Besides the economical Eee PC Asus also dabbles with high-end electronics and the new M50 lappie belongs to this segment. The fancy-shmancy piano black finish laptop boasts of a 15.4" screen and features an integrated Blu-ray player, an HDMI (high-definition multimedia interface) port, and Dolby Home Theater surround sound technology. The cursor pad also doubles as a multimedia touchpad. Penryn processors from Intel and a choice of Windows Vista, from Basic to the Ultimate edition are all in it....

HTC's first UMPC, the Shift will finally make its presence felt in the US. The upside- the keyboard and the Sprint EV-DO are rocking; the flipside- the $1,500 price tag is hefty when compared to European counterparts who shell out $400, also I forgot to add another $60 per month for the 3G. Source...

This video will put all the rumors regarding the Guitar Hero On Tour for DS controller to rest. The portable Guitar Grip hooks on to the slot and comes with a special guitar pick stylus which is used to strum away on the DS' touch screen. It will feature 20 licensed songs from bands like Nirvana, OK Go and No Doubt and Activision is hoping to ship the game sometime this Summer. Take a look and enjoy....

On one end Californians may have to pay taxes for iTunes access and on the other hand Apple is currently amidst talks with record labels to formulate a plan that will allow iPhone and iPod users unlimited access to music. Of course there will be a fee charged, but it will be a lump some amount or on the basis of the tariff options. According to New York Times' Saul Hansell the meeting is scheduled for next week and...

Ah! The convenience of online ticketing, just choose your most convenient flight plans pay online via credit card and now look for a printer to print the e-ticket. Now if you're like me more often than not, I find myself running late. I can't tell you how many times I've broken into a cold sweat sitting in the back seat of a taxi trying to get through the Midtown tunnel at rush hour to make my flight out of...

2 weeks from now Facebook will have online chat, similar to Gtalk's online chat window the program will sit at the bottom of the page showing open chat windows and number of friends online. The user can pop out the entire chat interface into a separate window to show online friend lists and current conversations to allow for real time communication within the popular social network....

The days of the 9 to 5 workaholic are not yet numbered but the number of the nosey employers are on a rise. Considering that many of us express a sign of relief every time their boss leaves the office, this next technology won't let us rest even then. Exmocare's "BT2" system monitors heart rate, body temperature, and other vitals with Bluetooth devices strapped to the wrist that send regular reports wirelessly for supervisors to peruse, according to Gadget...

The folks over at Armari reckon that a truly über-PC should be stunningly, jaw-droppingly special, in the same way as an outlandish concept car from, say, Audi is special. It needs The makers at Armari wanted to build a custom PC so far removed from the present PC paradigm that it would be virtually unrecognizable, in both performance and looks, but it needs to be all that and still function as a workhorse. First mooted as a concept PC...

Microchips are increasingly being used into more devices and for a multitude of tasks from medical in the form of pacemakers to the military as tiny surveillance bugs. Researchers are conceptualizing on implantable medical devices such as pacemakers and health monitors using the new chip could be powered indefinitely by a person's body heat or motion without the need for a battery. At the very least, however, the researchers say the new technology could lead to cell phones, handheld...

Varioptic's liquid lens feature many advantages over competing technologies in terms of cost, size, robustness, power consumption, silent operation and speed. Seiko has entered into a manufacturing agreement with Varioptic Lyon to ensure a significant penetration with Liquid Lens products in the fast growing camera module market and other large volume end equipment markets such as barcodes and webcams. SII production capacity plan is expected to reach 0.5 million units per month by 3Q of 2008 and will expand...

According to some discreet patent applications Apple seems to be serious about catering to its flip phone fans soon. The candybar isn't the most appealing design to all sects of consumers, and how cool do you think is this flip going to be. Well for starters the patent itself outlines a phone that has two multi touch sensors, both on the "bottom" part of the phone. When it's closed, the phone acts like your current model iPhone. When it's...

What mobile phone should you buy for your elderly grandmother for example, who isn't interested in flashing lights, screens and complex menu systems, but she is used to an ordinary-looking phone? Or perhaps how is a multi touch interface going to be helpful to a blind consumer. An Indian company Spice recently showed a $20 Braille Phone. Currently a lot of blind persons around the world are using Nokia devices because for a few years there have been two...

Seems it's not such a good idea to upgrade my cable subscription with Dish network since it's not likely they'll be offering new HD channels. It seems a brand new KU-band satellite failed to reach its desired orbit after launching from Kazakhstan on Friday. The AMC-14 satellite -- owned by SES Americom and under contract to EchoStar Corp., which provides satellite capacity for the Dish Network service -- launched normally from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Proton rocket. But...

I understand that we all at some level are geeks but that does not mean we take our passion for gadgets to such a stage that we need to wear straight jackets! You got to be either insane or very brave to give your partner the USB Flash Drive Swarovski Crystal Engagement Ring. For one, it's not a diamond and two; it's a geeky device that can hook up to a comp or your partner's ring to transfer content....

Despite Steve Job's worries on the Flash issue for iPhone, Adobe Chief Executive Shantanu Narayen says that the iPhone will get Flash player after all. "We believe Flash is synonymous with the Internet experience, and we are committed to bringing Flash to the iPhone. We have evaluated (the software developer tools) and we think we can develop an iPhone Flash player ourselves." It wouldn't be surprising if Adobe were to be given a pass on SDK rules that would...