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CES 2011: Next version of Windows to run on ARM processors

Microsoft Windows logoMicrosoft announced that the next version of Windows will soon run on ARM processors, in addition of course to x86 chips from Intel and AMD.

So what’s an ARM processor anyway? Developed and licensed to other chip makers by ARM Holdings, it’s the most commonly used CPU in smartphones and tablets.

Get the picture now? Microsoft wants to make sure it doesn’t get left in the dust by the likes of Android, Symbian, iOS and the like.

[Microsoft press release]

Logic3’s Compact LCD ProDock for iPod and iPhone Packs a Punch

Logic 3 has been a leader in the UK speaker market for some time now, but with the LCD ProDock they’ve really outdone themselves and produced a compact dock that packs a punch and looks absolutely gorgeous too.

The idea behind the dock is that you drop your iPod or iPhone onto the dock and wire the dock up to your TV or hi-fi. You can then control it from your sofa with the provided remote.

New Year’s Resolution: Tidy Up Your Wires? Mr Handsfree Family Charger can help

Most geeks take pride in having a room filled with lots of messy wires and equipment maybe because it baffles the ordinary person and they then get to answer lots of questions about what it all does. Satisfying. Perhaps.

For those that don’t, SmartHome has a neat little charging station that allows you to charge 3 portable gadgets from at any one time without the mess that usually goes with this.

The ‘Mr Handsfree Family Charger’ is just like a regular multiple-socket adapter except with 3 stands stuck on the end and tidy places to wrap your wires around, making for very neat and clean living.

JOOS Orange Solar Charger Burns the Competition

JOOS OrangeWhen I first got a solar charger for my Nokia N95 all those years ago now it seemed that it simply couldn’t sustain the phone’s energy consumption for any decent period of time, but the new JOOS (pronounced ‘juice’) Orange solar charger is planning to change that.

The manufacturers of the device are claiming that it can provide 20 times more power (offering up to 2.5 hours of talk time for every hour charging) than competing solar panels making it a very attractive option for some of the power-hungry devices it can charge.

Eneloop Adds Sophistication to Portable Chargers

Eneloop ChargerIn the past, portable charging devices running off a couple of AA batteries have been, for the most part, dodgy. You could pick them up in supermarkets for $10 and they wouldn’t have given you anywhere near enough power to switch your dead phone back on.

Sanyo has brought the battery-powered charger into 2010 by introducing their new Eneloop charging device. The Eneloop runs off AA batteries, but rechargeable Ni-Mh AAs, rather than disposable ones, that can be recharged by plugging the Eneloop into your laptop or other USB charger.

The Eneloop has immediately put itself a cut above its competition by supplying very high quality Ni-Mh cells with the charger that don’t leak over time. …

AirStash Wireless Flash Drive makes File Sharing easy

AirStash Wireless Flash DriveThought you’d just about got USB flash drives all worked out? Sorry guys, they were so0o last year.

The new standard for portable media transfer will soon become wireless, with AirStash leading the way. However, this isn’t just a device to take files around on and distribute between computers, it’s so much more.

The AirStash is a mini media server and Wi-Fi access point meaning that any device with Wi-Fi capabilities can access the files on it through a Wi-Fi connection that it creates (that’s right, you don’t even need to be on a network to use it!).

Great Gadget Gift Ideas Guide 2010

Christmas and the holiday season is here once again! We’ve collected some of the hottest electronics products available this year right on this one page. These are the things everyone’s talking about, buying or have their eyes on.

Worse case, you can always buy someone a gift card!

BioLogic ReeCharge Portable Rechargeable Battery Pack

BioLogic ReeChargeCharging your gadgets via solar panels is old news and, to be honest, so is charging your gadgets when cycling. However, the BioLogic ReeCharge from Dahon deserves a mention here just for doing it just a little bit cooler than others.

The ReeCharge is a 1600 mAh Lithium Battery that gets strapped to your bike and plugged into your dynamo (not included). When you’re cycling around in the day you won’t need to use your light and so you can instead use the power being generated by your dynamo and store it in this battery. …

Stuart Hughes Brings us the Gold iPad

Stuart Hughes, the man who has brought us mad gold-plated gadgets for years from a huge array of phones, to laptops and more has done it again with his gold iPad. The iPad ‘Fire’ edition has a back covered in gold and weighs 2.5kg. The Apple symbol on the back is also set in diamonds. And what does it cost you? A mere £130,000 (over $200,000 at today’s rate). I’ll take two please.

If Mr Jones next door already has one, you may need to consider the Supreme Ice edition – the platinum version of the device costing £300,000 (or almost half a million hard-earned US dollars).

Buy now! We dare you!
Price: approx. $200,000
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

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