Have you ever found yourself furiously typing in the dead of night wishing your keyboard had its own personal light? Well, Mr. Brightside is here to help. that little guy is a USB keyboard light certain to take away your extremely minor lighting gripes, and it’ll look good doing it. Mr. Brightside comes in lime green, pink, black and blue for the many shades of your moods. They’re available now for $20.22.

[Via Coolest Gadgets]

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Peripherals

Mr. Brightside USB keyboard light illuminates your keys, taste in music originally presented on Engadget on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Laura June

MSI’s new all-in-one Wind Top AE1900 may look all neat and tidy on the outside, but it’s an expectedly different story on the inside, as the folks at Blogeee.net found out when they unceremoniously ripped one apart. Of course, there aren’t precisely a ton of surprises to be found, but it does look like anyone hoping to upgrade the RAM may be out of luck, as the standard 2GB of RAM is simply soldered on with no slot provided for expansion — although there seems to be a bit of confusion as to whether that’ll be the case in the actual retail version, or just that early version sent out for review. Hit up the read link below for a closer look.

[Via Eee-PC.de]

Filed under: Desktops

MSI’s all-in-one Wind Top AE1900 gets dissected originally presented on Engadget on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Donald Melanson

Okay, so first things first — we all know the world’s on track to end in 2012, so it’s not like that really matters. But if, just if it manages to survive (à la Y2K), you can pretty much bank on a mass reversal of culture as we all push aside our netbooks and return to the playground. According to some “research” slated to be fully published “later that year,” PCs and laptops are apt to “operate at a much reduced speed, rendering the World Wide Web an unreliable toy” from 2012 onward. The reason? Massive growth in World Wide Web demand, which is undoubtedly on pace to crush existing infrastructure that can’t ever be improved upon by anyone, regardless of their market capitalization or determination to expand. It’s noted that the World Wide Web itself will somehow survive, but that users will start to see “brownouts,” which are described as “a combination of temporary freezing and computers being reduced to a slow speed.” Thank heavens for FinallyFast, right?

Psst… the solution to all of that is just past the break.

[Thanks, Colin]

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Filed under: Networking

Doomsday observant: Net to become an “unreliable toy” in 2012 originally presented on Engadget on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Darren Murph

Ready for some totally prototypical corporate non-answers regarding the alleged release of Android 1.5 on T-Mobile USA’s G1s? Good. Here you go:

“T-Mobile USA will confirm details of Android 1.5 availability for our T-Mobile G1 customers in the near future.”

Doesn’t mean much to us — and it’s hard to tell from that alone whether 1.5’s actually begun over-the-air distribution — but at any rate, it seems like they’re not ready to talk about it yet. Don’t keep us waiting distant, guys.

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

T-Mobile neither confirms nor denies Android 1.5 availability for G1 originally arised on Engadget on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Chris Ziegler

And the hits just keep on comin’. Shortly after Sony introduced its connected BRAVIA W-Series to the world, in flies yet another trio: the Z5500 line. Arriving in 40-inch, 46-inch and 52-inch models, the set boasts Motionflow 200Hz technology, DLNA certification, the outfit’s BRAVIA Engine 3, its own ‘draw the LINE’ design concept, a 1080p panel and a CI Plus interface, which only those parked overseas will truly understand. Furthermore, there’s an integrated MPEG-4/AVC HD tuner, BRAVIA Sync (HDMI-CEC), an auto shut-off operate, a committed ‘Energy Saving Switch’ and — for the first duration — AppliCast. whether you’re curious, the latter feature enables users to access a range of online services (RSS feeds and all sorts of other widgets) via the built-in Ethernet jack. Sony didn’t bother to share a price, release duration or any hope of a US debut, but we’ll be keeping our eyes peeled.

[Via TrustedReviews]

Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment

Sony debuts connected BRAVIA Z5500 LCD HDTV line originally arised on Engadget on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Darren Murph

We’re all used to space vehicles making a fiery ascents into the heavens whilst sitting atop massive, earth-shaking rockets that fill the sky with light and hearts with awe. What’s a little more strange is a spacecraft that relies on the same technique form a gentle return trip. Ships landing under rocket ability have been bandied about for decades, but now the Russians seem intent to compose it a reality for their next space capsule. The current Soyuz capsules do use rockets to cushion landings, firing at the last seconds before touchdown, but still descent is largely managed by a series of parachutes. that next-gen ship would forgo such frilly things in favor of rather more pyrotechnic ones, a change that sounds rather exciting but, to be honest, somewhat less than dependable. Given our choice we’d probably take a halo of silk above rather than a pack of explosives below, thanks.

[Via BBC News]

Filed under: Transportation

Next Russian space capsule could land on a gentle cushion of fire originally presented on Engadget on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Tim Stevens

Many PMPs are svelte, portable things that feel good in the hand and not too poor in a pocket. The same cannot be said for the 8GB Chuwi M70, a PMP packing a 7-inch, 700 x 480 widescreen LCD and not much else. In a review at MP4 Nation Blog that screen gets high marks, as does the ability to play video up to 1280 x 720 smoothly, but build quality is apparently a disappointment, and those dimensions build it something less than totally portable. The device hasn’t officially been released in the US, but whether you’ve got room in your heart for a PMP with a little additional to love they can be found online for under $120. Get hunting.

[Thanks, Tom]

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

Chuwi M70’s 7-inch PMP reviewed, said to be large and in charge originally arised on Engadget on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Tim Stevens