Rare SuperGrafx Ghouls ‘n Ghosts heading to PSN
There are some games you can guarantee with little doubt that 99% of gamers have never played. In particular, games released on the SuperGrafx console are very rare, and therefore getting hold of […]
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NEC to showcase dual-screen LifeTouch Android tablet at CES
NEC are set to unveil their 7” dual-screen tablet at the upcoming CES show in Las Vegas. Apparently the device will be based around the single-screen LifeTouch slate which was revealed in Tokyo […]
View ArticleNEC dual-screen Android Cloud Communicator fails to impress at CES
The market looks set to be flooded with Android tablets soon, so it’s nice to see a company like NEC experimenting with a dual-screen format. Unfortunately, this first attempt isn’t going to win […]
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NEC Medias N-04C claims world’s thinnest phone at 7.7mm thick
Japanese mobile network operator NTT Docomo has unveiled three new handsets for its service, one of which it claims is the world’s thinnest 3G smartphone. The three new available phones are the NEC […]
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NEC creates storage chip as fast as RAM
Until the advent of SSD, storing data on a PC either happened in a slow mechanical hard drive, or fast RAM chips. RAM has the advantage of being incredibly fast, but requiring power […]
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NEC LaVie Touch crosses a tablet with an all-in-one desktop
You’ve seen convertible tablets before. There’s the Dell Inspiron Duo running Windows 7 and the Asus Eee Pad Transformer running Android Honeycomb. The NEC LaVie Touch takes things in a slightly...
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NEC shows 9.9mm Android laptop concept
NEC has already shown off a slim, sexy Android phone, but can the company pull off the same manouver with a laptop? Meet the MGX, a new prototype model that pushes the calipers […]
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Japan’s Dream Project is a farm run by robots
The tsunami and earthquake that hit Japan last March saw thousands die, homes destroyed, a nuclear reactor meltdown, and power issues for many months afterwards. But Japan is recovering slowly, and...
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NEC develops 0.3mm thick organic battery
Organic batteries are an exciting area of research at the moment due to the benefits and potential they have to power our gadgets in the future. One of the companies at the forefront […]
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NEC offers a new take on touchscreen tactile feedback
Touchscreens are great, but their cold, flat surfaces don’t really offer much of a “touch” experience right now. Apart from tiny vibration motors that generate rudimentary haptic feedback, we’re still...
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$1.2 million ultimate games collection appears on eBay
We are fast approaching an age where buying games will be a completely digital affair. But if you grew up with the NES, Master System, or any of the Nintendo, Sega, and Sony […]
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NEC increases electric vehicle battery capacity 30 percent
There is a lot of focus on battery technology at the moment, and with good reason. Our gadgets continue to get thinner while we demand more time between charges. We also have to […]
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Hands-on with the crazy-thin, Haswell-powered NEC LaVie X ultrabook
Soon Intel’s Haswell processors are due to make ultrabooks thinner without compromising in performance or battery life. NEC’s LaVie X was shown off during CES 2013 as the shining example of this...
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NEC Medias W is Japan’s latest oddball dual-screen phone
NTT DoCoMo and NEC aren’t ready to give up on the idea of folding, dual-screen smartphones just yet. As part of the new line-up for spring 2013, the two have teamed up to […]
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NEC’s new voice control tech works in really noisy locations
NEC has developed a new voice control system for smartphones and tablets that works even in really noisy environments. If picked up by phone manufacturers, it could make telling your phone what to […]
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NEC unveils a water-cooled Android smartphone
Brace yourselves, Geek fans: NEC has just unveiled a water-cooled Android smartphone. The downside? The Medias X 06E is a little more girly and embellished than you might like. What’s inside the phone […]
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NEC claims world’s lightest 13.3-inch laptop with 795 gram LaVie Z
Thin and light laptops started off as a niche, expensive category of portable computing. But with the success of the MacBook Air, and the growing popularity of Ultrabooks, consumers now expect their...
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NEC develops 13.3-inch hybrid laptop that weighs just 926 grams
Ask most people what the sleekest 13-inch laptop is and their answer will probably be the MacBook Air. While thin, Apple’s laptop is certainly not the lightest, and it also can’t convert into […]
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NEC uses sound echoes in your ear as biometric authentication
Security is a bit of a minefield at the moment. Passwords need to be difficult to guess, two-factor authentication is less than perfect, and then there’s the proliferation of apps to control access […]
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AI-Enabled Self-Order Kiosks Recognize Frequent CaliBurger Customers
Welcome to CaliBurger, home of the CaliBurger. Can I take your order? (via Cali Group) Self-order kiosks are a lifesaver for anyone who dreads trying to explain a complicated order to a restaurant...
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