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Archive for August, 2006

Automotive telematics growing rapidly

Monday, August 28th, 2006

Automotive telematics and navigation—including both hardware and services—will experience strong growth in several world regions, generating in total revenues of $38.3 billion in 2011, according to a new study released by ABI Research.
“Telematics and navigation systems are converging,” says transportation research associate Steve Bae. “While telematics systems can bring peace of mind to customers by […]

Back to school personal tech suggestions

Monday, August 28th, 2006

As college students begin stuffing those backpacks with back-to-school supplies a new category is increasingly grabbing space next to the pens and paper — electronic gadgets and gizmos.
AN ULTRA-LIGHT NOTEBOOK COMPUTER: I suggest the new 5-pound $1,099 MacBook. It comes with speed, power, tons of software and runs both Windows and the Mac operating system.
If […]

Preparing for a laptop ban on airplanes

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

Business travelers must be armed with better computing protection following the latest terrorist threat in the UK, a new report from Info-Tech Research Group says. The relegating of laptop computers to checked baggage on airlines in the days following the exposed terror plot in England demonstrates the unpredictable circumstances business travelers now face.
“Too many […]

New video management software

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

With travel and vacation costs at an all-time high, the pressure is on to ensure that the memories stay with you for a lifetime. For many, this means capturing valuable video footage that you can relive or share at a later date. However, storing, organizing, and sharing vacation footage with friends and family […]

World’s larges capacity MP3 player released

Monday, August 21st, 2006

SanDisk Corporation today unveiled the world’s largest capacity flash-based MP3 player, the 8GB 1 Sansa e280 that offers audio, photo viewing and video clip playback capabilities. Priced at $249.99 , the e280 is the latest evolution of SanDisk’s flagship e200 series. The 8GB device sports a microSD expansion slot allowing expansion to 10GB of music—or […]

SkyScout tells about galaxy

Monday, August 7th, 2006

What Global Positioning Satellites have done for us while navigating our terrestrial surroundings they are now doing for extraterrestrial navigation.
No, I’m not talking about space travel.
I’m talking about stargazing.
Ever look up at a star-dotted black-velvety summer sky and wondered just what worlds you were seeing?
Now, with a $400 device called the SkyScout, you can know. […]

New automobile camera shows what you’re backing into

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

Roadmaster USA Corp has begun shipping a Wireless Backup Camera.
The $149 Roadmaster VR3 $149features a 2.5-inch color LCD screen that mounts on the car’s dashboard or visor, while the lens fits along the bottom of the rear license-plate, providing safe rear-viewing while backing up. It can be on at all times or activated […]