Fujitsu has just announced that “TEO”, it’s seried media center desktop PC, will now be equipped with Blu-Ray reader drive as well. Other configuration for this high-end TEO90Y/D PC are HDMI support, a 500GB of hard drive, an ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 graphics engine, a 2GB of main memory, and a 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo T5500 processor. It should be available immediately, but no words on pricing unfortunately.

Texas  introduced the industry’s smallest (SC70 package) low-power, resistor-programmable temperature switch ‘TMP300’ that operates over the largest supply voltage range.

The TMP300 allows for simple temperature monitoring and control. The tiny size of the device makes it an attractive option for power supply systems, DC/DC modules, thermal monitoring and electronic protection systems.

The TMP300 features a trip point that is set by adding a single, inexpensive resistor, and the open-drain output can control a power switch or provide a processor interrupt. A separate pin on the device provides an analog output (10mV/C) that can serve as a testing point or can be used in temperature-compensation loops. With a wide supply voltage range of 1.8V to 18V, the TMP300 allows for simple thermal monitoring without requiring an MCU/DSP. This lets the device take advantage of existing power buses in numerous applications, from battery-powered handhelds to industrial control systems. Further, the device’s low power of 110uA (max) extends battery life.

The analog output measures temperature with +/-3C accuracy (max) and the temperature switch has +/-4C switch accuracy over a temperature range of -40C to 125C. Hysteresis of the TMP300 is pin programmable to two states of either 5C or 10C.

The TMP300 is available now from TI and its authorized distributors in a SC70 package and is priced at 1.00(USD) each in 100-piece quantities. It will be introduced in a SOT23 package during 1Q 2008.

Korean manufacturer iRiver recently unveiled their brand new e-dictionary called the D27, only 315 grams; it is equipped with a multimedia player letting you play MP3, WMA, ASG et OGG, Photo, E-Book, FM radio… and support of 4 languages: Japanese, Korean, Chinese and English!

Just to give you an idea of the price of such a product in Korea, it is 278,000 Won (205€).

If you have a PS3,this is a hot news because now are available 2.10 firmware!
This one finally makes the DivX and WMV compatible whether you play it from HDD or network (DLNA)! Unfortunately the DivX 3.11 are NOT supported, same goes for the DRM WMV and files over 2GB.
BluRay profile goes up to 1.1.

The Microsoft Xbox 360 allowed the DivX and Avi recently too, through the latest Xbox LIVE dashboard update.