Archive for: October 6, 2008

October 6, 2008

AMD to produce “meaningful corporate announcement” tomorrow, possibly breaking up

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2008

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops AMD just issued a release saying that president and CEO Dirk Meyer will be making a “significant corporate announcement” tomorrow, which sounds ominously like those breakup rumors are coming true — particularly since Dirk’s on record saying that the chipmaker plans to…

First Blackberry Storm commericals air on CBS

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2008

Filed under: Cellphones
Get ready, Blackberry fans. After weeks of leaks and goofy internal videos, it looks like the Storm’s finally a-comin’ — the first ads for the RIM’s touchscreen wonder aired on CBS tonight. We’re on the lookout for a better video, but even at that low res we can’t help but …

Sharp shows off 52-inch solar-powered LCD TV at CEATEC

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2008

Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment
We’ve seen some fairly fascinating things at CEATEC that year, but that one could be the biggest game-changer of ‘em all, whether you’ll allow us just one buzzword. The LED-backlit 52-incher you see above comes attached to a not-at-all convenient solar…

Mitsubishi’s RDT201WDL DisplayLink monitor now available

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2008

Filed under: Displays
Laptop user looking for some dual-display action? Mitsubishi’s new DisplayLink-equipped RDT201WDL WIDE LCD is a 20.1-inch wide-format monitor that features a USB hub, built-in Ethernet and WSXGA+ (1,680 x 1,050) resolution. Energy-conscious consumers will enjoy the on-screen en…

Corel WinDVD 9.0.14.106 Update

Watch your favorite DVDs on your home theater system desktop or laptop PC and enjoy crystal clear pictures with top audio performance With broad format support state of the art enhancement technologies and unique features for watching movies on the go WinDVD offers the best entertainment experience

Nyko’s Media Hub+ now available for shameless PS3 owners

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2008

Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
Let’s be honest here — you skimped by snagging the 40GB PlayStation 3 back in the day, and now you’re in need of a few additional USB ports and a multicard reader. Thankfully, your fortunes have changed since the days of your original purchase, primarily due to your…

Mozilla’s Geode brings geographic Web to Firefox

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2008

Mozilla Labs plans to announce a plug-in called Geode on Tuesday that gives the Firefox Web browser a better ability to understand and use geographic knowledge on the Web.

Geode details at that stage remain sketchy, but here’s the example used in the ready about the project: “With Geode, a user …

YouTube ‘theater view’ may be a precursor to widescreen HD player

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2008

The new theater view adds curtains to the side of your video and 'lowers the lights' to hide distracting page elements while you watch.(Credit: CNET Networks)

Google Blogoscoped has unearthed a new YouTube feature that’s pretty neat. Called “theater view,” when clicked it both darkens the s…

Poll: Is iPhone firmware 2.1 breaking fetch for newsletter accounts?

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2008

Filed under: Cellphones
Just when you think you’ve escaped the darkened woods of firmware 2.0.2 and preceding ilk, along comes 2.1, wrapped in faster-loading-contacts-finery to convince you all is well in the iPhone world. That isn’t entirely the case, it seems, whether you’re user of POP or IMAP ma…

Does Apple Have a Secret Factory?

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2008

The Apple blognoscenti, having digested and discarded final week’s Steve Jobs heart attack report hoax, have moved on to more urgent things: rumors that the company’s forthcoming new MacBook computers are the products of a revolutionary new manufacturing process. The speculation started on t…

OneSite readies mobile social notification tool, iPhone app

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2008

OneSite, a company that works with businesses to help them create their own social networks for customers, on Monday announced that it’s coming to mobile devices in the style of eNotify. that product, the company’s first mobile solution, will supply enterprises already deploying OneSite’s offering…

Mick Boogie’s Free ‘Honor Roll’ Mixtape Drops Tonight

Filed under: Review, free_downloads - 06 Oct 2008

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Years ago, at a nahright.com tonight, in conjunction with the VH1 Hip-Hop Awards. "20 plus original tracks.. done by your favorite artists in the game... covering your favorite legends," is the way MB describes it. No word yet on exactly which artists will be represented, although The Smoking Section blog link lists a few, including De La Soul.

So: 20 tracks, covering hip-hop legends, orchestrated by the house DJ for the Cleveland Cavaliers, all for free. Why not check it out? (Although if anyone cares, my tastes run ...

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