How exactly does a boutique outfit like Olive match its lowest-end offering yet ? Why, by announcing it’s highest-end offering yet merely two months later, of course! Sure enough, Olive has just issued its newest music server (the O6HD) with an eye on affluent audiophiles — ones willing to pay a meager $4,999 for a 2TB unit. Aside from buying what’s likely the most guapo piece of AV equipment we’ve ever seen, that tally also nets you a pair of TI 192khz / 24-bit Burr-Brown PCM1792 modules, “flawless” encoding and decoding of lossless audio, simultaneous stream support, an ultra-quiet 2T AV hard drive, eight layers of noise canceling padding, a TEAC CD-RW drive, gobs of analog and digital outputs, a gigabit Ethernet jack, inbuilt 802.11n WiFi, HDMI out, a USB 2.0 port and a 10.1-inch 800 x 480 color touchpanel. It’s all encased in a fine-grade aluminum shell (passively cooled), leaving you with only one simple decision: silver or black, Sir Godfrey? Olive’s 2TB O6HD music server makes audiophiles (and designers) swoon originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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photo: Brandon Fick / Creative Commons Some really interesting research in Proceedings of the Royal Society B highlighted by BBC News : Scientists have determined that the great white sharks living in the Mediterranean are more closely related to th… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Onkyo ‘s outed a new Windows 7 tablet — seems to be all the rage these days — with KDDI 3G onboard. The 11.6-inch TW317A7 tablet boasts a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N450 CPU, 2GB of RAM, a 32GB SSD, plus Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, card reader, two USB 2.0 ports, and stereo speakers. The 11.6-inch multitouch display has a 1366 x 768 resolution, and the tablet brings with it Onkyo’s new custom ExTOUCH software which is apparently designed to enhance finger input in the OS and boasts a dedicated app launcher. The TW317A7 will be available in Japan very soon — as in this week — but Onkyo has yet to announce pricing. Onkyo outs 3G Windows 7 tablet for Japan only originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein orders municipality to carry out court order to evacuate, seal Jewish building in east Jerusalem suburb of Silwan, in keeping with rule of law principle
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A new exhibit is opening in Nuremberg to mark the 65th anniversary of the start of the Nazi war crimes trials following World War II. (Nov. 17)
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Another assassination in Gaza? Palestinian killed after his vehicle explodes in Strip Wednesday afternoon; sources in Gaza say IDF aircraft fired at least one missile at car. At least three people wounded in strike
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Fast-moving thunderstorms blew through New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey and knocked out electricity to around 60000 people. Winds were strong enough to flip over small planes parked at an airport in Pennsylvania. (Nov. 17)
Continue reading …Buffalo launches assault on your USB ports with MiniStation Stealth and DriveStation Axis LED
November 17, 2010 No Comment
We love the smell of storage in the morning, and these two from Buffalo are smelling fine with their decidedly militaristic names. First is the MiniStation Stealth, a little black box that is not covered in absorbent paint but does at least rely on only a single USB cable for power and data, decreasing its radar signature considerably. That’s available nowish starting at $74 for 320GB and moving up to $104 for 640GB. Then there’s the DriveStation Axis LED, launching its assault in January, a larger external drive which extends its evil might with an array of lights on the front, letting you tell at a glance how your battle against disk capacity is going. To help your efforts this one starts at 1TB for $99, with the 2TB model going for $159. Just don’t forget to pick up a few war bonds while you’re at it. Gallery: Buffalo Ministation Stealth and DriveStation Axis LED Continue reading Buffalo launches assault on your USB ports with MiniStation Stealth and DriveStation Axis LED Buffalo launches assault on your USB ports with MiniStation Stealth and DriveStation Axis LED originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …With advice like this Obama can pretty much count on being a one-term president: Former President Bill Clinton’s chief of staff John Podesta, now the head of the Center for American Progress, called on President Obama to push forward with his agenda using federal agencies and executive branch power Tuesday, even though Democrats were dealt a blow in the recent midterm elections. Podesta said the American people want the president to move forward with his agenda. Uh..no. The American people voted to stop the Obama agenda when they threw historic numbers of Democrats out of the House and Senate. Because of Obama’s ideological leftward bent he probably will ignore the voters and listen to Podesta instead, but that will pretty much ensure another voter uprising in 2012.
Continue reading …PeeWee debuts Pivot 2.0 spillproof, drop resistant netvertible for the little ones
November 17, 2010 No Comment
Kids these days use gadgets almost as much as their less disaster-inclined adult friends, and PeeWee ‘s been making laptops with that in mind for a while now. Well, the company’s just launched its newest laptop for kids, the Pivot 2.0. This rugged little netvertible boasts an Intel N450 CPU, a touch screen that rotates 180 degrees and a webcam, and it’s packed with 15 educational games onboard. As far as ruggedeization goes, the laptop boasts a water-resistant keyboard, a plastic shell that should withstand minor drops, and rubber grips for easier carrying. The Pivot 2.0 is available now and it’ll run you $599. The full press release is below. Continue reading PeeWee debuts Pivot 2.0 spillproof, drop resistant netvertible for the little ones PeeWee debuts Pivot 2.0 spillproof, drop resistant netvertible for the little ones originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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