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Image Moments 8, as you can tell, is an 8″ digital photo frame from Digital Foci that boasts advanced LED backlight technology which is better than standard TFT LCD displays, and a whopping 450MB of internal memory - now that’s something you don’t see everyday as most other manufacturers will just throw you memory card slots and that’s that. Other features include :- Auto-start for slideshows 8″ SVGA (800 x 600) LCD display 500:1 contrast ratio Adapter Ring design for custom framing options 450MB internal memory Supports CF, SD/SDHC, MMC, Memory Stick, MS PRO, xD, and MS Duo/MS PRO Duo memory card formatsThe Image Moments 8 will retail for $200 a pop. (Read the full post about ‘Digital Foci Image Moments 8′…)

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When Carphone Warehouse and O2 cut the price of the 8GB iPhone last month, it was seen as a move to shift stock before the iPhone’s expected Second Coming this summer. And it worked. The 8GB model quickly sold out. Maybe it worked a little too well. According to the Guardian, Carphone Warehouse is also out of the 16GB model, and 02 has only a few left. Is this an ordering snafu or is there really a Wii-like iPhone drought in progress? The UK Apple Store still lists both models with a ship date of two days. But if there is a shortage, you can be sure that Apple would keep remaining units for itself: The rumor mill would go into overdrive if Apple itself ran out of phones. (Read the full post about ‘UK Almost Runs Out of iPhones’…)

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Talk about going green - the GreenPix Zero Energy Media Wall might be really huge, comprising of thousands of solar photovoltaic capture cells attached to a grid of glass panels, and yet it won’t sip a single drop of electricity from the power grid. After all, it is fully self-sustainable and was specially constructed to wow visitors to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, being situated in the Xicui entertainment complex located near the site of the games. If only other large screen displays in huge metropolitan areas will use the same kind of display as well - think of just how much cash the local municipal council will be able to save. Taxpayers will be happier as well since they know their money can be redirected elsewhere. (Read the full post about ‘GreenPix Zero Energy Media Wall’…)

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Dell has continued its push into the retail sector by announcing a new partnership with Officeworks in Australia.

Recently, Dell has done new deals across China to increase its presence at retail through Gome and Suning stores. Now the company has turned its attentions to Australia and chosen retailer Officeworks, which offers a complete range of office supplies from stationary through to computer hardware.

The partnership will see Dell have a presence in all of Officeworks’ 104 stores offering consumers the ability to view and try out Dell’s laptop and desktop range.

(Read the full post about ‘Dell breaks into Australian retail market through Officeworks’…)

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I think we all know how much fun a laser pointer can be, but just picture how much fun it would be if you had a device that could make many laser points all at once. I can only assume this was the idea behind creating the BlissLights Laser Wand. This uses what the company calls a “high diffraction efficiency digital holographic optical element”, which creates a shining starfield effect on any wall. Just think of it as a disco ball without the mirror ball or need of reflected light. At first I wondered what to do with device, but these pictures to the left gave me some ideas. It certainly would liven up any party for younger people. (Read the full post about ‘BlissLights Laser Wand’…)

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SAN MATEO, California — A seventeen-foot robotic giraffe with webcams in his eyes and special touch-sensitive sensors is proving a crowd pleaser today at Maker Faire. "Hello, my name is Russell," the electric giraffe, aka Rave Raffe, said to a crowd of children. Russell rewarded kids tickling his sensors by saying, "He. He. He. That tickles," and "That feels nice." It’s a little less disturbing than it sounds, as you can see in the video. The whimsical giraffe is the creation of Russell Pinnington, after whom the robot was named, and Lindz Lawlor, who provides the base for its voice. You might have caught earlier versions of the beast at Burning Man over the last couple of years. (Read the full post about ‘Robotic Giraffe Really Likes to Be Pet’…)

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Guillermo Galindo plays the Maiz, his home-brewed synthesizer. SAN MATEO, California — Sick of over-produced, souped-up, sample-heavy pop songs? So is Oakland musician Guillermo Galindo, which is exactly why he built the Maiz, a makeshift synthesizer that creates simple sounds and records them. "I wanted to create music that is based on physical sounds," said Galindo. "Not based on artificial effects." Galindo repurposed household items like an old wine crate and deactivated credit cards to build the basic structure of the Maiz. A simple motor rigged to a  motion sensor spins a disk  on the device, which  produces vibrations and tremors that are recorded and amplified by a computer. (Read the full post about ‘Luddite Musician Makes Beats By Hand’…)

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MvixUSA is launching the very portable MV-2500U media player in the US. The MV-2500U can hold a 2.5″ ATA hard drive (up to 250GB) and is about the size of a PDA. The MV-2500U has most of the features of the MX series (760 and 780) and even comes with an IR remote control. In case you didn’t think the 7×0HD was portable enough, the 2500 may be the unit for you. The MV-2500U should be available sometime in May. Posted in Miscellaneous (Read the full post about ‘MvixUSA Launches MV-2500U Portable Media Player Stateside’…)

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