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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
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
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
TiVo patent win against EchoStar upheld
2008-04-11 23:30:00 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
2008-04-11 04:20:00 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
2008-04-10 22:08:00 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
2008-04-10 22:08:00 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
Changes ahead for the Sharper Image?
2008-04-10 22:08:00 The Sharper Image may have been the favorite of geeks in the ’90s, but it’s now a shadow of its former self. After being delisted from Nasdaq, filing for bankruptcy, and announcing that it will close 96 of its 184 stores, the end is near for the specialty electronics retailer. Or is it? In an interesting development, ... More About: Ahead , Sharper Image , The Sharper Image
PS3 to get DTS-HD Master Audio decoding, new PlayStation store
2008-04-10 19:07:00 (Credit: CNET) Sony has announced the details on the next PS3 firmware update–version 2.30, coming mid-April–and the big news for home theater fans is that the PS3 is getting onboard DTS-HD High Resolution and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding for Blu-ray movies. Home theater fans have long lamented that the … More About: Playstation , Store , Playstation Store
Amazon.com feels bad you bought an HD DVD player, so here's $50
2008-04-09 21:52:00 Still reeling from the recently concluded format war? Lucky for some early adopters, the number of retailers lining up to ease your pain is growing: first Best Buy, then Wal-Mart, and now Amazon . The online retail giant is currently offering a $50 credit for every HD DVD player purchased on … More About: Player
MobiBlu Cube3 gets US price and release date
2008-04-08 09:34:00 The third generation of one of the world's smallest MP3 players, the MobiBlu Cube, will make its debut in May. (Credit: MobiBlu USA) We haven’t been having much luck with MobiBlu MP3 players recently, but the company’s brightest star, their Cube series, will be seeing a … More About: Release , Price
Killing the oyster pack
2008-04-08 00:33:00 It took about two decades for the packaging creature known as the “oyster” or “clamshell” to conquer the world of consumer electronics. But the hard-to-open casings of plastic considered by many to be toxic could start to disappear soon, according to some experts in packaging and design. Although clamshells remain … More About: Pack , Killing
Mossberg: 3G iPhone coming in 60 days
2008-04-07 21:33:00 Uncle Walt says the iPhone will be able to download Web pages even faster in 60 days. (Credit: CNET Networks) Uncle Walt thinks a 3G iPhone will arrive within the next 60 days. Walt Mossberg , the legendary technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal, made the prediction during an executive … More About: Iphone , Days
Photos: Smartphones at CTIA 2008
2008-04-05 02:28:00 Click here to start the Smartphones CTIA 2008 slide show It’s a wrap! CTIA 2008 has come and gone and the show produced quite a number of smartphone announcements. Research in Motion unleashed a fleet of new BlackBerrys; Microsoft unveiled its latest mobile operating system; and we even saw … More About: Photos
Pittsburgh couple sues Google over Street View
2008-04-05 02:28:00 View Larger Map A Pittsburgh couple is suing Google because photographs of their home are appearing on the company’s street view service. The lawsuit, filed in Allegheny County court on April 2, claims there was a private road sign on their street that Google should have honored. It claims … More About: Street , Couple , View
Mio Technology and ATX to develop connected GPS
2008-04-05 02:28:00 (Credit: Mio Technology ) While we weren’t entirely in love with the Dash Express portable navigation device (PND), it certainly set off a trend of connected GPS devices. First, Magellan announced its Maestro Elite 5340+GPRS at CES 2008 and now Mio Technology announced its plans for a connected GPS … More About: Develop , Connected
Splashpower goes bust
2008-04-05 02:28:00 (Credit: Crave Asia) Wireless charging company Splashpower has gone out of business. In a press release, the U.K.-based firm said it unable to secure funding and is offering up the company for sale to interested parties. About two months back, MWg announced it would be partnering with Splashpower … More About: Bust
Velocity Mobile breaks into the smartphone biz
2008-04-05 02:28:00 Velocity 103 (Credit: Velocity Mobile ) Call me jaded, but it’s been a while since a new smartphone has knocked my socks off. I mean, of course, I get excited when a new product comes out, but (iPhone aside) it’s usually pretty much the same innards in a slightly … More About: Smartphone , Breaks
Hands-on with Sony's NWZ-A820 Bluetooth Walkman
2008-04-05 02:28:00 The Sony NWZ-A820 series Walkman has arrived, and it’s a stunner. As a follow-up to our beloved NWZ-A810, the A820 includes a larger screen, brilliant EX-style earphones, a detachable kickstand, and best of all–wireless Bluetooth audio. As we reported back in February, the NWZ-A820 comes in both 8GB and … More About: Hands , Hands On
The Apple rumor that just won't die
2008-04-05 02:28:00 An Apple rumor a day keeps a slow news day away. Right? Though idle chit chat about tech’s most gossiped-about company pops up all the time, they tend to be quashed or talked to death before another one comes along that’s juicier. One recent rumor is still floating … More About: Rumor
Details emerge on Lenovo's Atom-based handheld
2008-04-05 02:28:00 First seen at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, the mystery handheld Lenovo was showing off now has a name. The IdeaPad U8 was unveiled at the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai Tuesday along with a few more tidbits about what it’s packing inside. (Credit: Lenovo) We already learned at CES … More About: Handheld , Atom , Details , Emerge
JVC goes slim with new headphones
2008-04-05 02:28:00 The HA-SX500 will carry a list price of $79.99. (Credit: JVC) You remember those fold-up Sony headphones that you used to take with you to the gym? Well, JVC’s added a new “high-end” version of that type of headphone to its Bi-Metal line of in-ear canal headphones. JVC’s HA-SX500 will be out this month with a ... More About: Headphones , Slim
The iPhone of digital photo frames?
More articles from this author:2008-04-05 02:28:00 Let your fingers do the swiping. (Credit: Pandigital) It’s hard to say whether this is innovative or just another company jumping on the touch-based gesture bandwagon, but Pandigital’s announced a new line of digital photo frames with “intuitive” touch controls. Not surprisingly, the line’s called PanTouch, but … More About: Photo , Iphone , Digital 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
