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AMD is charging against Intel’s current Santa Rosa dominance and future Montevina platforms with their Puma chipset. They said it has been designed for mobile computing from the ground up. I say it was about bloody time already.
At the core of Puma there is their new Griffin 65nm mobile processor, with cores in separate power planes (so they can be managed separately and save energy), a new DRAM pre-fetcher (to increase efficiency on memory operations) and HyperTransport 3.0 (so you can travel through interdimensional portals and do the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs).
On paper the Griffin is not that different from the Intel Core 2 Duos. However, the big news are in the chipset itself, which has features that are not present in Santa Rosa and even Montevina. You can read about them after the jump.
Looking to use a plug that “could potentially expose the user to live internal circuitry”? Then hold onto your:
AVLabs travel charger for iPod Capdase Universal AC adaptor for iPod elano ePower universal charger for iPod GEAR4 WorldTour V2 Australian adaptor for iPod
The company behind these plug components, which have been found prone to breakage, is Shun Shing Standard Corporation Ltd. So they’re organising the recall.
All details on the specific products are at this website — plugs from mid 2006 are of greatest concern, but all AC adaptors from these brands are being exchanged as a precaution. In the meantime, they “advise that they do not reconnect the AC power adaptor”. In other words, HOLY SHIT DUDE YOU COULD GO ALL SHOCKER ON YOUR HANDS IF YOU TOUCH THAT BASTARD AGAIN!!!
Technically, I’m obligated to give these guys noogies whenever I can. But I think Ryan’s response to “Applegate” is fair. So here’s my support of a fellow gadget journalist, feud be damned. (Yes, I said Journalist.)
Build an extra bedroom into an apartment with architect Dan Hisel’s Z-Box. The Z, which stands for ZZZs, is a 12 foot squared, 10 foot tall box has a translucent polycarbonate shell, lined with douglas fir wood. Inside, there’s room for a bed, nighttables, lamps, and shelves backlit with windows, while the outside has a bookshelf, and even a little dog bed. The idea is to set up the box inside of a large room, with the added benefit of splitting the area in two.
$18K? Does it make more sense to put one of these in a loft or to spring for a 2 bedroom?
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Dan Hisel [via Apartment Therapy and Archictecture.mnp]
LG’s touchscreen video player does look cool (and a bit like the co-branded VW one we saw last month), but who’s going to know how to pronounce MFFM? People will think you’re talking with your mouth full when you’re trying to tell them about the 320×240 2.4-inch LCD, the 4GB memory, MP3/WMA/OGG/MPEG4/WMV9 playback, and the 90mm x 51.5mm x 9.9 mm dimensions. Good thing you called it the “Touch Me”, which is marginally better than MFFM. Unless MFFM stands for the type of party that Fleshbot’s familiar with, in which case we change our minds completely.
We’re not sure how well this compares to say, the imaginary touchscreen iPod or even the iPhone, but it looks more in line with the Prada than anything else. Maybe if they combined the Prada and this into one package they’d be competitive after all. – Jason Chen
LG’s MFFM37 “Touch Me” touch screen video MP3 player announced [Tech Digest]
We were a bit puzzled when this wonder dog beat a man at Wii Tennis, but after watching him beat another guy at Wii Boxing, we’re completely confounded. Is it really a dog playing Wii? The Wiimotes are strapped to his arms and he’s moving them in time, and the arms seem to be attached to his body, but there’s no way he can actually be playing boxing. We need to lie down. – Jason Chen
Thanks DJ!
While you could always show off how hot and heavy your pocket is with a money clip force-fed with Franklins, why not go one step further and make your money-carrying apparatus out of Franklins? The guy in the vid uses dollar bills, but if you’re ballin’, you don’t have time for singles. Or I guess to make a wallet out of hundred dollar bills. But you should. I have it on good authority that Bill Gizates rolls with a Wilson wallet. – Matt Buchanan
[via Geekologie]
Alan, over at HackedGadgets, put together this nifty little mod that is a great addition to any retro gamer’s home entertainment center. Unfortunately, this mod uses one of those all-in-one controller game console things rather than an original Atari controller, but I’m not too picky. Hit the link to see how Alan did it, step-by-step. Remember the Atari paddles? I think I would rather put a TV remote in one of those. –Travis Hudson
Atari 2600 Joystick TV Remote Control [Hacked Gadgets]
We first saw these HP TVs back at CES, but they didn’t really stand out in our minds. After seeing these reasonable low prices, however, we may have to give them another look. The newer sets support 1080p (while a couple others only go up to 720p), and have three HDMI ports and “PC inputs and RS232C with WSD bridging capabilities for custom integrators.”
Check the jump for complete list and pricing.
Ed Baig and Jeff Graham, the reviewin’ duo over at USA Today, were among the first to press with a review of DirecTV’s new mobile receiver, the Sat-Go. As you Giz readers probably already know, the kit by Humax has a 17-in. LCD screen, integrated receiver, “laptop-style” battery, remote and antenna. That is, the lid of the carrying case is the antenna. Ed and Jeff were kind enough to share with us some of the shots they took that didn’t make it into the final story. Follow the jump for excerpts from Ed’s review.
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