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Netgear introduces open source wireless G router
Viewsonic launches 26” LCD monitor for $529
ViewSonic on Monday lifted up its VA Series value screens and released a new 26-inch desktop LCD that it hopes will drive down the sizes of very large screens. The VA2626WM generates the same 1920×1200 resolution and also promises similar visual quality to more expensive screens. The panel generates a 6,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and [...]
Dash Express recieves first real software update
Great news for Dash Express owners. As you all know it is an Internet connected two way device that brings plenty of fresh content through its GPRS/ WiFi connection over the Internet. The first of it’s kind. Most of the issues with the software and GUI have been resolved and an already great device becomes [...]
Rhapsody to sell songs without DRM in mp3 format
Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple’s iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday.
The songs will be sold in MP3 format, which means users of the Rhapsody service will be able to play them on iPods.
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42GB on a Super DVD
Never mind those fancy BD-R critters, how’s about a 42GB DVD? Researchers with a good deal more intelligence than us over at Tohoku University have reportedly figured out a way to “multiply the amount of data that can be stored on a DVD or CD by 9.” Based on our best guess at translating a [...]
JVC introduces super slim, eco-friendly LCD TVs
JVC announced new slim LCD TVs as part of the company’s Procision series. What makes these 1080p TVs special is not just their thin form factor, but their reduced power consumption: The 42” LT-42SL89 and the 46” LT-46SL89 are promised to consume less than 200 watts, which means you don’t have to [...]
Look mom, I outsourced my homework to India!
Birmingham City University officials say as many as 1000 students worldwide are outsourcing their homework to coders in India. The students attend or have attended universities and A-School (Britain’s equivalent of the last two years of a US high school) and outsourced homework as simple as a minor coding project to full-blown post-graduate dissertations. Birmingham [...]
Blu-ray on track to surpass DVD sales in 2012
High-definition video saw substantial growth in 2007, but it will take four more years until consumers will spend more money on Blu-ray discs than on DVDs, the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) concluded in its 2007 Annual Report. In 2007, high-definition video sales accounted for only 1.6% of all video sales.
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Google’s media server connects PC to consumer devices
A desktop Gadget released by Internet Giant Google allows you to connect your PC with other internet enabled devices.
“Google Media Server uses an open technology known as Universal Plug n’ Play to stream media to consumer electronic devices. The UPnP specification allows for a variety of hardware (gaming consoles, set-top boxes, photo frames) to communicate [...]
Samsung Instinct - Record sales in the first week of launch
Looks like Sprint’s marketing efforts for Samsung Instinct phone are paying off, atleast in the begining. We have to wait and see how it performs when Apple’s 3G Iphone is launched in July.
According to Sprint news, just a few days after hitting store shelves, Samsung Instinct has become the fastest-selling EVDO handset in Sprint (NYSE:S) [...]
