Archive for: March 28, 2008

March 28, 2008

Movie Gadget Friday: 2010: The Year We build Contact

Filed under: Review - 28 Mar 2008

Filed under: Features, Misc. Gadgets, RobotsAriel Waldman contributes Movie Gadget Friday, where she highlights the lovable and lame gadgets from the world of cinema.Last week on film Gadget Friday we kicked off our two-part series in honor of the late Arthur C. Clarke with 2001: A Space Odyssey. th…

HD DVD Promotion Group officially dissolves in a high-res burst of tears

Filed under: Review - 28 Mar 2008

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Well, it’s no surprise that it was going to happen, but the HD DVD Promotion Group officially dissolved nowadays, leaving behind nothing but that terse note directing us to individual “selling agencies.” And so, with literally nothing left of HD DVD, we formally…

Former Xbox Europe VP says consoles will be dead in 5-10 years

Filed under: Review - 28 Mar 2008

The final date we heard someone proclaim the death of the game console, it was EA’s head of universal distribution saying that an open gaming platform distributed within cable and satellite set-top boxes would take by within 15 years — a prediction at which we laughed pretty heartily, given that mo…

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How would you change Apple’s instance Capsule?

Filed under: Review - 28 Mar 2008

Now that day Machine’s all buddy-buddy with AirPort Extreme’s AirDisk feature, we can see the demand for Time Capsule sinking considerably. Still, Apple’s own NAS drive / WLAN router combo has likely found its way into fairly a few households, and now that you’ve had a chance to back up your life a …

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Pro Tip of the Week: Taming your tabs

Filed under: Review - 28 Mar 2008

Safari does Tabs right. But don’t distress whether you’ve never used tabs before. They’re super easy – and fun — to use, and that week’s Pro Tip of the Week will have you tabbing like a champ in no instance.

Original post by Christopher Koch

D-Link DSM-750 wireless Media Center Extender finally shipping

Filed under: Review - 28 Mar 2008

We first saw D-Link’s DSM-750 MediaLounge Wireless Media Player at CES way back in 2007, and the company “officially” launched the 802.11n unit in September of that year — but the scheduled November 2007 retail term came and went, and the four of you queuing up to drop $349 on an unheralded Med…

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Aperture 2.1 opens the door to image tool developers

Filed under: Review - 28 Mar 2008

Dan Havlik (pdnonline) heard it right from the source. Senior Aperture product manager Joe Schorr tells Havlick that “we want software companies to know they have an open door to develop plug-ins for” Aperture 2.1. “We want there to be no limitations on what you can build in Aperture.” Havli…

Second Life Sex Toy Suit Settled

Filed under: Review - 28 Mar 2008

A dispute by sales of virtual sex toys has resulted in a real-life slap on the wrist for a Texas teenager. Eros LLC, a Tampa Bay-area company that makes virtual sex scripts in the online world moment Life, sued Robert Leatherwood, 19, final year claiming he copied, displayed or distributed E…

HTC Shift hands-on

Filed under: Review - 28 Mar 2008

HTC’s Shift finally launched in the US that week, and what do you know, we landed one to check out. certain as hell ain’t too shabby for a UMPC, but while it’s got a number of things working in its favor (versatile anatomy factor, solid hardware, lots of niceties like a fingerprint reader, 3G, W…

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Nokia’s NAVTEQ acquisition draws probe from the EU

Filed under: Review - 28 Mar 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, GPSIt may have won approval from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and NAVTEQ shareholders alike, but it looks like the EU’s European Commission needs a bit more day to think by Nokia’s acquisition of the company, and it’s now launched an “in-depth” probe into the matter. Ac…

PSP-3000 reference turns up on Sony’s website, don’t get too excited

Filed under: Review - 28 Mar 2008

Filed under: GamingIt’s only just turned three, but it looks like the PlayStation Portable is now at the center of new rumor mill concerning yet another possible revision, with that one sparked by Sony itself, no less. It doesn’t come from an over-talkative exec or anything, however, but rather a cu…

Happy birthday: take a trip in America’s largest flying gadget (part 6)

Filed under: Review - 28 Mar 2008

Filed under: Transportation
that is it, today’s the final day to enter our six days of ticket giveaways for our fourth birthday that month! We’re treating six lucky winners to two round trip tickets destined for anywhere Virgin America flies. We wouldn’t want you traveling in something that doesn’t …

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