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LaCie releases 500GB rugged hard disk
2008-04-22 23:35:00 (Credit: LaCie) Ninjas, John Locke, and Bear Grylls take note: your active lifestyle have nothing on the LaCie Rugged Hard Disk . But even if you’re not trekking through the trenches and sinister islands, you’ll still appreciate LaCie’s latest version of their rugged hard disk with an impressive … More About: Hard Disk
Samsung says OLED monitors coming next year
2008-04-22 23:35:00 Sony’s teased us for a bit with its impossibly thin, 11-inch organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV, and finally brought it to the U.S. this year. Now it looks like there will be more to choose from in OLED TVs next year. Samsung SDI says that by 2009, not … More About: Monitors , Year
Where is wireless HDMI?
2008-04-22 23:34:00 Belkin FlyWire: A wireless HDMI product that’s due later in 2008. (Credit: Belkin) HDMI has certainly had its growing pains, but the connection is finally beginning to deliver on its original promise: a single-cable solution for delivering high-bandwidth, all-digital HD video and multichannel audio. HDMI is nearly universal in the home video market, present on all current ... More About: Wireless , Hdmi
Report: Italian iPhone deal shuns revenue sharing?
2008-04-22 23:34:00 A report out of Italy Monday suggests that Apple is planning to revamp its business model with the launch of the iPhone in that country. The Italian iPhone might be more expensive if Telecom Italy doesn't have to share data revenue with Apple. (Credit: CNET Networks) It’s … More About: Iphone , Report , Deal , Revenue Sharing
Will the Eee spell disaster for the Oqo?
2008-04-22 23:34:00 The Oqo was novel when the company first debuted: a small, ultra portable PC weighing 1 pound with slide-out QWERTY keyboard. But that was eight years ago. The San Francisco Chronicle has a little feature Monday on the latest model (”latest” being relative since it actually launched in March of … More About: Disaster , Spell
Legal injunction bars Dish Network from selling four models of DVRs
2008-04-22 23:34:00 Looks like Dish may have spoken a bit too soon. A little over a week ago, an appeals court determined that Dish Network (formerly EchoStar Communications) had indeed violated a software patent held by TiVo on digital video recorders. (Credit: CNET Networks) While TiVo gleefully celebrated, Dish expressed disappointment, but … More About: Selling , Models , Legal , Bars
Alltel gets its own RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330
2008-04-22 23:34:00 RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Credit: Alltel ) It seems everyone wants a piece of the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 as the popular smartphone is making the rounds with the carriers. First, with Verizon Wireless and Sprint at CTIA 2008, and now, Alltel. Available for preorder today online (ships May 1), the … More About: Blackberry
Apple stores to get virtual counterparts?
2008-04-22 23:34:00 This is the Genius Bar at Apple 's new retail store on West 14th St. in New York. Does Apple have a bright idea for re-creating the interpersonal retail experience in a virtual world? (Credit: Caroline McCarthy/CNET News.com) A patent filing by Apple is prompting speculation that … More About: Virtual , Stores
Netflix to charge more for Blu-ray subscriptions
2008-04-22 23:34:00 (Credit: CNET) Bad news today for home theater fans: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said on a conference call that because Blu-ray discs cost more to purchase, the company plans on charging a premium on accounts that rent Blu-ray movies. Hastings said “consumers are used to paying more for high-definition,” but … More About: Charge , Subscriptions
Would you like an iPod with those shoes?
2008-04-18 15:38:00 Zappos.com's new user interface (Credit: Zappos.com) Sometime in the next few weeks, shoe e-tailer Zappos.com will launch a new interface that lets consumers buy lipstick and MP3 players along with Birkenstocks and Nikes. The company is preparing to do a soft launch of the new, … More About: Shoes , Ipod
Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony tout NPD numbers
2008-04-18 09:19:00 Update: This story has been changed to reflect the email from Sony touting its PlayStation 3 March performance. With the release today of its March video game industry sales report, NPD has provided fodder for just about anyone who wants to read the numbers the way they want. Or trumpet … More About: Microsoft , Nintendo , Numbers
Flip Video camera maker hit with patent infringement lawsuit
2008-04-18 02:43:00 Advanced Video Technologies lobbed a patent infringement lawsuit against Pure Digital Technology, maker of the popular Flip Video cameras, according to a Reuters report. Flip Video Ultra (Credit: Pure Digital) The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in a U.S. District Court in New York, alleges Pure Digital infringed on Advanced Video’… More About: Lawsuit , Camera , Infringement , Maker
After price cut, pundits scream '3G iPhone!'
2008-04-16 19:53:00 (Credit: Crave UK) There’s nothing like a price cut announcement to set us tech journalists off like pro-Tibet protesters chasing a flaming baton. Yesterday O2 quietly announced it’s going to reduce the price of the 8GB iPhone by a whopping 100 pounds until 1 June (about $198)–but … More About: Iphone , Scream , Price
Verizon Wireless XV6900 available now: gogogo!
2008-04-16 19:53:00 If you’ve been waiting for the Verizon Wireless XV6900 ever since it was announced at CTIA 2008, today is your lucky day. Verizon Wireless announced that you can now get its version of the HTC Touch through its online store for $249.99 with a two-year contract and after …
Gold Lantern VisorTalk: Bluetooth car speakerphone with caller ID
2008-04-16 19:53:00 The Gold Lantern VisorTalk adds caller ID to the hands free equation (Credit: Gold Lantern) There are plenty of Bluetooth hands free speakerphones for the car out there, but the Gold Lantern VisorTalk distinguishes itself with a caller ID display–all the better to screen calls while you’re on the …
Gibson's Robot Guitar?exposed!
2008-04-16 04:25:00 SAN JOSE, Calif.–For the gathering of curious onlookers eager to see what a Sony OLED TV looks like on the inside, officials at the Embedded Systems Conference had some bad news: The airline (no, they didn’t say which one) lost their stuff. Unfortunately, their stuff included that TV. … More About: Robot , Guitar
Defiant Psystar back selling Leopard computers
2008-04-16 01:20:00 Psystar is back online selling “white box” Macs with a few subtle changes, and one employee has already played the monopoly card. As you might recall, Psystar’s Web site was overwhelmed Monday after it was found to be selling cheap computers with Mac OS X Leopard preinstalled. This caused … More About: Computers , Selling , Back
'Wii Fit' craze set to launch May 19
2008-04-15 22:20:00 (Credit: Nintendo) Rumors have been circulating for several weeks that the upcoming Nintendo interactive fitness game, Wii Fit, which comes bundled with the Wii Balance Board peripheral (pictured), would be priced at $89.99. Well, now that number has become official along with the not-so-secret May 19 launch date. According … More About: Launch
Mac OS X seller (not Apple) disappears after reports
2008-04-15 22:20:00 This bare-bones desktop may not look like much, but for a while, you could get it with Leopard preinstalled. (Credit: Psystar [via Ars Technica]) An entrepreneurial Mac vendor has gone offline just hours after it was discovered selling Mac OS X Leopard desktops from a company not named Apple . MacRumors.com, … More About: Seller
Blockbuster offers $1 billion for Circuit City
2008-04-15 22:20:00 Video rental giant Blockbuster on Monday announced it has offered to purchase Circuit City Stores for $6 to $8 per share, or about $1 billion to $1.3 billion. Blockbuster initially made the proposal on February 17, but says Circuit City has not provided the due diligence it needs to … More About: Offers
Sound Devices 788T unveiled
2008-04-15 22:20:00 Every way you turn the 788T, you’re confronted with a stupefying amount of I/O connections. (Credit: Sound Decvices) You know that scene in Crocodile Dundee where Paul Hogan gets held up with a switch blade, gives a little giggle, and then proceeds to unsheathe a knife that could … More About: Devices
TiVo patent win against EchoStar upheld
2008-04-15 22:20:00 Updated at 11:45 a.m. PDT with Dish Network’s statement. Another court has upheld TiVo’s patent suit against EchoStar Communications. A U.S. Appeals Court on Friday denied EchoStar’s appeal on an earlier court ruling that said the company’s Dish Network digital video recorders violated … More About: Tivo , Patent , Echostar
FCC fines retailers over DTV violations
2008-04-15 22:20:00 The Federal Communications Commission slapped heavy fines on several retailers Thursday for failing to properly label analog TVs that will have to be retrofitted next year for digital TV when broadcasters turn off their analog signals in February. In total, the FCC levied fines of $3.9 million on big … More About: Retailers
Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, AOL? See News.com for the whole story
2008-04-15 22:20:00 No matter how this story ends, it will have a big impact on all Web users. If Microsoft takes control of Yahoo , for example, many of Redmond’s Web properties will likely get scuttled while Yahoo’s become even bigger. If Google and Yahoo do a deal, the price of … More About: News , Story
Blockbuster considering set-top box for movie downloads
2008-04-15 22:20:00 Trips to the video rental store may be a thing of the past sooner than thought. Netflix and Blockbuster are already offering DVD rental service by mail. Amazon.com, Microsoft’s Xbox Live, and Netflix deliver movies directly to the PC. TiVo, Vudu, and Apple TV–not to mention cable and … More About: Movie , Downloads
More carriers, handset makers endorse LTE
2008-04-15 22:20:00 Several more companies on Monday agreed to sign their names to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) framework for the next generation of wireless technology. The largest handset maker in the world, Nokia, was joined by Sony Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, NEC, and NextWave Wireless. Part of the agreement on LTE means the … More About: Carriers , Makers , Handset
Mac OS X seller (not Apple) disappears after reports
2008-04-15 00:21:00 This bare-bones desktop may not look like much, but for a while, you could get it with Leopard preinstalled. (Credit: Psystar [via Ars Technica]) An entrepreneurial Mac vendor has gone offline just hours after it was discovered selling Mac OS X Leopard desktops from a company not named Apple . MacRumors.com, … More About: Seller
Blockbuster offers $1 billion for Circuit City
2008-04-14 21:11:00 Video rental giant Blockbuster on Monday announced it has offered to purchase Circuit City Stores for $6 to $8 per share, or about $1 billion to $1.3 billion. Blockbuster initially made the proposal on February 17, but says Circuit City has not provided the due diligence it needs to … More About: Offers
Sound Devices 788T unveiled
More articles from this author:2008-04-11 23:30:00 Every way you turn the 788T, you’re confronted with a stupefying amount of I/O connections. (Credit: Sound Decvices) You know that scene in Crocodile Dundee where Paul Hogan gets held up with a switch blade, gives a little giggle, and then proceeds to unsheathe a knife that could … More About: Devices 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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