Five Tech Gadgets That Will Rock 2009

(1) Chip Flicks-kiosks that download movies onto a memory card, will begin arrival in retail stores.

(2) Fast Boots-they enable quick access to basic functions, such as Web Browsing and E-Mail, Technology is launching its Hyper Space Software, which will come pre-installed on some laptops and can be installed on many others.

(3) Deep and Shallow-Panasonic, Samsung and others will display 3-D capable sets at CES while images get deepper, the sets get shallower. Sony is expected to expand its line of OLED sets, while Samsung shows off its first.

(4) Wireless Wonders-wireless electricity, is arriving in products that can charge batteries withou cables.

(5) New Old Smartphones- palm will unveil its long-awaited sotware revamp and reportedly a new handset. The upstart Google phone, will proliferate, with new models running the Android Software that will finally join the T-Mobile G1. Nokia will show off the N97, its efforts to catch up with all the touch-screen madness set loose by the iphone.

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Edge of Discover

Invention turn Cell Phone into Mobile Medical Lab. Prototype Imaging Device turns a cell phone into a mobile medical lab. Claaed Lucas, could change the way doctors treat patients in rural areas. Device analyzes bodily fluids and was developed by a UCLA professor. It could help doctors diagnose Anemia, AIDS, or Malaria by counting cells.

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Apple

Apple on Tuesday announced the release of a public beta Safari 4 browser. Apple promises a much faster browser with improved navigation and searching. Safari 4 supposedly will run Javascript commands 4.2 times faster than Safari 3. Safari's is used by 8 percent of internet surfers, trailing Internet Explorer and Firefox.

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Sony's Intelligent Auto Mode Gets Smarter

If you have had a hard time remembering to change to scene settings on your camera, soon you won't have to. Sony has announced five new Cybershot Cameras (available in April), four of which include a more advanced intelligent auto mode that basically lets you snapshot without thinking. Sony says the intelligent auto mode, available on the cyber-shot T900, T90, W290, and H20 models, will detect scene conditions then adjust settings-even in difficult lighting. Additionally, their face-recognition technology aims to capture natural skin tones and can identify when a subject's eyes are closed (no more blink shots).

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Intel, has introduced numerous processors and they have cut back on Atom processors. On Sunday, Intel introduced a new low powered Xeon processor rated 45 watts and a higher processor. The L3110 brings 6MB of Level 2 Cache Memory and it's rated at 45 watts also, and it costs $224.

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Micron, the company that makes memory chips, have cut 2,000 more jobs due to the decrease in demand for DRAM. This action will cut jobs mostly in the Idaho site to nearly 500 employees.

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Comcast OnDemand

Comcast OnDemand Goes Online
Brennon Slattery, PC World
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Feb 23, 2009 10:59 am
Comcast, the U.S.'s largest cable provider, plans to bring its OnDemand cable service to your computer by the end of 2009.
"OnDemand Online," as it is tentatively called, will function like the cable-based OnDemand service, bringing network and cable shows, movies, and various other entertainments to Comcast subscribers for no additional cost.
OnDemand Online will have to function within the perimeters of Comcast's 250GB bandwidth cap, and while that may not be a big deal to light to moderate Internet users, those moving a lot of material online could find their OnDemand service crippled.
It's a smooth move for the cable provider, as more and more television content is making it online. One might think sites like Hulu and TV.com would be a loss for a cable company, so the wise solution is to offer content only watchable by current and future paid subscribers. Expect the library to be huge, too: because of Comcast's advertising revenue and proliferation across the states, OnDemand Online will likely get many shows and movies unavailable to sites like Hulu.
Coincidentally, as Comcast enters the VOD market, Hulu has witnessed its viewership shrink due to content providers blocking it from Boxee and TV.com. Some theorize that companies like Comcast may be behind the white-out. Posted by Phyllis Wyatt