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Submission + - Get High-Quality Audio From Your PC

audiophile writes: Just because it's a PC doesn't mean it can't output good-sounding audio. In the same vein as specialty A/V products, you can find PC-based A/V systems with extensive audio processing and step-up performance specifications, including Signal-to-Noise ratio, which can make a significant difference when using the analog outputs. Media center manufacturer Niveus shares tips for getting high-quality audio from a PC.

Feed The 2006 Engadget Awards: Vote for Peripheral of the Year (engadget.com)

Filed under: Announcements, Peripherals

Now's your chance to cast your ballot for the 2006 Peripheral of the Year! Our Engadget Awards nominees are listed below, and you've got until 11.59PM EST on Sunday, April 15th to file your vote. You can only vote once, so make it count, and may the best tech win! The nominees: Apple wireless Mighty Mouse, Belkin Cable-Free USB Hub, Logitech MX Revolution, Microsoft Xbox 360 HD DVD drive, Nintendo Wii remote, Verizon V640 ExpressCard EV-DO.

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BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-time

Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!


IBM

Submission + - IBM System i to compete with x86?

BDPrime writes: "IBM just came out with new entry-level System i boxes that aim to compete with x86 Windows and Linux servers. The smallest one starts at $7,995.

IBM has been trying to market to the young, "hip" crowd lately, most notably with its lame iSeries videos on YouTube that basically consist of a couple of punks smashing up server equipment.

My question: No matter how inexpensive or how "cool" IBM tries to make System i, will it ever catch on big or just continue to slowly leak revenues ?"
Wireless Networking

Submission + - Canada's mobile access worse than 3rd world

Gharbad writes: Unless there's a major problem with the data in this poll, I'm surprised at what this article means to Canadians. Canada Worse than 3rd World Countries when it comes to Mobile Data Access. From the article "This chart charts the best rates available from all carriers. And all levels of government say that "ICT" competitiveness is key factor in Canada's future economic prosperity. Ya. Right. I would like to say that Canada is a 3rd world country when it comes to Mobile ICT, except you can clearly see from this chart that even *Rwanda* has orders of magnitude better Mobile Data service than Canada."
Privacy

Submission + - Theoretical Device Could Cloak Visible Light

brunascle writes: A new theoretical design using nanowires could provide a way to cloak visible light. Advancing on last year's microwave-cloaking breakthrough, the new design is theoretically able to work in the upper end of the visible spectrum, at a wavelength of 632.8 nanometers — visible red light. The researches behind it are calling it the first practical design of its kind to work in the visible spectrum. At around 400 to 700nm, visible light has a much shorter wavelength than microwave, 1mm to 30cm. Because of this, using this technology in the visible spectrum requires components just 40 nanometers in size. The group is now working on an actual device using the theoretical design.
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Journal Journal: Are most IT people just average users with computer jobs?

When I was not even a year old the most advanced Intel microprocessor, was an 8bit 8080 running at a whopping 2 megahertz. It sold for around $360 at the time. It was the last stop before the x86 processor. It was used in the MITS Altair 8800. The first programming language written for it was Microsoft's first product, ALTAIR Basic.

Power

Journal Journal: Georgia Tech Unveils Prototype Nanogenerator 208

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have created a working prototype nanogenerator capable of generating as much as 4 watts per cubic centimeter of continuous direct current. The generators are green (to use), drawing power from natural motion in the surrounding environment. They are based on non-toxic chemicals and should be safe for use in biomechanical implants, but that's not their only potential use. From the artic

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