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Ah…Email Newbies!

Beth — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:34:01 +0000

My poor mother! She’s had email for quite a while, but now she’s started getting spam. For (imagine an older woman whispering and blushing) male enhancement products! I had to literally bite my tongue to keep from giggling directly in her face. She was so embarrassed, and thought she’d done something wrong to make someone think she was interested in such nasty things! I finally had to fake a coughing fit before I exploded. Love you, Mom!

Hardware Bistro kicks it off with the Proporta Alu-Leather & Magnetic Dashboard Mount

TrustedReviews gets into the Samsung SCX-4824FN – Mono Laser MFP Printer

Bjorn3D chills out with the Kingwin XT-1264

Gamepyre goes inside the GMC R-4 Bulldozer Case

bit-tech asks What is Folding and Why Does it Matter?

TestFreaks plays FaceFighter iPhone Game

DigitalTrends wants you to know about its Father’s Day Contest: DXG-517 V High Definition Camcorder and Dane-Elec Zpen Digital Pen

DriverHeaven presents its DDR3 Tri-Channel Roundup

Club Overclocker takes a look at the Sapphire HD4890 1GB Atomic PCI-e Video Card

Metku gets its hands on the Steelseries World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse

ModSynergy points and shoots the Samsung ST50 12.2MP Ultra Slim Digital Camera

And to close out this selection, Overclockers Online checks out the Tuniq Ripper 1000W Power Supply

FANATEC Unveils Porsche Licensed 911 Carrera Racing Wheel

MegaTechNews — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:45:14 +0000

A couple weeks ago, FANATEC, partnered up with RennSports and presented to you a racing cockpit system that would set you back about $995 USD. This week, they’ve decided to give you a break by releasing a new racing wheel setup that’s based on their uber expensive, but highly realistic Porsche 911 Turbo Wheel. So where’s the break? Well, instead of charging you around $350 for this racing wheel setup, the new Porsche licenced 911 Carrera wheel will only set you back $129 USD.

Like the 911 Turbo Wheel, the Fanatec Porsche 911 Carrera Racing Wheel features an interchangeable gear stick (6 + 1 Speed) that can be mounted on either side of the wheel, realistic clutch pedal with declining resistance, a powerful Mabuchi RS 550 force feedback motor, an adjustable turning angle (up to 900°), a tuning function that allows gamers to change force feedback during gameplay, and an extra large wheel rim of 300mm in diameter crafted from high-quality TPE rubber. All this is topped off with an authentic Porsche badge on the hub of the wheel.

The Porsche 911 Carrera Racing Wheel is compatible with PS3 and PC titles, but unfortunately, lacks the ability to rock an Xbox 360. For more information on this and other products, check out FANATEC’s Website. More pictures after the jump…

FUSION Releases Internal iPod Docking Car Audio Receiver

MegaTechNews — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:53:33 +0000

Just as Playboy has said goodbye to optical media in the form of their DVD business, FUSION Electronics has told the CD to take a hike in their latest car audio receiver unit.

The CA-IP500 is the first car audio receiver to fully integrate iPod docking into the head unit itself. It not only plays audio from the iPod, once docked inside the head unit, but it will charge the iPod as well. Once the front faceplate is closed, you can’t even tell that this head unit has no CD player and that it relies soley on your iPod as its source material.

The unit supports iPod Classic (Gen5 and Gen6), iPod Nano (Gen2 and Gen3), and all of the recently announced generations of iPod Touch and iPod Nano systems. Full iPod control is realized using the head units own controls so you never have to touch your actual iPod controls. If you get sick of your playlist, you can turn on the receiver’s AM/FM Tuner with RDS while SRS WOW provides cabin filling sound. The CA-IP500 is also ready to pimp your ride with 4-Channel plus subwoofer line out, auxiliary in, 7 band equalizer with 11x presets and 3x users, and subwoofer level control. For more modest installs, the head unit does feature a 50W x 4 MOSFET amp onboard.

The unit is backed by a 3 year warranty with a 2 year flat extension and can be had for a price of $249.99 USD. It’ll be available at your local Best Buy soon. For more information, check out the FUSION website.

News on the Run

Beth — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:00:24 +0000

Not much from me this time, I’m on my way out the door but wanted to make sure you got your evening news fix.

ThinkComputers checks out Altec Lansing Soundbar

XSReviews reviews XSpice Kira 530w

Hardware Secrets looks at Arctic Cooling Accelero Twin Turbo VGA Cooler

TechwareLabs explains ICY BOX IB-390 Series

techPowerUp rocks with Ultrasone HFI-680 Headphones

MadShrimps shares their Thermalright Ultra Extreme Socket 1366 CPU Cooler Preview

NinjaLane takes a look at QNAP TS-509 Pro Turbo NAS

HardwareZone plays two: Mio C320b Car Navigation System and HardwareZone Iron Tech 2008: Singapore Semi-Finals

TheTechReport brings us While my MacBook gently weeps

bit-tech outdoes itself with four: Zotac’s GeForce 9300 (MCP7a) Motherboard, First Look: Nvidia MCP7a GeForce 9 series mGPU, Need For Speed: Undercover hands on preview, and Palit Radeon HD 4850 Sonic

VIA Arena reviews Compact Slate UMPC from Match Tech

Overclocker Cafe settles down with Kingwin EZ-Dock HDD Dock

Planet3dNow looks at The changing face of overclocking

Hexus presents NVIDIA hits back at Intel: new IGPs take aim at G45

TechwareLabs chills out with JETART – CoolStand 3

And Hi-Tech Reviews presents two: Thermaltake PW850i Watercooling Kit and CoolerMaster 932 HAF

Tomorrow’s Car Will Be Flying

MegaTechNews — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:00:50 +0000

Blade Runner was mentioned on this site earlier – albeit for a different reason – but do you remember those flying vehicles in the movie? Thanks to Gress Aerospace, those futuristic cars should soon become rather common and most houses will have a landing pad on the roof instead of a conventional garage. The traffic on the roads is already quite difficult at times, but expect it to become a three-dimensional nightmare in the decades to come!

Source: Gizmag