Microsoft finally confirms Windows 7 for 2010 launch

It's all a silly misunderstanding, we tell you. Microsoft has been holding fast to its "three years" development time frame for Windows 7 since forever, the problem is that it's never been clear when that three year period started. Well wonder no longer, Microsoft has finally officially confirmed that the three years started at Windows Vista's general availability release, which was January 30th, 2007. Obviously that doesn't mean will have Windows 7 on midnight of January 30th, 2010, but it does mean we can look forward to sometime within that year for a release. Microsoft plans to give an exact release date only once Windows 7 "meets its quality bar for release." Sounds like a good metric to go by, if you ask us.

The Periodic Coffee Table

The Periodic Coffee table measures 4 ft x 2.5 ft x 16 inches, and if features all the 92 natural elements as well as all of the man made elements actually built in to the table.

Don’t worry though, all the dangerous ones are marked by a radioactive symbol, and according to the manufacturer they are totally safe.

The full post can be found on Geeky Gadgets.

New Laptop Incorporates Split Keyboard

With more people struggling with the effects of carpel tunnel, it’s become more pressing for computer designers to provide more ergonomic options for users. This is also been a problem with laptop designs which struggle with ergonomic design and lightweight function, and the user usually loses the battle as laptop makers keep designing laptops with smaller, standard QWERTY keyboards. But this company not only decided to give users more room with which to type, it also figured out a way to give the user more screen real estate, very much like the Nintendo DS does. And it’s an idea that’s been around for nearly ten years and never capitalized on … until now.

It’s called the Ergonomic Dual Screen Split Keyboard Notebook Portable Personal Computer and the sweetness isn’t only the fact that the keyboard splits open to give a computer user more room to fit their hands, but that it has a second LCD hidden underneath it. What a fantastic idea.
The second screen works in concert with the first screen – giving the user a “drag and send” capability for open windows or programs, or act independently as a pen-based input screen for note taking, sketching, and just about anything else a user can do to write into the interface. This makes the EDSSKN of tremendous benefit to not only writers and word processors, but artists and designers as well.

Or, users can use the space to place notes in more natural position to type from.

The laptop is scheduled to ship later this year from Electronic Keyboards. Or, you can buy the patents outright!

Hat Tip - Technabob

Cybertek Wings

The Cybertek Wings really looks cool especially on lady. The wings are made of carbon fiber and extruded aluminum. The wingtips light can be customized, you can choose from red, green, yellow, purple, or white.

Wings will extend or retract 7 times before the air pressure must be recharged which will take between 5-10 minutes.

The Cybertek Wings is available for $1,000. I gotta say, they have taken nice photos, check it out

Apple unslow iPhone 3G in Commercial?

iPhone 3G appear to load web pages pretty fast in its commercial but doesn’t look like it in reality.

Says in Youtuber’s description:
“Apple’s “Unslow” 3G iPhone commercial pretends to demonstrated the performance of the device over the 3G network. To put it to the test, I took my own 3G iPhone to the heart of AT&T’s coverage area in MA (Boylston St. in Boston just across the street from Apple’s flagship store).”

[via Techeblog]

Sensacell’s Interactive Floor System

Sensacell Corporation announces its Interactive Floor System to the 2008 World Expo, themed “Water and Sustainable Development.” It has been installed at the entrance to the Spain Pavilion, “Comunitat Valenciana.” Visitors who walk across this floor will leave behind luminous footprints and that reminds me of “Michael Jackson - Billie Jean” video clip.

It is a 250 Square foot (25 square meter) floor system, consisting over 1000 Sensacell HSI64-36-W interactive modules. Each of the modules was equipped with capacitive sensors and a LED lighting system. Those capacitive sensors will enable the floor to detect and respond to visitors’ footsteps right through the 20 mm thick architectural glass that forms the surface of the floor. Hmm… fun to play around with it.

The floor will be shown at the Expo- from June 14 through September 14, 2008.
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[via PR WEB]

Watch Table

This is the world’s first 24ct gold watch table by Lee J Rowland and Goldstriker. It is priced at £25,000.
The watch table has been precision engineered in steel, glass, acrylic and flock lining for the draw interiors. The watch face accommodates a programmable red L.E.D clock which displays time, date seconds, temperature or can be programmed to read messages or words up to 8 characters long. The functionality of the table is enhanced by in built soft touch open utility drawers which are slim enough to retract discreetly into the slender 50mm thick table top.

FCC Confirms PSP Redesign Number 3001

FCC has revealed some info on the new Sony PSP-3001 redesign. It has the 802.11b Wi-Fi like previous one, the expected changes will be the price, they are to lower the cost of the unit and make it difficult to hack. “Jack Tretton of SCEA has endorsed this point during the roundtable at E3 that Sony’s working on securing the platform from piracy.” [via Gizmodo | New Launches]

Samsung i8510 aka INNOV8 available in the UK this September

Good news, the 8.0-megapixel camera phone i8510 from Samsung will hit the stores soon in the UK through a partnership with The Carphone Warehouse in early September 2008. Yeah, the first of this 8.0-megapixel will be launched in the UK market.

The phone is only confirmed for UK market at the moment, but I guess you should be able to see it in some other countries too, this September. Specs after the break.

Samsung i8510 specifications:

• Network: HSDPA 7.2 Mbps (900/2100), EDGE / GPRS (850/900/1800/1900)
• Symbian OS V9.3, S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2
• Display: 2.8-inch VGA 16M TFT LCD
• Camera: 8 Megapixel CMOS with AF and Dual Power LED
• Smart Reader, Image Stabilizer, Auto-Panorama Shot, Smile Shot, Blink Shot, Wide Dynamic Range (WDR), Face Detection
• Video Player (DivX / H.263 / H.264 / WMV / MP4)
• QVGA 120 fps Video recording, VGA 30 fps recording
• FM Radio with RDS
• DNSe 2.0
• Music Player (MP3/ AAC / AAC+ / eAAC+ / WMA / AMR/ RealAudio)
• Bluetooth Stereo Headset (A2DP)
• A-GPS
• Optical Mouse, Accelerometer
• Embedded 3D Games : FIFA 2008, Asphalt
• Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)
• Bluetooth 2.0 / USB 2.0 / Wi-Fi
• 16GB Flash + External Memory slot : microSDHC (up to 16GB)
• Size: 106.5 x 53.9 x 17.2 mm
• Battery: 1200 mAh
• Talk time: up to 300/510 min (3G/2.5G)
• Stand-by time: up to 330 / 310 hrs (3G/2.5G)

[via Slashphone]

MSI R4870-T2D1G graphics cards

MSI is showing off their latest R4870-T2D1G graphics cards for the super hardcore gamers. It features 1G DDR5 memory with a teraflop computing capability which allows users to enjoy the DirectX 10 high-capacity 3D games running sharply and smoothly.

“The R4870-T2D1G has the advanced UVD 2.0 video decoder core, a built-in HDCP key encryption which supports Blu-Ray and HD DVD movie disc playback and makes 100% complete hardware acceleration of MPEG-2/VC-1/H.264 video format.”

You can combine 2 - 4 sets R4870 on a CrossFire-ready mainboard to get even impressive result. No words on pricing but the previous R4870-T2D512 is currently selling at $319. Do they sell dummy graphics card, i just love to see four cards combining together :D

[via TechFresh]

Terminator Skull DVD player

Look! Someone has turned the Endoskeleton Skull from The Terminator and T2 into a DVD player. I found it in Toxel, no other information provided.

[via Notcot]

Facebook In reality

Hey guys, do you have a Facebook? I’m sure most of us have one. Alright, can you imagine the Facebook played out in real life? It was featured on BBC Three show ‘The Wall’.

[via New Launches]