Asustek Computer will showcase gyroscope e-sticks and gaming software for notebooks during Computex Taipei next year as the company explores the business opportunities of MEMS in the notebook market, according to sources with gyroscope makers. Dell, Lenovo and LG Electronics (LGE) are also planning to introduce notebooks supporting e-stick functions.

Notebooks supporting e-stick functions and coming with built-in gaming sofatware target the high-end market segment, the sources said,a adding that gyroscope makers hope the PC games will stimulate demand for gyroscopes.

Despite the current economic indicators that show the United States deeply mired in a recession, video game companies are showing gains in sales.It has been previously discussed in industry and economic circles that the video gaming industry much like the movie industry may be recession proof as many look to these forms of entertainment as an escape from the day to day factors that accompany an economic downturn. Maybe we should introduce the concept of “Fragging as Therapy”. In a recent article on CNN Money

The folks over at Glassdoor.com have been busy mining through their data of user-submitted information and have assembled lists of the best and worst places to work. The lists are based on data from almost 75,000 participants in 2008, representing over 11,000 companies, from a 20-question survey. A number of tech companies made significant showings in “The Top 50” best places to work, including Netflix (rank: 3), Adobe (rank: 4), and Google (rank: 7). For a company to be considered for the list, it must have

MSI has just announced the MSI U115 Hybrid, which it claims is “very first notebook computer in the world that is capable of operating both SSD and HDD hard drives simultaneously.” We’re highly suspect of that claim, as we know of at least one notebook right off the bat that is currently selling with the option to use both SSD and standard hard drives simultaneously: the Dell XPS M1730 we did a Video Spotlight of back in July. MSI’s U115 Hybrid is more of a netbook than a notebook, however, and as such it might

Andy Burnham, Britain’s minister for culture, is looking for a way to police the Internet and better protect children from harmful and offensive material on the net. One of his solutions is to apply a rating system to websites, similar to that used for films. Burnham recently said that the government is planning to negotiate with President-elect Barack Obama’s administration to create international rules for English language websites. Of course, giving websites film-style ratings is only one possibility. Another

The Cooler Master ATCS 840 case is one of the newest available from Cooler Master for enthusiasts. The aluminum construction not only allows for a lighter weight but complements the thermal design seamlessly with three 230mm fans, dedicated air duct for graphics card cooling and HDD cooling module for superb cooling. Take a look at the article and see if this full tower case and see if your wish list of features was fulfilled!

Netflix has announced a new shipping procedure which if the movie you’ve requested isn’t available from your local distribution center, may net you a freebie in the form of the next highest up movie in your queue. Netflix says they have 55 shipping centers across the country, so if your choice is not available in your local shipping center, they’ll send it from another, and to make up for the inconvenience of a shipping delay, send you a freebie as well. When we say freebie, what we mean is it does not count

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It’s one thing when a relatively unknown case maker like XSKN advertises an iPhone nano case. It’s something completely different when a well-known case maker does. Vaja has added an iPhone nano link on their site, leading to still more speculation over a possible Macworld iPhone nano announcement. Vaja is a relatively well-known maker of cases for anything from notebooks to PDAs. The link above simply takes you to a form where you can sign up for an email alert about the future iPhone nano cases coming from

While many of us have often felt as if we’re being ripped off by cellular carrier’s fees for text messaging, we didn’t know how much of a rip-off this was until the New York Times recently exposed it. On top of it all, the carriers are bordering on price-fixing, with all of the major carriers raising the fees for text message rates in harmony when the business was exploding. Pay-per-use text messages generally run about 20 cents today. According to an estimate from the Gartner Group, approximately 2.5 trillion