The inaugural International Academy of Web Television Awards – essentially the Emmys for web content – announced its first ever winners at a gala event at CES; with Red vs Blue and TWiT’s Tech News Today scoring awards.
ASUS brings out new router – RT-N66U dual-band wireless gigabit router
A new router was showed off by ASUS at this year’s CES. Promising dual-band support with 450Mbps on 2.4GHz and 5GHz, it also claims to be optimised for multiplayer game play, 3D HD video streaming and file sharing. Full gallery after the jump.
JVC joins 4K craze – launches first 4K handheld camcorder
Sony may have launched a 4K projector, but JVC can top the craziness over 4K – which is four times the resolution of HD. The company has announced that it will be releasing the world’s first handheld 4K camcorder – the GY-HMQ10. Yes, they have announced a camcorder for it.
GALLERY: Seagate GoFlex Satellite Mobile Wireless Storage, new Thunderbolt adapter
Seagate has used CES to show off its GoFlex Satellite mobile wireless storage device, which lets you stream movies and other files to any device wirelessly. This means, in effect, you can watch a HD movie from your iPad if you carry this around with you.
Lenovo’s IdeaPad YOGA becomes a laptop, tablet and everything in between
Lenovo’s IdeaPad YOGA has been unveiled at this year’s CES and it promises to merge the powerful ultrabook design with a 13.3-inch tablet. It features a unique 360-degree flip-and-fold design, allowing it to be a notebook, tablet, stand and a tent with a single fold.
Razer announces new gaming mouse – features six thumb buttons for MOBA games
Razer has announced another gaming mouse. Called the Naga Hex, it features six large thumb buttons on the side that are designed to have shortcuts for your action-RPG and Multiplayer Online Battle Arena games (whatever that is),
Samsung reveals new “Smart Blu-Ray” players, includes creating digital versions of DVDs
Samsung BD-ES6000 Compact Blu-ray player
Samsung has announced two new Blu-Ray players as part of its “Smart Blu-Ray” line, which promises features such as a full web browser and a new way of turning your personal DVD collection into digital content that can be streamed on many devices such as your laptop and your phone.
Intel competes with ARM – signs deal with Lenovo, Motorola to use Medfield
Intel has now officially taking a stance in the mobile processor race with agreements with Motorola and Lenovo to use their new Medfield – now known as Atom Z2460 – rather than NVIDIA’s Tegra, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon and ARM’s processors.
New Sennheiser headphones enhance your audio experience
Sennheiser has bought out brand new headphones at CES 2012. The HD 25 Amperior and the HD 700 are both quite expensive but offer great sound quality. The Amperior has an aluminum casing which is either blue or silver in colour, microfiber ear pads and a fully extendable head band for maximum comfort. It has a detachable microphone and inline controls. According to The Verge, the music was “puncy and loud” and the audio quality was “pretty impressive”.
Polaroid announces new “Smart Camera” SC1630; powered by Android
Maybe the Lady Gaga alliance didn’t work out after all. Polaroid has now announced something a bit more technological with the Polaroid “Smart Camera” SC1630. You may be wondering, why is it smart? Well, it runs Android.
Samsung also announces larger BD-ES6500 with 2 HDMI ports for a streamlined home theatre
Aloneside the BD-ES6000, Samsung have announced the BD-ES65000, a larger, very similar model. Apart from the disc-to-digital software from the other model, Wi-Fi, DLNA, this model also has 2 HDMI ports, which is meant to streamline your devices into this player. So instead of plugging a console into the TV, you plug it into this.
Parrot brings out AR.Drone 2.0 – now comes with 720p HD video cameras
Remember the AR.Drone? Well, its manufacturer, Parrot, has announced that it will be getting an upgrade. The new version features a brand new look and, now, can record video in 720p HD resolution.
Motorola announces Webtop functionality for phones
Now we all know that our phones are more powerful than a 10 year old desktop, though we aren’t really using this processing power for anything other than answering calls, texts, tweeting and checking Facebook. We have seen initiatives like the Raspberry Pi use this phone hardware for a cheap, low power desktop though nothing that really combines both the phone and desktop experience into one. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could walk into work, and not have to look at all the emails you have just read on your commute.
New Blu-Ray player with Wi-Fi and disc to digital through Ultraviolet announced by Samsung
After a recent partnership with Ultraviolet, a company which can create digital copies of Blu-Ray and DVD movies that have the software, Samsung has announced a Blu-Ray player that supports it, the BD-ES6000.
Powerline 500 Nano extends your network further
NETGEAR have announced their new Powerline 500 Nano range. This very small device allows you to convert any old power point into a “high speed” network connection. With speeds up to 500Mbps, the Powerline 500 Nano will happily play HD videos, SD videos and even 3D video. Of course, these devices can be used as a simple network port for use with a Computer, Blu-ray Player, SmartTV, Set top box, gaming console plus everything that has a Ethernet port. NETGEAR have mentioned that these devices have a low latency, which would be perfect for a gamer needing that fast connection.