Speakers
MSI follows fate’s whispers, intros 24-inch Wind Top AE2420 3D
Typical, right? As the 3D craze flows from the cinema to the television and onto the PC , it was just a matter of time before one of MSI’s Wind Top all-in-ones shipped with support for the third dimension.
Bose simplifies surround sound setup with Lifestyle systems, charges dearly for it
So, you’ve got a few options here. Do a little research and piece together your own surround system, hire a voyeur from Geek Squad to do it for you, or just hire a live-in technician to handle both present and future issues.
flOw wireless speaker concept flips jams based on your handling
She’s but a concept at the moment, but David Boyce’s flOw mockup certainly has legs. The five-speaker set can be arranged in a fanciful iPod docking station for in-home use, and on a whim, any of the speaker balls can be grabbed and taken elsewhere, all while the music follows via a touch of wireless magic. But that’s hardly the kicker — each ball has integrated gesture sensors and accelerometers, enabling the user to quiet the volume by turning it over or switch from “Smooth Operator” to “Master of Puppets” by simply jostling the speaker with an intense level of force.
Sony’s last cassette-blastin’ boom box is precisely how Ruff Ryders roll(‘d)
Sony may not shed a tear for the 3.5-inch floppy disk when it meets its maker in March , but you’d better believe the company’s crafted a retirement plan for the format that propelled it to fame: the compact cassette. To be fair, the CFD-A110 CD / cassette boom box above isn’t actually a new product — it’s a relabeled CFD-A100TV from 2003 minus the nigh-obsolete analog TV band — but if you’re rocking magnetic mix tapes we’re guessing you’ll welcome this blast from the past. For your projected ?20,000 (about $215) you’ll get a pair of full-range speakers, 14 AM/FM presets, an external microphone port for karaoke and a remote when it launches in Japan this June 21st
Sonos 3.2 update and S5 stereo pairing put to the test
It’s not a major update by any stretch. But Sonos owners are accustomed to regular software updates that extend or enhance the functionality of their distributed wireless audio system..
HP’s $950 TouchSmart tm2 surfaces at Amazon with Core i3-330M
Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together? Just a week after hearing that HP would soon be refreshing its TouchSmart tm2 convertible tablet with Core i3 and Core i5 options, in flies this: an Amazon product page confirming as much
