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B&N Nook sells out, too late for holiday orders

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

41 minutes ago | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Consumers who haven't yet ordered Barnes & Noble's electronic book reader, the Nook, won't see one before Christmas.

Qualcomm's next e-book to use a mirasol display

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

9 hours ago | 4.4 / 5 (5) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Qualcomm subsidiary Mirasol is developing a new e-book reader with a color display that uses ambient light. The reader will be capable of displaying video smoothly, but the new features will ...

More than powerful: German research computer QPACE is the most energy efficient in the world

Electronics / Hardware

3 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

At the 2009 Supercomputing Conference in Portland, Oregon, the high-performance computer QPACE (QCD Parallel Computing on the Cell) was recognized today as the most energy-efficient supercomputer in the world.

High-tech holiday gift ideas for $50 and $100

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 18, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

Picking a Christmas gift for the nerd in your life is never easy. In the holiday stampede, it's all too easy to end up with an outdated gadget or obsolete program. And mistakes can be costly.

Switching cell phones takes emotional toll

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 18, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 1

She's gone. We were the best of friends, constant companions -- literally, because I carried her day and night in the left-front pocket of my jeans. For five years we roamed the world together, or at least the United States, ...

Sony may not fill some e-reader orders by holidays

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Nov 18, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Sony Corp. says some customers who pre-order its newest e-reader may not get the gadget in time for the holidays.

Nokia N900 now available in US

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 18, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Nokia today announced that the highly anticipated Nokia N900 is now on sale in the United States and shipping to consumers who jumped on the opportunity to be among the first to pre-order the Maemo-powered ...

'Rationalizer' bracelet tells traders when they're stressed

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 17, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (6) | 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Philips Electronics and the Dutch bank ABN AMRO have joined forces to develop a "Rationalizer" bracelet system that detects stress levels and displays a warning to help day-traders avoid making ...

T-Mobile resumes sale of Sidekicks after data loss

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- T-Mobile USA resumed selling Sidekick phones Tuesday, more than a month after a server meltdown at Microsoft Corp. caused contact numbers, pictures and other personal information to disappear from ...

Oak Ridge 'Jaguar' supercomputer is World's fastest

Electronics / Hardware

Nov 16, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (13) | 2

An upgrade to a Cray XT5 high-performance computing system deployed by the Department of Energy has made the "Jaguar" supercomputer the world's fastest. Located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Jaguar is ...

New NVIDIA Tesla GPUs Reduce Cost Of Supercomputing By A Factor Of 10

Electronics / Hardware

Nov 16, 2009 | 4 / 5 (5) | 1

NVIDIA Corporation today unveiled the Tesla 20-series of parallel processors for the high performance computing (HPC) market, based on its new generation CUDA processor architecture, codenamed "Fermi".

Samsung, Acer team up with AT&T on netbooks

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

South Korea's Samsung and Taiwan's Acer are teaming up with US telecom giant AT&T to introduce low-priced netbook computers for the holiday shopping season.

Robotic Devices Providing Home-Care Rehabilitation (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

Nov 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of researchers, at Northeastern University, have developed several portable robotic devices to aid in the rehabilitation process of stroke victims. These devices are small enough for ...

Dell smart phone to debut in China, Brazil

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 13, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Dell Inc. is officially jumping into the "smart" phone market this month in a deal with China's biggest wireless carrier, China Mobile Ltd.

French iPhone user seeks probe into 'explosion'

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 13, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

A French businessman who claims the screen of his iPhone shattered spontaneously has asked a court to appoint an independent expert to investigate the device's safety, his lawyer said on Friday.

10 unusual gadgets and gifts for geeks

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 12, 2009 | 1.8 / 5 (6) | 0

Nerds. Geeks. Fanboys. Whatever you call them, the comics aficionados, movie buffs and videogame enthusiasts who dwell amongst us can be really hard to shop for. But it gets dramatically worse this time of year, when everyone ...

Xbox Live boots pirate videogame players; will link to Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 12, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Microsoft said Thursday that its Xbox 360 videogame console will be able to link online starting next week with Twitter and Facebook along with Internet radio star Last.fm.

Dell Launches World's Fastest Office Color Laser Printer

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 12, 2009 | 1 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dell today announced three new commercial workgroup printers to help businesses of all sizes increase productivity and lower their total cost of printing.