Sound Scape system

Check out the conceptual Sound Scape system which will be able to play back your music in a totally radical and different manner – it beams out relaxing images which comprises of clouds, water and other nature-related images through the integrated LED projector located in the circle. Depending on your preference, the projected image’s size can be customized through the sensor parameters that come with the system.

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Compaq Airlife 100 smartbook appears at MWC

The “smartbook” from Compaq has just made its official debut at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. With some nifty mobile features, could this be the start of a successful new category?

The Compaq Airlife 100 that HP is offering has been rumored in the past to run on an ARM Snapdragon CPU, although the press release today did not confirm it. What has been confirmed is that the smarbook will run Android, feature a 16GB SSD and feature Always-On capabilities along with 3G connectivity. Read more…

MWC 2010: Day 1 wrap-up

Microsoft reveals Windows Phone 7.

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Microsoft made headlines on the first day of Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona with the announcement of Windows Phone 7, its brand new mobile operating system. It will feature integration with Xbox Live and Zune, with a user interface unlike anything we’ve seen before. The Windows Mobile name is effectively dead.

But that’s not all that debuted in Barcelona. Samsung took the opportunity to reveal its new Bada operating system with the Samsung Wave.

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Arts Company Centralizes Storage to Streamline Video Production

Diving Horse Creations turns to high-bandwidth network to improve workflow.

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February 16, 2010

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Diving Horse Creations (DHC), headquartered in the scenic Old Port of Montreal, is a private holding company operating in the art, music, and film industries. One DHC subsidiary, Phi Group, invests in music, film, architecture, design, and new media endeavours. Operating as a separate entity yet sharing administrative services with DHC, DHC/Art, Foundation for Contemporary Art, presents some of the most compelling art from around the world.

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ACER ANNOUNCES ASPIRE ONE 532G NETBOOK WITH NVIDIA ION 2


Acer’s newly unveiled Aspire One 532G netbook is one of the first 10 inch netbooks with NVIDIA ION 2 graphics. In looks this device is virtually identical to the standard Aspire One 532H.

NVIDIA is yet to officially announce its ION 2 platform. And while Acer doesn’t confirm that Aspire One 532G uses ION 2, it does mention a ‘next-generation NVIDIA ION GPU with dedicated 512MB memory’.

NVIDIA’s ION 2 platform enables 1080p HD video playback on netbooks powered by Intel’s Pine Trail Atom processors. What ION 2 does is to pair a switchable graphics card with Atom N450 chipset.

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