We mentioned last week that Google [GOOG] were planning to launch their Google Chrome OS within a week, it turns out that Google are holding a special event at their headquarters in Mountain View, CA tomorrow.
Google will be providing more information on their Chrome OS, including technical information, and some demos of the operating system.
We have seen quite a few of these ION powered nettops here ate Geeky Gadgets, the latest one is from Chinese company Giada, the Giada Slim N10 ION Nettop.
The Giada Slim N10 ION Nettop features an Intel Atom N330 dual cores processor, NVIDIA ION graphics, up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM and a 2.5 inch SATA II hard drive.
Other specifications include 5 x USB 2.0 ports, and E-SATA port, 100/100M LAN, an SD/SDHC card reader, DVI-I and HDMI, plus Stereo Audio In/Out and S/PDIF.
The Giada Slim N10 ION Nettop will be available in a range of colors, which include, white, pink, blue and black, there is no word on pricing or availability as yet.
If your PC chokes a little when streaming HD content you will be pleased to know that Adobe has just released the beta version of Flash Player 10.1 designed to allow slower netbooks and lower specification devices stream Flash content without any lag or stuttering and conserving battery life at the same time. Win Win for all..
If you’ve always fancied creating a Steampunk gadget or device but lack the skill or time to finish the job. Then this DIY Steampunk keyboard from Datamancer can definitely help you get started and if you cant even wait to make your own fully finished keyboards are available to purchase for $1200.
This crafty cyclist created this innovative mod for his bike to help him get seen at night. Rather then using the off the shelf reflectors (Which don’t do half as good a job as this mod) he popped down his local road maintenance centre and asked for any spare scraps of reflective tape used on road signs.
Google had just added a number of new refinements to its translation service which include the ability to translate words written with unique character sets together with their phonetic spelling. Also allowing you to type and receive a translation instantly for words without any further button pressing. Check out the video after the jump for full details.
If you need to do a little undercover convert night spying then these Infra-red Stealth Night Vision Goggles will defiantly help. Allowing you to see up to 15m ahead in absolute darkness. Using a powerful infra-red lamp which is barely viable by the naked eye.
NZXT has added a new PC case to their range with the launch of the NZXT Tempest EVO.
The NZXT Tempest EVO PC Case supports a range of motherboard which include, E-ATX, ATX, Micro-ATX and Baby AT, and it is designed to support higher end graphics cards, power supplies and server boards, and can take up to a total of 8 HDDs.
We love anything to do with Star Wars here at geeky gadgets, especially geeky art, like these cool custom Star Wars paintings created by New Zealand Artist Xander from deviantART.
Check out these cool robot inspired lamps by Croatian artist Robert Matysiak, these are bound to look great in any geeks apartment.
These cool Robot lamps are made from a range of plumbing supplies and light bulbs, you can check out some more over at Robert’s Facebook page.
Google [GOOG] has updated it Google Earth iPhone app, the updates comes just over a year after the original Google Earth iPhone App was released.
Google Earth 2.0 is compatible with the iPhone and iPod Touch, and the new version has a range of new features, which include the ability to view maps that you create on your PC on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
We have seen quite a few different iPod docks here at geeky gadgets, some cool and some not so cool, and I think this is one that falls into the alter category, the Kitchen Scale iPod Dock.
The Kitchen Scale iPod Dock is being made by ADE-Germany, and currently it is on the prototype phase (lets hope it stays there), and it will be called the Rihanna kitchen scale.
