I’ve got an older Windows XP computer hooked up to my home theater. This re-tasked veteran is used mainly to store and play ripped DVDs and other video files. However, I’ve also been playing around with streaming video from the internet to my TV. The results are hit and miss. Hulu, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )The awkwardly named Hop-On Hop1800 is now available for $10. The mobile phone has no display and is being touted as the “anti-iPhone” because of it’s simp[licity and lack of features. According to Hop-On, “the pre-paid HOP1800 is ideal as a backup cell phone, when traveling abroad, or for anyone looking for [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )Hitting the Sweet Spot? Glenn Reynolds has posted a review of the 9″ Asus EEE
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )Borders abandoned their web presence years ago, ceding the space to Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble. But it now looks like the brick-and-mortar bookseller is back:
For the past seven years, brick-and-mortar mega book retailer Borders has farmed out its online presence to Amazon, but the company is finally setting out on its own with [...]
In light of the widely held negative perceptions regarding the quality of Windows Vista, will Microsoft make radical and innovative architectural changes to the next version of Windows? Nah:
…the long-term architectural investments we introduced in Windows Vista and then refined for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 will carry forward in Windows [...]
Give the bland Gmail user interface a sleek new look with Gmail Redesigned. It would be nice if Google provided some alternative styles, but until then Gmail Redesigned fills the void nicely.
In the same vein, Better GReader does the same thing for Google’s other must have but equally bland application, Reader. I especially [...]
Napster is now selling DRM free music playable on any device that can handle MP3 files. The former file sharing site is the latest music seller to drop DRM (digital rights management), following Amazon, iTunes and even Wal Mart.
Napster is selling individual tracks for $.99 and albums for $9.95, which is comparable to other [...]
As I mentioned yesterday, Netflix makes thousands of DVDs available for online viewing. Today the company announced a $100 set-top-box that lets customers easily stream those movies to a television. The Netflix Player is made and sold by Roku. Featuring standard RCA jacks, S-video, component video, and HDMI, the device will [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )I find this a bit surprising: “Apple now owns 66 percent of the U.S. retail market for personal computers that cost more than $1,000.”
Of course most computers, including laptops, are now being sold for under $1,000, but that’s still an impressive statistic for a company that’s had one foot in the grave more [...]
CNET Download.com Music has over 110,000 free MP3 music downloads available in over 20 categories. The selection runs towards the indie and the unknown, but there’s lots of good music waiting to be discovered.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )A bipedal lawn-mowing robot doesn’t seem very practical; it’s much easier to just roboticize the lawnmower itself. This is still cool, though.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )Many business models treat penalties and fees as a profit center, rather than as a deterrent to unwanted behavior. Most notorious of these is credit card companies, where late fees and punitive interest rate increases are a significant source of income. But it’s nice to see that not all businesses treat their customers [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )A few weeks ago, I posted a list of some of the best places on the web for streaming on-demand television programming. It’s great to have these resources available for viewing on a computer screen, but things get really interesting when you hook your computer up to a nice tv. That’s what I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )As much as I love Gmail, it’s interface is depressingly bland and boring. For those of us that like a little eye candy, it looks like a little relief may be on the way:
A source is telling me that Gmail will get themes – custom layouts to personalize Google’s web mail client. According to [...]
TechCrunch is reporting that Wired.com’s parent company, Condé Nast, has acquired venerable tech site Ars Technica:
Condé Nast has acquired popular technology blog Ars Technica, we’ve confirmed. The site will become part of Wired Digital (which in turn is under CondéNet, run by Sarah Chubb). Wired Digital assets include Wired.com and Reddit (acquired in 2006). The [...]
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Wireless Bundle for the PS2 is only $59.99 at Amazon, with free shipping at the moment. That’s a good price, considering the wireless guitar controller the bundle includes. The Wii version is $79.99, but the Xbox 360 version is also $59.99 (had it at $99 earlier — [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )The Nintendo juggernaut rolls on. Ars Technica looks at April sales figures:
Surprising absolutely no one, Nintendo took the number one and two slots in hardware sales. The Wii sold 714,200 units while the Nintendo DS moved 414,800 units (third place sales go to the PSP with 192,700 units). This month the Wii outsold the [...]
Early reviews of the New Indiana Jones movie — not so favorable:
“During the whole of the movie, there was not a single moment that I thought our hero Mr. Jones (actually Colonel Jones as he was a hero in WWII now) was in any sort of peril or even significant inconvenience.
“In most cases, you were [...]
Appreciating the Geo Metro, on the Car Lust blog.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )Rocket man flies on jet-powered wings:
After one last wave to the crowd the rocket man tipped his wings, flipped onto his back and leveled out again, executing a perfect 360-degree roll that most birds would find impossible.
“That was to impress the girls,” he later admitted.
I’m no girl, but 186 miles an hour with nothing but [...]
Ars Technica takes another look at NBC Direct:
Now NBC is back with a second try (still in beta), powering downloads with P2P technology from Pando and offering 720p HD episodes of The Office. This time around, more episodes of shows like Late Night with Conan O’Brien and The Tonight Show are in the catalog, but [...]
Microsoft Windows will soon be available on the XO laptop. According to a press release pushed out today, trials will begin in “key emerging markets as early as next month”. As if third world countries don’t have enough problems.
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Ask.com isn’t saying what they’re paying for Lexico Publishing Group, which operates the Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com web sites, but we’ll assume it’s a lot less than CBS is paying for CNet (see previous post). These are good properties, though, and should give a boost to the fourth-ranked search engine’s overall traffic (and ad [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )Is CNet worth more than YouTube was when Google acquired it? CBS thinks so. And certainly old brands like Download.com and News.com are very valuable, as are newer additions like Crave and WebWare.
ReadWriteWeb has an interesting take on the deal.
Whether the acquisition will be good for CBS or for CNet remains [...]
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