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A Macintosh enthusiast has apparently managed to load Windows XP on an Intel Mac, nabbing a nearly $14,000 prize.

If you have a Sony PSP, you probably already know that it is designed for video as well as gaming. There are plenty of movies available on UMD, but what if you want to carry around a few TV shows, your favorite DVD, or something you shot with your camcorder? The Neuros MPEG-4 Video Recorder 2 is one way to do that: it's a "digital VCR" which records from a video source directly onto a Memory Stick Duo or CompactFlash card, in formats compatible with the PSP, video iPod, and other mobile devices.

Although timing on that has yet to be confirmed, Kutaragi was more specific about other new services - including an EyeToy camera peripheral to attach to the USB port, which launches in September, and video voice-over-IP (in other words, video-telephony), which will be available in October. Pricing on all of that's yet to be announced.

Digital photographers have long made Epson's Photo Fine devices their PMPs of choice, which is no surprise given the excellent 3.8-inch display, ample storage, RAW viewer, EXIF manipulation tools and CF/SD slots available on the units. Unfortunately, the latest version, the P-4500, seems to have few upgrades over the fact that its screen is said to be 1.5x brighter than that of its predecessor, the P-4000, which was announced just a few months ago.

Italian tech site SoloPalmari has published three reviews of Pocket PCs with plenty of pictures: The Fujitsu Siemens N560, the Mio A701 and the Qtek S200.

A European embedded computing specialist has announced a wrist-worn wearable computer that runs embedded Linux or Windows CE. Eurotech's WWPC ("wrist-worn PC") offers a wealth of standard PC interfaces, along with several innovative wearable-specific features, the company claims. It targets emergency rescue, security, healthcare, maintenance, logistics, and "many other" applications.

The BenQ P50 was arguably the closest a company could come to having vaporware while still releasing a product. It was plagued with so many delays that when it did come out, it was already considered out of date in a fast moving market. It is with no surprise then that BenQ-Siemens has announced an update to the P50 at CeBIT, coming in the form of the P51. More here.

Trolltech today announced that its Qtopia software for Linux-based embedded products is the application development platform for Leadtek's award winning IP broadband videophone, XTP 8830. Leadtek Research Inc. is an industry leader in video and IP technologies.

The H.264-based Videophone XTP8830 uses H.323/SIP protocol and offers high performance with good quality video communication. This product is capable of supporting today's demanding requirements in triple play technologies, including video telephony, streaming, VoIP and online browsing. It can be adapted to all IP-based networks such as LANs, WANs and Internet. From homes to offices, wherever there's an Ethernet line, XTP 8830 facilitates meetings face-to-face anytime, from anywhere in the world. Qtopia's customizable platform enabled the efficient integration of all these features, as well as providing an intuitive and easy-to-learn interface.

Leadtek H.264-based Videophone XTP8830 was recently honored with the CES 2006 Innovations Design and Engineering Award.

'Leadtek is the first company, together with their partner, France Telecom, to make cost-effective video telephony available to residential users, 'says Adam Lawson, Product Director, Mobile Embedded Solutions at Trolltech. 'Qtopia gives Leadtek a proven technology for developing customized, innovative applications and user interfaces for their line of videophone products.'?

"Qtopia is a complete application platform and user interface that enhances Linux and makes it complete," said Hon Sit, VP of Business Development at Leadtek USA. "With Qtopia, we were able to develop this feature-rich IP videophone faster and more efficiently '“ while providing our customers a comprehensive and user-friendly interface.

The SanDisk Sansa e200 series offers a boatload of features for a reasonable price, in a package that is much nicer than that of past SanDisk models. For those looking for a high-capacity, compact, skip-free MP3/WMA player, start with the e200 series. Full review here.

A gem of design hiding away at the CeBIT show in Hannover, Germany, was the LG KG320. This slim bar-style handset sports an understated look, yet comes off as a very elegant device, giving the feeling that it would be right at home at a posh dinner in the city.