Artwork: Chip Taylor YouTube appears poised for an image makeover, with a pair of announcements this week promising less sex and more symphony. YouTube's new Symphony Orchestra will accomplish the latter, offering classical musicians worldwide a chance to perform in an "online orchestra&quo...
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Blockbuster has officially entered the " battle of the boxes " with the launch of its new set-top box yesterday. The box will serve movies to TVs over the Internet and is going against Netflix's set-top box solutions ( Xbox , Roku , and Tivo ). Blockbuster's MediaPoint box allows users t...
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Griffin Technology on Wednesday announced the release of its Component Video Cable and Composite Video cable for iPod. The cables are designed to connect an iPod to a home entertainment system. Each costs US$49.99. Both cables feature 30-pin connectors on one end that attach to the iPod's 30-pin ...
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Letting you play music, movies, and games, the iPhone and the iPod touch could be two of the best time-wasters ever built. But with the right third-party applications installed, they can also give you a whole new mobile workspace. No, they can't replace a laptop when it comes to real productivity. B...
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The world of video has gone HD. While the improved image quality is a very good thing, what's not so good are the prices for HD camcorders, which hover near US$1,000. So when you first hear that you can buy Kodak's Zi6 HD mini camcorder for just $180, you'll likely think that it's too good to be tr...
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Logitech has introduced three new iPod/MP3 speakers under the Pure-Fi range - Pure-Fi Anywhere, Pure-Fi Anytime and Pure-Fi Express. According to a press release, Logitech's Pure-Fi Anytime has motion sensing technology and is compatible with the iPhone . The Pure-Fi Anytime allows you to dock yo...
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Sling Media hopes to go head-to-head with Hulu , Joost and other online streaming sites with a newly launched video streaming destination of its own at Sling.com . Sling Media, is best known for its TV place-shifting hardware Slingbox and Web applications . This marks a departure by Sling Media...
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They call it "the iPod ecosystem"-that's the expanding universe of speakers, headphones, cases, and other player-related paraphernalia that now surrounds the iPod. As part of Macworld's Winter Gear Guide, we're sharing our picks for accessories and add-ons that will add more pizzazz to a...
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The economy may be going to hell in a shopping basket, but you wouldn't know it from the crowds I saw at my local Big Box store today. The parking lot was a snarl and lines were out the door, even in my relatively sleepy southern town. The deals were pretty good too. I'm in the hunt for a medium...
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Artwork: Chip Taylor Apple's attempt to quash an effort to help the latest iPods and iPhones work with non-Apple software such as the Linux operating system is out of line, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said Tuesday. Earlier this month, a lawyer from Apple's legal counsel, O'Melveny &...
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The Nintendo Wii was the number one selling item this Black Friday, and tech sales in general blasted through grim economic expectations. Since its debut two years ago, the Wii has consistently proved to be a best-seller, just recently surpassing the mark of 7 million consoles sold . This Bla...
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The economy may be going to hell in a shopping basket, but you wouldn't know it from the crowds I saw at my local Big Box store today. The parking lot was a snarl and lines were out the door, even in my relatively sleepy southern town. The deals were pretty good too. I'm in the hunt for a medium...
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They call it "the iPod ecosystem"-that's the expanding universe of speakers, headphones, cases, and other player-related paraphernalia that now surrounds the iPod. As part of Macworld's Winter Gear Guide, we're sharing our picks for accessories and add-ons that will add more pizzazz to a...
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Letting you play music, movies, and games, the iPhone and the iPod touch could be two of the best time-wasters ever built. But with the right third-party applications installed, they can also give you a whole new mobile workspace. No, they can't replace a laptop when it comes to real productivity. B...
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Artwork: Chip Taylor Eighty-one per cent of worldwide online videos are viewed using Adobe Flash technology, making it the number one format for video on the Web. This is according to the independent research firm comScore. Adobe Flash Player software is already installed on 98 per cent of I...
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Sling Media hopes to go head-to-head with Hulu , Joost and other online streaming sites with a newly launched video streaming destination of its own at Sling.com . Sling Media, is best known for its TV place-shifting hardware Slingbox and Web applications . This marks a departure by Sling Media...
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Griffin Technology on Wednesday announced the release of its Component Video Cable and Composite Video cable for iPod. The cables are designed to connect an iPod to a home entertainment system. Each costs US$49.99. Both cables feature 30-pin connectors on one end that attach to the iPod's 30-pin ...
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Graphic: Diego Aguirre Today it's all about the turkey, but tomorrow it's all about the deals. After this year's sluggish economy , many electronics retailers are offering steep Black Friday discounts on popular tech items to fill their stores and get their cash registers ringing -- saving you ...
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Artwork: Chip Taylor Apple's attempt to quash an effort to help the latest iPods and iPhones work with non-Apple software such as the Linux operating system is out of line, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said Tuesday. Earlier this month, a lawyer from Apple's legal counsel, O'Melveny &...
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