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One step closer to in-flight broadband

By Joe • Apr 3rd, 2008 • Category: All Articles

Aircell just got two big thumbs up from the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) in regards to in-flight WiFi. They just received an ATG (air-to-ground) and a PMA (parts manufacture approval) from the government agency which will allow the company to expand their in-flight broadband offerings to all of American Airlines’ and Virgin America’s 767-200 […]



Garmin annonces their new phone: nuviphone

By Joe • Jan 31st, 2008 • Category: All Articles

In a very surprising move, Garmin has announced their entry into the mobile phone market with their new nuviphone. Yes, Garmin, the company that everyone knows for GPS navigation systems. Not too many details have been made public, because the phone is set to launch in Q3 of this year. What we do know […]



All resistant Digital Camera by Minox

By Joe • Jan 30th, 2008 • Category: All Articles

Minox is set to introduce the DC 6033 digital camera ideal for the outdoors man (or woman). This 6 megapixel camera is rubberized making it very tough and impact resistant; it can withstand sand, dust, dirt, salt, and is can be submerged in 33 ft of water, where its built-in flash comes in handy to […]



Form-shifting mouse

By Joe • Jan 30th, 2008 • Category: All Articles

Ever wish you could shape your mouse into any for you please? Well, there is a new concept, winner of the Red Dot Design Award 2007, called the Moldable Mouse, developed by Lite-On Technology. The mouse itself is made out of clay covered with polyurethane and nylon so that the user can transform the […]



Is the HD-DVD format really doomed now?

By Joe • Jan 8th, 2008 • Category: All Articles

This may be the definite death of the HD-DVD format. Financial Times is reporting that Paramount may switch over to Blu Ray thanks to a clause in their contract with HD-DVD that states that they will be able to make this move if and when Warner Bros. goes exclusively with Blu Ray, which is […]



$200 PC Blu-Ray from Sony

By Joe • Jan 7th, 2008 • Category: All Articles

Would you like to watch some nice high-def Blu Ray movies but don't have $400 for a Playstation 3? Well, if you have exactly half that amount of money you could get a Sony Blu-Ray drive for your desktop or your laptop. It comes bundled with CyberLink's PowerDVD BD Edition, so that you can actually […]



Is this the end of the HD format war?

By Joe • Jan 5th, 2008 • Category: All Articles

Warner Bros. will not longer offer movies in HD-DVD format, effectively making them exclusive to Blu Ray, starting May 2008. Is the HD format war over, and has Warner Bros. crowned Blu Ray King?



Blu-Ray goodness on the cheap!

By Joe • Dec 10th, 2007 • Category: All Articles

Just when you thought that the HD-DVD camp was the only one offering cheap players (via Wal-mart), the Korean giant Samsung is now offering their BD-P1400 via Amazon for $300, which makes it the cheapest (but is it the best value, knowing that you could get a PS3 for $400) Blu-Ray player out […]



DVDs with unskippable commercials

By Joe • Nov 26th, 2007 • Category: All Articles

Just when you thought DVDs where the last place you'd see the lovable Geico lizard appear and talk you into buying their auto insurance, IBM comes out with a patent that might ruin (for some) the joy of watching a DVD without commercial interruption. With this new method of showing video ads, content publishers […]



The Book: Reinvented by Amazon

By Joe • Nov 18th, 2007 • Category: All Articles

Newsweek did a very interesting piece on Jeff Bezos, Amazon's CEO, and what he envisions as the future of the book, with the introduction of the Kindle, and what many predict will become iPod of e-books. The Kindle, named to "evoke the crackling ignition of knowledge", will use Sprint's EVDO network, or "whispernet" to download […]