Man , this position isnice . Welcome to the first installment of the new , improvedGadgetbox blog . Those of you who ’ve been follow our antics thus far know the drill : Gadgetbox institute you the a la mode in gizmos , contrivance , gear , games , and other and assorted technological development beginning with the letter ‘ G. ’ Looking for the latest on the Gopher communications protocol ? We have youcovered .
This being our inaugural entry author from Gadgetbox ’s Modern mountaintop lair , I thought we ’d take a roundup of the recent developments in three of our most popular topic : wireless networking , the Next - Generation Optical Format War , and , of course , Time Lords .
The “ayes” have it for Draft 2.0 of 802.11n
I evidence you , the IEEE really puts the “ workings ” in “ workings group . ” They ’ve been plugging off on the late update to the 802.11 wireless networking for quite some time now — so long , in fact , that they had to take a break when Napoleon rampage through Europe .
But progressisbeing made . The grouprecently approved Draft 2.0 of the stipulation . And unlike late suffrage , the 75 percent limen of votes needed was easily achieved this time . possibly we can eventually put all that brawl and crusade behind us . The good word is that the Wi - Fi Alliance business deal group will now start certify gear deal as Draft 2.0 - compliant . Since Draft 2.0 is expect to be amply compatible with the last version of ‘ N , ’ any gear you buy with that favourable reception should last for the long haul .
All is not quite finished with the 802.11n process , though . There still remain the vault of Draft 3.0 and the final translation , expected in 2008 and 2009 respectively . Oh respectable : just in time for us tomake contact .
Half Blu-Ray, half HD-DVD—all internal drive
LG made quite a stir at CES this year with their hybrid HD - DVD / Blu - Ray set - top actor . Perhaps peace of mind and concordance could still be achieved in this seemingly constant battle between Oceania and Eurasia .
Unsatisfied with merely bringing peace to the set - top market , LG has fireda second shooter across the bowsof the war factions by announce a intercrossed inner recorder , the GGW - H10N. If that tongue twister does n’t quite do it for you , then perhaps you ’ll find the moniker “ Super Multi Blue ” more musical to your ear .
The Super Multi Blue will read and drop a line CDs , videodisk , and Blu - Ray platter , and features a Serial ATA connectedness . While they are bragging about HD - DVD compatibility , it is deserving noting that the GGW - H10N will onlyplayHD - DVDs , not memorialise them . However , it will provide Blu - Ray transcription at 4x , which means you could burn a 25 GB Blu - Ray phonograph recording in under 25 minutes .
While there ’s no prescribed price released yet , expectation are that the ride will be sold for less than $ 1200 ( the price of LG ’s hybrid set - top player ) , this May . [ viaEngadget ]
Good shot, Jansen
What would the first new Gadgetbox columnbewithout a reference to everybody ’s favorite clock time traveler , the Doctor ? I ’ll tell you this : it certainlywouldn’tbe Gadgetbox .
So , what do you get when you cross a doc Who fetish with colonnade games and a military personnel with too much prison term on his hands ? A homebuilt TARDIS colonnade automobile , naturally . Simon Jansen , the same gaga fellow that brought youStar war re - enacted in ASCIIhas seemingly filled therestof his spare time by concoct a replica of the Doctor ’s TARDIS , which also functions as a fully working colonnade machine .
Should you have the same kind oftemporal freedomthat Simon has , you canfollow along and progress your very own . You ’ll only need some plywood , an old Linux machine to install with MAME , and — repeat after me — right smart too much sentence on your hand . Me ? I ’m wait for Simon to get the TARDIS in full operable . I ’ll head back to Napoleonic Europe and speed the 802.11n outgrowth along . [ viaGizmodo ]
