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Leica V-LUX 20 camera with 12-megapixel sensor, GPS tagging and 720p video shooting

Leica V-LUX 20 camera has been officially announced. This Leica camera looks pretty much like the Panasonic ZS7 but with hotter appeal. This compact camera packs a 12-megapixel sensor with 12x zoom, is capable of 720p video recording and supports GPS geo-tagging for our photos.

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Google Chrome OS netbooks to be priced $300-$400

Google Chrome OS netbooks will not come in expensive prices, they’ll be priced around in range of $300 to $400 as the OS itself will not cost you a dime, it’s only the hardware and the technology that costs a price.

According to the announcement by CEO of Google [GOOG] Eric Schmidt, Google is not going to make any revenue from selling the software license of the Google Chrome OS. Instead, they’ll be able to grab their revenues from other means.

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USB Notebook alarm

Here comes a little USB device that plugs into one of the USB ports of your computer and its function is to prevent your computer from getting stolen. The idea is when someone wants to take away your unattended laptop, they’ll tend to unplug all the connected USB devices first. So, once this USB laptop alarm is unplugged from the computer, it’ll alert everyone around.

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Panasonic to release HD Skype webcam for Viera TV

Panasonic is one of the first few that has announced Skype function to be built into their future HD TVs. And now the company has announced a web cam, TY-CC10W, that is specially designed for the use with Skype on the company’s VIERA line of HD TVs.

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iPhone 4G aka iPhone HD prototype gets hands on

The prototype of the iPhone 4G or iPhone HD was spotted at the San Jose bar, and it’s even fallen in the hands of Gizmodo, where they’ve had their exclusive hands-on with the prototype of the next gen iPhone.

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Newsight glasses-free 70-inch 3D displays

Newsight has shown off a number of glasses-free 3D displays at the Finetech Japan 2010 in Tokyo. The Newsight 3D displays even come in size of 70 inches, which is claimed by the company to be the largest 3D display in the world.

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Marusys set-top boxes stream video to your iPhone over WiFi

What makes a set-top box stand out from its competitors is the ability to communicate with the Apple gadgets, such as the iPhone. Marusys has announced two new set-top boxes, MS630S and MS850S, which have the capability of streaming video straight to the iPhone over WiFi.

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Phantom Flex camera captures 1080p at 2,800 fps

The Phantom Flex camera from Vision Research is a super fast camera that is capable of capturing full HD 1080p video at an ultra fast frame rate of 2,800 fps. The super fast frame rate allows it to capture something that goes extremely fast, such as the lightning flashes through the evening sky. And once you’ve captured the lightning, you can even playback it in slow motion. Just watch the clip below, you’ll know how amazing it is.

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Lego Digital Box – augmented reality Kiosk system to create virtual 3D Lego construction at Lego stores

Lego has announced the use of Lego Digital Box at all Lego stores worldwide, which is meant to help buyers make their purchase decision. Buyers are usually hard to know how a Lego set looks like unless it gets physically constructed which usually takes time. But with the Lego Digital Box, they can view how a Lego set is virtually constructed in the box and know how the toy will physically look like, and make their purchase decision.

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Sharp NetWalker PC-T1, a Linux based tablet

A number of tablets have surfaced recently. If you’re a fan of the Linux OS, the newly announced Sharp NetWalker PC-T1 tablet shall be right up your ally. Sharp has announced this Linux based tablet to be available in Japan market starting next month.

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