Simply can't live a day without  watching your favorite TV show? Well, Buffalo Technologies' latest USB offering is the right one for you. The DH-KONE4G/U2DS is a two-in-one gadget. It acts as a flash disk and as a TV tuner as well. Check out the details on this USB dongle in the full article.

Gasp! Another HD-DVD and Blu-ray player! Looks like more and more companies are opting to give consumers the option to not choose between the two high definition formats by offering both in just one package. Buffalo Technologies is offering the multiformat external drive for JPY 51,000 (US$ 440) in Japan.

The combo player will be available late next month, packaged with CyberLink PowerDVD 7.3 Ultra for good measure. The drive will be utilizing the GGC-H20N optical drive to read both formats.

While the external drive may only be available in Japan, those who don't want to make the trip may want to take a look at the HD-DVD and Blu-ray combo drives that Samsung (BD-UP5000) and Hewlett-Packard are developing.

 

Let's say you have your router upstairs or just on the other side of the room and the stock WiFi antenna on your laptop can only gather the WiFi signals at half a dozen paces away. Bummer if you want to work your couch in front of the TV on the other side of the house. Or another sad scenario: your laptop doesn't have WiFi capabilities.

Fret not. Here's an adapter from Buffalo, the WLI-U2-SG54HP. It boasts of boosting reception range by 210% plus it sticks to the back of your monitor. Additional specs: Vista compatible, Wi-Fi b/g, WEP 64/128bits, WPA-PSK and IPv6.

It retails at around US$ 31 and would be available sometime next month. We all know that this can also be used for less than legal purposes but don't get any ideas.

Buffalo Technologies has released their Freedom 2.4GHz Wireless Joystick to attend to your gaming needs. This is one baby that's just begging for you to push its buttons. It operates at a speed of 2.4GHz and comes with a rechargeable battery upon purchase.

The joystick comes in brushed aluminum and metal highlights and gives you the control you need, with 10 programmable buttons which include an eight-way hat switch, durable metal trigger, and a precise throttle. You also get to enjoy long battery life with its efficient power management.

Buffalo Tech also seems to be proud of the fact that this wireless Joystick can work up to 6 meters away from its docking station. That should be good news for those of you who tend to get too...uh...animated when playing games. Some say that the joystick looks like a rip-off of the combined designs of a GameCube and PlayStation controller, but the more choices available to us, the better right?

Buffalo Technologies has just released information on a new series of SD cards with built in USB connectivity. The RSDU cards will be available from mid-July in a variety of sizes. Details that have been provided show these will be available in 256MB, 512MB, 1Gb and 2 GB. Functionality will be like those of normal SD cards and this will be compatible with Windows Me/2000/XP and Mac OS X 10.1.2.

These will be useful for those people who use laptops or desktops and want less fuss by having fewer or no wires at all. There are no more details on data transfer speeds, or prices on release, or even if they will be initially globally available. We'll keep you posted.