75-year-old has world’s fastest private internet connection

Swedish news site The Local reports that 75-year old Swede's home has been tricked-out with a record-breaking 40 Gb/s connection - the first time a private residence has tapped into the internet at such high speeds. The lightning fast Internet connection is thanks to the money and her son Peter Löthberg a Swedish optical internet guru working at Cisco. Ma Löthberg's house was converted into a broadband dog-and-pony act in an effort to promote high-speed fibre connections as a commercially viable platform. With such a connection she can download a DVD in 0.14 seconds and a HD-DVD in 3 seconds.The secret that stands behind this speed is in new modulation technique. This technique allows data to be transferred to de distances up to 2,000 kilometers directly between only two routers. This does not involve any intermediary transponders which makes the connection even faster.

Japanese Sophia Nani Is A Full Touchscreen Phone, Media Player

It would seem that a certain black-and-silver phone has attracted a bit of a following in the design department. The Japan-only Sophia Nani, launching next week, sports a massive 4.3" touchscreen TFT display running at a crisp 800×400 resolution. A digital TV tuner rounds out a complete multimedia package, but one crucial feature will inevitably doom this newborn phone to the "design-only" box: Windows CE.

Yes, the beauty of the Nani is deceiving. The onboard WiFi capabilities will be handicapped by a sub-par web browser and multimedia capabilities will be bogged down by Windows Media Player 10. While the dual cameras are a unique addition (VGA in front, SVGA in back), the Nani boasts a simple Micro SD card slot in lieu of a more robust storage option like a hard drive. While it certainly won't challenge anything else out there for dominance of the phone/PMP market, the Sophia Nani is proof of the new design direction cell phones are heading in.

Control iTunes from Your iPhone Using Signal

If you're looking for an incredibly simple way to control iTunes at home from your iPhone, look no further than Signal. Once you're running iTunes and Signal, all you have to do is connect to your Wi-Fi network (Yes it uses Wi-Fi, so you can go all over your house no more of this IR tomfoolery) and then point your iPhone to the web address that Signal provides you. Instantly you've got yourself a fully functional iTunes remote, complete with playlist access, album art and even customizable queues. While it is a bit on the pricey side, $29.95, it does do just about everything that you could ask from a media remote webapp.

Sagem my300C

Sagem has announced the my300C an entry level handset. The dual band clamshell is only good in Europe, it comes with a currency converter which will be helpful on your Euro trip. The phone has a VGA camera, WAP, 3 MB of onboard memory, SMS, MMS, Java games and Polyphonic ringtones.The price of £40 ($ 80) is not as disappointing as the specifications. The Sagem my300C is available on Vodafone PAYG, in black or white & pink.

Fujifilm IS Pro Digital SLR Camera Has Predator Vision

Forget the visible light spectrum, any camera can hack that. The Fujifilm IS Pro is the most recent camera in Fujifilm's pro lineup that can shoot in the ultraviolet and infrared spectrums as well. Tooled for professional snoops, it also has such gumshoey features as one-touch black-and-white Live Image Preview, post capture face-detection that identifies up to 10 faces per image and Mirror Lock-Up and Shutter Delay to reduce image blur in a long exposure. It's simply the choicest thing to accompany your coffee thermos and box of doughnuts on those long overnight stakeouts. Jump for the details, right from the horse's mouth.

Morito Bone Aqua - Bone conduction headphones

Morito Japan has announced Aqua Bone waterproof bone conduction headphones. Available in four bright colors you can go out jogging or cycling on a rainy day and be rest assured that the rains or sweat will not mess with it as the headphones confirm to IPX7 waterproofing. It touches the bone in front of the ear and like every bone conduction equipment it transmits sounds by vibrations which are picked up the brain. The company is working on a Bluetooth version as well.The Morito Bone Aqua will be available by August in Japan for 9,980 Yen ($ 82).

Samsung SPD-1000 a super stylish surveillance camera

The Samsung SPD-1000 is an interior speed dome camera that is customized to suit indoor conditions and spaces while providing outstanding function. Equipped with a 10X optical A/F zoom lens, the new SPD-1000 lets users zoom in with accurate focusing, and it provides up to 100X zoom capability with vivid images. The SPD-1000 lets users specify up to 128 preset settings for automatic monitoring of a designated area. In particular, you can customize the monitoring to suit large areas by setting the conditions for different sectors with the multi-language OSD, or grouping up to 6 areas for effective surveillance. If the subject in motion is moving behind the camera, the digital flip function allows an immediate automatic 180¢ª turn for improved tracking.

With its high-performance CCD image sensor and unique DSP chipset, the camera gives you a high resolution of 520TV lines and an ultra low light sensitivity of 0.005Lux. A 10X interior speed dome with smart and stylish monitoring, the Samsung SPD-1000 provides easy installation without complicated cabling for a range of locations, including: department stores, discount stores, museums, galleries and lobbies making the camera the right choice for 24-hour always-on surveillance.