http://gadgetsbase.com Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:36:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Donald Melanson, posted Jul 24th 2008 at 10:41AMIt may have once talked about toppling both Intel and AMD within a decade, but South Korea's Hynix looks to have been knocked back on its heels a bit amid a general downturn in the DRAM market, and it's now taken the ... http://gadgetsbase.com/2008/07/24/hynix-set-to-close-its-oregon-plant-cutting-1100-jobs/ by Donald Melanson, posted Jul 24th 2008 at 1:22PM We've already gotten word of most of the details of Samsung's i8510 INNOV8 (get it?) smartphone, but things just got a whole lot more official for the device in Europe and, coincidentally, a number of sites recently got to spend some ... http://gadgetsbase.com/2008/07/24/samsungs-i8510-innov8-gets-official-in-europe-shown-off-on-video/ by Nilay Patel, posted Jul 24th 2008 at 2:03PMIntel's got big plans for Moblin, that Linux-based "core stack" that's being optimized for all sort of mobile devices, from MIDs to carputers, and a big part of those plans is letting the community play a part in its development -- the ... http://gadgetsbase.com/2008/07/24/intel-getting-ready-to-release-moblin-source-working-on-moblin-2/ by Nilay Patel, posted Jul 24th 2008 at 4:04PMOkay, so there's clearly a tube that dispenses marshmallows to the ASUS marketing department whenever it comes up with another product to slap the Eee brand on, because this just getting silly. In addition to the countless Eee laptops, Eee Box desktop, ... http://gadgetsbase.com/2008/07/24/eee-hard-drive-optical-drive-and-3g-card-continue-to-reduce-meaning-of-eee-brand/ I am always amazed with the new ways that we find to communicate. Ten years ago, most people didn’t use cell phones, and email capability was somewhat limited. Don’t even get me started on Instant Messaging or text messaging. Were they even around back then? Now, there ... http://gadgetsbase.com/2008/07/24/speak-a-message-brings-sound-to-your-messages/ Chinavasion recently unveiled their new MP4 player that they claim is the world’s thinnest portable media player. It even beats Brando’s disappearing screen mp3 player, in fact this 4GB CVSJ-1304 beats the former record holding device by a whole millimeter! To give you some perspective ... http://gadgetsbase.com/2008/07/24/chinavasion-claims-they-have-created-world%e2%80%99s-thinnest-mp4-player/ We have seen plenty of leaked images for the upcoming clamshell-styled blackberry Kickstart, so I guess seeing an early hands-on report surface should not be all that surprising. The crew over at CrackBerry were able to get their hands on RIM’s first venture into the ... http://gadgetsbase.com/2008/07/24/blackberry-kickstart-8220-reviews-begin-to-trickle-in/ Sony has just announced that they are opening up their Sony Reader to be compatible with other booksellers. An update, that is expected to be available today will allow Sony Reader owners to purchase books in the protected EPUB format from any retailer and not just the ... http://gadgetsbase.com/2008/07/24/sony-opens-the-reader-now-compatible-with-other-booksellers/ There’s nothing that I love more than covering new concept gadgets, and this is one of the coolest that I have ever seen. Introducing the ball-shaped PC from designer Apostol Tnokovski. This PC ball is a 6-inch orb, that is said to be the smallest PC ever ... http://gadgetsbase.com/2008/07/24/ball-shaped-concept-pc-could-change-the-shape-of-computing/ Whether you want to tell people that this table is supposed to represent blood or red paint, the awesome design is totally inspirational. The “Paint or Die But Love Me” Table designed by John Nouanesing seems to be melting. And if not melting, than not even solid in ... http://gadgetsbase.com/2008/07/24/paint-drip-table/