Apple Software Update: Limit Your iPod Volume

Following a new French Law that limits the volume of portable audio devices - along with a lawsuit here in the U.S. over iPod related hearing damage, Apple has decided to offer a software update that will allow users to limit the max volume of their iPod. The update will also allow parents to set [...]

Single Driver Speakers

Sometimes you see something that you haven’t seen before and it just intrigues you. MSNBC had a column and discussed two speaker systems that use a single driver, and even more surprisingly were rated as having excellent sound.
The first of the two discussed are Omega’s Super 3 XRS system. It is a single driver speaker with [...]

Self Cooling Beer Can

Tempera Technology has developed a beer can that can magically lower beer temp up to 30 degrees in three minutes without the use of any sort of compressed gas.
The Tempera Technology webpage on the product reads: “Proprietary engineering creates a [...]

Xbox360 Cooling Fan

Nyko Technologies is offering a cooling solution for the Xbox360 to combat those overheating solutions. As can be seen in the picture, it is a simple snap on accessory to force air through your unit that they claim can drop the temperature from 2-10 degrees fahrenheit.
Offered for only $19.99, it is a cheap solution to [...]

The Inflatable Church

A company called Innovations Extreme is taking the old fashioned tent and kicking it up a few notches by providing such things as inflatable churches, pubs, nightclubs etc.
The designs are fairly elaborate, as you can see from the following church photos:

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Dell Sells Server to Support Two Desktop Network

Do you Alienware customers wonder what it is going to be like when Dell gets it’s hooks into the company? They would have you believe that that they are going to leave them as a standalone company, no major changes other than piggybacking on Dell’s ability to drive in supply of components and use their [...]

CableVision to Test Remote Hosted DVR

CableVision’s plan is simple: offer consumers the DVR service that they have gotten used to, but CableVison will host it rather than require every user to have their own DVR equipment. There are advantages for both te consumer and the company. The consumer will be able to get upgraded to support new srevices like HD [...]

HD-DVD Player / Movies Release Pushed Back

Last week, Warner pushed back the release date of the first wave of HD-DVD movies from March 28th to April 18th. Not surprisingly, Toshiba has responded by pushing back the release of the first HD-DVD player to mid April as well.
This gives HD DVD about one month lead time over the arrival of Blu-ray.
Only three [...]

The Machine That Washes, Dries, AND Irons

Damn I need one of these…
Oliver Blackwell, a student from the University of Plymouth has created a device that washes, dries, and irons clothes for his final project in a product design course.
Blackwell notes - “my washing machine is the same width and depth as a normal washing machine but the beauty is it can [...]

ZDNet Rips DRM: C.R.A.P.

ZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind has an amusing, yet very true, analysis of the current state of DRM in this video. Not a whole lot to say about it other than his new acronym for DRM, CRAP, is right on the money. These tech companies should know that they are going to have a revolt [...]

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