UCSD Researchers Break Efficiency Record For Wireless Base-Stations Amplifiers

November 30, 2008
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In order to have a good reception, your cellphone needs a powerful signal from wireless base stations which also need high power amplifiers to extend their cover area. Sadly, these amplifiers generate 10 times the power they need to work which means they have a poor 10% efficiency. However, the efficiency record stands at 50% and it was achieved in 2005 therefore it’s worth trying to improve this technology.

A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego have reported a 58% power added efficiency or PAE for a wireless base station. The average output power was of 42 watts and they also noted a gain of 10.2 decibels…

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Sentori 58R Luxury Yacht Concept - Inspired By A Sports Car

November 30, 2008
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Lately, we haven’t shown you too many concepts because we couldn’t find anything that was interesting, however, here is a great yacht concept called Sentori 58R and judgingt by its looks, it will be a luxury and fast yacht. Why fast? Because it was inspired by a sports car and we can see that from its aerodynamic shape with a lot of nice curves.

The Sentori 58R sports-yacht was designed by Christian Gumpold and Christopher Gloning who used “surface tensions and automotive, coupe-type elements.” The luxury boat features a fly-bridge motor yacht, three decks, and it measure 18m while the displacement is of 28to.

Besides the coupe-like shape, at the exterior you…

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Micron 256GB SSD

November 29, 2008
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Excitement is building around the new solid-state drive technology, small sized and with a high memory capacity these solid-state drives (SSD) are going to greatly improve laptops and hand held devices by providing larger storage and running longer on the same charge as regular hard-disks.

Micron is going to enter the market with it’s C200 model, a 2.5-inch SSD capable of storing 256GB of data. Micron says that this drive will be available starting with next March, and capable of reading at a speed of 250MB/sec, faster than it’s Samsung competitor at 220MB/sec. However the Samsung will write twice as fast as the Micron, 200MB/sec versus 100MB/sec respectively. Micron has…

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Black Friday Sales At Best Buy

November 28, 2008
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If you like Best Buy then you’ll be pleased to know they’ve started their Black Friday sales season, and it’s going to last the whole Thanksgiving weekend. They haven’t released all the exact details about the sales and savings but here’s a little bit of what you can expect: a 4GB Sansa Fuze MP3 Player for just $49.99, a lot of sales on GPS devices and Blu-ray related articles. And speaking of Blu-ray you’ll be glad to know you can buy a $900 Sony Notebook VGN-FW245J/HC with Blu-ray drive and Blu-ray movie bundle or a Sony Blu-ray player for only $99.99 with select TV purchases. Be warned some sale prices…

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Nvidia unveils Tesla

November 28, 2008
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I never thought I will see something like this too soon. The new Tesla from Nividia is the world first Teraflop many-core processor. With no more than 240 cores per processor Tesla is the most accurate and the quickest pc from the market. The supercomputer, because the name of computer is no match for him is based on the revolutionary CUDA architecture and can be bought at a price of almost 10 000 $. But this is not something for the ordinary users. Don’t even think to buy it, even if you are some gadget freak. Probably you won’t use all its power in some decades from now on.

Still it can be used…

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Quake III Arena on your phone

November 28, 2008
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Do you remember the old times when you used to play Quake III with your folks on an ancient pc? Even if now the game is an oldie (almost 10 years passed since its launch) and for the young ones doesn’t represent something out of the ordinary, back then you could feel an enormous satisfaction playing this one. Maybe I’m exaggerating a bit, but we could tell this game is a grandfather of the actual shooters.

If you feel like wanting to play it again and you don’t have enough time to stay on your pc and you are always on the run, now you’ll be able to play it on…

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Iriver launches Iriver E100… Again ?

November 28, 2008
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Iriver decided to announce a new model of the already so well known Iriver E100 mp4 player, the Iriver E100 season two.

The changes of the player are not major. We can barely see a change of colors. Instead of the old black look, the new player is available in orange, silver and white . At least this new ones are better then pink model. Besides of that we have almost the same features: a set of stereo speakers on the back of the player, a set of improved ear-phones(because the old one didn’t satisfy all the listeners) and the microSD slot which can support up to 8 GB of additional…

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Best Deals & Locations On Black Friday

November 28, 2008
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Everybody is thinking about Black Friday and I’m sure that there are some of you who already bought some cool gadgets, devices, or computers. Well, like always there are great deals out there which are waiting for you. We thought it would be nice to make a list from where you can get the best deals on Black Friday so here it is:
Amazon.com
Animal Crossing City Folk w/ WiiSpeak bundle (Wii) - $39.95
Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway (Xbox 360/PS3) - $17.95
Dead Space (Xbox 360/PS3) - $29.95
Fallout 3 (Xbox 360/PS3) - $39.95 (Friday Only)
Fallout 3 (PC) - $29.95 (Friday Only)
Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360/PS3) - $49.95 (Friday Only)
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iPhone 2.2 SDK Has Hidden TV Out

November 28, 2008
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ArsTechnica is responsible for discovering the MPTVOutWindow class in the iPhone 2.2 SDK, enabling your iPhone to display video on a connected TV instead of the regular touchscreen. And this isn’t just sending out video, this feature can enable applications to be used on the TV screen. Yeah we know, it’s cool! But unfortunately you can’t use the touchscreen while the TV out is on, so the only working thing is the accelerometer. Take a look at this small demonstration from ArsTechnica.

Via Engadget

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Ergonomics In Mind - The Balance Mobile Phone Concept

November 28, 2008
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With ergonomics being the top priority, designer Heikki Juvonen created the Balance of Communication concept phone. The shape of the device and the weight distribution of it’s components contribute greatly to the overall feeling of the phone. The heavier components are at the bottom of the phone while the top part is composed of only a very thin display, making the phone fit in your hand very well.

“This concept was done as an exercise for my modeling skills, and as an alternative experiment concept for the phone industry. I believe concepts should provoke feelings and discussion, in both good and bad. It’s a great way to learn and develop further…

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