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NEW YORK — Dec 17, `07  –BUSINESS WIRE– Philips Electronics today filed suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to stop Procter & Gamble and its Braun division from continuing its false and misleading advertising campaign promoting its “Pulsonic” line of electric shavers.

The lawsuit asks United States District Court Judge William H. Pauley to order Braun to halt its false advertisements and award damages to Philips. Among other false claims the lawsuit identifies, Philips’ Complaint focuses on Procter & Gamble’s contention that the Pulsonic uses sonic power to generate microvibrations to expose and shave more hair with every stroke. A Connecticut federal court rejected as scientifically baseless similar claims by The Gillette Company, now a division of Procter & Gamble.

The Complaint also attacks Braun’s claim that “9 out of 10” men voted Pulsonic the “best electric shaver they have ever tried” in a 2007 Men’s Health survey. The Complaint notes that the “survey,” in fact, was a scientifically uncontrolled sweepstakes in which Braun gave each participant a free Pulsonic, for which it usually charges the price of $250. BusinessWire.

New S3200 specification delivers higher speed than competing technologies - and much sooner - with no changes to connectors or cables.

Dallas — On Dec 12, The 1394 Trade Association announced a new specification to quadruple the speed of FireWire to reach 3.2 gigabits per second.

The new electrical specification, known as S3200, builds upon the IEEE 1394b standard, preserving all the advantages of FireWire while offering a major and unprecedented boost in performance.

The new speed uses the cables and connectors already deployed for FireWire 800 products, making the transition forward easy and convenient for 1394 product vendors and their customers. Because the 1394 arbitration, data, and service protocols were not modified for S3200, silicon and software vendors can deploy the faster speed FireWire quickly and with confidence that it will deliver its full potential performance.

The S3200 specification is expected to be ratified by early February. More at 1394TradeAssociation.org.

- Retail Store Operations Will Wind-Down, Offering Consumers Attractive Holiday Bargains on Computer and Electronics Products

DALLAS, Dec 07, ‘07 /PRNewswire/ — CompUSA today announced that it has been acquired by an affiliate of Gordon Brothers Group, LLC, a global advisory, restructuring and investment firm specializing in retail, consumer products, real estate and industrial sectors. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Gordon Brothers Group will initiate an orderly wind-down of CompUSA’s retail store operations and is engaged in discussions with various parties regarding the sale of certain assets. CompUSA’s 103 retail stores will remain open and staffed during the holiday season, and will offer consumers attractive bargains on computer and electronic products as part of store closing sales.

Active discussions are under way to sell select stores in key markets as well as the company’s highly-regarded technical services business,
CompUSA TechPro, and its productive Internet sales operation, CompUSA.com. CompUSA TechPro and CompUSA.com will be operated by the company as going concerns until any sale transactions are closed.

CompUSA will be run by Bill Weinstein, a Principal at Gordon Brothers Group, acting as Interim President, and by Stephen Gray, Managing Partner at restructuring firm CRG Partners, who will serve as Chief Restructuring Officer. Current CEO Roman Ross will continue to serve the company in an executive advisory capacity during the transition period.

DJM Realty, a Gordon Brothers Group company that specializes in real estate disposition and valuations, will assist in assessing the leases for
CompUSA’s store locations. More at PRNewsWire.

Oct 31, ‘07 — Adding a quality DVI or VGA high resolution display through your USB port used to be science fiction, but is now science fact with the USB to DVI-A adapter.

It used to be that you could add a display via a USB port, but the refresh rate and video quality lacked. With this USB to DVI display adapter, complete with VGA adapter, you can add either a DVI or VGA display that behaves just like a monitor connected to a standard video card, operating at a high resolution of 1600 x 1200.

The secret is the 256 MB of onboard RAM inside this little power house. The adapter essentially acts as an external video card carrying a heavy payload of RAM that most mid to high range standard video cards these days carry. The large amount of memory allows the adapter to perform like a standard video card, and the USB pipeline (maxing out at around 480 mbps) is more than enough bandwidth to provide top-notch video connectivity.

Tested In-House

As excited as we were for the release of this model, we tested it right when they came in. The unit performed with flying colors while using two simultaneously. Tested on an unimpressive Dell Latitude D520 Centrino Duo with 512 RAM, it easily handled 2 (probably could handle a couple more) USB to DVI adapters, driving 19 inch flat screens, while also using the auxiliary display port on the laptop’s docking station, for a total of 4 simultaneous beautful displays, including the laptop’s built-in display.

Windows Vista Compatible

The USB to DVI/VGA adapter is completely Windows Vista compatible with the included driver CD for both mirroring and extending your desktop. It also performs both mirroring and extended desktop with Windows 2000 SP4, and XP SP2 perfectly (32-bit systems only). Its available for $150 at SewellDirect.

GeekSyuff4U have this awsome hard drive USB docks just for $47. This is as simple and convenient as it gets to connect a HD to a PC or Mac.

You can get one at GeekStuff4U

Sharp Australia introduces this awsome looking TV stand Sound system combination in form of ANPR1000H  AQUOS Rack System.

Features:
300W Total Output Power ( 2×75W Speaker and 2×75W Subwoofer)
Featuring new sound reproduction Technology “Audistry” by Dolby
Integrated Remote Control for Sharp LCD TV, DVD players and other selected brands
2.1ch Front Surround System
High Power Sound Playback with amplifier
Piano Finish cabinet with black glass top and shelf
DTS, Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic II Decoder, Dolby Virtual Speaker
Magnetically Shielded Front Speakers
FM Tuner with up to 40 Random Present Station, RDS ( Radio Data System) Tuner
Timer and Sleep function
AC 220 ~ 240 V, 50/60 Hz
FM: 87.5 – 108 MHz
12030×476x397 mm, Weighs JUST 46.5kg
RRP: $1,099.00

More at Sharp Australia