, what with its rolling speaker robots, kissing bots, and workout headsets. Now the Japanese toy maker has drummed up a new addition to its Dream Pets collection. The Dream Hamster, a tiny furry thing that moves when ...

Dell Vostro 2510 laptop pops up in flier, $899 for Core 2 Duo and 256MB GPU

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Filed under: Laptops The Inspiron-like Dell Vostro laptops have been haunting us for weeks now, but the mystery deepens with this Vostro 2510 that was spotted in a flier. The August 2008 Dell Business flier reads as such: "Coming this month: New! Dell Vostro 2510. Style meets performance." As far as ...

Sony introduces another hot China-only PMP, the PMX-M80

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video Sony's China-only PMPs have always been a little more interesting than the gear we see Stateside, and the new PMX-M80 is no exception. The 4.3-inch touchscreen player packs 16GB of storage and decent codec support into a sleek white box, as well as a new ...

Creative rolls out (working) driver update for X-Fi cards

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Filed under: Desktops, LaptopsWhile at least one enterprising individual did his best to get Creative's X-Fi sound cards to play nice with Vista, Creative wasn't exactly keen on that idea and apparently decided to have a go at updating its drivers itself instead (go figure). Among other things, the new, ...

FujiFilm FinePix Z200fd gets stateside release and price, couples beware

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Filed under: Digital Cameras The 10-megapixel, 1/2.3-inch CCD, 5x image stabilized optical-zoom lensed FinePix Z200fd is finally coming to the states in September for a price of $299.95. Fuji has kept all the cosumer-friendly features like dual image stabilization, dual shot mode, and a novel group timer mode that only takes ...