http://www.intowit.com Witty Banter and Smart-Ass Commentary Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:34:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en GE is planning for a low power, long lasting replacement for the traditional 40 watt bulb, which is quite the workhorse throughout the homes of America. The new LED consumes only 9 watts of energy and is rated for 17 years of use (if used four hours every day). You ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/04/09/want-to-save-the-world-ge-has-an-led-replacement-for-your-40-bulb/ Cravendale, a UK-based dairy, has created a new milk jug that keeps you informed of whether or not your milk is still fresh. The technology used in the jug was discovered by the company’s R&D team while researching the bacteria that actually turns milk sour, and is ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/03/30/is-your-milk-fresh/ Motorola's Droid is a sweet piece of hardware that's hyped to give the iPhone a run for its money, especially since it's running the new Android 2.0 OS, and works on the Verizon network in the US. We care about software here at Download Squad though, and there's some dismaying ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/03/25/droid-does-only-have-256mb-of-storage-for-apps/ Visitor's to HP headquarters in Palo Alto will find quite the sight awaiting them: a motorized art installation titled "Manifold," which is half video wall and half room divider at the turn of a coin. The divider-side appears to be a 60-foot, wavy blue wall of fiberglass, but wait until it ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/03/25/hp-adds-a-sexy-transforming-video-wall-to-its-hq/ Good news for Xbox 360 owners: those USB ports on the front of your console won't just be for show anymore. I mean, sure, you can do stuff such as charging your controllers with them or plugging in a wireless adapter, but you mysteriously can't do what a universal port ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/03/20/finally-usb-storage-coming-to-an-xbox-360-near-you/ One year after it was unveiled at the 2009 Game Developers Conference, OnLive finally has a launch date. Company CEO Steve Perlman announced today at his keynote at the GamesBeat mini-conference at GDC 2010 that OnLive will go live on June 17. The service will initially be available as an ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/03/10/onlive-launching-june-17th/ When top designer Jason Wu isn't busy dressing Natalie Portman, Drew Barrymore or Michelle Obama, he's busy designing cameras. Working with General Imaging and sold under the General Electric (GE) brand, Wu's products will be called "Created by Jason Wu." Someone needs to extreme makeover that product name. The simple point-and-shoot ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/02/23/slaves-of-fashion-rejoice-jason-wu-creates-designer-cameras-for-ge/ Want evidence for the old saying that there's always something next to wait around for with technology? We've only just reviewed the most bodacious X200 Tablet from Lenovo, yet already there's a capacitive multitouch display that promises to be that little bit better. LG's in-cell multitouch technology places the touchy-feely ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/02/23/lgs-in-cell-multitouch-laptop-displays-get-unveiled-certified-with-windows-7-touch-logo-video/ Facebook's mobile-optimized site just keeps getting better with time. The UI gets easier to navigate, the features just keep piling up, and it's a pretty sweet deal for smartphone users. But what if you're on a limited data plan, a slow network, or a phone that's ... well, not so ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/02/16/facebook-launches-facebook-zero-a-text-only-mobile-site/ Volvo unfortunately isn't providing any pictures of it just yet, but the automaker has announced a new rear set entertainment system that might just make those actually driving the vehicle a little envious. Dubbed the RSEi-500, the system is based around a touchscreen of unspecified size, and packs a 500GB ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/02/16/volvos-touchscreen-rear-seat-entertainment-system/ People sure do like getting something for nothing. Since Nokia made the big move to stop charging for its walk and drive navigation last week, 1.4 million of us have downloaded the Ovi Maps software -- on average, that's a download a second since launch. The response has been so ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/02/03/ovi-maps-downloaded-14-million-times-in-first-week-since-going-free/ While a GPS-style "navigation system" for surgeons may not seem like the best idea to anyone that's ever been led astray by their dash-mounted co-pilot, it apparently seemed like a good enough idea for a group of researchers at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. While they do stretch ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/01/28/researchers-aim-to-give-surgeons-3d-maps-directions-of-human-body/ Apple's finally unveiled the iPad. It's a half-inch thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds, with a 9.7-inch capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD display, and it's running a custom 1GHz Apple "A4" chip developed by the P.A. Semi team, with a 10-hour battery life and a month of standby. It'll come in ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/01/27/the-apple-ipad-finally/ Microsoft was aware months ago of a critical security vulnerability well before hackers exploited it to breach Google, Adobe and other large U.S. companies but did not patch the hole until Thursday. The software giant had intended to release a patch for the flaw in February — more ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/01/24/oh-microsoft-microsoft-was-aware-of-ie-zero-day-flaw-last-september/ All we ever hear of that SandForce SF-1500 controller seems to be about how wickedly fast it is, so we'd be remiss not to inform you that it's found another home -- this time inside Super Talent's new enterprise-class SSD line. Branded as TeraDrive FT2, these drives will range from ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/01/24/super-talent-adds-sandforce-controller-to-new-teradrive-ssds/ The first of June could see the introduction of the Eee Pad tablet if DigiTimes' proven ASUS sources are correct. The device has been rumored since early December and now appears to be heading to Computex Taipei for its big reveal with a price set below $500. The tablet was ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/01/20/asus-tegra-powered-eee-padunder-500/ Yamaha's YSP-5100 and YSP-4100 soundbars (or Digital Sound Projectors, as the sophisticates would say) emerged early last month over in Japan, but then CES happened. In a stellar effort to jog our memories, the company has just announced that both units will be on sale here in the States prior ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/01/19/yamahas-cinema-lovin-ysp-5100-and-ysp-4100-soundbars-ship-this-month-with-breathtaking-price-tags/ Announced at CES with a "late Spring" availability, this Core i7-620M pumpin' VAIO Z series from Sony will be hitting Europe in late March. The Z's biggest claim to fame is its ultra-fast Quad SSD, a rather unique Sony innovation that writes data in parallel to four SSDs (up to ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/01/19/sonys-vaio-znow-with-4-ssds/ Well, isn't this a doozy. ASUS was a bit of a no-show in the e-reader arena at CES, but has dropped some knowledge on the Times Online's InGear: it's building a 6-inch color OLED e-reader, which flies in the face of previous rumors about an ASUS e-reader entry. The device, ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/01/17/asus-dr-570-e-reader-to-sport-6-inch-oled-color-screen-122-hours-of-battery-life/ That lovable little Windows 7-powered Cowon W2 MID has gotten two steps closer to reality this week with a price tag and release date. In order, 599,000 to 739,000KRW (equivalent to $533 and $658 in US, respectively) and Monday, January 25th. Unfortunately, those only apply to Korea only, but if ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/01/17/cowon-w2-specd-priced-and-dated-for-korean-consumers/ Alright, so self-assembling electronics are hardly new in and of themselves, and nanoscale tech tends to always come with bombastic promises, but you don't wanna miss how this latest innovation is built. Two professors from the University of Minnesota have successfully demonstrated a self-assembly technique that arranges microscopic electronic elements ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/01/15/self-assembling-solar-cells-built-using-ancient-wisdom-modern-technology/ Well doesn't that look impressive? A big 'ol 19-inch electronic ink display that appears to emulate your father's newspaper. No doubt, this massive Metal-Foil e-paper prototype from LG Display is impressive at this size (just 0.3-mm thin and 250×400mm -- about the same size as a 297×420-mm sheet of A3) ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/01/15/lg-displays-19-inch-e-ink-display-plays-loose-with-the-truth/ Yo Intel, when your 2008 fourth quarter was one of the worst you ever recorded, it's slightly, just slightly, facetious to go trumpeting an 875 percent improvement in your 2009 fortunes. The self-appointed chipmaking rock star has clocked up $10.6 billion in revenues for the last quarter, which filters down ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/01/15/intel-profits-recover-to-23-billion-in-q4-2009-company-describes-it-as-875-percent-jump/ This one doesn't seem to have quite made it to CES, but DigitalRise's new X9 tablet is now available to order, and it packs just enough familiar features to fit right in with the pack. That includes a 10.2-inch multitouch display, an Atom N270 processor, 2GB of RAM, a 160GB ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/01/15/digitalrise-x9-tablet-has-atom-multitouch-780-price-tag/ We were a little disheartened last week when we didn't hear a peep out of NVIDIA about Ion 2, but Pierre of Blogee has dug up some dirt on the next-generation graphics. The ASUS Eee PC ET2010PNT's got a pretty nice looking 20-inch HD multitouch display, but it's also powered ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/01/15/asus-eeetop-et2010pnt-hints-that-nvidia-ion-2-is-geforce-g310/ If you're a small business customer or very serious about your reality TV habit, you just might want to take a look at Via's newest. The M'Serv S2100 mini server is the first to rock Via's new 64-bit Nano CPU (in this case the 1.3+GHz at 1.6GHz) -- but that ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/01/15/via-debuts-mserv-2100-server-with-64-bit-nano-cpu/ We saw plenty of Samsung's wild conceptual efforts while at CES, but it looks like they've not yet completely given up on actual products. Good news for Korea, today -- it looks like they'll be getting three new all-in-one PCs from the company any day now. The MU100 boasts an ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/01/14/samsung-busts-out-three-all-in-one-pcs-for-korean-market/ It's amazing how expensive cradles are for mobile devices. Most users realize that there is a big premium being charged for what amounts to a formed piece of plastic, and it makes them less likely to pony up the big bucks for a device that holds their phone. Luckily, this ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/01/12/mobile-minute-diy-cradle-from-cardboard-coffee-sleeve/ We know you were put off by the whole Twitter censorship debacle last month, but Microsoft and the Zune HD have moved past that (honest) and they want you to come along as well. They're enticing everyone to forget about that bone-headed move by, well, throwing everyone a bone and ... http://www.intowit.com/2010/01/12/zune-hd-getting-xvid-smart-dj-ever-more-appealing/ "With all the buzz about the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing I got to thinking, how powerful were the computers that "took us to the Moon?" It turns out, they were nothing short of amazing. If you've never had a nerdy bone in your body, feel free ... http://www.intowit.com/2009/11/15/how-powerful-was-the-apollo-11-computer/