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Microsoft responds to European inquiry on scratched 360 discs
2007-06-14 21:24:00 Even though Microsoft seems to be dragging its feet when it comes to addressing the EU’s anti-trust concerns, the software-giant-cum-console-maker was quick to respond to European Commissioner for Consumer Affairs Meglena Kuneva’s inquiry regarding accusations of faulty 360 hardware. Specifically, the commissioner wanted to know the scope of the disc ... More About: Disc , Scratch , Rope
Archos TV Plus announced
2007-06-14 21:23:00 Not really a surprise that Archos is finally really tying to break into the set-top box business, given its propensity for DVR-recording functionality in its portables line and partial ownership by Echostar, but it looks like the Apple TV has a new device to worry about: the Archos TV. We’re still ... More About: Engadget , Anno
Archos announces 605 WiFi
2007-06-14 21:20:00 We’re obviously sooo surprised that the device pictured above turns out to be the 605 WiFi — we’re not sure if it’s the fact that it was a 5th-gen player being launched that looks like the 604, or that the player has “605 WiFi” emblazoned on the front that tipped us ... More About: Wifi , Archos , Anno
Gracenote trumps Sony Ericsson ? announces W910, W960, and K850
2007-06-14 21:18:00 Oh my. Looks like Gracenote has unintentionally stolen Sony Ericsson ’s thunder by outing their phones before SE’s “next big thing” later today. According to their press release, Gracenote’s mobile music service will be embedded on the “new Walkman models W910, W960 and the K850 Cyber-shot.” Of course, there’s still some mystery ... More About: Systems , Engadget
Mood Music: Sony Ericsson and Gracenote Unleash Mobile Music 2.0
2007-06-14 21:16:00 Sony Ericsson ’s partnering up with Gracenote to provide an even better TrackID-like service called Mobile Music 2.0. Available on the Sony Ericsson W910 and K850 (both shipping Q4 2007), Mobile Music can use Gracenote’s DB to search for artist name, track, album, or lyrics, and download songs from Sony Ericsson’s ... More About: Sony Ericsson , Sony
iriver M10, D5 devices surface online
2007-06-14 21:16:00 The iriver-lovin’ folks at iriverfans.com have gotten their hands on what they claim to be pics of a pair of forthcoming devices from the company, which are supposedly set to be unveiled at the SEK exhibition in Korea later this month. First up is the iriver M10 (seen above), a GPS ... More About: Devices , Online , Engadget , Surface , Line
NUUT intros NP-601 e-book reader with Vizplex display
2007-06-14 21:13:00 Those curious to see just how much E Ink Corp.’s new and improved Vizplex display enhances the e-reading experience now have an actual e-book reader they can get their hands on, although they’ll have to find a way to get one out of South Korea. Apart from that new 6-inch, 600 ... More About: Reader , Book , Display , E-book , Intro
The BeoVision 7, the ultimate HTIB from Bang & Olufsen
2007-06-14 21:10:00 Bang & Olufsen is continuing to give a whole new meaning to the term “home theater in a box”. The latest in the BeoVisi on 7 line is coming to the US this summer, and includes everything; a 40-inch HDTV, 7.1 surround sound speakers, amplifier and a DVD player. As if that wasn’t ... More About: Bang , Ultimate , Vision , Visio
Critical space station computers fail
2007-06-14 21:09:00 An array of busted computers that control the International Space Stat ion ’s orientation and oxygen and water supplies could force the orbiting hotel’s three current residents to either extend their stay or make an emergency departure. The Russian-made computers are critical for sustaining life aboard the station, and while astronauts have a ... More About: Computers , Pace
JSP Tech?s 450-watt liquid-cooled power supply
2007-06-14 21:08:00 These days, it’s not difficult to find a cutting-edge hardware component with a liquid-cooled option, but streaming water through a power supply is a new one on us. Aside from the potential fire hazard implications, we’re a bit stumped as to why a vanilla 450-watt power supply would actually need ... More About: Power , Tech , Engadget , Liquid
Toshiba?s TLP-XC2500AU projector includes document camera
2007-06-14 13:56:00 Nearly a year after Toshiba introduced its TLP-XC2500U, the firm is finally giving the document camera-equipped projector a refresh and dubbing it the TLP-XC2500AU. Hailed as a low-cost way to get a doc cam integrated into a projector, this device is aimed squarely at educators and businesses, features the firm’s Natural ... More About: Camera , Document , Engadget , Projector
Spend Money Make Money: Australians: Make A Game, Get A Mil
2007-06-14 13:54:00 If you’re Australian and fancy yourself as a bit of a budding games designer, you’re a rarity. You’re also eligible to enter Project Joystick, a competition being held by Telstra and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, who will peruse submissions for game ideas and give AUD$1,000,000 in development cash ... More About: Money , Make Money , Guide , Game , Make
Big timers join up to launch Climate Savers Computing Initiative
2007-06-14 13:54:00 Although a number of household name computer vendors have already inked their name on some sort of green agenda, now it looks like things are getting a bit more aspiring as Intel and Google have joined the likes of Dell, EDS, EPA, HP, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, PG&E, and the World ... More About: Climate , Join , Computing , Savers , Launch
GlobalSat further clogs the 3.5-inch GPS market with GV-366
2007-06-14 13:52:00 As if your choices weren’t endless enough in the 3.5-inch GPS arena, GlobalSat is offering up yet another forgettable alternative in the GV-366. Aside from the obligatory touchscreen display, you’ll find a SiRF Star III receiver, multilingual navigation interface, and software that was co-developed by Navigon. Additionally, a built-in ... More About: Market , Engadget , Inch , Mark , Logs
Peripherals: R2-D2 Speakers Make the Bass be with You
2007-06-14 13:51:00 These R2-D2 speakers aren’t shipping until December, but you don’t have to be Yoda to work out that they’ll sell out like gâteaux chauds once the galaxies and their girlfriends get to know about them. Sound quality isn’t great and the 4.7-inch droid connects via a 3.5-mm audio cable (USB connection is, as yet, unconfirmed). ... More About: Speakers , Peripherals , Bass , Make , Peripheral
Camp teaches students about medical careers
2007-06-14 12:32:00 For most teenagers, summer break is about trips to the beach and sleeping late in the mornings. Not today, however, says 15 year old Morgan Early as she removes stitches inside a nursing lab. For 52 students across North Alabama, this week is “about, finding out what you want to do ... More About: Medical , Students , Careers , Camp , Teac
Virgin Galastic appoints new European travel agents
2007-06-14 12:25:00 The names of the eight travel companies who will train to become ?Accredited Space Agents ? ? the first agents in Europe allowed to reserve seats aboard Virgin Galactic?s suborbital space flights have been announced by Virgin Galastic. The new Accredited Space Agents are: BRU & BRU Exclusive Travel Designer, Spain CAMINHO DAS ESTRELAS, SA, Portugal Deluxe ... More About: European , Points
DOT chief upbeat on growth of tourism industry
2007-06-14 12:23:00 Cebu City (14 June) — Tourism Secretary Joseph ?Ace? Durano said the Philippine tourism industry faces the challenges of progress after achieving 14.4 percent annual growth rate in the past three years. Durano spoke before more than 500 participants as the Asean Tourism Congress opened today at the Cebu International Convention Center ... More About: Industry , Chief , Growth , Beat
EADS Astrium plans to take part in aerospace tourism
2007-06-14 12:21:00 Just before the opening of the aerospace trade fair in Le Bourget (Paris), the European aerospace firm EADS Astrium has announced it will be entering the sector of outer-space tourism. The company announced a concept for a new outer-space jet that will put for passengers 100 kilometers above the Earth, where they ... More About: Tourism , Plans , Part , Pace , Plan
?Apprentice? finalists rule out TV careers
2007-06-14 12:14:00 LONDON (Reuters) - “The Apprentice” finalists say they are about to buck the trend and refuse a possible TV career if they are not hired by Sir Alan Sugar. Previous contestants who have fallen at the final hurdle, such as Ruth Badger and Saira Khan, have gone on to host their own ... More About: Finalists , Careers , Rent , Rule , Fina
Space Station gets boost from new solar array
2007-06-13 20:56:00 It may have taken longer than expected, but the International Space Stat ion is slowly starting to come up to full speed, with a new solar array now fully unfurled after being installed earlier during Atlantis’ mission. Measuring 240 feet long, the twin solar panels are the third of four “wings” to ... More About: Solar , Pace
Mio unveils seven-inch C517 DMB navigation system
2007-06-13 20:54:00 While Mio’s range of navigation systems is figuratively all over the map, the firm’s latest offering packs a screen size that would have a hard time fitting in some dashes, let alone a cargo pocket. The seven-inch WVGA LCD that dominates the C517 isn’t found in too many competitors, but ... More About: System , Navigation , Engadget , Inch , Veil
Sounds Unlikely: Unconfirmed: Get $100 off Apple Hardware Over the Phone
2007-06-13 20:49:00 Update: Looks like my brain completely shut down when I read the Consumerist post the first time. Apparently, the rumor is this: you can save $100 on Apple hardware (not the iPhone ) when you order over the phone and play coy and say their hardware is too expensive. It has nothing ... More About: Hardware , Sounds , Like
Spartan DX personal DNA tester goes for a mere $15k
2007-06-13 18:44:00 Just we always wanted, a DNA tester to call our very own! We’ve been waiting for them to break that crucial $15k pricepoint, and now Spartan Bioscience has finally accomplished such a feat with its Spartan DX Person al DNA Analyzer. The thing can do 4 samples at a time, and takes about ... More About: Engadget , Persona
Tasty AT&T U-Verse features seeing delays
2007-06-13 18:43:00 Bad news for those sticking it out with AT&T’s U-Verse . According to a slide presented at the company’s investor relations webcast, it looks like a number of key features will be delayed — some well into next year. Among the niceties that subscribers won’t see until Q4 of this year are ... More About: Features , Delays , Feat , U-Verse
Microsoft beefs up Xbox 360 cooling ? freaking finally
2007-06-13 18:42:00 Only took ‘em a couple of years, but Microsoft is finally taking a bit more of a proactive approach to its perennial “ring of death” problems of overheating 360s. Yeah, that means instead just doing the towel trick to get your 360 up and running again, you can send your Xbox off ... More About: Xbox 360 , Finally , Cooling
Sprint rolls out Samsung UpStage in red
2007-06-13 18:42:00 What’s better than a black Samsung UpStage ? Why, the very same handset in red, of course. As rumored last week, Sprint has chosen June 18th as launch day for its freshly re-colored UpStage. While nothing new is under the hood, we know some of you out there will appreciate this new ... More About: Phones
Microsoft embedding nerdy photo in Vista DVDs?
2007-06-13 18:41:00 We don’t have a Vista Business DVD of our own to confirm this one, but we’ll just stick with the tried and true “it’s on the internet, so it must be true” mantra. Apparently a blogger named Kwisatz has uncovered a “secret” photo embedded into the hologram that encompasses the Windows ... More About: Photo , Microsoft , Dvds , Bedding
Irate would-be Lenovo customers seeing delays on ThinkPad T61
2007-06-13 18:39:00 Filed under: Laptops Your idea of the Lenovo buying experience has probably been all but tainted if its latest ThinkPad T61 was, er, would have been your first machine from the company. According to an incredibly long thread over at Notebook Review, more than a few would-be customers are getting progressively angrier ... More About: Customers , Thinkpad , Would , Custom
Digital Cameras: Canon iVIS HR10 Burns your Home Movies onto DVD
More articles from this author:2007-06-13 18:38:00 Don’t be fooled by its thoroughly ’80s body (if this was a clutch bag, it would have been in Melanie Griffith’s paws as she trundled over to Manhattan on the Staten Island ferry in Working Girl)? Canon ’s new iVIS HR10, out over here this summer, is utterly Noughties by nature, as it ... More About: Movies , Home , Digital Cameras , Cameras 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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