Olympus confirms micro Four Thirds cams coming in the next year

Posted in Announcements by Nicr on the September 30th, 2008

Panasonic might be the first to ship its new micro Four Thirds G1, but Olympus definitely stole the hotness crown with that retro concept cam, and the company just confirmed that it'll join the ranks of the shipping — Olympus European marketing director Miquel Angel Garcia told Pocket-lint that we shoul……

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Lexar kicks out Eye-Fi powered Shoot-n-Sync WiFi SD card, other less interesting flash cards

Posted in Announcements by Nicr on the September 23rd, 2008

We'd heard Lexar and Eye-Fi were getting snuggly back in January, and look at that — nine months later the Lexar Shoot-n-Sync WiFi SD card has arrived on our doorstep. The 2GB card is basically just a Lexar-branded Eye-Fi Share, so you pretty much already know how it works — you shoot, it uploads — and……

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Olympus drops jaws with retro Micro Four Thirds concept

Posted in Announcements by Nicr on the September 23rd, 2008

We heard it was coming, but we didn't expect Olympus to bust out its first Micro Four Thirds system with such vintage hotness. Taking its visual cues from the classic Rangefinder cameras, this unnamed Olympus is just a concept for now with no pricing, specs, or release date announced. Still, it shows jus……

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Micro refrigerated ThermalTake Xpressar case promises to outcool liquid cooling

Posted in Announcements by Nicr on the September 23rd, 2008

Still somehow not satisfied by the vast array of PC cooling options at your disposal? Then perhaps ThermalTake’s new Xpressar case will suit your excessive ways, with it boasting what the company claims is the first DC inverter type micro refrigeration cooling system to be used in a PC case. That system,……

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SD Card Association announces Embedded SD standard

Posted in Announcements by Nicr on the September 16th, 2008

It looks like the SD Card Association association is starting to spread its wings beyond the comforts of removable storage, with it now aiming for a piece of the embedded storage market with its new, appropriately-named Embedded SD standard. Set to actually make its debut in devices this November, the new st……

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Toshiba's SD Multi Tool and SD Photo Editor are a nice, touchable surprise

Posted in Announcements by Nicr on the September 2nd, 2008

Toshiba is offering up a nice respite from the inane quantity of LCDs and, um, more LCDs at IFA this year. The SD Multi Tool and the SD Photo Editor are two touchable handhelds, offering up some beefy features where similar devices lack, and also skipping over some of the more traditional MID OS features tha……

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Samsung's APS-C 'hybrid' system to rival Micro Four Thirds

Posted in Announcements by Nicr on the September 2nd, 2008

Just weeks after Olympus and Panasonic launched the potentially revolutionary Micro Four Thirds system, in flies word that Samsung is looking to steal their thunder with a sure-to-be-incompatible alternative. Speaking at IFA in Berlin, Samsung Techwin executive vice president Byung Woo Lee confessed that the ……

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