Hitachi has announced the US availability of their UltraThin 1.5 displays. The UltraThin line-up will be available in 32, 37, 42 and 47-inch sizes and are available in two product lines. The Director X Series which will range in price from $1,999 up to $4,699 and comes with a 2-year warranty or the UltraVision V Series which ranges in price from $1,799 to $4,499 and comes with just a 1-year warranty. On both series the smaller 32-inch displays will offer a 1366 x 768 resolution, while the larger 37, 42 and 47-inch displays are offering a 1920 x 1080 resolution. Availability seems to range from April up till September of 2008.

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This is news- (and drool-) worthy. Intel just announced the first 10 Gigabit server adapter that will work over copper cables. They’re teaming up with Dell to have these adapters offered in PowerEdge servers. These 10GBe adapters will work over Cat 6 & 6a cable.

Expect them to start showing up by the end of June for $1000. Here’s the Fact Sheet (in PDF).

via GigaOM.

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Apple today released an improved version of its sexy iMac all-in-one desktop computer. With prices starting at just $1,199, iMac includes faster processors with 6MB L2 cache and a faster 1066 MHz front-side bus across the entire line, and 2GB of memory standard in most models.What’s more, the high-end 24-inch model now offers a 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and the high-performance NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics as options.
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by Darren Murph, posted May 2nd 2008 at 8:14AMIndifferent souls may have no qualms just snapping up the first digiframe they see, but that sect isn’t the target market for Parrot’s latest. The Andrée Putman-designed device is being shown around the UK at the moment, and aside from boasting a 7-inch display, a glossy black motif, rear-mounted buttons, auto-rotation, 10MB of built-in storage, an SD expansion slot and integrated Bluetooth (but no WiFi), you also get to hand over £250 to take it home. Right now, the piece is only available in London’s Few and Far store, but the company may try to roll it out nationwide if demand necessitates. Check it out on video in the read link below.

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by Darren Murph, posted May 2nd 2008 at 6:10AM
You know those elephant-sized medical scanners? Totally amazing machines, sure, but things like that aren’t apt to be shipped into obscure jungles throughout Africa. Thankfully, a team of researchers have developed something that could bring medical scanning to an even larger chunk of the world: a real live Tricorder. Of course, it’s not really going by that moniker, but the diminutive scanner is able to interface with a cellphone via USB and utilize its 3G / WiFi access to send raw scan data to servers and receive images back. Granted, you won’t get any high-resolution viewing from your average mobile, but it’s certainly a step in the right direction.

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Maintaining the fight against breast cancer, Belkin introduced new designs of its pink-ribbon cases for the iPod nano. For each Sport Armband, Leather Sleeve, Slim Fit, and Remix Metal for ipod nano case sold, Belkin will donate $2.50 to support Susan G. Komen for the Cure (with a minimum guaranteed donation of $225,000). Belkin has donated nearly $200,000 toward breast cancer research to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
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