24-port usb hub sure to connect every gadget in the neighborhood and then some

Got a few too many USB gadgets on your desktop? Sick of your computer’s lowly 4 USB ports? Well sure, you can go buy another 4 or 8 port hub, but that would be for sissies. You need a real USB hub – say one with 24 ports.

This hockey puck shaped USB hub manages to cram in 24 ports by arranging most of its ports in a circle, then stacking ports one on top of the other. And if the 22 ports around the perimeter aren’t enough for you, there are 2 ports on the top for flash drives.

The hub can be connected to a computer – if you’ve got a crap-load of peripherals to connect – or it can be used in standalone mode to charge your gadgets, thanks to an included AC adapter
. Each port is over-current protected as well, ensuring each one of your gadgets stays safe and sound, despite being jacked-in along with 23 of its friends.

The 24-port USB hub is available over at ThinkGeek for $49.99 (USD). That’s just over $2 a port! Such a deal.

Via : technabob

Trendnet announces new USB 3.0 4-port hub

If you are lucky, your computer may have one or two USB 3.0 ports. My desktop only has a single USB 3.0 port and then has a few USB 2.0 ports as well. It’s still common for notebooks and netbooks to only offer a single USB 3.0 port and this can be a big issue for you if you have an external HDD that uses USB 3.0 and a flash drive that supports the faster interface as well.

Trendnet has unveiled a new USB 3.0 hub that adds additional ports to any computer. The hub has four ports on it and needs one of your ports for connectivity to your computer. That means you get a net extra of three USB 3.0 ports. That should be enough to allow you to connect more USB 3.0 devices to your computer, assuming those devices aren’t so fat that they block the port beside whatever you are plugging in.

The four port hub is called the TU3-H4 and the thing will work when plugged into USB 2.0 ports as well. I am used to seeing low prices on USB hubs, so this USB 3.0 hub looks very expensive to me at $79.99. The hub will ship "shortly" with nothing specific on the date. Trendnet also has add in cards for notebooks and desktops that will put a couple USB 3.0 ports in your computer if you don’t have any USB 3.0 love by default.

Via : tweaktown

New Logitech Wireless Mouse M510 Puts Comfort in Your Hands

Today, Logitech (SIX: LOGN) (NASDAQ: LOGI) introduced the Logitech® Wireless Mouse M510 for users looking for a high level of comfort, control and convenience. The ergonomically designed shape has deep contours, soft rubber grips, gently curved sides and a broad palm area so your hand can relax in comfort even over hours of daily use.

Equipped with back/forward buttons, side-to-side scrolling and zoom[1] you can easily click scroll and zoom any content from budget spreadsheets to photo albums to maps to Facebook feeds, while laser tracking will keep you in cursor control on almost all surfaces. With up to two years battery life you can nearly do away with batteries. The on/off switch helps conserve power and the smart sleep mode extends battery life with an indicator light eliminating power-out surprises.

The M510 also features the Logitech® Unifying receiver; a convenient and clutter-free way for you to connect wireless keyboards and mice to your laptop. So small that it can stay in a laptop when you’re moving around, a single Logitech Unifying receiver can control up to six compatible Logitech products – freeing up valuable USB ports and making it easy to mix, match and add to your existing setup, no matter where you are. So you can have a set up for home, another for the office and never have to unplug anything.

Pricing and Availability

The Logitech Wireless Mouse M510 will be available in Australia through logitechshop.com.au, Officeworks and via Dell from late November 2010 for a recommended retail price of $89.95.

The M510 increases Logitech’s range of wireless mice, of which over 100 million have been sold. For further information on all Logitech mice visit http://www.logitech.com/en-au/mice-pointers/mice.

Via : tweaktown

A second Windows Phone 7 handset gets an early debut: The Samsung Omnia 7

Uh oh — if these things don’t stop slippin’ out early, Microsoft’s not going to have much to announce at their event later today.

The second handset to make an earlier-than-intended debut: The Omnia 7, by Samsung.

Coming by way of Samsung Russia, word of the Omnia 7 lacks things like carrier availability and pricing, instead focusing on good ol’ specs. Speaking of which..

The Specs:

* 4.0 Super AMOLED WVGA (800×480) display
* 1 Ghz CPU
* 5 Megapixel camera (w/ 720p video recording)
* 802.11b/g/n
* 8GB internal memory

So far, that’s two handsets that have been announced, and we’re stil hours before Microsoft’s event even starts. Any bets on how many handsets will be announced today?

Via : mobilecrunch

Windows Phone 7 + Flash = iPhone killer. Wait, what?

The internet is a bit like a slightly eccentric relative. It makes a lot of noise and always seems to be around, whether you want it to or not. The latest mad tattle spewed out on the web is an alleged meeting between the CEOs of Adobe and Microsoft and the speculation that this forms part of merger negotiations between the two software giants in an effort to combat Apple in the smartphone market.

Unlike a mad relative and their crazy ideas about tin foil hats and aliens, this rumour deserves to be taken a little more seriously. Microsoft’s software products cover almost every category imaginable – operating systems, servers, office suites, web browsers, databases and games. One of the most noticeable omissions is creative design software – Adobe’s territory.

For a company that depends almost exclusively on Office and Windows for profits, buying Adobe and its extensive range of lucrative creative software to add some diversity and conquer yet another market must be very attractive. Given Microsoft’s size and greater finances it would almost certainly be a purchase of Adobe by Microsoft and not a merger of equals.

However, if Microsoft does buy Adobe, Ballmer and his crew will need to do a better job of integrating and exploiting it than they have compared to other, recent acquisitions. Bungie, despite bringing the lucrative Halo video game franchise to the Xbox 360, has been spun off which potentially allows Bungie’s talent to be exploited by rival console makers once their post-spin off exclusivity agreement ends. The acquisition of smartphone maker Danger has so far brought little benefit to Microsoft, despite the burgeoning smartphone market, apart from an embarrassing loss of customer data and the Kin smartphone which was canned after mere weeks on the American market.

More @ itpro

nsignia intros second portable HD Radio: NS-HD02 with 'live pause' and bookmarks

Believe it or not, HD Radio's still kickin'. It'll never be the runaway hit that MP3 was, but considering what satellite radio has been through over the past couple of years... well, maybe things aren't so gloomy after all. Best Buy's house label has just introduced a followup to last year's NS-HD01 portable HD Radio -- a unit we were able to toy with for a tick -- with the predictably named NS-HD02 boasting a far nicer display and a trio of newfangled features. Best Buy's trumpeting Artist Experience (on-screen program related images, including targeted ads), Live Pause (enables users to pause playback for up to 15 minutes) and Bookmark (self explanatory), but it ought to be focusing on the 2.5- x 3-inch capacitive touchpanel that looks to be leaps and bounds better than the LCD we kvetched about last year. It'll also boast a 3.5mm headphone jack and ship with a pair of sure-to-be-lackluster earbuds, and it'll land in Best Buy stores on October 24th for $69 (a $20 premium over the HD01).

Via : engadget

Three Samsung Wave phones with Bada OS unveiled

Samsung has announced three more handsets in its Wave family -Wave 525 (GT-S5250), Wave 533 (GT-S5330) and Wave 575 (GT-S5750). All three handsets will run Samsung bada operating system and on top of it will rest TouchWiz 3.0 interface. Just two days ago, Samsung had unveiled new Wave II S8530 that too runs the bada OS and sports 3.7-inch super-clear LCD screen.

Samsung Wave S5250 already available in Russia while Samsung Wave533 be introduced later this month over there. Both phones would gradually hit CIS, Europe, Latin America, Asia, Middle East, Africa and other countries. Sweden will get the Samsung Wave S5750 by mid-November and it would be later released in Europe, Southeast Asia and China. Prices of these handsets are not announced as yet.

Samsung Wave 525 (GT-S5250), Samsung Wave 533 (GT-S5330) and Samsung Wave 575 (GT-S5750) - all have similar specifications. The Wave S5330 will be a slide-out QWERTY with a full touchscreen. While the Wave S5250 and S5750 will come in a candy bar form factor sporting a full touchscreen.

More @ techtree

Samsung unveils three new handsets in the Wave family

Handset manufacturer Samsung has swelled its Wave portfolio by announcing three new Wave smartphones that runs company’s own Bada operating system.

The new handsets, namely the Wave525, Wave533 and Wave575, features TouchWiz 3.0 interface, 3.2-inch WQVGA touchscreens, 3.2MP cameras, Wi-Fi radios and GPS receivers, 100MB of storage that can be expanded up to
64GB using an SD card.

What makes the new handsets different from one another is a slide-out keyboard in the Wave533, lack of 3G in the Wave525 and the brand new Bluetooth 3.0 feature in the Wave575.

The Wave525 and Wave533 smartphones operate on EDGE networks, while the Wave575 come with 3G HSPA. The Wave525 and Wave575 resemble each other in design.

Samsung said that its new handsets have been designed keeping socializing feature in mind. The company described the models as a one-stop hub for all communications such as SMS, SNS, Email and Instant Messaging.

Commenting on the new handsets, Samsung added, “The Samsung Wave family is the perfect mix of features and fun and a great way to be smarter about how you socialize.”

The Wave575 handset is expected to hit Sweden by mid-November, before it reaches other markets in Europe, China and Southeast Asia. The Wave525 presently is available in Russia, while the Wave533 will be made available in Russia in October. The Wave525 and Wave533 will finally reach other global markets, including CIS, Europe, Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Africa.

Via : topnews

Samsung waves in three new Wave handsets

Finally, a phone announcement that isn’t anything to do with Windows Phone 7. Samsung has announced that three new Wave handsets will be heading to the UK sometime this November.

The three Bada-powered handsets are the catchily titled Samsung Wave 525, Samsung Wave 575 and the Samsung Wave 533.

All of these new Wave phones are pretty similar in terms of design and features; each has a 3.2-inch touchscreen and a 3.2-megapixel camera, features Samsung’s TouchWiz 3.0 user interface and comes with access to the Samsung Apps app store.

The Samsung Wave 525 is the most basic of the three, only coming with EDGE internet access. The Wave 575 is a 3G-flavoured version and the Wave 533 comes with a slide-out Qwerty keypad, but no 3G.

The three Waves are due for a Europe-wide launch in November. We haven't been able to get anything more specific than this yet, and there's no word on price yet either.

Via ; recombu

Hitachi ships 10K RPM, 6Gbps Ultrastar C10K600 2.5-inch hard drive

Hate to point out the obvious, but that little critter you see above is fast. Like, record-breaking fast. Hitachi GST just announced that it'll begin shipping this bantam speed demon today, offering enterprise customers a 2.5-inch HDD that spins at 10,000RPM and operates on a 6Gb/s SCSI SAS platform. The Ultrastar C10K600 is available in 300GB, 450GB and 600GB flavors, and Hitachi claims that it can deliver "up to 15 percent better random and 18 percent faster sequential performance than competitive products on the market today." Furthermore, these eat up some 65 percent less power than the company's 3.5-inch enterprise drives, and also boast average seek times as low as 3.7 milliseconds. Mum's the word on pricing, but chances are you won't actually want to know; the full release is after the break.

Via : engadget