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Well yesterday we took a loot at that new-fangled Sony Ericsson P990, well good job Sony, you have caused the biggest naming cluster-fuck ever. After further researching this little dandy phone we have come to realize that pretty much every company out there has some kind of product named “P990.” Here is a quick list of other products name P990: Dell P990 19″ CRT monitor, the GE P990/991 multi-band receiver, Saitek P990 game pad, Fisher FVC-P990 camcorder battery, Technics SL-P990 CD player, and finally (our favorite) the Walther P990 HANDGUN. Come on Sony, you’re busting our chops.

[Thanks, Daen]

Originally from Gizmodo on October 11, 2005, 9:48am

LG has unveiled plans for a phone that has a live video pausing and rewinding feature. Apparently they are labeling this technology as the ever-so-creative “time machine” function. The phone actually looks pretty cool but the newly hyped feature, not so much. I think I would like to see the whole “live television on mobile phone” feature develop some more before manufacturers worry about stopping and rewinding said live television.

LG Launches TiVo-Style… [RealTechNews]

Originally from Gizmodo on October 11, 2005, 9:52am

As if the world needed another fancy schmancy iPod case, here comes Miniot with a luxury-line wooden case made just for the iPod nano. The iWood (well that was imaginative) is carefully carved out of a single piece of wood, and consumers can choose from five different grains; maple, mahogany, pear, wenge, and walnut. And to make it even more special is an offer of monogram engraving with a two line message inside the lid. Once the iWood is closed, only the headphone jack is accessible, and you’ll have to open it up to access the sync-connector.

But what’s even more intriguing is the appearance of this curious sample engraving we saw on the site:

That’s right, it says “For Melinda with love, Bill.” Which we’re guessing is referring to none other than Mr. and Mrs. Gates. So is this a real engraving that Bill gave to his wife? Or is Miniot trying to give the iWood some geek cred by purposely placing this photo of the engraving on the site? Interesting strategy there, Miniot. Don’t know if it’ll work, but interesting.

From the site, it says the iWood will ship later this month, though we have no word on pricing. Another pic of the iWood after the jump.

iWood nano [Miniot via digg]
Wooden iPod nano case announced [iLounge]

Originally from Gizmodo on October 11, 2005, 10:40am

Intel figured it was about time to show AMD who’s really boss in this whole processor tug-of-war, so it decided to make its own dual-core 64-bit processor (AMD brought out its version, the Opteron, in April). Code-named Paxville (I don’t even want to ask where that came from), this new XEON processor runs at 2.80 gigahertz and costs about $1,043 in bulk. They’re hoping to take back all the business AMD has “stolen” since then, with Dell the lone computermaker not using the Opteron at this time. Let the games begin.

Intel unveils first dual-core Xeon chip [Reuters]

Originally from Gizmodo on October 11, 2005, 10:43am

I have no idea why they say this digital camera is for kids. It’s pink, comes with a pink beaded necklace and has the name “princess” in it. Tell me, what’s better than that? But alas, it looks like the new Disney Princess Locket-Style digital camera is indeed for kids, the only real indicator being that it is a VGA camera so images won’t be any better than you get on your cellphone. Bummer. Comes with 8MB SDRAM, a rechargeable lithium battery and is compatible with Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP. Holds about 50 images and costs $29.99. Frankly, I’m not sure I’m ready to look at any photos a 5 year old has taken, but I’m sure it keeps them plenty busy. Which, let’s face it, is worth $29.99.

Disney Princess Locket-Style Digital Camera [MobileWhack]

Originally from Gizmodo on October 11, 2005, 10:51am

Looks like it’s time for the Koreans to show their tailfeathers at the Korea Electronics Show, from today through Oct. 15. Obviously, we can expect lots of new, cool stuff from LG and Samsung, who are both headquartered there. And believe it or not, this will be the KEA’s 37th year. (Ah, those were the days—when all you’d see were tube TVs and kimchee makers.)

Something cool to look out for this year is the Samsung DMB-T450 portable satellite TV receiver. I had to translate the press release from Korean, but it looks like it not only provides portable satellite TV broadcast reception, but also MP3 playback, a digital camera and video recording. We’ll see if the translation was way off when the show gets underway, but for now, that sounds pretty good to me.

Samsung Introduces New DMB-T450 Multi-function Device [SamsungHQ]

Originally from Gizmodo on October 11, 2005, 11:02am

Funny what a couple years can do in high-tech. Soon after I started this column, I announced that the Age of the Personal Computer was coming to an end … and all I got were shouts of angry disagreement: How could I suggest such a thing? The personal compu

Originally by Ray from Techno-News Blog on October 11, 2005, 2:36am

Google seems to be a product machine these days. The latest out of Google Labs is the beta version of an RSS reader. Google Reader was announced at the Web 2.0 Conference on Friday. The formerly stealth project is available as an early-stage product that

Originally by Ray from Techno-News Blog on October 11, 2005, 2:36am

Hoping to tune into the latest craze in digital media, Yahoo Inc. is introducing tools for finding, organizing and rating “podcasts” — the audio programs designed to be played on Apple Inc.’s iPod and many other portable music players. The Sunnyvale, Cali

Originally by Ray from Techno-News Blog on October 12, 2005, 1:05am

The Intel Corporation, the largest semiconductor maker, is expected to unveil on Monday its first server processors that place multiple microprocessors on a single piece of silicon, stepping up its efforts to compete head-to-head with Advanced Micro Devic

Originally by Ray from Techno-News Blog on October 12, 2005, 1:06am