Buffalo, in Japan, introduced the world fastest Blu-Ray recorder achieving a burning speed of 8x on Single –layer BDR media. It’s available in External version and internal version. For the BR-816U2 (External One), it features eSATA and USB port, while the BR-816FBS can be connected by SATA.

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The Santok SP500 is the first visor mounted speakerphone to feature caller ID that automatically synchronises with the contacts list in the phone it’s being used with, displaying the caller’s name instead of just their number.xtent.

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Okay, okay -- we get it. So maybe there's just not enough room in a genuine Zapper to fit all the necessary innards of a Nintendo Entertainment System into, but it's just a bit weird to see the Big N's antiquated console crammed into some other light gun. Similar to the NES-in-an-NES-controller mod we peeked earlier this week, this unit includes a plethora of games and all the controls you need; just plug it up to a TV, pop a few batteries in there and you're golden.

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Only John Koller knows how serious John Koller, Sony's senior marketing manager for PSP, was when mentioning that GPS-enabled games could eventually hit the PSP, but he definitely threw it out there. Speaking about the forthcoming GPS add-on for the PlayStation Portable, Koller stated that said module "changes the dynamics of GPS but also changes the way developers think about games on PSP, because you can start integrating GPS into it."

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Just over a month after the internet got all fired up about the problematic AVIC F-Series navigators, Pioneer has come to the rescue (we hope, anyway) with a free firmware update. Aimed specifically at the US-based AVIC-F90BT, AVIC-F900BT and AVIC-F700BT, the update will reportedly "improve overall system performance and resolve certain software issues.

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We tried to take OCZ's Neural Impulse Actuator seriously, we really did. But unable to suppress those recurring images of Geordi La Forge, we simply couldn't help ourselves from having a laugh at this thing's expense. Nevertheless, the way-more-solemn dudes and dudettes over at HotHardware managed to give this brain-computer interface a fair shake, and overall, it was pretty impressed.

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Disco Stu doesn’t rock just any speakers. They have to be Disco-licious and authentically groovy like these Saturday Night speakers that resemble a south park character. Put on your boogie shoes and your finest polyester and get ready for some funkadelic tunes pumped through two afros.

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Sony, Canon, Kodak, Hitachi, Victor Company of Japan, KDDI, Kenwood, Panasonic, Nikon, Olympus, Pioneer, Samsung, Seiko Epson, Sony Ericsson and Toshiba today announced an agreement to form a consortium to develop specifications for interconnecting products using TransferJet a new interoperable wireless transfer technology that enables rapid transfer of high resolution video, music and images.

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The front of this black Star Wars themed MP3 player features a big close-up of Darth Vader with glowing red eyes and a shiny helmet. So far, so good… But the even darker side of this product is its specs. The MP3 player only features 512MB of memory and a display that looks like it’s from the 80s. A small bonus is that it comes with a built-in radio.

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Onkyo announced the release of a new audio/video pre-amplifier for the Integra Series, the DCH-9.9. It will be available at the beginning of September. Our new beast features 4 HDMI1.3 input / 2 HDMI1.3 output 1080/24p compatible, HQV Reon-VX video processing which upscales all video source material to 1080p output over HDMI, 7.1-channel professional-grade balanced XLR outputs for connection to compatible multichannel amplifiers.

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Just like those clip-on Bluetooth headsets, along comes the Philips SPA 5200 clip-on speakers that does away with the problem of entanglement during use. These speakers can be fixed to the side of your display, and is a snap to remove and tote around. They're powered as long as they remain connected to the computer via USB, pumping out 1W of audio.

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This odd little speaker for your portable media player distinguishes itself by its spherical shape. ZumReed’s Sound Ball speaker hangs on your key chain or a book bag, and plugs into the audio jack on your iPod or other media player when your ready to play your tunes.

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Victor-JVC unveiled new HD earbuds which provides a high-fidelity sound reproduction, the HP-FXC50. Our new Dynamic earphones provide a frequency response of 10Hz～24,000Hz, a sound pressure sensitivity of 103dB/1mW and 5.8mm drivers. They will be available in 3 different colors (Red, Black, and Silver) at the beginning of august.

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It's a strange trend, but even though something's clearly a great idea it sometimes takes manufacturers years to get right. Take the recent surge in the number of cheap, mini notebooks on the market, sparked by the infamous Eee PC. I'd been desperate for a product such as this for many years, and I'm sure many others were too, but manufacturers just kept missing the mark. Portable computing was either too expensive or too fiddly to use, or cheap and too limited.

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Those of you that have your pads decked out in a 2001: A Space Odyssey theme will appreciate these speakers from Oh by Tutondo. They’ll fit right into your Sci-Fi theme and they’re also equipped with a centralized system so the whole house can enjoy the sound quality. You can attach the speaker to any wall or ceiling, thanks to it’s multi-position design.

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