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Photos: Philips ultrawidescreen 21:9 TV unveiled

Erica Ogg — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:43:00 +0000

First pics of the new Philips TVs unveiled Thursday.

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We already knew this was coming, but now we have actual pics that give a better sense of its scale.

Philips introduced its new Cinema 21:9 TV with a wider-than-widescreen display at a press event in London. ...

Acer smartphone launching Feb. 16

Erica Ogg — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:38:00 +0000

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Less than a year after buying up smartphone maker E-Ten, Acer will debut its first handheld, a company representative confirmed Wednesday.

The Taiwanese PC maker has just begun distributing invitations to a press event in Barcelona, Spain during the Mobile World Congress being held there next ...

Video: Demo of touch-screen Asus Eee Top

Erica Ogg — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:50:00 +0000

Asus stopped by to show us the touch interface of its upcoming Eee Top, the Atom-powered all-in-one desktop. Check out the video above. It will start shipping in early March.

The Eee Top is interesting for many reasons, but most certainly because, at least for now, it's the cheapest ...

Acer patent app reveals MID aspirations

Erica Ogg — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:18:00 +0000

With so much attention paid to Netbooks lately, the MID category has been largely ignored as a portable device that basically exists for accessing the Internet. But not by Acer, which looks to be readying a device for the category.

Drawing of a potential mobile Internet device from Acer.

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What we Craved this week

Erica Ogg — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:00:00 +0000

A lot happened this week, and we don't blame you if you were more caught up in the inauguration frenzy than keeping up with the latest gadgets. Here's a quick way to catch up:

(Credit: Chris Maguire)

• Speaking of our new president, could we freak out any ...

Video: Obama’s new ‘BlackBerry’

Erica Ogg — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:19:00 +0000

Much has been made of President Barack Obama's desire to keep his beloved BlackBerry as a communications device. On Thursday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters that, thanks to a "compromise," his boss will be able to keep a security-enhanced BlackBerry and use it for e-mail.

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Boxee adds ABC content, offers Windows alpha

Erica Ogg — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:52:00 +0000

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Boxee is expanding its content and potential audience.

The free software that streams Web content directly to the TV has added ABC to its arsenal of content providers. Boxee already offers access to Hulu, Joost, YouTube, Netflix, and CBS (parent company of CNET publisher CBS Interactive).

The software ...

A set-top box in Boxee’s future?

Erica Ogg — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:44:00 +0000

A mockup of what a Boxee box could look like.

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Boxee was approached by several hardware makers at CES earlier this month about embedding the Web content streaming software directly into a dedicated set-top box, the company said today on its official blog. And it's actually considering ...

Lenovo’s lame product video

Erica Ogg — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:08:00 +0000

A colleague sent me this video Lenovo made and published to its official blog. My jaw dropped. Not because the content is particularly shocking or offensive, but because of how incredibly misplaced and lame it is as a Lenovo ad.

If anything, it makes clear one thing: Lenovo's talents ...

Apple bumps specs of $999 MacBook

Erica Ogg — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:49:00 +0000

(Credit: James Martin/CNET News)

Sometime earlier this week, Apple updated its least expensive notebook.

Engadget noticed Wednesday that the white $999 MacBook was slightly--and quietly--upgraded. It now has a newer Intel processor (2.0GHz Core 2 Duo), 2GB of memory, integrated graphics (Nvidia GeForce 9400M), and a faster frontside ...