Archive for December 3rd, 2008

If MSI’s suite of Winds are just too cramped for your gorilla-sized hands, maybe the marginally bigger EX300 will do the trick. The 13.3-inch laptop tips the scales at 4.5-pounds and includes a Core 2 Duo P7350 CPU, ATI’s 256MB Mobility Radeon HD3450 GPU, WiFi / Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, a 3-in-1 card reader and a 2.0-megapixel webcam. You can claim one now at a variety of fine e-tailers for $999. Full release is after the break.

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MSI ships $999 13.3-inch EX300 laptop originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Not even a full day after hearing that the Windows Vista / Server SP2 beta would be breaking loose for select individuals tomorrow, in flies word that a Windows 7 beta could be out and about as early as next month. Allowed, this conjecture is far less written in stone, but on the official MSDN Developer Conference website we’re told that “all attendees will receive a Windows 7 Beta 1 DVD.” The events are scheduled to run from December to January, and given the whole “attendees at events scheduled for December will have DVDs mailed to them when they become available” coupled with the line we quoted before, it’s a pretty safe bet that next month is it. Hang tight, Windows lovers — your first real peek into the wide world of WinVII could be just around the bend.

[Via PC World]

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Microsoft Windows 7 beta due out in January 2009? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Fujitsu Siemens has been showing off its AMILO Sa 3650 and AMILO GraphicBooster add-on for a few months now, and we even recently saw the combo put to the Crysis test, but it looks like both are now finally, actually rolling out to the general public. In case you missed it, the laptop itself is a 13-inch, AMD-based number (your choice of Turion X2 or Athlon X2 processors), with an ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics card, up to 4GB of RAM, and either and either a 250GB or 320GB hard drive. The GraphicBooster add-on, which currently only works with the Sa 3650, is based around an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 graphics card, and promises a 470% increase in graphics performance over the laptop’s built-in graphics. No word on prices just yet, unfortunately but both the laptop and the GraphicBooster add-on will apparently be available at some “specialist retailers” this month.

[Via MobileTechReview]

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Fujitsu Siemens rolls out AMILO Sa 3650 laptop, GraphicBooster add-on originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It looks like the children at Buffalo are hard at work making sure that all of you netbook-lovin’ Engadget readers aren’t stuck with the minimal storage that has plagued early adopters of the solid state drive. In addition to their current Eee PC-compatible SSDs, the company is now offering 16GB and 32GB drives for Dell’s Inspiron Mini 9. Due out sometime this month, the 16GB should set you back

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Dubbed the KT Listening Room, a “20 foot shipping container was filled with CNC-cut layers of corrugated fiberboard and compressed-polyester foam panels, which cut out noise and vibration from the outside while the occupant listened to classical music.” Click here for first picture in gallery

Fifteen speakers were oriented towards the visitor’s seat in order to create what the designers hoped would be a “spatial sensation that’s in-between the notion of the concert hall and the I-pod headphone.”

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Now that you’ve seen the places where BSoD shouldn’t be, check out this Windows virus alert screen that was snapped atop a restaurant in Montreal, Canada.

Virus alerts, on the other hand, are another story. Seriously, virus alerts? You shouldn’t be using this machine for anything else besides displaying this banner, so where the hell did the virus come from?

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Here’s a look back at what people in 1943 envisioned as a kitchen of the future, starting with a “cooking space promising to be 1/3 the size of modern stoves.” Click here for first picture in gallery.

You know, stick a waffle iron and a toaster right into the counter top - which makes sense until you realize that those appliances just eat into drawer space or raise the cooking surface by several inches.

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Why purchase another bookshelf, when your current one can just expand into a simple yet functional V-shaped furnishing. Continue reading to see more.

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Yes, an eBay seller is actually trying to pass a fake iPhone clone off as an “iPhone Mini” — bidding starts at $1000. Unfortunately, no specifications were provided to see how it really compares. Auction page.

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At $4550, the Power Boots system transforms “any conveyance with 15-inch wheels or larger into an electric engine-assisted greenmobile.” The Poulsen Hybrid attachments bolt onto two wheels, providing 70% - 85% of the power needed for everyday driving.

The car’s gasoline engine provides the other 15-30%, needed for stops, starts, and acceleration. It’ll cost you $4,550 (for the lead acid battery model) to have a pair of these power boots installed on your vehicle, or a stiff $8,600 for the ones with lighter lithium ion batteries on board.

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