Wireless HD Consortium Formed
Seven companies, LG Electronics, Matsushita Electric Industrial, NEC, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba and SiBEAM are forming a consortium to develop a wireless system for transmitting HD content over short distances. The goal is to allow all the different devices in your home to connect to your display without having to run a bunch of cables. And if […]
Vista Packaging - It’s Something Anyway
With all the delays for Windows Vista, the packaging engineers have had more than adequate time to come up with something different. I do like the look of the new packaging in general, but of course anything that isn’t square can lead to some issues with stacking/storage.
I do appreciate that they made it a hard […]
Seagate to Offer HDD’s with Hardware Based Encryption
With a seemingly neverending list of security breaches caused by lost laptops recently, the timing seems perfect for Seagate to begin shipping laptop hard drives with hardware based encryption.
A password will grant you full access to the drive, and there are certain to be applications written that will allow the use of fingerprints and other […]
The Ghost Mouse: Just In Time For Halloween
If you dig a product like the Ghost Mouse, chances are that you consider Halloween to be more of a year round thing.
The Ghost Mouse features all of the features you would expect from a traditional mouse - three buttons, scroll wheel, and 800dpi. But, let’s not kid ourselves here. It looks like a […]
PS3: Even More Expensive To Own
Never mind the $600 price tag for the premium PS3 - apparently the system will be even more expensive to own because of its outrageous power consumption.
According to Newlaunches, Sony has admitted that the console uses 380 Watts of power. That’s over twice as much as the XBox 360 and eight times as much as […]
Confirmed: Enhanced Wii With DVD In Japan
A spokesperson for Nintendo has confirmed that Japan will be receiving an enhanced Wii with DVD capability.
From the Nintendo’s statement:
“There are currently plans to release a version of Wii in Japan featuring DVD playback. There are currently no plans to bring this model to Europe or the US.”
My personal opinion? Who the hell cares. I […]
Apple Confirms New Shuffle Launch Date
Those of you who have been waiting for the launch of the new Shuffle will be relieved to know that it will finally hit store shelves on Friday, November 3rd.
The new design is about half the size of the original and it features 1GB of flash memory, 12 hours of battery life, and a very […]
Windows Media Player 11 Released
Microsoft has finally released Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP after a few bugs caused a brief delay.
Users can expect a new interface, integration with the MTV Urge music service, improved synching with portable devices (over 200 in all - no mention of the iPod), improved search, new formats for ripping and music playback, […]
Is YouTube Already Going Downhill?
It’s only been a few weeks since Google purchased YouTube for $1.65 billion, but it appears that the copyright infringement fallout predicted by many analysts is beginning to come true.
According to Reuters, Viacom (owners of Comedy Central) sent YouTube a third-party copyright infringement notice that requested that clips of Comedy Central shows like South Park, […]
MySpace To Block Use Of Copyrighted Music
As far as I’m concerned, MySpace is on its way out. The site’s coding is hideous and all of the poor HTML floating around on user’s profiles has bogged the system down to the point where it is very difficult to use.
If that wasn’t enough, MySpace announced today that it has licensed technology to stop […]