Pushing the Eee PC to the limits

Cheap and good rarely come together. When an item is really inexpensive, you'd expect it to be a flimsy product which breaks apart at the slightest touch.

But the Eee PC, touted as the cheapest full-featured laptop in the market, seems to buck this trend. When we first reviewed the product, we were surprised at how sturdy the casing was and impressed by the build quality of this notebook. In fact, one guy was so impressed he gave the third degree treatment to his ultraportable. It's not a pretty sight for the anal retentive, but loads of fun for the rest of us. Check out the video.

Via Engadget

Tests résistance (Chocs, chaleur, froid) de l'Asus Eee
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Toy hydrogen cars look better than real thing

Toy cars that run on alternative energies are sometimes as impressive as their grown-up counterparts. Yet they often look like, well, toys (or even worse). But Corgi, in a partnership with Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies, has come up with a futuristic design that could easily be sitting on a full-size show floor. The H2GO is a remote-controlled miniature car powered by a hydrogen fuel cell that runs on water and solar energy, made of "lightweight, environmentally friendly, wheat-based plastics and boasts fully recyclable packaging," according to Pocket-lint. It even comes with its own refueling station. The only that's missing is a tiny driver that resembles Al Gore.

Via Crave CNET

TViX M-7000A: Media streamer at its best

If you're sold to the concept of movie downloads and streaming, the upcoming TViX M-7000A beats just about all existing media streamers in the market. Not only does it support the latest H.264 and VC-1 video compression formats found on Blu-ray, the Korean company also promises studio-grade Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio playback through future firmware upgrade.

To build up your personal HD library, just add a generous terabyte hard drive, and you're all set for business. It also rocks for video handling with out-of-the-box film-centric 1080p24 output, courtesy of an updated HDMI 1.3a terminal.

Connectivity-wise, there're a standard wired network jack and optional wireless Wi-Fi 802.11g, besides handy USB ports for direct multimedia playback and file transfer.

This little puppy, which has already generated quite a buzz online, is slated for launch in March. Pricing details were not available at press time.

Photo credit: TViX

Fujitsu's 2.5-inch drives hit 500GB

Fujitsu announced two new 2.5-inch hard drives Monday that push capacity up a big notch to 400GB and 500GB.

The models will begin shipping in May, and the company said it hopes to ship 20 million this fiscal year.

But the drives, part of the MHZ2 BT series, aren't the fastest models around, spinning at 4,200rpm. Many laptop drives spin at 5,400rpm, and some at 7,200rpm. But it does consume relatively little power--1.8 watts when reading or writing, according to the company.

Fujitsu also intends the drive for use in digital video recorders, set-top boxes, tape backup replacement systems, and external hard drives, the company said. Several of those devices aren't as demanding of fast response but do demand lower power consumption.

Via Crave CNET

Croon to your music on a LEGO

If LEGO hears about this, it'd probably be up in arms in no time against Homade's range of multicolor MP3 players.

These players not only look like the popular Danish inter-locking brick modeling pastime, it goes one up by incorporating music controls on the raised nubs on the bricks. Each of these goes for US$46 a pop, with memory support for up to 2GB via a microSD card and a built-in rechargeable Lithium-ion cell that juices up in 6 hours, though there's no mention of how long it would last on continuous music playback.

Available at Homeloo in bold colors such as green, red, white and yellow, best to snap up one of these before the Feds get their hands on them.

Via Technabob | Picture from Homeloo

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