http://www.techmaniak.com Techy Gizmos and Such Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:17:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Samsung's “Needle Slim," a 3.9mm thin 40” Full HD LED Backlight TV, featureing a 120Hz LCD panel and a 5000:1 contrast ratio is now the world's thinnest LCD TV. A panel used in TV sets is usually 2 millimeters in width before the backlight unit is added. There has been a ... http://www.techmaniak.com/2009/10/26/worlds-thinnest-lcd-tv-samsung-40in/ So Netflix is coming to the PS3. However, it is going to require a disc until they have XMB embedded software solution expected some time next year. Joystiq had the opportunity to have an interview with a Netflix representative.  The service will be free starting in November. READ: Press Release READ: Joystiq's ... http://www.techmaniak.com/2009/10/25/netflix-for-playstation-3-requires-disk-until-2010-update/ Logitech has announced today the G110 Gaming Keyboard as the  new successor to the G-11.  The price will be $79.99 USD.  Here is a link to the product page. Features Include: Custom-color backlighting You can easily locate the correct keys, even in the dark. Plus, you can mix red and blue backlighting LEDs ... http://www.techmaniak.com/2009/10/15/logitech-g110-gaming-keyboard/ Office Starter 2010 is a reduced-functionality, advertising-supported version of Office 2010, available exclusively on new PCs. Office Starter 2010 will provide new PC owners with immediate exposure to the Office 2010 experience on new PCs right out of the box. Office Starter 2010 will include Office Word Starter 2010 and Office ... http://www.techmaniak.com/2009/10/09/goodbye-microsoft-works-hello-office-2010-starter-with-ads/ Thermaltake has released information about their latest computer case designed in conjunction with BMW DesignWorks.  It's got room for three optical drives, six hot-swappable SATA drives, and each modular component has its own cooling. Check out Maximum PC, they got their hands on one and has it unboxed.  Oh, I ... http://www.techmaniak.com/2009/10/01/thermaltake-level-10-computer-case/ Shanzai is reporting that an insider has informed them that Chrome OS will start to appear in mid October. Google Chome is an open source and light-weight operating system that is designed to load within few seconds after you have pressed the power button. Google says that their upcoming OS is ... http://www.techmaniak.com/2009/10/01/google-chrome-os-may-release-mid-october-2009/ HSN is selling Vipre's protection for life for a mere $99.90. Plus $6.95 shipping and handling, of course. You can even cover the tab in three equal installments of $33.30. Click Here to purchase now. Source [Sunbelt Blog] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. http://www.techmaniak.com/2009/09/30/vipre%c2%ae-lifetime-license-from-hsn-com/ ATI keeps it coming. Not only do they currently have the most powerful GPU on the market today, now they are putting 2 of those GPUs on a single card.  Introducing the ATI Radeon HD 5870 x2 and the HD 5850 x2.  Images of these huge graphics cards have been ... http://www.techmaniak.com/2009/09/29/ati-radeon-hd-5870-x2-hd-5850-x2-images/ Yesterday, Gizmodo released details about the Microsoft Courier tablet.  It is reported to be dual 7" multi-touch screens with a hinge to make it resemble a book. Video by: Gizmodo Ina Fried with cnet says: "My sources say it's legit, but I'm hearing that it's just one of several prototypes that has been ... http://www.techmaniak.com/2009/09/23/microsoft-courier-tablet-details/ ATI has introduced two new players to the GPU market.  Powered by the latest Radeon 5800 Series GPU: the Radeon 5850 and Radeon 5870.  Compared to the Radeon HD 4890, it has twice the number of stream processors, twice the transistors, twice the texture and pixel blending power and is ... http://www.techmaniak.com/2009/09/23/ati-radeon-5800-is-the-fastest-gpu-radeon-5850-5870/