Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
The folks over at CNET aren't wasting a moment getting to know Panasonic's latest Blu-ray player, so why should you? Reviewers started off by praising Panny for getting a Profile 1.1-compliant player out before the actual deadline, and minor gripes about the DMP-BD10A (namely, the ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Filed under: Storage
While the new Buffalo DVD burner can never compare to the wall-rattling speed of Samsung's Super-WriteMaster (which blazes through your pirated software at 20x when hitting DVD±R discs), the 19x offering from the Japanese peripheral manufacturer ain't too shabby. There's not too much to get excited about beyond ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Filed under: Desktops
Make no mistake, Everex can build 'em some kind of ugly. Still, they have learned to spin their gear as green, not underpowered, which counts for something. The TC2502 gPC (that's "g" as in "green," not crap) is out cluttering Wal-Mart shelves with a low, low $199 price ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Filed under: Peripherals
Oh, how far we've come. Just 2.5-years after Tritton unveiled an adapter that enabled users to run a VGA-equipped display at 800 x 600 via USB, Sewell is offering up a USB-to-DVI converter that actually supports UXGA (that's 1,600 x 1,200 for those counting). In a package no ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
Saitek's got a new gaming mouse for those in need of a little more precision than your standard off-the-shelf model, with its new Cyborg mouse cranking the dpi all the way up to 3200. That, of course, can be dialed back to accommodate various mousing tasks, and ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Filed under: Portable AudioWe've never had much love for Sony's SonicStage software, and now it looks like there's yet another reason to avoid it: according to Secunia, there's a buffer overflow vulnerability in the latest edition, version 4.3, that allows arbitrary code to be injected and run. The bug is ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Filed under: Cellphones, Peripherals
Nokia -- always known to break a phone-lover off some snazzy new junk -- currently wants to get up in your headspace with its new Bluetooth earpiece, the BH-101. What can the BH-101 do for you, you ask? Well for starters, it'll deliver eight hours of talktime, ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Filed under: Storage
It's not the first to boast of a 320GB 2.5-inch hard drive, but Western Digital looks to be the first to actually ship one, with its new 320GB Scorpio SATA drive now available to anyone with a hankering for some spacious portable storage. In addition to cramming all ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Jobo's Giga Vu line has always been primarily targeted at photographers who need portable storage and viewing capabilites, but the devices' Linux foundations and open SDK have made them pretty hacker-friendly as well. Both camps should be happy about Jobo's latest entry, the Giga Vu ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Filed under: CellphonesThe Gphone rumors have been heating up lately, and things seems like they're about to come to a boil. The Wall Street Journal, not generally known for wild rumor-mongering, is reporting that Google is in "advanced talks" with Verizon and Sprint and has made "significant progress" with T-Mobile, ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Filed under: CellphonesFor now it's not much more than a plan to announce a plan within the next few weeks, but since it involves Google and cellphone networks, we'll take it. The Wall Street Journal has the news that Google will announce its mobile offerings within the next two weeks, ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Filed under: Digital Cameras
It looks like Canon is pulling all EOS-1D Mark IIIl units from shelves in response to the autofocus issue plaguing their professional DSLR. In what appears to be a legitimate letter sent to dealers on October 25th, Canon states that they have "decided to stop shipment of ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Filed under: Transportation
As the sole contestant in the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, Armadillo Aerospace's predictably named Armadillo managed to complete two parts of a NASA challenge to win $350,000 in prize money. However, on attempting the top task -- fly 50 meters up, fly 50 meters sideways, and land ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
Leopard is on track to be Apple's most successful OS ever. According to Apple, Leopard sold two million copies in its first weekend, "far outpacing" Tiger -- Apple's previous best selling OS. Anyone have Vista's first 2.5 days sales numbers available? Come on, it's always fun to ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Filed under: NetworkingWhile 250Mbps isn't likely to get the drool flowin' quite as quickly as a 40Gbps connection in one's home, it's still nothing to scoff at. And best of all, the technology is quite a ways beyond the drawing board. Reportedly, University of Melbourne's Dr. John Papandriopoulos has patented ...
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