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Canon's PowerShot A530/A540 may overheat

Damian Koh | Dec 28, 2006

Canon has issued a safety notice to PowerShot A530 and PowerShot A540 users with regards to a possible overheating issue at the area around the battery cover.

According to the notice, if the opening/closing spring on the inside of the battery cover sticks out beyond its regular position, it could cause a short circuit resulting in the overheating at the bottom of the camera, rapidly depleting battery life.

Affected shooters include those with serial numbers beginning with 21, 22, 23 and 24, and Canon is offering free repairs for the affected shooters regardless of warranty status.

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HP's entertainment tablet PC

Darius Chang | Dec 28, 2006

Taking a page from its popular Pavilion entertainment notebook series, the latest HP TX1000 tablet PC melds multimedia features with serious work functionality.

Besides the swivel screen expected of a convertible tablet, this 12.1-inch portable also sports a Webcam, fingerprint sensor, twin omni-directional microphones, dual headphone jacks and a mini remote control that can be stored in the ExpressCard slot.

Images, prices and availability are yet to be announced. But rumors have it that we should expect the PC manufacturer to unveil this entertainment tablet sometime in January next year.

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Toshiba laptops goes 3.5G

Darius Chang | Dec 28, 2006

Hot on the heels of the HSDPA-enabled Fujitsu LifeBook Q2010, Toshiba gets on the 3.5G bandwagon for uber connectivity.

According to reports, Toshiba is prepping its corporate-focused Portege R400 convertible tablet for a SIM-card upgrade. Together with Bluetooth and wireless, this move will allow the 12.1-inch notebook to hop on the 3.5G broadband network for Internet access anywhere with a mobile line connection.

Prices and availablilty of the HSDPA-enable Portege R400 is currently unavailable at this time.

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Talking Plate

Juniper Foo | Dec 27, 2006

Forget diets. The Talking Plate will shame you into watching those Christmas and New Year calories you are about to, or have piled on. Ukrainian scientist Dr Hryhory Chausouvsky ma have taken on more than he can chew, with a plate that will scold you for being a glutton, lipping off with stock phrases like "where's your willpower?" and "stop right there"! It'll even beep a discreet alarm when the maximum allowable amount is piled on the dish. And if your cutlery strikes the plate much too rapidly, it will play fast and aggressive music. And we thought the Academy Awards' imposed time limit for speeches was bad. Lest you're tempted to hurl this nagging plate into the bin, remember that this is one pricey invention. It comes attached to a contact sensor and palm-sized computer. This good doctor also lays (and we say that loosely) claim to inventing a musical condom with built-in motion detector, which lets sex partners vary the music played according to the intensity of their love-making.

Via Ubergizmo

Price: N.A.
Availability: Concept
Device: Computerized plate
Specs: 15cm in diameter

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