What do you get when you cross a 250GB Buffalo LinkStation network attached storage (NAS) device with some custom home-server software, a multi-protocol peer-to-peer client that supports FTP, Kad, BitTorrent, Overnet, FastTrack, and eDonkey? Well, for one you get a small device — not unlike the LamaBox  — that can continuously download and seed your torrent data after you’ve shut down for the night, thereby keeping that ratio up and preventing you from getting booted from your fav invite-only tracker into the cold, harsh world of Scandieland downloads from less reliable anonymous sources. Do we sound like we know way too much about this stuff? Maybe so, which probably has something to do with the fact that we’re a little stoked for Patoh’s external RochiP2P 250, which should supposedly set you back €299 ($380 US) for the above features in that same familiar looking old Buffalo box shown here. Unfortunately it appears the Patoh uses desktop software to control all those torrents instead of a nice web interface.

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The Ascari KZ1 has been in development since 2000, offering an S62 BMW M5 V8 engine that produces 500hp @ 7000rpm and 405.7 ft. lb torque @ 4500rpm – launching it from 0-60 in just 3.9 seconds. With only 50 produced, the KZ1 costs a hefty $434,471.

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Ricoh has long been a player in the niche market for ruggedized wide-angle digicams, and the company’s latest entrant, the 500G, continues to up the ante. Like the 400G and 300G before it, the 8 megapixel Caplio 500G is shock and water resistant, dust-proof, and has a wide-angle zoom lens. The latest version can withstand regular falls from about 3 feet, can handle ISO ranges from 64 to 1600, and has a wide-angle lens that zooms from 28-85 mm. We have no idea whether or not it takes good pics; the point with this one is that it’ll take pics in places you won’t want to go with other cameras, such as construction sites and offshore oil rigs. Pricing hasn’t been announced, but the 3.2 megapixel Caplio 400G went for a premium price of $370, and we expect this one to be priced above other point-and-shoots as well.

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This sleek handset is only 6.9mm thin yet packs plenty of multimedia functionality. It features a 2.0-megapixel camera, TFT display, Bluetooth support, MP3 player, file viewer, and TV-out. The SGH-X820 will be released later this month in Russia and Europe. Expect to see this phone showcased at Sviaz ExpoComm 2006 from May 10-13. No word yet on pricing.

Update from newlaunches:
The SGH-X280 has 80MB onboard memory for loading up your favourite songs. The phone will be on display at ‘Sviaz ExpoComm 2006″ to be held in Russia from May 10 to May 13.

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Intel’s been busy in the realm of multi-core processors lately, first unveiling their quad-core replacement for the Itanium Montecito, named Tukwila, and today — taking a page out of MC “2 Legit 2 Quit” Hammer’s book — renaming the next-gen mobile Merom and desktop Conroe dual-core chips “Core 2 Duo.” What’s more, the company announced that another version of the processor will be released for performance junkies, called, not surprisingly, “Core 2 Extreme.” As for Tukwila, the deets on this server-targeted chip came to light thanks thanks to a little digging by Real World Technologies, who found a set of slides that Intel recently presented on the topic at a conference in Asia. According to RWT, Tukwila will run at an estimated 40 gigaflops, sport 6MB of L3 cache for each core, and feature other additions that IT-types will likely be into, including an on-die FB-DIMM memory controller and Common Systems Interconnect (CSI) router. First called “Tanglewood” and scheduled for a 2007 rollout, Tukwila will now be released in 2008 and go head-to-head with other enterprise offerings from Intel and Sun, probably making it an exciting year for those aforementioned IT-types.

The mobile processor series should have a T5000 line of processors that will have 2MB of L2 cache and a higher end line T7000 that will have 4MB of L2 cache. Clock speeds should match that of currently available Core Duo processors (about 1.66GHz – 2.13GHz).

[via Notebook Review] and Techeblog

Read- Core 2 Duo [Thanks, Dave Z.]
Read- Tukwila [Via The Register]
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If we had to guess, we might wager that men outnumber women readers on Gizmodo. With that in mind, here’s a kitschy telephone bag aimed at members of the fairer sex, all ten of them on here. From La Pochette, maker of other fancy purses, this day purse is shaped like a 1970s telephone. Even better, it actually works. Just plug it into any standard telephone jack, and you’ll be gabbing about the day’s gossip in no time at all. The handle functions as the phone’s receiver and the numbers on the front, believe it or not, actually function as the phone’s number pad. Telephone bags most likely to be used by high society socialites don’t come cheap, so be prepared to fork over $295. The telephone bag, available in both a passionate red and a sensual black (hey, we try), will no doubt be found wrapped around hotel heiresses’ arms sooner rather than later.

Product Page [La Pochette via Phoney World]
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