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Toshiba 512GB Solid State Drive

December 18, 2008

Toshiba announced
that it will showcase a 512GB solid-state drive (SSD) at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next month, with shipments of this large SSD in the second quarter of 2009. These NAND-flash-based solid state drives (SSD) will be the industry's first 2.5-inch 512-gigabyte SSD and features fast read/write times and reliable performance for laptops/notebooks, and other equipment.

In addition to the 2.5-inch, 512GB drive, the 43nm NAND SSD family also includes capacities of 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB, offered in 1.8-inch or 2.5-inch drive enclosures or as SSD Flash Modules. The drives feature a maximum sequential read speed of 240MB per second (MBps) and maximum sequential write speed of 200MBps. This should definitely result in faster boot and application loading times. The drives also offer AES data encryption to prevent unauthorized data access.

512GB soon...

Posted in Accessories, Gadgets, Home Entertainment, Memory, Mobile Phones, PDAs & Handhelds, Technology and Science

Nortel Web.Alive = Second Life for Business

December 15, 2008

Rich Tehrani has a very interesting post about Nortel's foray into virtualized business meetings. Think Second Life virtual world meets business world...

Rich participated in a virtual world demo with Nortel where they showed him web.alive. This business-oriented virtual world looks eerily similar to Second Life, including the 3D avatars, and 3D world but under the covers it sports something else - namely 3D audio powered by DiamondWare 3D stereoVoIP technology.

Posted in TMCnet, Technology and Science, Unified Communications, Video Conferencing, VoIP

Scientists develop software that can 'Draw' your Dreams

December 11, 2008

Scientists have developed software that can 'draw' your dreams by reading your mind. Your dreams have now been unlocked with the invention of technology capable of illustrating images taken directly from human brains during sleep.

According to Telgraph.co.uk:

A team of Japanese scientists have created a device that enables the processing and imaging of thoughts and dreams as experienced in the brain to appear on a computer screen.

While researchers have so far only created technology that can reproduce simple images from the brain, the discovery paves the way for the ability to unlock people's dreams and other brain processes.

We just took one step closer to telepathic communications, which would make this at least one half of this VoIP & Gadgets blog moot. After all, who needs Voice over IP communications when you can just "think" your thoughts and people can hear/see them? May as well ditch the iPhone as well.

Posted in Gadgets, Memory, TMCnet, Technology and Science

Never Charge your gadget again - Free Electricity!

December 8, 2008

Intel said it is researching technology to harvest free energy from the environment, which could lead to devices such as mobile phones running for indefinite periods without recharging. Intel is working on tiny sensors that can capture energy from sources such as sunlight and body heat to power personal electronic devices such as MP3 players, cell phones, portable handheld gaming devices, etc.

Intel is also looking at powering a mobile phone by converting the energy the user creating simply by moving the phone's trackball. Additionally, the radiation of cell phone or TV signals might also be used to power devices. One example given is an accelerometer buried in the wall of a building that could automatically recharge itself by harvesting the energy of radiation from a cell phone tower.

That's very comforting to know that Intel plans to scavenge radiation that is beamed all around us from cell towers, TV towers, etc.

Posted in Gadgets, Mobile Phones, News, Technology and Science

Momentum Building for Fuel-Cell Development

December 1, 2008

Thanks to recent changes in government regulations, a reliable, long-lasting fuel cell to power today's electronic gadgets may be right around the corner.

"We are closer, much closer, than even two years ago in terms of the companies' internal designs, how they've met their milestones and just the amount of testing and evaluation that's going on right now," said Sara Bradford, an energy and power systems consultant for Frost & Sullivan.

Now wouldn't that be nice!

Cars next, please!

Google/The Associated Press has more.

Posted in Gadgets, Technology and Science

Mojo Mobility Charges Gadgets Wirelessly

November 14, 2008

Mojo Mobility Inc, a Silicon Valley-based venture firm, has developed a technology to simultaneously charge multiple mobile devices simply using a flat surface that doesn't even to touch the charging circuitry of mobile phones, iPods, iPhones, and other gadgetry.

While NFP (Near Field Power) is not a new concept, the non-contact charging system leverages an electromagnetic induction method. The system is composed of two coils, one for transmitting and the other for receiving electric power.

Mojo Mobility has developed a prototype sheet-type charger equipped with multiple transmitting coils. On this sheet to the right, up to four devices charged at the same time with the ability to produce 2.5W to 4W of power ..

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Posted in Accessories, Digital Cameras, Gadgets, Home Entertainment, MP3 Players & Digital Audio, Mobile Phones, PDAs & Handhelds, TMCnet, Technology and Science, Wireless

TMC Launches NGN (Next Generation Networks) Magazine

November 13, 2008

Today, TMC announced the launch of NGN Magazine focused on next generation networks and how service providers and carriers can build these networks and what they will need to know to maximize savings and ARPU (average revenue per user).

"We're in an interesting time," says TMC President and Group Publisher, Rich Tehrani. No, he's not referring to the American political scene or the chaotic American economy. Rich is referring to Next Generation Networks, which Rich believes will be critical to the future of service providers and carriers.

Posted in Mobile Phones, TMCnet, Technology and Science, Unified Communications, Video Conferencing, VoIP, Wireless

Top HDTVs under $1000

November 7, 2008

Want to know the top HDTVs & LCDs under $1000? Well, Amazon has a sweet round-up of the top / best HDTVs that won't break the bank. My 480i/480p/1080i 65" rear-projection TV is getting a bit old, it's bulky, and it doesn't support 1080p, so might be time for me to buy one of these or add it to my Christmas wish list.

Read: Amazon's Top HDTVs under $1000

Posted in Home Entertainment, Technology and Science, Video Hardware & Software

Future Mobile Phone Features 20 Megapixels, 100Mbps, HD Video - in other words it'll kick ass

November 7, 2008

Ericsson is predicting the future mobile device by 2012. Ericsson predicts mobile devices with 12-to 20-megapixel cameras, support for full HD video shooting capabilities, 1Ghz processors that don't suck your battery dry, 1024x768 XGA resolution, and high-speed Internet access using "HSPA evolution". HSPA evolution is the successor to HSPA, and "LTE (long term evolution)" with speeds of more than 100Mbps.

I still can't over the fact that the iPhone, supposedly the "bleeding edge" of mobile devices is only 2 megapixels. In any event, it's hard to predict the future, but I'll take a 20-megapixel camera, 100Mbps mobile device sooner rather than later thank you very much.

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Posted in Gadgets, Mobile Phones, TMCnet, Technology and Science, Unified Communications, VoIP, Wireless

Some interesting TMCnet videos on 4G, wireless, and more

November 4, 2008

Greg Galitzine has an interesting interview with Carl Ford (formerly with VON) about the future of wireless, including 4G and the pending 4GWE (4G Wireless Evolution) event co-located with ITEXPO. Carl discusses gadgets, smart phones, the Amazon Kindle, and more as the future growth factors in an saturated wireless phone market. He also discusses the challenges of 3G, femtocells, and more.
Go check it out:
http://www.tmcnet.com/tmc/videos/default.aspx?vid=657

Another interesting video is Carl Ford and Greg Galitzine discussing how TMCnet is able to have such a visible presence on the web via TMCnet's plethora of technology news coverage. They also cover 4G and Carl has an inside track on what is on the carrier's minds since he has excellent sources and friends in the carrier space.

Posted in ITEXPO, Mobile Phones, TMCnet, Technology and Science, Unified Communications, VoIP, Wireless

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