The Humanoid Singer Robot from Taiwan
By Akihabara News Team - [23/8/2011 - 11:18] - 
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Presented by the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology in Taipei, arrives the humanoid head capable of reading simple music scores, and synthesize the music. This is achieved by using the information that cameras in the [...]
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ASUS Brings AMD fusion Brazos to selected Eee Top
By Akihabara News Team - [24/6/2011 - 10:56] - 0 - Desktop
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ASUS announced in Europe its 20” Eee Top ET2011AUKB and ET2011AUTB will now be available with a 1.6GHz AMD Fusion Brazos E350 CPU, as well as 2GB of RAM and a 500GB 7,200 Rpm HDD. Both models comes with a 1.3Mpix Camera, a DVD Super dr[...]
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ES1000, Epson’s new ultraportable projector screen
By Akihabara News Team - [17/2/2011 - 09:10] - 2 - Displays
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Epson has announced in the USA a new projector screen the ES1000. The particularity of this new projector screen is its ultraportable design made to be easily carried around and extremely light with less than 3kg. Announced at around $[...]
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Toshiba’s Glasses-Free 3D TVs doesn’t sale as well as expected
By Akihabara News Team - [5/2/2011 - 07:30] - 1 - Home Entertainment
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According to Bloomberg, Toshiba’s latest Glasses-Free 3D TVs are not as hot as expected and to be honest with you we are not so surprise, after all who’s going to pay around 240,000 Yen for a 20” TV nowadays? But has Bloomberg underlin[...]
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Via Bloomberg
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Denon finally released its AirPlay upgrade to the RCD-N7 CD Player
By Akihabara News Team - [2/2/2011 - 08:51] - 0 - Audio Systems
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Announced last September as the ultimate compact AirPlay CD Player, Denon RCD-N7 has just been entitled today to get the firmware upgraded needed to support Apple’s AirPlay… for a cost. Yes! It will cost you a bit less than 6,000[...]
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ICZ-R50, Sony’s new Radio Recorder
By Akihabara News Team - [24/1/2011 - 02:11] - 0 - Audio Systems Voice Recorder
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The last time I listened to radio was in 1998, but apparently it seems that there are still plenty of people, at least in Japan who’s interested in listening to Radio. Strong from this assumption, Sony has introduced today the IC[...]
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Samsung Electronics Cameras: ST95, ST90, ST65
By Akihabara News Team - [20/1/2011 - 06:21] - 0 - Cameras
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Samsung’s flurry of new cameras is brought up in the rear by three compact models, the ST95, ST90, and ST65. They are all slim, measuring only 16.5 mm (ST90) or 17mm (ST95, ST65); the former two have a 26mm wide lens, while the l[...]
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Samsung’s Stylish New Camera With Latest Angled Design
By Akihabara News Team - [20/1/2011 - 06:06] - 0 -
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Another of Samsung’s new cameras is the ST6500, “reinforcing the company’s position as a global leader in digital imaging innovation and a pioneer of stylish design and ergonomic usability.” It has a unique angu[...]
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LG Electronics Announces New Gaming Monitor
By Akihabara News Team - [20/1/2011 - 05:31] - 2 - Press Conference Displays
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Gone are the days when they were the company that makes washing machines. LG Electronics today announced their new monitor, the E2370V, geared specifically toward computer gamers. The E2370V represents one of LG’s flagship produc[...]
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Samsung’s new ultra compact camera
By Akihabara News Team - [20/1/2011 - 04:53] - 0 - Cameras
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Samsung Electronics Co announced its new ultra compact camera, the ST30, today. With a 10-megapixel sensor and a 3x optical zoom lens packed in an 82.0 x 51.9 x 16.9 mm (3.23 x 2.04 x 0.67 in) it will cost just around 99$ and be availa[...]
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[Review] Sanyo Xacti VPC-PD2
By Akihabara News Team - [20/1/2011 - 12:54] - 2 - Review Camcorder
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I was given the opportunity to test out Sanyo’s Xacti VPC-PD2 camera, their “Dual Camera” with optical zoom and full HD recording. The PD2 is the second iteration of its series, standing apart from its more iconic gun[...]
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Sanyo Announces New Interactive Projector
By Akihabara News Team - [20/1/2011 - 11:01] - 0 - Displays
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Sanyo has announced the PLC-WL2503, a new multimedia projector with wide XGA (1280×800) resolution and an “Ultra Short Throw” of an 80-inch image from 34 inches away. Its shining feature is the interactive pen function[...]
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Asus teases us with a cryptical release announcement
By Akihabara News Team - [19/1/2011 - 02:17] - 1 - Laptops
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There you have it, the whole annoncement is this picture. So what do we know ? Asus will unveil tomorrow a new EEE PC line, the Sirocco. The rest is pure speculation, no way of knowing anything yet, except that it has a “sandy[...]
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New firmwares for Pentax K-7 and K-x
By Akihabara News Team - [19/1/2011 - 01:34] - 0 - Cameras
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Don’t get too excited, this is only a minor update. Still it’s worth being mentioned that the K-7 and K-x will now have SDXC compatibility thanks to Pentax’ latest firmware upgrade. Yep, that’s it, I told you it[...]
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EDV-01, the japanese ApocalypseProof house.
By Akihabara News Team - [19/1/2011 - 12:35] - 2 - Misc
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Gizmodo reported earlier via Wired Italy that Daiwa Lease is working on a post-disaster self-installing self-sufficient house. Daiwa Lease is part of the Daiwa House group, Japan’s largest homebuilder, specializing in prefabricat[...]
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iDeep’s TeleOffice Press Conference
By Akihabara News Team - [19/1/2011 - 11:28] - 0 - Press Conference Displays Networking Tablet-PDA
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Monday was press conference day at Sharp’s, with one at their Tokyo Ichigaya building about the not-so-interesting Ion Plasmacluster line, and a second one a few hours later at their subsidiary iDeep’s office in Roppongi, about a[...]
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AirLive presents two new cost-effective surveillance stations
By Akihabara News Team - [18/1/2011 - 05:57] - 0 - Networking
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The taiwanese brand AirLive announced the release of their new NVR8 and NVR16 surveillance stations. The only difference between them is that one can monitor only 8 IP cameras, whereas the other can mange up to 16 (can you guess which [...]
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Casio x Alife Collaboration Creates Stylish G-Shock
By Akihabara News Team - [17/1/2011 - 09:24] - 2 - Watches
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Casio and New York streetwear brand Alife have announced a collaborative limited edition G-Shock watch in Alife style, the G5500AL-1. The large-capacity battery is powered by a solar panel, and is obviously shock- and water-resistant ([...]
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Toshiba Announces New Models, Sales Dates
By Akihabara News Team - [17/1/2011 - 08:19] - 0 - Desktop Laptops
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Toshiba Corporation announced in a news release today their new series of computers. 1. High-standard AV Note PC: dynabook Qosmio T750/T8B 15.6-inch LED-backlit widescreen laptop with an Intel Core i5-480M processor (2.66 GHz), 750GB h[...]
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Gundam Beam Saber Chopsticks Now On Sale
By Akihabara News Team - [17/1/2011 - 05:18] - 1 - Toy
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Premium Bandai is selling a limited edition run of their Gundam Beam Saber chopsticks on their Premium Bandai website. These chopsticks – reminiscent of those lightsaber chopsticks sold here – used to be only sold at the Gu[...]
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Japan Really Crazy About 3D, Research Firm Reports
By Akihabara News Team - [17/1/2011 - 04:17] - 1 - Home Entertainment
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Crunchgear writes about a report from Japanese research company BCN Inc. stating that 3D Blu-ray recorders made up 56.8% of total BD-R devices shipped in Japan in December, and 23% of 40-inch-and-up TVs sold in the same month were 3D. [...]
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Via Crunchgear
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Disney Mobile Announces First Smartphone Sale Date (Kind of)
By Akihabara News Team - [17/1/2011 - 03:50] - 0 - Phones
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Disney Mobile, a Walt Disney Company-operated MVNO on SoftBank that launched in March 2008 (after its original incarnation on Sprint ceased operations three months earlier), just announced that its formerly clamshell-saturated handset [...]
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