Miracles: DirecTiVos to Get Updates (For Some Crazy Reason)
Hallelujah! For some reason, TiVo and DirecTV are updating the older Series 2 generation DirecTiVos as part of an ongoing agreement to explore bringing “future enhancements” to DirecTV TiVo owners. The improvments now include the addition of the Recently Deleted [...]
BlackBerry Curve 8310 released
Research in Motion has sneaked in the BlackBerry Curve 8310 without much fanfare, and yet this handset offers a rather significant upgrade to the original Curve. The 8310 comes with a live GPS receiver that was missing in the standard [...]
DirecTV TiVo owners to get update in early ’08
Filed under: Home Entertainment Yeah, we know, it’s hard to believe that DirecTV and TiVo are continuing to add features for hardware that is no longer available for purchase and that DirecTV takes every opportunity to replace with it’s own [...]
Concept: “On” is a Huge, Wall-Mounted Spectrum Analyzer
This piece of art is a huge, wall-mounted electronic spectrum analyzer that displays sound from ambient noise. It looks to be made up of an array of red LEDs set up in a pattern of 8 to 32 bands. The [...]
Perspiring man electrocuted by his PC
Filed under: Desktops A 20-year old student in Shanghai’s Yangpu District perished after being “electrocuted by his computer.” Reportedly, the man removed the external case from his desktop to prevent it from overheating in the non-air conditioned room, and when [...]
ECOshot a tough nut to crack
We’ve seen some pretty tough cameras in the past, and the ECOshot from SeaLife joins their ranks, albeit upping the ante with its list of specifications. This 6 megapixel compact camera is capable of operating just fine even if you [...]
Apple gathering press for Mac event next week
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops Looks like those rumors about new Macs (specifically, iMacs) on the 7th were true — we were just invited to an Apple “product presentation for Mac” at Apple Town Hall in Cupertino next week. The event [...]
MP-VT1 MP3 player targets musicians
The MP-VT1 from Tascam holds the distinction of being the first MP3 player in the world that was specially designed for musicians. It’s innards are based on the award-winning CD-VT1mkII and features enough internal memory to store up to 240 [...]
In Brief: Some confusion from the Apple analyst community …
Some confusion from the Apple analyst community today. Apple shares down nearly 7% to 131.76, based on a circular sourcing loop (infinite) that Apple would cut its iPhone production in half, according to a misread quote from Miller Tabak analyst [...]
Apple iPhone update 1.0.1 released!
Filed under: Cellphones Boot up iTunes everybody, the Joz wasn’t kidding when he said the first iPhone update is nigh. Apple just pushed out iPhone update 1.0.1. [Thanks, BGR] Update: Ok, updating took about five or six minutes. Noticing anything [...]