Digital Audio Center from Olive
Olive Media Products has introduced their Musica audio device. It acts as an audio media center without a PC. With all the inputs and connections required to convert from any source, update your MP3 player and burn custom CD’s, it can meet all your digital audio requirements. It offers all the functionality to make it [...]
Review: LG VX9800
Is LG the first company to make a multi-function phone that really delivers?
Reviews:
PCMagazine: ‘The LG VX9800, is a top-notch phone with an unusual style and features that will appeal primarily to hard-core SMS addicts. It will appeal less to corporate types, because Verizon fails to provide a high-quality corporate e-mail solution, but for [...]
Debate: Leaving Computers on or Turning Them Off
I came across an article today in the New York Times concerning the age old question - should I turn my computer off at night or should I leave it running?
The article left out some many of the most important factors that one must consider when faced with this decision - a mistake that I [...]
How Much Does the XBox 360 Actually Cost?
Now that the 360 is finally out, plenty of curious engineers at iSuppli have had time to pick apart the hardware and develop a detailed cost analysis of the product. According to their findings, each console is costing Microsoft approximately $525 - which is 32% higher than the retail price of $399.
“It should be [...]
It’s “Game Over” for the N-Gage
Nokia has finally decided to stick a fork in the N-Gage gaming phone. Shocking - I know.
“The company says it plans to hold off on mobile gaming for a couple of years, concentrating instead on mobile music and video.”
“N-Gage is still being sold but it was not a success in [...]
Support: Girlfriends Against Video Games
Dream on guys…
I don’t know much about what women want - I mean, what man does? However, I can tell you a little about what women don’t want. They don’t want you ogling other women, They don’t want to watch sports, and they sure as hell don’t want to play World of Warcraft with you.
An [...]
Kazaa to Block Files Based on Keywords
While seemingly making no one happy, Justice Murray Wilcox has ordered the owner of Kazaa, Sharman Networks, to modify the software to block a list of 3000 search terms by December 5. Kazaa was asking the judge to allow them to use Audible Magic’s audio fingerprinting technology to determine what downloads should be blocked, while [...]
XBox Crashing? Try This Quick Fix
As it turns out, most of the glitches regarding the XBox 360 seem to be caused by an excessive amount of heat. According to one Gamespot Forum member, the problem is not so much the console - its the freakin’ huge power supply.
His recommendation? Increase the airflow.
Suspend it in the air with a [...]
Maxell’s Holographic Storage
Maxell is working on using holographic disks to store data in a three dimensional array. Initial storage capacity looks to be about 300 GB transferring at 160 Mbps , with expected capacity to rise to 1.6 TB within 5 years. That’s equivalent to about 63 DVD’s. With the size of hard drives rapidly escalating, it [...]
Gates Plans on Merging XBox Live and Windows Live
Apparently, Microsoft conspiracy theorists have another piece of news to worry about.
“Speaking on the eve of the Xbox 360 launch, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates outlined how Xbox Live would evolve into Windows Live, using Windows Messenger as a conduit. The Xbox team showed limited Live integration with Messenger back at E3 in 2003, and even [...]
