Microsoft demos multi-touch Sphere
Microsoft demos multi-touch Sphere
Microsoft today provided a promised demo of Sphere, its next-generation multi-touch device. The device expands on the lessons learned from the Surface table and shows how future electronics could apply complex finger input to curved surfaces. In addition to altering the picture to ensure it displays properly on the ball-shaped screen, Microsoft h…
Ion Audio VCR 2 PC simplifies videotape capture
Ion Audio VCR 2 PC simplifies videotape capture 
A new product from Ion Audio gives new meaning to hardware-based video capture. The VCR 2 PC is combines videotape playback and capture in a single unit, allowing you to either play your VHS cassettes or capture and transfer them to your computer via a built-in USB connection. It also features the standard analog video and audio inputs found on other VCRs, allowing you to capture from sources like analog camcorders.
The VCR 2 PC comes in two different versions. One is an NTSC model featuring RCA inputs and outputs. A PAL version replaces the RCA connections with SCART. Unfortunately both versions are limited to mono sound.
At $250 the price is fairly steep, especially considering a decent VCR and capture card would cost less separately. However, if your primary goal is simplicity this may be the perfect capture device for you.
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Ion Audio VCR 2 PC simplifies videotape capture
Ion Audio VCR 2 PC simplifies videotape capture A new product from Ion Audio gives new meaning to hardware-based video capture. The VCR 2 PC is combines videotape playback and capture in a single unit, allowing you to either play your VHS cassettes or capture and transfer them to your computer via a built-in USB connection. It also features the standard analog video and audio inputs found on other VCRs, allowing you to capture from sources like analog camcorders.
The VCR 2 PC comes in two different versions. One is an NTSC model featuring RCA inputs and outputs. A PAL version replaces the RCA connections with SCART. Unfortunately both versions are limited to mono sound.
At $250 the price is fairly steep, especially considering a decent VCR and capture card would cost less separately. However, if your primary goal is simplicity this may be the perfect capture device for you.
If you think that a desktop PC has to be big, noisy and expensive — think again. Linutop shows that it pays to seriously diminish your size expectations with its tiny, energy-efficient Linux-based PC.
Smaller than a CD drive and selling for $440, the Linutop 2 is powered by a 500-MHz AMD Geode LX800 processor. The system comes with 512MB of system memory and 1GB of flash memory storage, of which 400MB is available for use. Without a fan, it is eerily quiet to use, but the system keeps its cool.
Minimalist in the extreme, the Linutop 2 doesn't come with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or an optical drive. There's room to add a 2.5-in. hard drive inside, but the only item that's really meant to be upgraded is system memory; it can hold up to 1GB. The whole thing weighs just 1.25 pounds, allowing you to do something that few other PCs can: Velcro it to the back of a LCD monitor or, with Linutop's $55 adapter, screw it in place.
Don't expect anything more than basic connections. The system comes with four USB ports; microphone, headphone and line-out ports; a wired Ethernet networking port; and an external monitor port. Although the Linutop 2's graphics have neither dedicated video memory nor 3-D acceleration, the system is fine for general use and can accommodate displays up to 1,920-by-1,440 pixel resolution.
The Linutop 2 worked well with a 19-in. Dell LCD screen, and I was able to connect it to a projector, external hard drive, memory key, DVD, printer and USB hub. I also tried it successfully with two sets of wired keyboards/mice and a set of wireless ones as well.
On the downside, the system only works with three Wi-Fi devices: Linksys' Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter (model WUSB54GC), Netgear's RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter (model WPN-111) and the TP-LINK TL-WN321G Wireless USB Adapter.
Software is Linutop 2's strongest suit. It comes with Ubuntu Linux 8.04 (a.k.a. Hardy Heron), Open Office 2.4 and enough utilities to work well out of the box. In five minutes, I was nosing around the Web, playing YouTube videos, listening to Internet radio and viewing Adobe Acrobat files. Plus, the system can use and save in Microsoft Office .doc,.xls,.ppt, and other popular formats.
In two weeks of daily use, the system worked remarkably well, showing that less can be more. I could open and use as many as five applications at a time. The system was able to open an image-rich PDF file with charts and complicated formatting in 15.2 seconds — 20 percent faster than it took me to open the same file with a Windows XP-based Dell Optiplex 740 PC that was twice as expensive.
For those watching the bottom line (and who isn't, these days?) the Linutop 2 consumes only 11.9 watts, about the power draw of a child's night light and one-fifth that of my Dell desktop. In other words, over the course of a year of general business or personal use, it would probably cost less than $4 in electricity, saving you about $15 a year.
Shipped from Paris, the Linutop 2 costs $440 plus $40 for delivery and arrives in about a week. Linutop 2 will never be a performance PC for video editing, CAD or gaming, but is perfect for most office and personal uses that don't require Windows software. Neither too big, nor too small, Linutop 2 is just right.
Brian Nadel is a freelance writer based near New York and is the former editor in chief of Mobile Computing & Communications magazine. A 25-year veteran of technology journalism, his work has appeared in Popular Science, PC Magazine, and Fortune.
VanityDeity: No multimedia audio controller driver. (Hardware)
Hi, I'm new to the forums but I'm hoping someone can help me. My problem is this, this isn't my computer. It's a friend's and she's currently not here for me to ask her any questions about it. And to be quite honest, not sure she'd know anyhow. I told her I'd help her fix her sound. She reformatted, and then her sound was gone. I think she has 2 sound cards, but I could be wrong. The computer looks like to be one that someone put together themselves. I don't know much about her computer, so I figured I'd post my findings from Belarc Advisor, and I hope someone can help me, help her fix her sound problem. Thanks in advance.
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600) No details available
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.47 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. A7V8X-X REV 1.xx
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software, Inc. ASUS A7V8X-X ACPI BIOS Revision 1006 08/06/2003
Drives Memory Modules c,d
80.02 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
46.01 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8525B [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
EPSON Stylus Storage USB Device [Hard drive] — drive 1
ST380011A [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) — drive 0, s/n 3JV6KF1Q, rev 3.06, SMART Status: Healthy 512 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot 'DDR 1' has 512 MB
Slot 'DDR 2' is Empty
Slot 'DDR 3' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 80.02 GB 46.01 GB free
Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
local user accounts last logon
Markus 7/23/2008 3:25:17 PM (admin)
local system accounts
Administrator never (admin)
Guest never
HelpAssistant never
SUPPORT_388945a0 never
Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account EPSON Stylus CX8400 Series on USB001
Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver on Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Port:
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
VIA Bus Master IDE Controller NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 (Microsoft Corporation) [Display adapter]
Proview TGICC-1700F [Monitor] (15.7"vis, s/n FEBJ3A0150800, October 2003)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller (3x)
VIA USB Enhanced Host Controller Logitech Mic (IM/Connect)
Standard Game Port
Communications Other Devices
VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter
primary Auto IP Address: 74.67.225.174 / 20
Gateway: 74.67.224.1
Dhcp Server: 10.220.144.1
Physical Address: 00:0C:6E:FC:5C:72
Networking Dns Servers: 24.92.226.40
24.92.226.41
EPSON CX8300/CX8400/DX8400
Logitech QuickCam IM/Connect
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
Logitech USB Camera (IM/Connect)
USB Composite Device
USB Mass Storage Device
USB Printing Support
USB Root Hub (4x)
Virus Protection [Back to Top]
Norton AntiVirus Version 15.00
Virus Definitions Version 7/25/2008 Rev 49
Last Disk Scan on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:14:05 PM
Realtime File Scanning On
TechCrunch making $200 web tablet? Hmmmm…
TechCrunch making $200 web tablet? Hmmmm…
Yesterday TechCrunch announced they are building their own $200 web tablet, and asked for help doing it. The planned stack so far is to run BSD or Linux, with the Gnome desktop. We will probably take the Gnome Onscreen Keyboard project and adapt that as the primary input device … there will be Firefox, running in […]
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ALK CoPilot Live Laptop 10 USB Philips
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Add Sync ‘n charge via USB to your N95 8GB: Proporta USB Sync-Charge Cradle
Add Sync ‘n charge via USB to your N95 8GB: Proporta USB Sync-Charge Cradle
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If you think that a desktop PC has to be big, noisy and expensive — think again. Linutop shows that it pays to seriously diminish your size expectations with its tiny, energy-efficient Linux-based PC.
Smaller than a CD drive and selling for $440, the Linutop 2 is powered by a 500-MHz AMD Geode LX800 processor. The system comes with 512MB of system memory and 1GB of flash memory storage, of which 400MB is available for use. Without a fan, it is eerily quiet to use, but the system keeps its cool.
Minimalist in the extreme, the Linutop 2 doesn't come with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or an optical drive. There's room to add a 2.5-in. hard drive inside, but the only item that's really meant to be upgraded is system memory; it can hold up to 1GB. The whole thing weighs just 1.25 pounds, allowing you to do something that few other PCs can: Velcro it to the back of a LCD monitor or, with Linutop's $55 adapter, screw it in place.
Don't expect anything more than basic connections. The system comes with four USB ports; microphone, headphone and line-out ports; a wired Ethernet networking port; and an external monitor port. Although the Linutop 2's graphics have neither dedicated video memory nor 3-D acceleration, the system is fine for general use and can accommodate displays up to 1,920-by-1,440 pixel resolution.
The Linutop 2 worked well with a 19-in. Dell LCD screen, and I was able to connect it to a projector, external hard drive, memory key, DVD, printer and USB hub. I also tried it successfully with two sets of wired keyboards/mice and a set of wireless ones as well.
On the downside, the system only works with three Wi-Fi devices: Linksys' Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter (model WUSB54GC), Netgear's RangeMax Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter (model WPN-111) and the TP-LINK TL-WN321G Wireless USB Adapter.
Software is Linutop 2's strongest suit. It comes with Ubuntu Linux 8.04 (a.k.a. Hardy Heron), Open Office 2.4 and enough utilities to work well out of the box. In five minutes, I was nosing around the Web, playing YouTube videos, listening to Internet radio and viewing Adobe Acrobat files. Plus, the system can use and save in Microsoft Office .doc,.xls,.ppt, and other popular formats.
In two weeks of daily use, the system worked remarkably well, showing that less can be more. I could open and use as many as five applications at a time. The system was able to open an image-rich PDF file with charts and complicated formatting in 15.2 seconds — 20 percent faster than it took me to open the same file with a Windows XP-based Dell Optiplex 740 PC that was twice as expensive.
For those watching the bottom line (and who isn't, these days?) the Linutop 2 consumes only 11.9 watts, about the power draw of a child's night light and one-fifth that of my Dell desktop. In other words, over the course of a year of general business or personal use, it would probably cost less than $4 in electricity, saving you about $15 a year.
Shipped from Paris, the Linutop 2 costs $440 plus $40 for delivery and arrives in about a week. Linutop 2 will never be a performance PC for video editing, CAD or gaming, but is perfect for most office and personal uses that don't require Windows software. Neither too big, nor too small, Linutop 2 is just right.
Brian Nadel is a freelance writer based near New York and is the former editor in chief of Mobile Computing & Communications magazine. A 25-year veteran of technology journalism, his work has appeared in Popular Science, PC Magazine, and Fortune.
TechCrunch making $200 web tablet? Hmmmm…
Yesterday TechCrunch announced they are building their own $200 web tablet, and asked for help doing it. The planned stack so far is to run BSD or Linux, with the Gnome desktop. We will probably take the Gnome Onscreen Keyboard project and adapt that as the primary input device … there will be Firefox, running in […]
ALK CoPilot Live Laptop 10 USB Philips
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The New ASUS USB-N11 Wireless N USB adapter
ASUS, the producer of top-notch wireless devices, has released the new ASUS USB-N11 wireless N USB adapter. ASUS USB-N11 built in with a WPS button for simplify the setup by allowing users to setup a protected networking environment with ease by push the WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) button on the adapter and the router. Additionally, […]
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USB Cooler Mouse by Thanko
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Repair Tool of the Week: USBDeview
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USBDeview is a portable, freeware tool designed to show you the currently connected USB devices with a good amount of detail. It can also show you a history of devices that are not currently connected but have been at some point in the past. You can also output this information to a HTML/TXT file. You can […]
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