Archive for: February 11, 2008

Filed under: Laptops, WirelessJonesing for more wireless USB options in your laptop? Dell’s got you covered with extended availability of the $145 add-on in its XPS M1530 (plus its Gaming Edition), Inspiron 1525, which brings the tally to those and the 17-inch Inspiron 1720 and 13-inch M1330. Still …

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Filed under: Gaming, Home EntertainmentAccording to a blogged up blog post on the interblogs, a Netflix survey that’s supposedly been making the rounds suggests that the service may be coming to both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. whether you believe what Seanbajuice has to say, the survey asked, “…

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Filed under: Cellphones, Storage
Seeing as cellphones are normally connected to mobile networks, we’d think the problem of subject matter distribution would basically solve itself, but a company called Vmedia Research is at Mobile World Congress with a new type of optical disk designed just for phon…

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Filed under: Cellphones
Whew, it was fairly a day for cellphones at the Mobile World Congress, and there’s more to come that week — but whether you haven’t been watching Engadget Mobile (where the full coverage is being posted) or are just getting up to speed, here’s everything that’s gone down.Son…

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Filed under: Gaming
produce no mistake, Nintendo’s Wii has been hacked to pieces, but there’s nothing like an all new method that keeps the soldering iron residing in the utility drawer to get us all hot and bothered. Unfortunately, what you can see in the video waiting after the jump is only a proo…

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Filed under: Home Entertainment
Ever had the itch to construct a surround sound system of your very own? Do you have an embarrassingly large stockpile of four- to five-liter wine jugs? whether you answered yes to both of the aforementioned inquiries (and you’re at least halfway sober), Carlo Rossi …

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Early final year, we polled the grand audience and found out just what you liked (and disliked) about Yellow Dog Linux 5.0 for PS3. Fast forward 13 months, and those still waiting on the sidelines have yet another option for jumping in. As of now, Terra Soft Solutions is offering…

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After the QTrax debacle, we were a little wary when we started hearing rumbles about a similar service from OmniFone called MusicStation Max that promised, flat-fee, unlimited downloads from all the major labels to your cellphone with no expiration dates — but color us surprised, it’s for real….

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As you might expect, Yahoo's statement that Microsoft's offer undervalues the company was rebuffed by Microsoft, which has now started making ominous statements. The phrase "all necessary steps" in the last paragraph may mean that Microsoft may seek to out Yahoo's board in some fashion to allow the increasingly hostile merger to go through.

Here's what Microsoft said, in an unattributed statement. The company reiterated that the half-stock, half-cash offer of approximately $44.6 billion would be a 62 percent premium over Yahoo's closing stock price on Jan. 31.

(It's quite entertaining to read the following statement aloud in your favorite villain's voice, especially the first and last paragraph.)

"It is unfortunate that Yahoo! has not embraced our full and fair proposal to combine our companies. Based on conversations with stakeholders of both companies, we are confident that moving forward promptly to consummate a transaction is in the best interests of all parties.

"We are offering shareholders superior value and the opportunity to participate in the upside of the combined company. The combination also offers an increasingly exciting set of solutions for consumers, publishers and advertisers while becoming better positioned to compete in the online services market.

"A Microsoft-Yahoo! combination will create a more effective company that would provide greater value and service to our customers. Furthermore, the combination will create a more competitive marketplace by establishing a compelling number two competitor for Internet search and online advertising. "The Yahoo! response does not change our belief in the strategic and financial merits of our proposal. As we have said previously, Microsoft reserves the right ...

Filed under: Laptops
digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/hardware/VAIO_TZ_gets_a_64GB_SDD_250GB_HDD_configuration’;Somewhat lost in Sony’s massive CES VAIO spec bump was an update to the super hot (but generally overlooked) top-end VAIO TZ that features both an SSD and HDD, which allows you to speed up boot…

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One of the hottest overlooked features of the VAIO TZ is the SSD + HDD configuration, which allows you to speed up booting and other system tasks that rely on quick random reads by running Windows off the SSD while still being able to lug all your input around on the traditional tough drive. Of …

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After a torrid moment shared in the backseat of America’s largest investment firms, Yahoo decided, at the behest of friends and family, that things just wouldn’t work out with Microsoft. But it isn’t by. In a very heartfelt public statement nowadays set to the backdrop of In Your Eyes, Microsoft…

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