Archive for September 18th, 2008

Toshiba's NB100 netbook coming to the UK

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Filed under: LaptopsThat Toshiba netbook we've seen in grainy video and semi-official fashion has gone and gotten all really-official today -- at least in the UK. The minuscule laptop -- dubbed the NB100 -- will feature an 8.9-inch, 1024 x 600 display, a 1.6GHz Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, a ...

Classrooms of the future to have multitouch desks, probably a few Terminators

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Filed under: Displays Researchers at Durham University in the UK are working hard to ensure that the academic sector isn't left out of the multi-touch craze. The still-unnamed "interactive multi-touch desk" is a major part of the SynergyNet framework, an interactive classroom environment they're building based on a gaming engine called ...

Smooth Creations intros customizable Wedge netbook

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Filed under: Laptops Smooth Creations' custom paint jobs certainly aren't for everybody, but if you're a bit tired of the current netbook sameness, you might want to consider its new Wedge model, which questionably promises to make a "powerful yet subtle statement." Apparently, you can either take your chances with a ...

iPhone 3G has a hidden data matrix code

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones fsjk85 at the Australian Whirlpool forums was playing around with his camcorder's NightShot function when he found something interesting -- a hidden data matrix code on the left side of the iPhone 3G. We're guessing that's where Apple imprints the serial and IMEI numbers of each handset since ...