Heard of Ingenic Semiconductor? Us either, but they’ve apparently started shipping a new processor for UMPCs called the Jz4740. They’re appearing in 3K’s new RazorBook 400 series UMPCs and are apparently ultra low-cost and low-power. The $299 RazorBook 400 was discussed yesterday, but we didn’t have the detail we do now. The proc is new […]

Heard of Ingenic Semiconductor? Us either, but they’ve apparently started shipping a new processor for UMPCs called the Jz4740. They’re appearing in 3K’s new RazorBook 400 series UMPCs and are apparently ultra low-cost and low-power. The $299 RazorBook 400 was discussed yesterday, but we didn’t have the detail we do now. The proc is new and could — in theory — run Windows. Until we get more information, though, it’s just another mystery chip doing cool stuff for cheap.

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There isn’t enough room on my DVR, not remotely. I don’t even watch that much TV, but my hard drive is small. Sure, there are ways to hack them to make them bigger but I like to do right by my TOS agreements, so I don’t. But now that Hitachi has released the 500GB CinemaStar […]

There isn’t enough room on my DVR, not remotely. I don’t even watch that much TV, but my hard drive is small. Sure, there are ways to hack them to make them larger but I like to do right by my TOS agreements, so I don’t. But now that Hitachi has released the 500GB CinemaStar 3.5-inch HDDs, I’m considering it.

They’re made to run quiet, specifically for devices like set-top boxes. You want to hear Kate and Jack argue about Locke, not your hard drive spinning. The drives are also low-power and feature CoolSpin, which means it spins up faster when activated. That gets you your Television faster.

They ship in June, and at that point I’m going to have to think about upgrading my DVR or just admitting I’ll never get caught up on Galactica.

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Back in the day, a laptop’s resolution was a large deal. The transition from SVGA to XVGA screens was a big one, but now of course they come in all kinds of shapes and resolutions. And now that HD-DVD is dead and there’s a clear next-gen disk format standard you’ll be seeing a lot more […]

Back in the day, a laptop’s resolution was a massive deal. The transition from SVGA to XVGA screens was a massive one, but now of course they come in all kinds of shapes and resolutions. And now that HD-DVD is dead and there’s a clear next-gen disk format standard you’ll be seeing a lot more Blu-ray enabled laptops this year. But what good is having an HD optical drive if your display can’t show movies at their highest resolution? Acer’s your bet.

Enter the Acer Aspire 6920-6422 notebook. Not only is it thin and light, it features a native 1080p 16-inch display so you can watch features at full HD resolutions. It’s also got 4GB RAM standard, a Core 2 Duo proc, and a generous 250GB HD.

It’s a thin monster, like an Olsen twin with HD, and we care about it. It’s also not half bad looking.

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Well, will you look at this — a nice-looking iPhone/iPod Touch dock plus alarm clock with an equally nice-looking price. The iH41B from iHome will be available in July but can be pre-ordered now if you’d like to avoid the rush. It’ll work with most dock-able iPods (and presumably, the iPhone) but is “specifically […]

Well, will you look at this — a nice-looking iPhone/iPod Touch dock plus alarm clock with an equally nice-looking price. The iH41B from iHome will be available in July but can be pre-ordered now if you’d like to avoid the rush.

It’ll work with most dock-able iPods (and presumably, the iPhone) but is “specifically designed to take advantage of the iPod Touch’s variable aspect screen.” You can also use other audio devices by plugging them into the device’s line-in jack.

Product Page [ihomeaudio.com] via DVICE

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This is a tiny out of left field, but it could also be interesting. Time Warner Cable is planning on releasing a set-top box to its customers with a built-in cable modem to grant them to watch “Internt TV” on their TVs. The thing is, there’s no additional information on what this might be. Time Warner […]

This is a tiny out of left field, but it could also be interesting. Time Warner Cable is planning on releasing a set-top box to its customers with a built-in cable modem to allow them to watch “Internt TV” on their TVs.

The thing is, there’s no additional information on what this might be. Time Warner already has set-top cable boxes with full digital and HD abilities, so what this additional device will give customers in addition is a mystery. And why they don’t just build the ability into future standard cable boxes is as well.

We’re guessing it’ll be some sort of DRM-friendly BitTorrent streaming box, but until we get more information, we have the ability to only guess.

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You may have seen photos going around of this awesome cassette tape-styled watch. I happen to think the tiny written “Hour” and “Min” are butt-ugly, so I checked if there were any more enjoy it without the scribbles. Turns out there are a couple G-Shocks that look suspiciously like cassette tapes, whether they were meant […]

You may have seen pictures going around of this awesome cassette tape-styled watch. I happen to think the little written “Hour” and “Min” are butt-ugly, so I checked if there were any more care about it without the scribbles. Turns out there are a couple G-Shocks that look suspiciously like cassette tapes, whether they were meant to or not. Then I got a craving for a real tape player watch. That’s impossible, of course, but there was this awesome spy watch with a hidden microphone and a wire that ran up your arm to a recorder.

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Today’s Top Posts: Contest: Win History’s “Engineering Disasters” DVD set Tecmo Bowl coming to Wii in 2009 Rumor: 3G iPhone to be delayed? CableCARD goes two-way with new specs What it’s like to use the BlackBerry KickStart GTA: NES Sony Ericsson Paris demo spot hits the Internets New projector with “template function” to be released Possible Acer mini-laptop sighting? Express Gate instant-on Internet and media […]

Today’s Top Posts:

• Contest: Win History’s “Engineering Disasters” DVD set
• Tecmo Bowl coming to Wii in 2009
• Rumor: 3G iPhone to be delayed?
• CableCARD goes two-way with new specs
• What it’s like to use the BlackBerry KickStart
• GTA: NES
• Sony Ericsson Paris demo spot hits the Internets
• New projector with “template function” to be released
• Possible Acer mini-laptop sighting?
• Express Gate instant-on World wide web and media access coming to most ASUS notebooks next month

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There’s a bit of a scare going around the BitTorrent community today, with word that the Canadian Recording Industry Association has “ordered” the closure of several popular trackers, including What.cd. The CRIA has told Moxie Colo, which hosts the trackers in question, to take the offending sites down, issuing cease and desists like they’re going […]

There’s a bit of a scare going around the BitTorrent community today, with word that the Canadian Recording Industry Association has “ordered” the closure of several popular trackers, including What.cd. The CRIA has told Moxie Colo, which hosts the trackers in question, to take the offending sites down, issuing cease and desists like they’re going out of style. For its part, the hosting comapny states it has no plans to comply with the CRIA’s demands:

We will not be following the request and will be fighting for the rights of our clients as to date laws in Canada protect them.

A similar note was posted in the What.cd’s forum:

I doubt the sites in question are going to move off of moxie as we’re standing here in public eye backing them up. If they want to leave then in end of day makes our life easier but by no means are we saying them or any other client needs to vacate. We’ll take this all the way to the courts before we would ever damage our relations with our clients.

Please everyone comprehend that we’re not shutting down anyone anytime soon.

Hopefully What.cd doesn’t go the way of OiNK.

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We feel bad that many of you sit at your desks or in your cubicles and read our silly gadget blog instead of getting real work done. Sure, you do enough to get by, but you’re never going to get the raise and then be able to afford the new car or Rock Band accessories, […]

We feel bad that many of you sit at your desks or in your cubicles and read our silly gadget blog instead of getting real work done. Sure, you do enough to get by, but you’re never going to get the raise and then be able to afford the new automobile or Rock Band accessories, are you? You need to work smarter, not harder.

We’re here to help. We’ve taken this week as Productivity Week, where the CrunchGear staff has prepared a collection of how-tos and tips that should help you get that corner office without having to do more than you’re doing now.

We’ll also help with getting your personal life organized, from home theaters to inboxes and everything in between.

So enjoy this package as our way of saying thanks for reading. We hope this keeps you from getting fired.

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So Microsoft’s Sinofsky had a pretty good dance with CNET about Windows 7, really not saying much of anything. But a picture’s worth a thousand words, right? Howzabout a ton of pics? We can confirm these are indeed screen shots of the current build of Windows 7 as it will be introduced in 2010, but keep […]

So Microsoft’s Sinofsky had a pretty good dance with CNET about Windows 7, really not saying much of anything. But a picture’s worth a thousand words, right? Howzabout a ton of pics?

We can confirm these are indeed screen shots of the current build of Windows 7 as it will be introduced in 2010, but keep in mind that’s three years away and many changes might be made. We’re hoping it’s superior than Vista.

Click the jump for lots of screen grab goodness.

[UPDATE] A Microsoft rep has pointed out that these are older versions of the concept renderings for Windows 7 and, as stated above, not likely what we’ll see when it’s released in 2010. In other Windows 7 UI news, the latest version will be demoed later tonight at the All Things D conference. It’ll be interesting to see how close to these older renderings it turns out to be.

Thanks to Chris for these images!

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