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Computers
2:42PM Nick Broughall | There weren’t a lot of details around the actual power behind the recently showcased Dell Inspiron Zino HD mini PC. Fortunately tipster Oddo has been gracious enough to share them with us. More »
Dell Inspiron Zino’s Spec List Leaked
2:42PM Nick Broughall | There weren’t a lot of details around the actual power behind the recently showcased Dell Inspiron Zino HD mini PC. Fortunately tipster Oddo has been gracious enough to share them with us. More » 
Music
iPod Touch And Classic Updates Actually Decreased Some Specs
5:15AM Dan Nosowitz | Considering the iPod Touch and Classic both received modest (some would say boring) updates in the form of capacity bumps and a faster processor for the Touch, it’s surprising that in some ways, they’re actually worse than their predecessors. More »
Gadgets
802.11n Final Spec Is Final, Finally
7:11AM Matt Buchanan | Remember when I told you the 802.11n spec wasn’t final, even though you’ve prolly owned a wireless N router forever? It’s final now. Feel better? [Signal2Noise]
Peripherals
USB 3.0 Only Running at a Quarter of Maximum Speed
8:18AM Mark Wilson | We’re still more than excited about USB 3.0, but those of us expecting it to reach promised transfer speeds of 5000Mb/s this year are overly optimistic. More »
Gadgets
Consumers Choose Products With More Tech Specs
8:00AM Mark Wilson | A recent study in the Journal of Consumer Research reveals that we are heavily influenced into choosing products with heavy technical specs—even when those specs mean nothing. More »
Cameras
Unconfirmed: More Canon EOS 5D Mark II Specs Leak, Lookin’ Good
7:45AM John Mahoney | We can say with pretty high confidence that a 5D successor, the 5D Mk II, will be hitting before ‘08 is out, and with Photokina coming up later this month, rumours are beginning to fly. Canon Rumors is vouching for their source that just dropped them the following tasty-looking specs on the new full-frame sensor, top-end Canon EOS DSLR: 21.1 MP, DIGIC IV, and an HD movie mode (like the D90’s), among others. More »
Phones
HTC Dream Gets Unconfirmed Specs (Decent CPU Power, Meager RAM)
4:52AM Jason Chen | Android Guys has an as-of-yet unconfirmed spec sheet on the HTC Dream (which they say is called the T1 on T-Mobile), supposedly one of the first Android phones to hit the market later this year. The most notable specs are the 528MHz Qualcomm 7201 CPU, which is a fairly decent processor as long as it’s powering an OS that’s not too bloated, 64MB RAM (kinda dinky), 1GB microSD card, 3.1-megapixel camera with no flash, decent audio and video codec support 3G, Quad-Band GSM, 802.11b/g, a 3.17-inch screen with 480×320 resolution and AIM/MSN/Yahoo/GTalk. More »
Peripherals
A First Look at USB 3.0
6:40AM Mark Wilson | Now that Intel’s brought together the world in a harmonious USB 3.0 standard, here’s a first look at the new connectors brought to us by MaximumPC. Ten times faster than the old USB spec, USB 3.0 can transfer a 27GB file in just 70 seconds. Plus, with more “lanes” of data within the connector, new USB will be able to simultaneously send and receive information–that might not sound like much, but the old USB couldn’t do so. This first shot is of the A and B-side USB connectors (the normal USB and the fat one often used in printers). This second shot is of the new mini USB: More »
Phones
Rumour: Next-Gen Sidekick Prototype Details
4:30AM Jason Chen | In a Q&A with the Sidekick maker Danger’s CEO, Financial Times asks him about what he’s got in his pocket. Surprisingly, Hank Nothaft tells. More »
Phones
