Gadgety News

Ok, there’s been more than a couple of rumours flying around about the new lithe Xbox 360.

Couple that with the fact that there has been no official confirmation of any such device and so this news should be treated with your usual dose of scepticism.

This time though, the rumour has been credited to a proper Microsoft source, Microsoft India’s Retail Services Manager, Rahul Datta. According to this site, Mr Datta let slip that an announcement about the Xbox 360 Slim could be expected in December.  Ooopsy!

That was closely followed by a PR rep pouncing to undo the exec’s loose-lipped utterings.

He cooly stated that he had simply pointed out that the business is evolving and that there may be some kind of announcement (not necessarily related to this strange Xbox 360 Slim that everyone keeps on about) which might be made in a few months. Maybe. Perhaps. Kinda.

Sounds pretty promising, and Microsoft would want to keep a tight lid on such news when there’s the important business of Christmas to contend with.

The saga continues……………

(via ElectricPig)

You fancy an mini/slim pc but love the DIY aspect - you probably made your own desktop before already.

How about going and getting yourself a barebone MSI Wind system from Newegg for $140?

No, not the laptop!

It’s one of the first desktop systems to use Intel’s power-sipping Atom processor (1.6GHz).

You’ll need to add RAM (it uses laptop RAM) and a hard drive to this kit, and maybe even a little Wi-Fi card as it has a mini PCI slot if you’re feeling like going the whole hog.

The board itself has an internal Compact Flash slot that shares an IDE channel, so you could stick a big CF card in there instead of a hard drive.  Sweet!

Here’s the linkage: MSI Wind PC Intel 945GC 1 x 200Pin Intel GMA 950 Black Barebone

Freecom is launching the new Slimline Mobile DVD RW Recorder LS Pro.

As the name suggests it is pretty skinny and the banter says that it’s “the ideal companion for both PC and MAC notebook users on the move”.

The dimensions of the sleek aluminium case are 1.7 x 14.4 x 14 cm and weighs 600g including the battery.

It can hook up to your puter via USB 2.0 or Firewire and can burn up to 8.5GB of data, images or multimedia files.

It delivers read and write speeds of between 24x (for CD-R, CD-RW and CD-ROMs) down to 4x for DVD+R Double Layer and are 8x for DVD+R, DVD+RW, and DVD-R.

The Freecom Mobile DVD RW Recorder LS Pro is available now and comes with a free five-pack of CD-Rs, LightScribe media, Roxio & Toast software.

There’s also two years worth of manufacturers warranty and unlimited (UK based) helpdesk support all for £79.99.

Kingston have just released their DataTraveler Mini Slim USB flash drives.

The super wafer thin drives are a mere 1.529 x 0.645 x 0.253-inches!

They come in 2 and 4GB flavours and cost $11 and $19, respectively.

Nice.

Those well informed folks at T3 have news that Sony are getting ready to drop a new, lithe PS3 later in the year.

I’m guessing that the S-meister is going to send it to the same health farm as they did with the PSP last year.

I’m crossing my fingers that it will look like the pic taken from T3 - that would be totally awesome, as long as it doesn’t lose anything in the shrinkage - could it be that this is the rumoured 160gig version?

That’s more-or-less everything that’s being said out there.  Keep watching this space!!