Archive for November, 2010

And so we begin, folks–the opening salvo in the great streaming wars is beginning, and didn’t we just finish one format war? Yeah, Blu-ray versus HD DVD, remember that? And that’s going to seem like a four year old’s playground slapfight by the time all this is said and done.

For those of you enjoying the 3D phenomenon, you’ll definitely be interested in reading about the new development that Samsung’s putting out, because it’s going to make it possible for you to sit most anywhere in a room and still get 3D action, the foldable OLED television.

This may well be one of the strangest developments that I’ve heard out of portable gaming in a while–the folks out at Panasonic are still trying to get their Jungle device out into the market, and as such, they’re looking to get some playtesting done with it. And who are [...]

A lot of people have had complaints about the Dell Vostro V13 laptop, and for Dell’s part, they seem to have listened to at least some of them. The result of their modification is in the form of the recently revamped Dell Vostro V130 laptop.

It’s the combination of things that so often makes for exciting gadget news, and today we’ve got the combination of two strange things via Sony Music: a combination of Twitter and robotics that they’re calling the Talay Robot.

I know, you’re reading that headline and thinking it must be some kind of typo, but I can assure you that that’s not the case. In fact, it’s quite true–the Cabasse L’Ocean speakers achieve a whopping 117 decibels of sound and utterly without distortion. Special fun fact for comparison’s sake: [...]

Word is that Google is in talks with Miramax to make a deal for Miramax’s fairly substantial library (over 700 titles by some reports) to put them all on YouTube.

Even I wonder sometimes if the move toward making gadgets out of most everything available might be going a bit too far, especially when I see something like the Infinity I-Kitchen from Electrolux.

Most were first given the chance to download Winamp for Android when it came available in the Android Market back in late October. And coming fairly quickly, there is a new version available for download as of today. The latest version is 1.84MB and it brings the app up to [...]

The western front has been pretty quiet for a while now but it’s time to check out another Steve Jobs email answer to a fan/customer. This time around we’re talking about AirPlay, one of the major features Apple included in the new iOS 4.2.1 launched last week.