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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... More...

Apple would like for all of us to think about the iPhone and iPod touch (and all iPod models, really) as hermetically sealed black boxes powered by microscopic elves who turn microscopic levers as quick as they can in order to generate that special Apple Magic. Leave it to geeks to break the black ... More...

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... More...

If you're an iPod touch user who eagerly downloaded the software update v2.2 Monday as soon as you heard about it, I imagine you must be feeling sorely disappointed right now. It turns out that although it shares all the rest of the features with the iPhone, the  iPod touch was treated to n... More...

If you were disappointed by the  lack of the shiny new Google Maps features  on your recently purchased second generation iPod touch, here's a little bit of trivia that ought to cheer you up: Your iPod touch has a faster processor than even the high and mighty iPhone 3G! Accordin... More...

The holidays are, in their inexorable way, rolling around again. And with the holidays come the desire to bestow gifts upon those who make your life special. And what gift is more welcome than a sparkly new iPod? Besides a puppy, that is. Right, there isn't one. At least, not according to millions ... More...

The worst thing about DRM? The things it makes people do. Take the iPodhash project , a group of coders dedicated to reverse-engineering Apple's database files on the iPod classic and iPod touch. Doing so allows for third-party utilities to access information on the iPod, which is particularly usef... More...

Griffin Technologies has announced that its RoadTrip with SmartScan is now certified by Apple for use with the iPhone. The RoadTrip with SmartScan costs $99.99. The RoadTrip with SmartScan plugs into your vehicle's cigarette lighter or 12 volt accessory jack. A built-in FM transmitter enables you... More...

Apple  may not have wanted you  to be able to check out the streets and buildings from up close in Google Maps but there's not much they can do to stop the hackers from figuring out ways around the artificially imposed restraints. It didn't take long for someone to come up with a w... More...

Artwork: Chip Taylor Apple released an update on Friday for iTunes , the company's multipurpose media software. According to Apple, iTunes 8.0.2 improves stability and performance and provides a number of bug fixes. The new version addresses a quality issue creating MP3s on some computers; fixes... More...

The MIT Media Lab has announced its latest endeavor -- the creation of a Center for Future Storytelling. The center will use new technologies to make stories more interactive, improvisational and social, according to an official statement . Graphic: Diego Aguirre The center is being funde... More...

As you're likely aware, Apple on Thursday night released version 2.2 software updates for the iPhone and iPod touch . Those updates bring several improvements to both devices, with one notable exception--iPod touch users miss out on all the improvements made to the Maps application. iPhone 2.2 bri... More...

Digital Lifestyle Outfitters on Thursday announced the release of HomeDock HD , a new home entertainment peripheral for iPods. It costs US$249.99. First introduced at Macworld Expo in San Francisco in January, 2008, the HomeDock HD features an iPod dock connector, and attaches to your home enterta... More...

The pocket camcorder market is heating up. Pure Digital Technologies got the ball rolling with its $130 Flip Video camcorder and eventually moved to the slimmer and higher-capacity $150 Flip Ultra . Not satisfied that the Ultra was slim enough, along came the $180 Flip Mino , a camera smaller than... More...

Alpine has introduced the TUA-T550HD tuner, a new HD Radio tuner for automobiles. It costs US$230 and is available now. The TUA-T550HD lets users listen to HD Radio, a system that enables existing AM and FM radio stations to transmit higher-quality audio along with data without incurring any fee ... More...

Amazon Monday launched 100,000 new " artist stores " -- special pages which, while filled with useful information on bands including biographical information and tour dates, are designed to do one thing: sell music. Comparing the new pages to similar pages on MySpace and Last.FM, all three... More...

Sometimes people use technology such as artificial limbs to regain capabilities that they have lost. San Francisco artist Tanya Vlach lost her left eye in a 2005 car accident. Since then she has used a prosthetic eye, but now she wants something more. Vlach issued a challenge to engineers to crea... More...

Illustration: Lou Beach Those Chinese pirates are quite resourceful fellows, as they are now copying Blu-Ray movies onto regular DVD discs thanks to the AVC HD video format. The pirated movies can only run up to 720p resolution, as opposed to the 1080p resolution true Blu-Ray discs offer, and... More...

We first looked at video-streaming site Hulu about a year ago when it was operating on a private invite-only basis. In that time, the joint venture between NBC and Fox has opened to the public and expanded its offerings. In the process, it's become one of the most prominent places for watching tel... More...

The U.S. military last week launched TroopTube , a new site to upload and share videos, more than a year after the U.S. Department of Defense banned YouTube from military networks for being a bandwidth hog. TroopTube is designed to help military families connect and keep in touch when separated,... More...