Archive for: April 5, 2008

April 5, 2008

Rumor: Video showing tremble 3 on iPod touch, multiplayer gameplay enabled

Filed under: Review - 05 Apr 2008

Please, let that be real: some homebrew developers from HermitWorks toyed around with id Software’s Quake 3, and managed to get it to work on Apple’s iPod touch. But that’s not the only remarkable part: they managed to enable multiplayer for the game running on the iPod touch!To prove the great feat…

Edirol spruces up its high-end voice recorder with the R-09HR

Filed under: Review - 05 Apr 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio
Nothing like a minor spec bump to a digital audio recorder to get the blood pumping on a Saturday evening, but we’re real suckers for these things. Edirol released its high-end R-09 portable recorder back in 2006, and now they’re taking things up a notch with the R-09HR, …

µTorrent 1.8 Build 9363 Beta

micro Torrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint It was designed to use as little cpu memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients

Canon PowerShot SD790 IS reviewed, predictably great

Filed under: Review - 05 Apr 2008

Filed under: Digital Cameras
Canon has the art of the compact digicam down to a science by now, and the PowerShot SD790 is no exception, according to PC Magazine. The new shooter nabbed the publication’s Editors’ Choice award for “superior image quality” that pulled it ahead of the likes of Panasoni…

CyberLink PowerDVD 8.0.1531 *Deluxe* + KeyGen

PowerDVD is the latest evolution of the world acclaimed DVD software program that offers maximum video and audio playback entertainment on the PC It comes complete with numerous customizable video audio controls that can deliver the highest quality viewing and listening experience PowerDVD incorporates support for high definition audio and video true 8 channel home theater audio playback virtual surround sound as well as complete controls and extra features for DVD enthusiasts

CyberLink enriches the high definition movie experience with brand new PowerDVD 8 featuring support for interactive Blu ray Disc and HD DVD features home theater audio formats and video file formats New features let users extend the movie experience by building a database of movie info and trivia writing movie reviews rating their favorite movies and creating movie remixes A newly released web site dedicated to PowerDVD users allows the meeting and making of friends and the sharing of movie information that can be synchronized with a user 39 s own version of PowerDVD

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Displayport Goes Internal

Filed under: Review - 05 Apr 2008

“Intel’s next generation laptop platform, cipher named Montevina, has a nice feature that remains fairly unheraleded, Displayport. Not only does it allow you to drive an external DP monitor, it uses it internally.” My take: So let me get that straight. We are finally leaving the days behind where TV…

Quake 3 hits the iPod touch, makes for portable LAN party

Filed under: Review - 05 Apr 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Future generations will most likely divide the timeline of history at that point: when tremble 3 achieved motion-sensing, wireless network play on two iPod touches. Just think, less than a year ago we were salivating (or at least reasonably enthused) at th…

Minox DC-8011 packs 8 megapixels into a yawner compact

Filed under: Review - 05 Apr 2008

Filed under: Digital Cameras
whether anything, Minox does a decent job of aping its big name counterparts in looks and feature set — whether only it wasn’t on average a couple years late to the party. The Minox DC-8011 seems to be a perfectly satisfactory budget compact, with an 8 megapixel CCD, 2….

More Apple updates: Keynote, AirPort Admin Utility

Filed under: Review - 05 Apr 2008

Once again: heads up, Mac users! Apple recently released a whole bunch of updates for their major apps: iTunes, QuickTime, and Front Row. Looks like the updates aren’t by just yet.In that new batch, Apple releases the latest updates for the AirPort Admin Utility for both the original Graphite and th…

Walt Mossberg promises 3G iPhone in 60 days

Filed under: Review - 05 Apr 2008

Filed under: Cellphones
While talking up web as a video delivery medium at a Beet.TV executive summit, Walt Mossberg casually yet confidently mentioned that the iPhone will be going 3G in 60 days. Of course, it doesn’t take an illustrious position as tech pundit to the masses to figure out a 3G iPho…

Microsoft poses ultimatum whether Yahoo doesn’t come quietly

Filed under: Review - 05 Apr 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/tech_news/Microsoft_threatens_to_get_more_aggressive_with_Yahoo’; No more Mr. Nice Microsoft. Apparently when Microsoft puts $44.6 billion on the line, it really means it, and the company just sent an open letter to Yahoo’s board of dire…

Microsoft threatening more aggressive moves whether Yahoo doesn’t come quietly

Filed under: Review - 05 Apr 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
No more Mr. Nice Microsoft. Apparently when Microsoft puts $44.6 billion on the line, it really means it, and the company just sent an open letter to Yahoo’s board of directors stating in no uncertain terms that the 62% premium by Yahoo’s closing price on January 31, 2008 …

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