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Netbooks too large for you? MIDs too cramped? What you need is a super mini laptop from Korean company UMID, one of the sexiest entrants into what seems to be a burgeoning sub-netbook category (or subnet-books for the network admins out there). It weighs just 315 grams (a little over a half-pound) and, while exact dimensions weren’t listed, seems to sit somewhere between Nintendo DS and Everun Note in terms of size (judge for yourself, more pics below). Inside it can pack a 1.33GHz Atom processor, 1GB of RAM, and up to 32GB of storage via SSD, meaning it can hold its own against the netbook hordes, and do so on the run thanks to WiBro, WiMAX, HSDPA, WiFi, and Bluetooth connectivity. It also has a 1.3 megapixel camera situated next to a 4.8-inch 1024 x 600 touchscreen and can be yours running XP, Vista, or Linux. Well, not yours, since we don’t know when or where this thing will be appearing for sale first or, for that matter, how much it will cost when it does.

[Via jkkmobile]

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UMID’s “super mini laptop” is small, shiny, super originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve been hearing rumors of AMD’s Atom killer CPUs for over a year now. Unfortunately, vapor doesn’t help the bottom line — it does however explain AMD’s conspicuous absence from the deluge of netbooks now trumping laptops for shelf-space. AMD’s CEO, Dirk Meyer, has promised on a few occasions (as recently as the Q3 earnings call) to unveil “Bobcat” in November. So seeing the chips on display at tomorrow’s analyst conference is pretty much a given. Check back then for all the details.

AMD to release Atom killer netbook CPUs tomorrow? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you thought that a $300 Eee Personal computer 900A price was tempting then how about this: $280. Best Buy just dropped the price of this bare-bones Eee Personal computer by a full Jackson. No catch, no limited time offer, just an 8.9-inch, Atom N270-based netbook with 4GB of flash SSD storage ready for the gift giving season.

[Thanks, Matt]

The $280 Eee Computer 900A can make a dead president smile originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Hover Q Little R/C Hovercraft from ThinkGeek, priced at $49.99, “can skate effortlessly across your desk kept aloft by a cushion of air.” Video after the break. Click here for one more picture.

In typical hovercraft fashion the control is a bit like playing asteroids… thrust, over-compensate and then turn to reverse-thrust and correct.

[via ThinkGeek]

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The WT-7 Talker Robot basically “makes those strange vowel sounds not through a loudspeaker, but a biomechanical simulation of the way we humans talk.” Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

To that end, it’s got a 19 degrees-of-freedom motorized system that replicates lungs, vocal cords, tongue, lips: basically the whole deal.

[via Gizmodo - Botjunkie]

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Yes, there’s actually an in-game Gears of War 2 arcade, complete with “a lot of throwback games referencing 1980s - 1990s coin-op fare.” Click here for first picture in gallery.

Players who have wandered around spilling blood on the Day One mutliplayer map in Gears of War 2 might have noticed the retro “Playland” arcade in one of the corners, but have any of them checked out the amount of detail that’s in there?

[via Joystiq]

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If Nintendo and SNK Playmore teamed up to develop a side-scrolling action game, this is what the mashup might look like. Continue reading to see more. Click here for first picture in gallery.

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The LMac Touch concept by designer Mayyan Chan features “an energy function that offers an option to the user to use solar energy as a power source.” Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery,

The LMacTouch is like any other touch screen desktop but with a few exceptions. It is ergonomically designed to be flexible for comfort of the user.

[via Yankodesign]

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If you’ve got an old SNES laying around as well as a few games, why not turn it into a functional alarm clock? That’s exactly what this gamer did. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

The finished product is absolutely functional, though we’re not too psyched on the sound of the alarm. Then again, we’ve never heard an alarm we were super stoked on, so it’s not this inventive chap’s fault.

[via Engadget - Mavrinac]

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At $1.2-million on eBay, this Bugatti Veyron has only 16.4-miles on the odometer and “can accelerate from 0-60 in 2.4 seconds on it’s way to a top speed of 253 mph.” Auction page. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Braking from 248 takes less than 10 seconds as a result of the Veyron’s carbon ceramic brakes and rear spoiler that acts as an air brake that automatically adjusts itself to a 90 degree angle under heavy breaking.

[via eBay]

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