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Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals

Some dedicated hackers have finally managed to get the PSP and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Chatpad typing. There are still a few kinks to smooth out, but the hard part seems over, with l0rdnic0 managing a tiny bit of soldiering using a PSP remote cable and some software from the Open Keyboard Project. It’s all still pretty nerdy at the moment, and we’re still miffed at that Logic 3 getting cancelled way back when, but we suppose this will have to do.

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Filed under: Displays, Others, Projector

projectiondesign’s overhead sign was practically larger than its array of projectors, but those uniquely designed boxes drew our attention and wouldn’t let go. Thus, we snapped a few shots of what we saw, and while everything there was too rich for our blood, no one said we couldn’t stare real hard. Dive in below.

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Filed under: Fiber

Silly AT&T — don’t you know by now that installing those cabinets of yours is a dead giveaway that U-verse is coming? According to a report from the Daily Herald, said carrier is installing the first of 135 utility cabinets around the city (which sits about 30 miles west of Chicago; more information on service areas here), and Greg Jones, project manager for the city, is hoping that “increased competition among service providers will benefit residents.” That competition he refers to is none other than AT&T’s fiber-based U-verse TV / internet / phone service, but it’ll take some three years to get those 135 boxes installed. Oh, and don’t even pretend that AT&T isn’t madly in love with Illinois, it’s pretty obvious at this point.

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Filed under: Laptops

While we’ve been dealing with short-form ad fare in the States, China’s gone all artsy on us, with Lenovo releasing a short film to promote its S9 / S10 netbook. We won’t ruin the plot for you — the dialogue is all in Chinese, so it’s not like we could — but suffice it to say that the Lenovo S10 and unrequited love play major roles.

[Thanks, Patrick]

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Filed under: Media streamers, Other hardware, Set-top boxes, Others

Well, would you look at that. The little Massachusetts startup that got all of our hopes up with a localcasting ZvBox showed up at this year’s CEDIA, and while it didn’t bring much to the show (after all, it only has one product), there seemed to be a good bit of buzz around the floor. We’re still giving ours a thorough run-through, but if you’re anxious to see what ZeeVee was doing in Denver, check out the gallery below.

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Filed under: Displays, Other hardware, Others

While Control4 didn’t make a lot of fuss about the few new products that it rolled out at CEDIA, people knew about ‘em, regardless. Easily one of the most packed booths at the Expo, this one showcased the full gamut of wares offered up by the home automation outfit. We snapped images from every angle imaginable, and we even got a few with the new touch panels and remotes. Don’t believe us? Just have a look at the gallery, it’s all there.

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Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

You know you want one. Sure, Archos isn’t tops when it comes to sexy, but there’s enough technical doohickery in these new Archos 5 “Internet Media Tablets” to keep you busy for a while — and they’re now shipping. C’mon, live a little. It’s only $350 for 60GB of fun, $400 for 120GB and $450 for 250GB. They’re practically giving these things away.

[Thanks, Pierre B.]

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Filed under: ABC, CBS, Discovery-HD, ESPN-HD, Fox, HBO-HD, Listings

What we’re watching tonight:

• CBS (1080i) has U.S. Open Tennis at 8 p.m.
• Fox (720p) brings the season premiere of Cops at 8 & 8:30 p.m.
• ABC Family (720p) drops in Samurai Girl at 8 & 9 p.m.
• TLC (1080i) brings Hope for Your Home at 8 p.m.
• Cinemax (1080i) has The Bourne Ultimatum at 10 p.m.
• ESPN HD (720p) presents Florida/Miami college football at 8 p.m.
• ESPN2 HD (720p) has Texas/UTEP college football at 10:15 p.m.
• HBO (1080i) presents Boxing After Dark at 10:15 p.m.
• FSN HD (720p) brings Stanford/Arizona State college football at 10 p.m.

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Filed under: OTA, BBC HD

We’re not quite sure what this means for the immediate future of OTA programming in the UK, but we suppose a “huzzah!” is in order either way. Reportedly, those complicated DVB-T2 Freeview HD trials that were underway have been successful, with Auntie Beeb achieving the “world’s first reception of HD pictures over DTT using DVB-T2.” If you couldn’t guess, DVB-T2 is a successor to the existing DVB-T broadcasting protocol which provides additional bandwidth and more swagger to TV signals. In theory, the switch to DVB-T2 (in conjunction with the move to MPEG-4 from MPEG-2) will enable more high-def content to be available in the UK. Of course, when we say “more,” we basically mean “any” — estimates assert that just three HD stations will be available OTA in the UK by 2009, one of which will be owned by the BBC and the other two by ITV, Channel 4 or Five.

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Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment

Mitsubishi has been trickling out details for its mysterious LaserVue HDTV for months now, but at long last, we finally know the most pertinent piece. Reportedly, the 65-inch set — which was seen lookin’ mighty fine on the CEDIA floor, by the way — will retail for $6,999 when it ships to Select Diamond retailers at the end of this month. The forthcoming 73-inch version doesn’t have a price / release date just yet, but given the way we’ve found things out about its smaller sibling, we can’t say we’re shocked in the least.

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