If you’re after a cheap and easy desktop computer, the Eee Box just became a lot more attractive with the announcement that Asus are now bagging it with their VW161D LCD monitor for just $599.
Considering the Eee Box was $429 when it launched back in August, that means you’re getting a 16-inch widescreen monitor for $170, which isn’t a bad deal at all.
The package is apparently available at computer resellers now, which could mean anything really, but it’s still worth keeping an eye out for.
My parents live in a pretty big house—well, at least it seems big if you’ve spent the last five years living in various closets in New York. One of the most annoying things about occasionally blogging from there is that sometimes, depending on where you are in the big house, the wireless connection will crap out inexplicably. Luckily for them, a California startup called Quantenna Communications is trying to solve that problem with chipsets that boost Wi-Fi signals and evens out wireless coverage.
For those of you aspiring to be the next Satellite Radio Raheem, here’s a few newly leaked photos of the upcoming Sirius SUB-X2 Boombox. Much like the current SUB-X1, the new music player will sport a front-panel headphone jack, auxiliary input for other MP3 players, and a universal docking system. I wonder if that docking system will support XM radios as well, now that they’re married and all. Prices and more detailed specs have yet to be announced, though it shouldn’t cost you too much more than its last iteration.
As is always the case, this undercover iPhone pic of what appears to be the new Macbook Pro is too blurry to rule for sure one way or the other. But as far as spyshots go, this one’s looking pretty solid. And just like with the presumed-fake-and-then-verified-true iPod nano leaked pics from last time (coincidentally also sent in originally by our friend JR here, who might need to lay off the cappuccinos), it matches what’s been popping up in even more dubious pics over the last few weeks–a more rounded, piano-black bezel, Macbook Air-like keyboard and a large (although not glass) trackpad. We’ll know for sure tomorrow at 10AM PST (4am Thursday AEST)–stay tuned until then. [Thanks, JR!]
Flip Mino, one of the best cheap camcorders money can buy, can now be personalised to your heart’s delight. The new Flip site allows you to choose from hundreds of pre-made designs, upload your own image a la Skinit, or make a one-of-a-kind pattern using their awesomely trippy pattern generator. Better still, you can share your designs with the Flip community, and any camera sold with your image will score you $US10. If you’re the giving kind, you can donate the proceeds to charity as well. But times are tough, and after dropping $US180 on the Mino, your beer money fund looks like a worthy cause. [Flip]
Trying to add a silver lining to your undoubtedly dismal economic future, the FCC has struck down T-Mobile’s complaints that the agency’s scheme to offer free wireless to lower-income peoples will interfere with established 3G networks. In an engineering report, the agency claimed that there would be no “significant risk of harmful interference.”
Today, 23 of the biggest public and private universities in California, Michigan, Virginia, Illinois and other states* announced a 2-million book online library made of 78 terabytes of information, 16 percent of which are free of copyright and ready for public consumption. Even though the press release says “public domain materials will be available for reading online,” the search interface itself, however, has yet to be constructed.
Here’s a crystal clear image of the new MacBook Pro 2008. At least, if you trust yesterday’s alleged spy shot. I created it using that image as a guide for those of you too impatient to wait until tomorrow’s Apple event, like myself. Just like it happened with the iPod nano mockups, let’s hope this one is also right on the money. Why? Because 1) I love the design and 2) I’m in the market to buy a replacement for my aging PowerBook 17. I can’t wait to get this 15-inch beauty.
Afraid your Xbox doesn’t have enough memory for the New Xbox Experience? So is Microsoft, and they’re willing to sell you the storage space you need for a much reduced price. You can now log on to the company’s Xbox site to see if you’re eligible for one of their special memory upgrade offers. Under their deal, a 20GB hard drive will run you $US20–not bad, considering Microsoft usually sells it for closer to $US80. [- Thanks Adam!]
Whatever hellish limbo the BlackBerry Bold is trapped in keeping it off of AT&T, it’s poking out its head just a little bit. If you’ve got an unlocked Bold running on AT&T, you might notice a few new icons and service books for YellowPages.com Mobile and AT&T Navigator just got pushed to it. So it is actually moving forward in some way, even if it’s definitely stretching into the full range of the “year’s end” promise from AT&T and RIM. [BGR]
