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Seagate's D.A.V.E. - Digital Audio Video Experience Technology

Seagate Technology has introduced D.A.V.E., or the Digital Audio Video Experience device and technology at the DEMO 07 Conference. DAVE technology is designed to store, play and share digital files on mobile phones, PCs, and other wireless-enabled devices, and also delivers 10-20 GB of wireless storage using Bluetooth, or WiFi connections. The DAVE mobile platform device is about the size of a centimeter-thick credit card, and can be used anywhere up to 30 feet (9.1 meters) from your mobile phone.
Seagate claims that products based on the DAVE storage platform will enable consumers to store all of their digital mobile media including audio and video, on one device for access when, where, and how they want, and for sharing with others.

Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z1050 10.1-megapixel Digital Camera

The new Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z1050 10.1 megapixel compact digital camera has a 3x optical zoom and a new 2.6-inch wide and bright LCD display. Casio has added the sophisticated EXILIM Engine 2.0 high-performance, image-processing module for improved image quality, and better performance with new motion analysis technology. For eBay users out there, the eBay Best Shot mode takes photos at  a size that is image optimized for display on eBay.  There's also 7 shots/second high-speed continuous shooting at 2.0 megapixels and normal image quality. The Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z1050 records movies in Motion JPEG, AVI format.

Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z75 7.2 megapixel Digital Camera

The new slim Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z75 7.2 megapixel digital camera with a 3x optical zoom lens includes Anti-Shake DSP for reducing photo blur, and a new 2.6-inch wide LCD display for capturing and viewing wide aspect ratio images, and operating camera functions. The EX-Z75 features Easy Mode menus for simplifying camera settings (flash, self-timer and image size) which are shown on the right side of the monitor for easy viewing and use. The eBay Best Shot mode is also included on the EX-Z75 for taking photos at a size that is image optimized for display on eBay.

iPod shuffle in New Colors: Blue, Pink, Green, and Orange

If the original silver iPod shuffle MP3 player seemed a bit boring, you can now liven things up with four new iPod shuffle colors. Apple has announced that the tiny "ready to wear" iPod shuffle digital music player is now available in blue, pink, green, and orange. The clip-on, wearable iPod shuffle is half a cubic inch in volume, weighs half an ounce, contains one gigabyte of flash memory, and holds up to 240 songs. The price stays the same, at $79.

Windows Vista News Round-up

As Bill Gates gets ready to announce the release and availability of Windows Vista operating system and the 2007 Microsoft Office System today in a live webcast, Microsoft is preparing to WOW consumers with its biggest product launch ever and a worldwide Vista marketing blitz. In The U.S.,Windows Vista goes on sale at midnight tonight, but get the facts before you dive in. Read the news links below for more Windows Vista details.

Gizmo Call - The new Browser-based Voip calling Service

GigaOm reports that SIPphone is introducing a new product called Gizmo Call that will enable users to make VoIP calls from any browser that supports Flash. I use Gizmo Project to make Voip calls on my Nokia 770, and it works just great, so I'll be trying out Gizmo Call as well. Unfortunately it looks like Gizmo Call is not quite ready for prime-time, as OM says that the service is not yet publicly available.

Go to Gizmocall.com to see more about the new service when they release details. For now, the site is password protected, so check back soon.

Intel 45 nanometer Transistors Announced

Intel has announced the development of 45nm transistors, so tiny that 30,000 can fit on the head of a pin. The small wonders can switch on and off about 300 billion times a second,  and offer around 20 percent more performance than current 65 nanometer transistors. That means more performance and less cost for future 45 nanometer based processors inside the next generation Intel Core 2 family processors which are codenamed "Penryn." Mass production will begin in the second half of 2007.

By using a new material combination of high-k gate dielectrics and metal gates, Intel's 45nm transistors significantly improve performance to deliver faster multi-core processors that consume less power.

Toshiba Qosmio F30-87AW Vista Home Premium Notebook

Toshiba's Qosmio multimedia notebook line gets a new addition with the Qosmio F30-87AW featuring Microsoft's new Vista Home Premium operating system. If you were impressed by Toshiba's Qosmio G35-AV660 notebooks, you'll notice that this new Qosmio F30-87AW does not have a HD DVD drive. Even though, the F30-87AW is no slouch.

It has a 2GHz Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0GHz processor, 2GB of RAM, a NVIDIA GeForce GO 7300 graphic card, a Multi DL DVD burner, a 15.4” display (1280x800), a 5400 rpm 120GB SATA hard disk, Wi-Fi, a REGZA digital TV tuner, 2.7 hours of battery life, and weights 4kg.  The Qosmio F30-87AW retails for about 1,585 Euros, or about 2,099.00 USD.

YouTube Videos added to Google Video Search Index

Even before Google's acquisition of YouTube last November, Google search results included links to content hosted on YouTube, but now you can search Google Video for videos from YouTube, and the results appear in the Google Video search index as a YouTube video thumbnail, along with clickable text links. Click the thumbnail or text link, and you're sent to YouTube.com to watch the video.

You can always just head directly to Youtube.com to search for videos, but Google video search does a good job of getting video search results from other top video destinations on the web, and they provide RSS feeds for different video content categories.

iriver clix2 Preview Video

Fans of the iriver clix music and video player can now get ready for the iriver clix2, which has been slimmed down, and adds an OLED display and USB 2.0 port. The new version can also play video at 30 fps, and that now includes WMV and  MPEG-4 formats as well. It's expected to be available in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB sizes.  GearLive got a close-up introduction to the tiny multimedia player at CES 2007, and come through with an iriver clix2 preview video. Click on The Bleeding Edge image below.