New iPod Firmware To Enable Cover Flow?
Rumor has it that an iPod firmware update is coming that will enable Cover Flow a la iTunes. The video above illustrating this functionality looks real enough, but experience has taught me that the internet is good for three things - conversation, pornography, and elaborate fakes.
There is also a rumor floating around that there [...]
Verizon Looking To Merge With Alltel
Word on the street is that Verizon is currently negotiating with Alltel to secure a merger that would make Verizon the largest national cellphone carrier ( over Cingular / AT&T ) by about 10 million subscribers.
This deal may never go down, but if you ask me something like this is bound to happen.
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Is Microsoft About To “Pull A Wii” With The 360?
Xbox chief Peter Moore had some very interesting things to say regarding the upcoming strategy for the 360. It seems that the success of the Wii has inspired some changes over at Microsoft.
“From a first-party point of view, it’s not just about E-rated games, it’s going to be about the experience that, quite frankly, Nintendo [...]
Sub-$600 Blu-Ray Player Coming From Sony: So What?
If you purchased a BDP-S1 Blu-ray player from Sony, be prepared to get pissed off because the company has announced that the $599 BDP-S300 will be released over the summer as a replacement. The new player will have the same basic functionality of the BDP-S1 with a smaller form factor and CD play capability thrown [...]
Dog Tracking Collar With SpeakerPhone
Turning the tables, PetCell allows you to track your dog anywhere he goes. The unit is a cellphone as well as a GPS device. The cell phone is of somewhat dubious value. How many times do you plan on losing your dog that you need a cell phone to talk to the person who finds [...]
Apple TV - Not Until Mid-March
I wouldn’t put this delay on the scale of a Microsoft OS, but Apple has told customers who had already ordered the unit that it won’t meet it’s February target, but would instead be shipping to them around mid March. Coming from most other manufacturers this would be barely even make news, but with Apple [...]
Launch: BitTorrent Goes Legit With It’s Entertainment Network
Today BitTorrent threw its hat into the online movie business with companies like Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Wal-mart with the launch of its Entertainment Network downloading service.
The service is officially supported by producers like Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount and Warner Brothers. The content includes around 3000 new and classic movies along with around 1000 tv [...]
New Wii Shop Channel Classic Games (2/26)
Only one game is being released for the Wii Virtual Console this week - but The Legend of Zelda®: Ocarina of Time isn’t just any ordinary game. If you haven’t already played through it - this one is a definite purchase.
“Every form of entertainment has its artistic pinnacles. On Monday, Nintendo will make The Legend [...]
Command Sit Stool
Keyboard keys seem to be the inspiration for a lot of products these days - everything from refrigerator magnets to erasers. Now you can add stackable stools to that list.
The Command: Sit Stackable Stool is available from Duende (Japan) or Great Big Stuff (US) for $124 - but for $16 more you can have a [...]
Urine Powered Battery
The Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology in Singapore has developed a urine-activated laminated paper battery that “could be integrated with bioMEMS devices such as home-based health test kits providing a power source for the electronic circuit” (whatever that means). All I know is that it generates power from pee.
“The battery produced about 1.5 volts, the [...]
