Everyone loves dominos. So here are two geeky domino videos for you! Do you prefer the iPods? Or the Maxtors?
Continue reading...18. September 2006
Microsoft Zune is finally officially announced! Will it really become the iPod-killer that some have wished for? Well, let’s take a look at the features it offers. Wireless Zune-to-Zune file-sharing (the star feature!) 30GB of storage 3-inch display Built-in FM Music, video and photo playback Audio supported: MP3, AAC and WMA Video supported: h.264, MPEG-4, WMV Photo supported: JPEG 12 hours of [...]
Continue reading...13. September 2006
VIDEO IPOD Firstly is the video iPod. Not quite a major upgrade, but a welcomed one nonetheless. The hardware goodies: Screen is now 60% brighter Battery can last up to 3.5 hours during video playback New headphones 30GB and 80GB versions The software goodies: Gapless playback Text-based search Brightness controls Games! Bejeweled, Cubis 2, Mahjong, Mini Golf, Pac Man, Tetris, Texas Hold ‘Em, Vortex, and Zuma [...]
Continue reading...31. August 2006
It must have felt great getting Apple to hand over $100 million just like that. So nice is the feeling that Creative is already having plans to point their Death Star on the smaller patent infringers. President of Creative, Craig McHugh, said, “There many MP3 player makers in the US market that are currently using the [...]
Continue reading...24. August 2006
Perhaps you still remember the suing and countersuing drama between Apple and Creative just a few months ago. Today, Apple announced that it would be putting $100 Million in Creative’s pockets to settle all patent litigation over the iPod. The settlement now gives Apple the license to use the hierarchical song selection interface that is patented [...]
Continue reading...16. August 2006
The RIAA is at it again, this time suing the children of a dead man! Since the accused is no longer around, RIAA figured it was a good idea to go after the children instead. 3. Plaintiffs do not believe it appropriate to discuss a resolution of the case with the family so close to Mr. [...]
Continue reading...11. August 2006
A study has shown that teens listening to song with sexual lyrics on their iPods everyday tend to have sex sooner. Doesn’t matter the genre, as long as there is reference to sex, the influence seem to be strong. The study was conducted via telephone interviews with 1,461 participants aged 12 to 17. The results have [...]
Continue reading...30. July 2006
Sure, it isn’t practical. And the volume-changing dance that you gotta do even makes you a clown. But I guess we could call it innovative. I mean, who would have thought of spending hours to make an iPod controller, which you can’t use if it isn’t raining? Made by a student from University Karlsruhe, you can [...]
Continue reading...23. July 2006
Zune rumors have been storming the blogosphere as of late, but Microsoft has finally made their official confirmation. “Today we confirmed a new music and entertainment project called Zune. Under the Zune brand, we will deliver a family of hardware and software products, the first of which will be available this year. We see a great [...]
Continue reading...23. July 2006
Tampon jokes aside, these new Walkman music players from Sony looks pretty innovative. It comes in two versions, the black-colored NW-S205F and the silver-colored NW-S203F. Both are flash-based and sport numerous features such as pedometer, “collar knob” for music navigation, calorie counter, stopwatch, FM tuner and a one-line organic EL display. The best part is it [...]
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2. October 2006
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