Beware. Home TV viewing conflicts just got a new boost. Hitachi is working with Canesta and GestureTek to create a series of television sets that can recognize a viewer’s hand gestures. It sounds far-fetched, but through these, you can leave the remote aside and wave your hand the right way to change channels or volume. [...]

SimpleTech, the data storage brand of Hitachi has come up with the [re]Drive. It is a 500GB external hard drive, which is packaged in recyclable aluminum, and “renewable, naturally grown bamboo.” Looks like SimpleTech is becoming eco0friendly and is following the example of tree-hugging techie market. One very good advantage of this [re]Drive is that [...]