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Inside Microsoft’s Soundless Audio Lab



Devours children, plays games with Asus Ares CG6150



Microsoft Research TechFest ‘08

 
REDMOND, Wash — It’s that time of year again: A time when Microsoft researchers from all over the globe head back to the motherland (Redmond, Wash) to show off their projects for employees and a handful of press.
This year, expect applications and hacks revolving around mobility, search, graphics and security…as well as a few surprises. [...]


Apple’s Safari Browser is More Vulnerable to Online Fraud Than IE and Firefox With Paypal



GPC Mini Gives Mac Mini a Run for Its Money

 

 
Everex’s gPC mini is the third in its new lineup of cheap, Linux-powered computers. With smoothly rounded corners and a pearly-white paint job, it’s like a Mac Mini from another universe. And that’s certainly what its designers want you to think: At $500, it’s a mass market PC that comes in a similar tiny form [...]


Logitech DiNovo Mini Remote Masters Your PC/ Home Entertainment Center



Beef Up Your MultiTouch with MultiClutch



Samsung Announces Tiny NoteBook With Sprinkling of Fairy Dust

 
Tiny notebooks were around for a long time before the MacBook Air, but Apple’s lovely laptop has kicked the category to the forefront of fashion. Samsung is the latest to show a skinny new ultra-portable. The P200, easily confused with Samsung’s cellphone of the same name, is a little heavier than the Air, at 1.89 [...]


Blu-Ray Coming to Apple Soon

Apple Insider has made the startling prediction that Apple plans to put Blu-ray drives into Macs. The company signed up for Blu-ray almost three years ago, but we expect Apple was waiting for HD-DVD to finally die before committing to Hi-Def hardware. What is surprising in Apple Insider’s report, though, is that Blu-ray almost made [...]


MacBook Air Carbon Fiber Case Mod

 
Is the three pound MacBook Air a little heavy for you? Then dump the metal case and replace it with carbon fiber. That’s exactly what Makezine reader John has done with his brand new glamor-book.