Phillip’s Lame Patent
TiVo has revolutionized the way TV is watched. But, if Phillip’s has it’s way with the patent they filed, all TiVo users could be in for a nasty surprise.
What Phillip’s is advocating is the use of flags in the digital signal to force people to watch commercials. They would do this by having the box [...]
HD DVD Players and Movies Out
While the HD DVD player from Toshiba has been out in Japan since the end of March and the US this month, today the first of the HD DVD movies was released, giving people a chance to see the new technology. Only a few movies were released today, but more are planned for the coming [...]
Dell’s XPS M1710 Gaming Laptop
The XPS M1710 has hit the streets and it looks like Dell’s recent aquisition of Alienware is already rubbing off. Check out the specs:
Colors: Formula Red / Metallic Black
Processor: Intel Core Duo (up to 2MB Cache, 2.0 GHz/667 MHz FSB)
Graphics: 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GTX
Memory: 2GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHZ, 2 DIMM
Hard Drive: 100GB [...]
LG’s Wall Mounted Projector
Not a lot of detail out on this yet, but LG has a wall mountable 720p DLP projector they have developed. While there is some loss of vibrancy in the coloring, there are also some positives noted, such as the detail of the picture and realistic skin tones.
Meant to be hung on a wall like a [...]
Samsung YP-U2X Available
Samsung has their 512 MB YP-U2X player available now, and the 1 GB and 2 GB versions should be out soon. This player offers MP3 capability, voice recording, integrated USB connector and 13 hour battery life.
The players are very small and the 512 MB version is available for onyl $70. If you are looking for [...]
Clerks II Trailer Out
YouTube has the official Clerks II trailer that was being shown before Scary Movie 4 this weekend, here. Nice to go back and see some Dante and Randal again, along with those that were in many of the sequels.
Do I think this will be the sensation that Clerks was? Probably not, but should be amusing in [...]
Professional Video Gaming Ready For T.V.
USA network is attempting to do for video gaming what t.v. has done for poker with 7 one hour episodes this fall highlighting the Major League Gaming circuit and it’s players.
“The upcoming televised series will aim to engage viewers with not only with the game play itself — featuring top players of “Halo 2″ on [...]
Family Guy Video Game Screenshots
Family Guy: The Video Game isn’t slated to hit stores until later this year - but the good news is that 1Up has the scoop on the plot along with some screenshots.
Apparently, gamers will be able to take control of Peter (stop Mr. Belvedere from taking over the world), Stewie (defeat your brother Bertram for [...]
The Blue Hippo Computer Rip-Off
Chances are, you may have recently seen a Blue Hippo commercial claiming that they will help people get a computer regardless of their credit history. What they didn’t tell everyone is that they are charging $2200 for what is essentially a $300 Gateway computer.
And the best part? Check out this exerpt from the Blue Hippo [...]
MS Patch Causing Problems
There have been a number of reports that Microsoft patch MS06-015 is causing some user’s IE to lock up, system hangs or crashes.
There has been some talk that the patch, and paticularly a file called Verclsid.exe, conflicts with HP hardware being connected to the systems. “We’ve determined that the majority of the issues people are [...]
