THE EEEBOX SERIES is Asus range of nettops, with the first of these greener, low power alternatives to a desktop PC shipped in mid 2008.They were seen then as a netbook minus a screen, keyboard and optical drive, where now they’ve undergone some much needed improvements and updating. The modifications in the EB1501 include more [...]

Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo is demonstrating an eye controlled earphone system.The remarkable setup uses tiny sensors embedded in the earphones to detect tiny changes in electrical current that occur when we move our eyeballs. The signals can then be interpreted to, for example, control a media player.The device is something from Docomo’s research department [...]

AS YOUR HOME THEATRE setup grows a new problem arises; how do you control the multitude of devices you have without juggling five or six different remote controls? Thankfully there are a number of cost effective solutions available with two of the more affordable ones featured here.Universal remote controls aim to de-clutter your coffee table [...]

DELL HAS LAUNCHED a rather odd but quite impressive gaming laptop packed into a form generally associated with a netbook.Coming under the Alienware brand, the M11x was showcased at CES, but is now available to the roving masses. . It packs in an Intel ultra low voltage Core 2 Duo SU7300 processor running at 1.3GHz, [...]

Online electronics retailers produce some odd, but often very useful bits equipment for gadget enthusiasts. These range from a wristwatch to remotely control your TV, DVD and PVR to external open air hot-swap hard drive docking stations. The latter are for real techies and accept every memory card known to man, with all the possible [...]

Dell Computers CEO Michael Dell was on hand to show off a raft of new products to try and recapture market share lost to Acer and HP last year. As expected the company concentrated on notebooks.Introducing Intel Core i3 and i5 processor based models throughout the Inspiron line with “immediate availability” and sporting 14, 15 [...]

THE RUMOUR MILL claims that AMD is bringing forward the launch of its six-core desktop CPUs.Details are fairly light. One report of the rumour is at Fudzilla and therefore is likely to originate from suppliers rather than direct.If the rumour is correct, and that seems to us to be likely, it is only a slight [...]

KOREAN ELECTRONICS GIANT Samsung is taking the latest models in its netbook range to Las Vegas.The Samsung N210, N220, N150 and NB30 are designed to evoke personal freedom and boast long battery life, anti-glare screens and the quick-boot Phoenix Hyperspace operating system tool. Because it is not enough merely to be technically competent these days, [...]