So far the only uses for the Cell Chip technology has been for research, and the PS3. However, at CES 08. Toshiba demoed the laptop on a modified Qosmio G45 laptop with a standard Intel Core 2 Duo, in addition to the cell chip with four 1.5GHz synergistic processing elements (SPE). They had four demos running, all were multi-tasking beasts. One was scanning movie files and using face recognition to detect all the faces within the movie file. It then created a thumbnails of each of them. You could then click on the faces, and watch all the clips that included that face.

We’re barely getting the 45nm Quad Core  generation into full swing and they’re already using the cellchip in consumer computers.

A new revision to the already fast USB interface was announced this year at CES. With blazing speeds of 4.8Gb/s, you’ll be able to transfer full length movies from your desktop to a USB Thumb Drive or other device in just over 1 second. (4.8Gb/s = 600MB/s Avg. movie size ~750MB). It will also feature a smart power management utility that will regulate the amount of energy a device consumes, based on it’s current usage status. Unfortunately this technology will not be made available until 2010.

The 2008 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was pretty fun this year, although most of the hype was around different displays from short throw projectors to the 150-Inch Plasma T.V., and even Alienware’s huge Curved Monitor. There was a lot of other stuff that we enjoyed quite a bit that sometimes got buried by the hype, so here’s our list of the top 5 favorite things and their pictures from C.E.S. 2008.

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SanDisk’s latest MicroSDHC card has a 12GB capacity. If you’ve ever held one of these cards, you’ll appreciate the true beauty of this article. If you haven’t, we’re talking small. MicroSD is a very small form factor, about the size of a small pinky nail. (The actual memory bank on the whole chip takes up about half the space.)

Currently you can buy the 8GB MicroSDHC cards for around $130. That’s about $16 per gig, and factor in the +$2 per gig on the next model up, we’re talking about $18 per gig on the 12GB model, totaling $216.00 USD is our guess at the price (SanDisk hasn’t released pricing info yet).

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The LCD screen, which measures 52.9-inches high by 93.9-inches wide, is being manufactured at the new Kameyama plant in Japan. What’s interesting is this is the first plant to begin using eighth generation glass-substrates. The new substance allows manufacturers to make larger televisions at reduced prices, especially in comparison to the current sixth generation standard. (Sony and Samsung both use the Seventh generation, however, and plan to start using the new substrate soon). No pricing was announced during the CES conference. It’s the first prototype of this size to be shown.

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SeeingYellow has been around for a little while now, advertising the supposed ‘truth’ about today’s colored printers. According to them, all of our modern printers print out code in the form of small, invisible yellow dots onto our documents and photos. They, SeeingYellow, claims that it’s simply because the government needs to track our use for them. If we’re printing money, the fed and Secret Service will be able to tell where we are, and when we printed it.

“When one person asked his printer manufacturer about turning off the tracking dots, Secret Service agents showed up at his door several days later.” Okay, you have to admit, you’re laughing at this point, right?

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The plaintiff Ranjit Bedi, a Boston man, claims that Staples and HP are in a secret business together to jack up printer ink cartridge prices. Allegedly, HP has paid Staples $100 MILLION just to sell HP exclusive ink! We all know prices are already through the roof no matter where you go. After all, that’s where companies like HP really make their money. You really think a $50 color cartridge is only a %40 mark up from manufacturing costs? Please! These figures make a gallon of gas look dirt cheap.

Believe it or not, the ink industry has always been a very vicious place to be. Big companies like HP, Lenovo, and Epson have all been caught trying to pass crazy patents and things of the like just to rid their lives of these pesky third party retailers. They’ve also gone as far as implementing a chip within their cartridges that interacts with the printer, disallowing third party cartridges to work in the printer. With all that being done, do you still think companies need to charge so much for a bit of ink? It’s also no surprising to hear that many “level indicators” are a false psotive, reporting a low cartridge when really there is at least half left!

It was only a mere ten-fifteen years ago when you could easily spend a good $400 on a 14″ CRT monitor. It would have cost you $1000 or more for a 17″ that had about as many colors as a small box of Crayons, not to mention it was as deep as it is wide and wasn’t any more flat than one of the moon’s craters. But now days as new innovations come about, and production costs are cut lower and lower, you can get a lot more bang for your buck. Such as a 24″ wide screen LCD computer monitor now below $300 USD with a little digging and searching. Such as the Soyo 24″ LCD, and that’s just it’s normal price, O***** *** is selling them on Black Friday for below $250! (Edited for legal purposes).

If you’re still running CRT, this would be a good time to upgrade. Not only are they better for your eyes, but they consume less power and last a lot longer, meaning much more bang out of that same buck! Not to mention, the holiday season generally brings about much better deals.

Taking a long car trip or flight in economy-class? The latest from Apple will link your iTunes… not to your computer, but on your very own wireless TV.

Here’s what Apple has to say about their latest product line: “Say you’ve just downloaded Cars from iTunes. Instead of huddling around your computer to watch, you pop some popcorn while your computer wirelessly syncs your new flick to Apple TV. Then you pull up a seat, put up your feet, and pick up the included Apple Remote to play your movie on TV. Give yourself a hand: You’ve just changed the way you watch digital media.”

This wireless 1.09 kg and  197×197x28 mm iTV is new, shipping currently to stores near you.

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 Illegal and irresponsible material is everywhere these days! Pornographic sites, trading scams, viruses, adware, spyware - automated programs breaching unsafe barriers… the list goes on.

For those of you who are business or personal network administrators, or simply cautious parents… introducing The D-Link SecureSpot device, a powerful home network protection device with three levels of security.

So whether it’s to keep your children secure from downloading adware, spyware and keyloggers - or blocking access to inappropriate sites, the SecureSpot is a recent device at a reasonable price….

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