TiVo on Wednesday quietly removed its Series3 flagship digital video recorder from its webstore, removing its normal entry for the device and listing the DVR as “out of stock” on its separate product page. The shift leaves the lower-end TiVo HD as the only recorder capable of saving HD video and leaves the analog-resolution Series 2 as the only [...]
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TiVo silently removing Series3 from it’s website
Neonode N2’s recalled due to reception problems
Still remember that Neonode N2 ? It was first shown as CES earlier this year. The company had very tough time with the product. Because of “reception problems,” the company had decided to recall its N2 product from the shelves. They’ve fixed the problem, but the recall and repair has cost the company time and [...]
Dell trying to challenge Ipod once again
Dell first entered the music market in 2003 with a line of MP3 players that were designed by Creative and marketed under the name Dell D.J. The product was designed to compete with first generation Ipod then. It did not click and dell D.J had to exit the market in 2006.
Since then Ipod has dominated [...]
Ancient Gadget [Antikythera Mechanism] from 100 B.C.
The Antikythera Mechanism has puzzled international experts since its discovery by Greek sponge divers in 1901.
After a closer examination of a surviving marvel of ancient Greek technology known as the Antikythera Mechanism, scientists have found that the device not only predicted solar eclipses but also organized the calendar in the four-year cycles of the Olympiad, [...]
PURE introduces ONE Elite DAB radio
PURE has released ONE Elite with the slogan “Radio For Everyone”.
ONE Elite not only looks great but has been engineered to sound fantastic, whether you want to tune in to your favourite DAB or FM stations or listen to your own music by plugging in your iPod and using ONE Elite as a portable stereo [...]
AT&T Says It Will Cut Off P2P Wireless Users
Following the footprints of Sprint to cap the download limit on wireless phones to 5GB per month, AT&T has told FCC that it will terminate the service of P2P consumers of it’s wireless network.
If AT&T’s biggest concern about P2P file-sharing apps is clogging its 3G wireless network, why does it allow streaming apps to run [...]
Netgear announces wireless-N upgrade kit WNEB3100
Netgear today announced the launch of the Wireless-N Upgrade Kit (WNEB3100), a plug-and-play solution that is commited to make it fast and super easy to add 5GHz Wireless-N access to any existing network and upgrade a computer to dual-band Wireless-N.
The Wireless-N Upgrade Kit, which includes Netgear’s 5GHz Wireless-N HD Access Point (WNHDE111) and RangeMax Dual-Band [...]
Dell launches 13” Inspiron laptop
Dell released the newest addition to the Inspiron family of PCs: a sub-$700 13-inch laptop. The new Dell Inspiron 13 arrives just in time for back-to-school shoppers and will be available starting next week at Wal-Mart.
With a starting weight of less than 5 pounds, the Inspiron 13 combines a simple and clean design encased in glossy Pacific [...]
Nintendo Sues 5 firms for selling DS emulators
Nintendo Japan is coming down hard on DS piracy firms. It has sued 5 Japanese firms for exporting and selling equipment that help users in playing pirated games on their DS consoles.The lawsuit takes aim at a software emulator called R4 Revolution, and similar devices.
“These devices allow playing of copied game programs which were obtained from [...]
