Silicon Power unveils the Armor A70 waterproof portable HDDs

Taiwan's own Silicon Power has just presented to the world its latest storage solution, the rough and tough Armor A70 portable hard drive. Coming in 250, 320, 500 and 640GB capacities, the new HDD measures 139.45 x 85.7 x 18.1 mm and weights about 250 grams, has a red or black coating, a USB 2.0/1.1 connection interface, and a solid shell and construction that makes it water, pressure, vibration, shock and dust proof - it's almost like you can play soccer with it.

The yet unpriced Armor A70 drive is backed by a two-year warranty and should become available in April.

Product features:

- In compliance with IEC529 IPX7 water proof test
- In compliance with US military grade MIL-STD-810F 516.5 procedures IV (Transit drop test)
- Dust and pressure proof
- Delicate cable storage design
- Ultra storage capacity and high speed transfer (480Mbits/sec)
- LED status indicator light
- SP Widget software with 7 major protection and backup functionality (free download)

64GB Zune HD to debut on April 12, current models get price cut

Microsoft has today confirmed its own leak and announced that a Zune HD model with 64GB of built-in storage space will become available via ZuneOriginals.com as of April 12. The upcoming portable player will cost $349.99 and will be able to carry 16,000 songs, 20 hours of high definition video or 25,000 pictures.

Capacity update aside, the 64GB Zune HD will have the same features as its little brothers - an Nvidia Tegra SoC (system-on-a-chip), a 3.3-inch (480x272) OLED screen, a built-in FM radio receiver and 802.11b/g WiFi.

Those who do not need 64GB can get the 16GB or 32GB models which as of today have had their recommended price tag reduced to $199.99 and $269.99, respectively (but you'll find them even cheaper on Amazon).

Glove Mouse

The has been inspired by the scene in Minority Report where Tom Cruise is waving his hands around to control the computer he is working on.

has been designed by Tony Hyun Kim and Nevada Sanchez at MIT and has already won the school’s George C. Newton Project Prize in 2009. Using a web camera the movements of your hands are then translated into commands. Check out the video after the jump.

Using LED’s on each index finger and buttons under the index and middle fingers that you press with your thumbs you can navigate your software apps. Until recently the was wired to the processing box but now have been untethered and are now wireless. Keep up the great work guys.

HTC Desire Coming To Vodafone UK 8th April 2010

Vodafone UK has announced that the HTC Desire will be available on their mobile phone network from the 8th of April 2010. The HTC Desire will be available for free on a £30 a month two year contract with Vodafone.

The HTC Desire features a 3.7 inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen display, a five megapixel camera with a built in flash, plus an optical joystick and an integrated FM radio.

Other specifications include HTC’s custom Sense user interface, a 1GHz Qualcomm Snaprdragon processor, a microSD card slot, GPS, and A-GPS. The HTC Desire comes with the latest version of Google’s smartphone OS Android 2.1.

If you want a HTC Desire on Vodafone, you can pre-order it now and it will be delivered on the 13th April 2010. Altough if you want to get you hands on one quicker, Vodafone will be selling it from its various stores around the UK from the 8th of April.

Cowon J3 Portable Media Player

Cowon has added another portable media player to its range with the launch of the Cowon J3 PMP. The Cowon J3 will feature a 3.3 inch AMOLED touchscreen display, a built in speaker and stereo Bluetooth.

Other specifications include an integrated FM radio, T-DMB, TV out, a G-sensor, built in support for Flash and a dictionary. There is also a microSD card slot should you wish to add in some additional storage.

Patriot’s New Line Of USB Flash Drives

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iPhone OS 4.0 To Feature Expose Style Multitasking?

According to the guys over at Apple Insider, the iPhone OS 4.0 will finally feature one thing that many iPhone users have wanted for some time, multitasking.

At the moment, you can only use one application at a time in the current iPhone OS, if you want to use another application you have to quit the one you are using and start the new application.

Apple Insider are reporting that the iPhone OS 4.0 will have a multitasking feature that will use a UI which is similar to Apple’s desktop Expose feature, and if you hit the home button twice, it will bring up an Expose like interface that will show a series of icons that represent the current applications that are running.

This will allow users to quickly switch between running application, and apparently when you select one of the applications, the iPhone OS will zoom out of the Expose like interface and launch the application you have selected.

It will be interesting to see if Apple finally adds multitasking to the iPhone OS, and how it will actually work in practice, it is definitely one feature that I would like to see on the iPhone and the iPad.