I had thought, or hoped that the whole Apple/Microsoft war was deflating. Sadly it looks like Microsoft just fired the next salvo at Apple. It’s parking “I’m a PC” recording booths outside of Apple stores. The one pictured is in Birmingham, England. The booth is staffed with three Microsoft peeps who will no doubt preach [...]
Archive of entries posted on October 2008
Fire fear sparks battery recall
Laptop-makers including Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba are recalling 100,000 Sony batteries over fears they may catch fire.
JVC’s Sound Garden concept is a modular speaker system
JVC’s Sound Garden concept blends tree-hugging with design. It’s a full hi-fi speaker system with bass-reflex ports and little pot areas for your plants. (Which don’t have that much room.) And it’s all made of some wonder material called “eco-plastic”. If you want, you can connect a whole bunch together for massive sound and massive [...]
Joystick gold for action shooter
Call of Duty 4 has cleaned up at the 2008 Golden Joystick awards taking three prizes.
Netflix to stream movies and TV shows to TiVo DVRs
Online movie rentals are one of the most convenient ways for movie fans to get their favorite films without leaving the house. The catch is that many of the newest releases aren’t available for streaming rentals. Netflix offers a streaming on demand library of 12,000 movies and TV shows to its subscribers.
Several hardware devices will [...]
Tiny Shuttle barebone PC uses Atom 330 CPU
The small form factor computer system has many uses. A SFF rig can make a nice gaming machine for those who frequent LAN parties. Home theater fans looking for a tiny HTPC to fit into the entertainment center often go with a SFF machine.
One of the biggest purveyors of SFF systems is Shuttle with its [...]
Panasonic announces nationwide recycling program for electronics
When electronic devices break and are no longer usable many people, don’t realize that you can’t simply toss them into the trash and send the devices to the landfill. Many electronic devices have varying amounts of hazardous substances inside them.
That leaves many consumers with no way to dispose of electronics in a safe and convenient [...]
More Sony made notebook batteries recalled for fire risk
Most computer and gadget fans will remember the massive battery recalls that took place a few years ago. Most of the batteries that were recalled were due to fire hazard. Several batteries across the country actually overheated and burst into flames.
Sony and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission have announced that another massive battery recall [...]
Dabs and digits
How biometrics are catching on
Trojan virus steals bank info
Hundreds of thousands of people have been hit by a globe-trotting virus that has been scooping up bank login details.