GRK BLOG/ZINE

iBUYPOWER is one of the largest gaming system manufacturers in the world and they have just released their small form factor system known as the LAN Warrior. The LAN Warrior offers more firepower to stand shoulder to shoulder with even the most advanced gaming systems and has room for two full-sized dual slot video cards, up to 24GB of Triple Channel DDR3 and a 1000 W power supply. It also comes with a carrying strap and harness system for taking the LAN Warrior on the road.

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Samsung Electronics today announced its new 1.5TB external hard drive ‘STORY Station’, which is designed to meet the explosive demand for external, secure and eco-friendly desktop PC storage. The 3.5-inch external hard drive, which features enhanced security software and a solid aluminum casing, is ideal for data backup of personal, hard-to-replace data, music, photos and video files.

To protect against data loss and security compromises, the new Samsung STORY Station features three important safety features: Samsung Auto Backup, SecretZone and SafetyKey. Samsung Auto Backup backs up data in real time or through a prearranged schedule. The backed-up data can also be securely saved by setting a password with Samsung’s SafetyKey. And to protect confidential files and folders, Samsung’s SecretZone creates a virtual drive which provides encryption for data security.

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It’s still a little ways from an actual release, but it looks like the folks at Ennova Direct just couldn’t help themselves from announcing that they’ve received a patent for a newfangled biometric USB flash drive that packs a built-in OLED screen.

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Wow! Diesel is now Making motorcycle helmets! Designed with the futuristic/modernista motorcycle driver in mind, this helmet is a stunning piece of design/fashion-tech work. Definitely conjures up visions of rocketmen from the future.

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The Logitech’s Comfort Lapdesk($40) is a comfort desk thas protect you from notebook heat, and helps improve neck and leg comfort.

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Wow, a crazy laptop, the new Thinkpad W700 with an 10.6″ diagonal second display screen!

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Computer mouses have come a long way since they made their wooden box debut about 40 years ago, and now there are literally countless shapes, designs, and features for every type of computer user.

The mouse, an accessory that grew out of a purely functional need for pinpointing and clicking on the computer screen, has now developed into a highly personalized piece of gear with different technical
variations, depending on the primary use. Here is a look at the metamorphosis of the computer mouse over time.

Today the Motorola Hint QA30 is official announced. It is the Motorola’s new Motorola QWERTY slider
design cellphone, it features includes 2.5″ 320 x 240 screen, stereo Bluetooth 2.0, microSD support up to 8GB. Its slider design reveals a full QWERTY keypad when open, Cool! Motorola Hint QA30 will be available in Q4 2008. It will support CDMA calling and EVDO data. [ link ]

“A DSMC is a camera that shoots stills and motion. Configure that camera any way you want. Select a brain. Configure your body.” Red may have just changed the digital imaging game with the new Scarlet and EPIC cameras, which include options for full-frame 35mm size sensors. The Scarlet is available in 4.9MP, 13.8MP and 24MP. The EPIC is available in 13.8MP, 24MP, 65MP and 261MP. Here’s the big one though - they are available in Nikon and Canon mounts. And even you can select the other add-on includes a 1080p monitoring, flash storage, frames, mounts and more. [ link ]

You may have see many rumors of the USB 3.0 pictures before, today the USB 3.0 Specification is officially announced. It is rate of 4.8 Gbit/s (600 MB/s), it’ll dump a 25GB HD file in about 70 seconds. The bad news, you old USB cables won’t deliver SuperSpeeds, you have to buy the new USB 3.0 gear because the cables have extra pins. It seems different from USB 2.0 at the below pic. You may can see the gadgets with USB 3.0 sometime in 2010…[ link ]

Hey, Men! Tired of wearing the same torn, dirty underwear day after day? Now you don’t have to, thanks to the Men’s Underwear Repair Kit! This handy, inexpensive kit provides everything you need to get your unsightly undershorts back into presentable shape.

You also get an fully-illustrated 32-page Instruction Manual, containing everything you need to know about Underwear Repair and Maintenance.

If you’re looking for the ultimate in cellular luxury, check out the new Motorola Aura ($2,000). Built more like a fine automobile than a swivel phone, the Aura features a 16-million color circular display, a Grade 1 62-carat sapphire crystal lens, a stainless steel housing that takes nearly two weeks to sculpt, etch and polish, a custom-engineered rotating mechanism with 130 precision ball bearings, CrystalTalk technology for terrific voice clarity, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR and A2DP, Quad-band GSM, and more.

If you want to type in anywhere? The Pomera Digital Memo DM10(JPY 27,300; $270) is a portable typing device, which packed a full sized folding keyboard. I like its folding keyboard, portable, long battery life design, perfect for the writer or them whose just want to wirte something. As you see it features 2-second startup, 20-hour battery life, microSD expansion, and 4-inch VGA display. And it just 1.18″ thick. You can also conncet it to your computer via USB or its SD card. It will be available in Japan on November 10th.

new line of MacBooksjust released at last week. Now iFixit let you know what’s inside. The MacBook Pro Unibody First Look by iFixit. I think Steve Jobs will not like this. [ link ]

If by chance you have not yet moved on to an Apple iPhone 3G or a Blackberry Bold, then Motorola is still out there, happy to pickup your business. Its newest offering, the Moto Q 11 ($TBA) features quad-band GPRS/EDGE, meaning it’ll be relegated to either AT&T or T-Mobile. It does, however, house WiFi, an ARM 7 LTE processor and GPS. Not a bad option for anyone who isn’t into Apples and those of you who aren’t feeling Bold.

Today, Steve Jobs unveiled a whole new generation of Apple products (MacBook Pro, MacBook, Cinema Display) all equipped with those new glossy screens that will appeal to us, graphic and motion design professionals.

Hey guys/gals, 1GB or 2GB no longer enough for us, especially when we get high quality movies and stuff. That’s why today Kingston has release its DataTraveler 150 Flash Drive in 32GB of storage capacity. It is going for $139.

[via TechFresh]

It is time to buy a new BlackBerry! The BlackBerry’s first touchscreen phone - BlackBerry Storm. It will come to Verizon and Vodafone in next month. It includes a 3.26-inch(480 x 360) touchsreen and a 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera. Other features includes touchscreen keyboard, a full HTML finger-navigable browser, Word, Excel editing capabilities, Bluetooth 2.0, 1 GB of on board memory storage and 8 GB microSD memory card, 3.5mm headphone jack. The battery is 5.5 hours of talk time and 15 days of standby time. In the U.S., the BlackBerry Storm gives Verizon Wireless customers EV-DO Rev. A/CDMA ?C technology ?C and (2100Mhz) HSPA/UMTS as well as quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM for global use.

When fredmiranda.com forum user sbv20 found himself with a broken Canon 17-85 mm zoom lens after the aperture became stuck he decided to have a little bit of fun: he took it apart!

And thankfully, he documented his disassembly of the zoom lens for all of us to see: Link

Now you can use your iPhone monitor your heart rate. This iPhone Heart Monitor app by John Ballinger. It uses the inbuilt microphone on your iPhone 3G or headphone microphone to listen to and detect your heart beats. You can use the iPhone 3G directly over your heart or directly on the pulse in your neck or wrist, the app will be able to detect the stats(Check out see the video). Available on iTunes for $5. [ link ]
Please Note: works best with iPhone 3G, works well with iPhone 1G/2G but you must use the headphone cable microphone, the inbuilt microphone does not detect heart beats.