Tandberg unveiled an advanced VoIP desktop phone with DVD-quality video that it’s aiming at enterprise markets. The E20 VoIP phone also features CD-quality audio, a 5-megapixel camera, and a 10.6-inch LCD screen. The company is betting that the high-resolution video feature will help drive mass personalization of video communications in enterprises.The E20 can also receive multimedia presentations.

The video phone is priced at $1,499 and operates with other standards-compliant office communication devices ranging from phones to videoconferencing and telepresence systems.

This Halo Light, designed by Sander Mulder, is both classy and practical. First of all, it looks pretty awesome, with its ring of light supported by an arcing pole.This makes for a functional light with a minimal yet intriguing visual impact. It’s easily adjusted and suspended above a table with it’s stainless steel arc, but it’s also available for free hanging purposes ( cable suspended ) in bars and  living rooms.

Unfortunately, it’s made-to-order with an undisclosed price, meaning it’s more expensive than it’s worth.

Sony Ericsson is launching a new gaming phone called the F305. It features mere EDGE speeds, a Memory Stick Micro slot, a 2-inch 176 x 220 display and music playback, a built-in accelerometer for motion controlled games. The phone also comes with game-oriented face buttons, and A2DP.

According to the source, the Sony Ericsson F305 will pre-loaded with 3 games which are Bowling, Bass fishing & Jockey. Similar to Nitendo Wii, to play the games you can wave your F305 like throwing the bowling ball for example. We are not sure if this will be a grest gaming experience. Compare to Nitendo Wii you get to see the TV screen when you are in action, but in this case you are waving the F305 without looking at the phone screen?

The Sony Ericsson F305 should be announced on Tuesday and will be available in Q3 this year.

City Center, a green development project coming up in Las Vegas, is the largest privately financed development in North America. It’s an $8 billion venture between MGM MIRAGE and Dubai World, the first building is scheduled to be opened at the end of 2009. On completion of the entire City Center project, it includes a resort casino, two non-gaming resort hotels, and almost 500,000 square foot retail and entertainment space and also will feature a $40 million public fine art program.

The core team of designers includes green-minded architects like Pelli Clarke Pelli, Foster + Partners, and Rafael Vinoly. The developers have made a conscious effort to include tradesmen who are educated in green building practices. MGM MIRAGE has trained over 10,000 construction trade and craftsmen on green building techniques that are already being practiced at the site.

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The M528 will first appear in the Taiwan area in late July and should be priced in the middle of the UMPC range at an equivalent of $750; the device centers around the extremely energy-efficient 800MHz version of the Atom that should extend battery life even with additional performance and features versus the earlier A110 chip.

The handheld revolves around a 4.8-inch, 800×480 touchscreen but also has a slide-out keyboard and a directional pad. Internet access is supplied over Wi-Fi as well as 3G cellular providers using HSDPA, either of which lets the M528 capture photos or video with its 3-megapixel back camera or join video chats with a VGA front camera. A stock version of the Gigabyte computer comes with 512MB of RAM and 4GB of flash storage that support its custom version of Linux.

InFocus released the IN5100 series projector next month. The projector provides native WXGA resolution (XGA on the 5102/5106), brightness from 4,000 to 5,000 lumens, 1,000:1 contrast ratio and dual stereo speakers. The InFocus IN5100 Series Projector retails from a hefty $3,499 upwards.