Archive for October, 2006

Apple’s New iPod Shuffle Available Friday

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

Apple’s newest iPod shuffle which we spoke about previously will finally be available this Friday (November 3rd) worldwide. The shuffle has seen quite a transformation, changing shape into a nice square player that adds a functional and much needed clip on the back.
Because of it’s small size the clip is kind of a necessity so […]

Sony Delivers Package Fit For 007

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Sony has put together a nice package of gadgets for tech geeks, movie fans, and collectors alike. In conjunction with the release of the new James Bond film: Casino Royale a whole collection of Sony items labelled with the 007 logo will also be released.

The Slanket

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

The Slanket is an interesting new kind of blanket. Most of the time when you where a blanket and you want to do work such as surf the net on your notebook or read a book, it’s pretty difficult to keep your hands and neck warm while you move.
If your house is cold it’s pretty […]

Sony Releases The NV-U71T Navigation System

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

Sony has released it’s second model in the nav-u line - a navigation system you can place in your car to guide you in getting to your final destination or simply to avoid traffic jams by finding alternate routing.
The new NV-U71T model is slimmer than the previous model. The device allows users to […]

The iPod Turns Five

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

Well, it has been 5 great years since Apple burst into the market with the first iPod. On October 23, 2001 Steve Jobs announced (watch the announcment) that the “iPod” - the size of a deck of cards - could store 1000 songs. 5 years later the iPod has evolved into three different but […]

Google Goes Solar

Friday, October 20th, 2006

Many environmentalists go nuts when big companies consume power and burn so much fuel that they seem like hungry locusts - eating everything they find. Of course the large corperations always say they don’t have the cash do do anything about it.
Google on the other hand has decided that solar is the way to go. […]

Will Microsoft ’s Vista Make Online Shopping More Secure?

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

I actually heard this story while on the bus and listening to the news. It was about Ontario’s privacy commissioner (a province in Canada) who was throwing support behind Microsoft Vista because of one neat feature that will supposedly help keep your personal infromation safe while you shop online.
She stated that the insecurity of the […]

The Blue Screen of Death

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

Remember when we were using old windows versions such as Windows 98, and something screwed up, you always got that blue screen telling you that some massive error just busted your computer.Well, it happens to all of us - including Bill Gates.
This is a clip of an employee of Microsoft showing how Windows 98 was […]

Apple Releases Product Red Nano

Friday, October 13th, 2006

Bono, the lead singer for U2, has created a (RED) product line (ranging from shirts to watches) and part of the proceeds from the sale of these items will go to help fight HIV and AIDS in Africa. Apple has gotten on board the (RED) line and today releases their red iPod nano.
This new iPod […]

Samsung Releases First 10 Megapixel Phone

Thursday, October 12th, 2006

As technology continues to get better this sort of thing was very likely to happen. Samsung has released the first 10-megapixel camera phone. The quality of the camera alone is better than most people’s digital camera (unless you own a 10 megapixel digital camera).

Play Video Games Using Your Brain

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

I thought this was a neat story as I was doing my daily surf on the Net. It’s a story of a 14 year old boy who has epilepsy. The Washington University in St. Louis used a team of neurosurgeons, neurologists, and engineers to allow this boy to play a video game using his brain.
They […]

Google Has Bought YouTube!

Monday, October 9th, 2006

Google has now officially released a news report that they have indeed agreed to buy YouTube for 1.65 billion dollars in a stock-for-stock transaction. Google has agreed to allow YouTube to run independently (i.e. no name change.)
YouTube has become the fastest growing video etertainment community and after Google Video became a flop it was a […]

Google Could Announce YouTube Deal Tonight

Monday, October 9th, 2006

Well, it seems this story is not going away any time soon. As it picks up steam it also seems to have picked up a lot of credibility. The NY Times is reporting that Google and YouTube! are both holding seperate shareholder meetings today to approve the deal. The announcement could come as early as […]

Is Google Buying YouTube?

Friday, October 6th, 2006

Well, I’m not 100% sure if this is true, but there seems to be some validity that Google is at least in talks to buy YouTube. YouTube is a video community where users are able to upload videos, rate videos, and leave comments.
However, YouTube has had problems recently in terms of making money from […]

Top 10 Gadgets We Just Couldn’t Live Without

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

Well, instead of reviewing a gadget today, I kind of wanted to look at gadgets and pick some that have now become a necessity. As the world becomes more technologically inclined, we are becoming more wired (or wireless as the case may be). So here’s the list of what I think are the top 10 […]