Samsung announces 3 more models in their Bordeaux line of 1080p HD LCD TVs, at a diagonal size of 40, 46 and 52 inches. The 52″ TV has model number LN52M81BD and a price of about 5500000 won or about $5867.
Seems that Sams has not only added the 2 larger models to the lineup since last month’s news [...]

If you have an exam, or an IQ test (do they still have those?) coming up, then there’s a psychologist who has some words of advice for you…avoid looking at anything red just beforehand. According to a study, even a short perception of red initiates avoidance behaviour and sends test scores plummeting.
This suggests a tactic for improving your [...]

The Times ranks the 10 fastest cars in the world by their top speed…
  Bugatti Veyron 16.4  253mph, or 407 kph
  Koenigsegg CCX  250mph
  Porsche Carrera GT  205mph
  BMW M5  204mph
  Lamborghini Gallardo  192mph
The laggards follow… 
The Dangerous Ten - London Times, March 22 2007

Sony announced the XDV-100 mobile TV last week. The unit weighs in at 98.3×61×15.1 mm and 110 grams, or just under 1/4 lb.
The unit has a QVGA LCD display, receives FM stereo and AM broadcast radio - TV reception is thx to Japan’s 1seg digital broadcasting system. $340.
Selling TV of pocket size ’XDV-100′ - Sony press release, [...]

Gadget reviewer Walt Mossberg reviews the Apple TV set-top box in a new article today - he likes it. The device grabs digital content like movies, TV shows, music, podcasts and photos wirelessly from up to 6 computers, organizes it and then sends it off to your widescreen TV by wire, for your viewing enjoyment. Walt sez it’s “for [...]

E8, that most complex exceptional simple Lie group, has just been solved.
E8 is a 248-dimensional Lie algebra, and is described as 1 of the most complicated mathematical structures ever studied. A group of 18 mathematicians collaborated for 4 years used 77 hours of time on a supercomputer to arrive at the E8 calculation which is/can be [...]

Gigabeat music players don’t seem to sell well outside of Japan, so you have to credit Toshiba for not giving up…they’ve just announced the new U series in their gigabeat family of media players. The high-end model gigabeat U201 music player has 2GB of flash memory, sizes to 76.5×36.2×10.9 mm & 36 grams, a 96×96 OLED display, FM [...]

The LG Prada Phone isn’t even available yet, and its already winning awards…well, 1 award anyway. The red dot international design competition had a look at the KE850, as it’s also known, and gave the thing a Best of the Best prize.
A total of 43 products won a Best of the Best 2007 designation. Some other winners include the Apple iPod shuffle, [...]

Speculation continues about a possible cell phone from Google…
The Washington Post offers up a number of reasons why Google would not want to jump into the hardware arena, chief among them the competitiveness of the mobile phone market and the risks. They conclude that there’s probably no fire, and only some smoke in the form of [...]

Whereas many have joined the iPod music-player wars, none have succeeded…so far. And so, from the fog of war, a new contender appears, viz, Slacker Inc who hopes to kill the iPod via death from the sky.
The to-be-available Slacker Portable Player will pose a triple threat to the iPod/iTunes duopoly through delivery of personalized music content not only [...]