Panasonic has released the all new Panasonic Toughbooks (laptops) that are as tough as Ford’s Trucks. The new models of the Panasonic Toughbooks are CF-W5, CF-T5 and CF-Y5 which names are pretty strange and “tough” to remember. Nevertheless, the most interesting fact about this “Tough” laptops are they actually has passed the Military Specifcations drop-test. However, the features and specifications of the new Panasonic Toughbooks aren’t that cool.

[via MobileWhack]

Samsung is definitely the leader in manufacturing the world’s best LCD screen. The recent accouncement from Samsung saying that she has invented a new chip which enables a mobile LCD screen to be clearly readable under bright sunlight. The intelligent Display Driver IC (DDI) chip is integrated with the screen to make it visible in sun without consuming more battery.

The trick for this technology is because of smart algorithms which can sense ambient light and tune the backlight automatically.

Mass production of this smart LCD screen will be started at the end of this year. So, it is feasable to expect for better screen in the coming cellular phones or maybe laptops.

Now you can shallow capsule that can transmit data using wireless technology which is very similiar to shallowing a Wi-Fi chip into your body. This isn’t a joke or lie as FDA has approved the sales of the SmartPill pH.p Capsule.

It’s a small blue electronic device shaped like a pill that is meant to be swallowed. Because of it’s wireless capablilites it can transmit data [via a reciever worn by the patient] as it is passing through the gastrointestinal tract.

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I4U has published a review of the Sony DCR-SR1000 – a camcorder with a 30GB hard drive instead of a DV tape or DVD drive. They gave the Sony DCR-SR1000 the score 8 out of 10. Sony DCR-SR100[I4U]

If you get tired of seeing the same pictures in your pictures frames that hang on the wall, you got a better solution now. There is a new gadget – a 7-inch 480×234 widescreen digital picture frames which have similiar look of of the conventonal-looking frame, but it can slideshows digital pictures, play videos and play your favorite music.

They’re compatible with the usual array of flash memory cards, and can also play back MP3s with their integrated speakers, along with MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and DivX video files.

This gadget is called storybook and is price tagged for $239.

tags: story frame, picture frame, digital picture frame

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Thanks to Nanotechnology, the size of portable hard disk has decreases significantly recently. Because of that, the sales of external portable hard disk has skyrocketted. The picture shown above is the Formac Disk Mini which comes in both all-black and all-white versions. The good thing about this Formac protable hard disk is it works on Windows and OS X.

The drives come in 60, 80 and 120GB sizes, can be connected via USB 2.0 and Firewire, and is bus powered, so you can power it off whatever connector you use. Prices range between £70 ($130) for the low end and £160 ($298) for the high end.

tags: Formac hard disk, external harddisk, portable hard disk

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The latest Apple’s advertisements that say how good Macintosh computers are compared to PC might not really true. It is because if Mac computers are so superior, they should have problems. Thank God! Here are some solutions for fixing your expensive Macbook.

Now you can have Star Wars fighting robots in your room. Destructoid reviews LEGO Star Wars II (PS2 version), which is set to be released on September 12th, 2006.

The sequel finally allows you to build with your LEGO blocks, as a new Free Play mode allows gamers to customize the vehicles for new ship designs, as well as Free Play all of the playable characters (over 100 in total) by mixing and matching body parts

You might be worndering what is this ugly looking gadget for. It is actually a cool gadget that has tons of multimedia features that you can’t imagine of.

The Chumby uses a wireless internet connection to allow you to listen to MP3s and access web info like the weather, news, etc via widgets, it can also serve as an alarm clock, and exchange messages and pictures between friends. Plus, hackers will appreciate the fact that it’s all open source. For crafty chicks, the housing can be modified so you can personalize it to your liking.

This not-so-good-looking gadget is price tagged for $150 dollars.

tags: chumby, gadget, multipurposes gadget

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The latest released Sharp refrigerator doesn’t just helps to freeze meats, but it does thaws meats so that you can cook them without waiting hours for them to be thawed. The creative Sharp refrigerator has a thawing mechanism inside one of the drawers so that you can unfreeze that meat you bought sometime ago. Hence, this refrigerator does make cooking a more pleasant activity. (Who wants to wait for meats to be thawed for hours?)

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