The Intelligent Bed

February 13, 2008 | Administrator | Home Networking, Home AutomationPDFPrintE-mail

OK, another example of where American geek culture is headed: The Starry Night™ Sleep Technology Bed.

Leggett & Platt brought this pioneering combination of technology and bedding to create an environment that the sleepy geek finds intelligent, intuitive and comfortable.


Starry Night™ is the first bed in the world with:

  • • Anti-snore technology
  • • Dual programmable temperature control from 68 to 117 degrees Fahrenheit
  • • Sleep Diagnostic Center; monitors body movement and breathing pattern
  • • Internet connectivity
  • • Wireless RF remote via Microsoft's Media Center
  • • iPod docking station
  • • life|ware™ Connected

 

 

 

 

 And to all, good night!

Go SLEEP TECH

 

Shuttle's KPC

February 13, 2008 | Administrator | PCs - PC ComponentsPDFPrintE-mail

 Shuttle showed this at CES and it’ll probably be at CeBIT: an entry level small footprint PC with enviable design flair.

At only $99 in US, the new entry-level Shuttle may sell as fast as fried chicken.

That, and the familiarity of the “KFC” label, encourages American pundits to call Shuttle’s new Linux cube, “Kentucky P.C.”

The colourful Shuttle KPC will bundle an Intel processor, an Intel 945GC chipset, 512MB of memory, and 60GB (or 80GB) HDD.

KPC's Shuttle

Design is what sells Shuttle and the entry level KPC will come in red, blue, white (OK, they call it “coffee”), and black. There’s a bare-bones version with the option of upgrading to a Core 2 Duo processor and 1GB of memory.

Shuttle is the Mac of the small-footprint and this is their entry level model

Go KPC

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apple Planting New Seeds (New Stores)

February 12, 2008 | Administrator | Retailer NewsPDFPrintE-mail

Unless Apple is recruiting staff for “phantom” retail stores in Germany and Switzerland, you can expect to see new Apple shops sprouting up in Munich, Geneva and Zurich. In Europe, Apple now only operates retail in UK, Ireland and Italy.

Take this Job 

Plugging into Green Plug

February 12, 2008 | Administrator | Gadgets for GeeksPDFPrintE-mail

Green technology will be a CeBIT theme this year. In USA, start-up GreenPlug wowed Demo conference-goers with Greentalk, a Universal Power Protocol chip that could be used at the heart of adapters and power hubs. Green Plug is encouraging OEMs to adopt the technology, which means they would have to make fewer different types of adapters.

 

Go GreenPlug 

One Phone Shall Rule All

February 12, 2008 | Administrator | Mobile (Phones)PDFPrintE-mail
Apple's iPhone is the most in-demand and most-satisfying phone, says researcher ChangeWave who says record numbers of US consumers are abandoning basic phones for more advanced models. iPhone and Blackberry lead the trend in a survey of 4182 consumers. 

72% of iPhone owners are "very satisfied," while only 55% for Blackberry, 34% Motorola, 34% Sony Ericsson, 34% Samsung 34% and 305 for Palm.

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