100 Dollar Laptop

By Ashutosh in Entertainment on

The first working prototype of the $100 Laptop [http://www.flickr.com/photos/pete/sets/72057594143224765/] introduced by MIT as part of the One Laptop per Child [http://laptop.media.mit.edu/] (OLPC) non-profit association.…

Wrist-band style phone

By Ashutosh in Gadgets and Gizmos on

Nokia invited designers to design the next new cool phone (Nokia 888). The winner was Turkish designer, Tamer Nakisci [http://www.tamernakisci.com/]‘s wrist-band style phone [http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/03/nokia-888-communicator-concept-phone/].…

Optical Mouse and Skype Phone Combo

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Optical Mouse and Skype Phone Combo [http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/11/new-gadget-optical-mouseskype-phone-combo/] from Sony. Looks like a nifty toy, but my question is how do you navigate around the screen if you happen to be on a Skype call with the gadget next to your ears?…

Multi-touch Smartboards

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AJ [http://www.thegrover.com] sent me this interesting looking technology feature on “Smartboards [http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~rdivecha/archives/2006/02/the_world_of_sm.html]“. > The technology is multi-touch screens, developed at NYU (as per post on the Cult of Mac blog). And the interesting part…

MacBook Pro

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MacBook Pro [http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/] looks amazing! Powered by Intel Core Duo [http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/intelcoreduo.html] and starting at USD 2000.…

Ten thoughts on the new Intel iMac

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Ten thoughts on the new Intel iMac [http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-ten-thoughts-the-new-intel-imac-/2006/01/20/1302724.htm] . I suppose performance wise there are negligible differences from Apple’s previous iMacs with PowerPC processors from IBM.…