Magical things happen once upon a blue Moon. And this Thursday we get a chance to find out just what those magical things as we watch the rare lunar event coincide New Years Eve. Blue Moon is the term applied to the second full Moon in a calendar month. It’s an event that occurs roughly [...]
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TV makers charged with creating cartel
The European Commission (EC) has accused six TV and monitor companies of running a cartel in the cathode-ray tube (CRT) market, charging the companies after a two-year long investigation. The companies in question are Philips, LG Electronics, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Matsushita, Samsung and Toshiba . The complaint is that the manufacturers colluded in an effort [...]
Sharkoon SATA adds USB 3.0 support
Sharkoon brought out there SATA HDD Dock just over a year ago, and now it’s making the leap to USB 3.0 , meaning that whatever SATA hard drive you slam down into it can be connected to your PC at USB 3.0 speeds. ‘Course, you’ll need a PC that’s actually up to that very task, [...]
Myka introduces ION media center set-top
Myka has launched the Myka ION media center set-top box this weekend, giving users a one-stop shop for Internet video services and video playback via your HDTV. The ION has an Intel Atom 1.6Ghz Processor 330,a NVIDIA ION Graphics Processor, as well as 4GB of RAM, ten USB 2.0 ports, VGA / DVI / HDMI [...]
Toshiba’s 320GB hard disk is world’s largest 1.8-incher
That’s the world’s largest capacity 1.8-inch hard disk drive right there. 3.0Gbps SATA interface, 320GB capacity, 5,400 RPM, 16MB buffer, and 19dB of emitted noise during seeks — a 4dB cut from Toshiba’s previous generation of 5,400 RPM 1.8-inchers. Of course, these 1.8-inch mechanical HDDs are the form factor most commonly found in those netbook-shoving [...]
IE Looses more market share to Chrome and Firefox
According to new figures from Net Applications, both Firefox and Google Chrome continue to wrestle away market share from long time leader Internet Explorer, with Chrome seeing the strongest growth. Chrome saw over 10 percent growth to reach 3.58 percent market share, while Firefox continued its ascent moving to 24.07 percent. Apple’s Safari still remains [...]
Wii sales are stagnant, says Nintendo pres
Confirming the news that has been bugging Nintendo investors for months, president Satoru Iwata says Wii sales are completely stagnant at this point, partially due to the lack of “must-have” games and accessories. Nintendo’s president has admitted that sales of the Wii console have stalled, in part due to a lack of must-have software. Recently [...]
Idiot Civilian Passenger Ejects Himself Out of Plane`
A passenger over South Africa with an experienced Silver Falcons air display team pilot steadied himself during an aerobatic maneuver by grabbing the ejection seat handle between his legs. Fortunately for him, ejection seats are fairly idiot proof-the chute opens automatically and he glided back to Earth unharmed. [ Telegraph Image via Flickr] via Gizmondo
Microsoft and MySpace in talks over music service
According to AllthingsDigital, Microsoft is in early talks with MySpace in an effort to have MySpace Music tied-in with the MSN online portal. Microsoft has its own service, MSN Music, but traffic ranks significantly lower than MySpace Music and Microsoft has been looking to kill off the service for some time. As of April, AOL [...]
Black Wii headed to Europe as well
In June, Nintendo released the Wii console with a black colorway in Japan and the company has announced today that the same limited edition console will be headed to Europe for the holiday season. The Wii launches on November 6th in both the UK and Ireland and will carry an MSRP of £179.99. The system [...]