The iPod Takes Flight

Apple has taken the portable iPod and today has expanded it’s uses to the skies. Apple has joined with popular airlines such as Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM and United to allow iPod connectivity, and more importantly allow an iPod to work with the in-flight entertainment system.
The connection allows iPod users the ability [...]

Microsoft’s Zune media player - a player that Microsoft is hoping will take down Apple - will finally become available in the US market tomorrow. We’ve discussed the specs of the Zune and covered the story
before so it’s not too late if you haven’t heard too much about this player.
To kick off the [...]

Asus has released two new gaming notebooks: the G1 and the G2 laptops. Both laptops provide a gaming experience that quick reacting audio and video performances, with abundant features in regards to RAM and video memory. The laptops also have very nice 15.4 or 17-inch widescreen displays.
One’s gaming experience is also enhanced by side [...]

Apple has released it’s new MacBook notebook line of computers decked out with new Intel 2 Core Duo processing chips. The new processing chips means that this new line is up to 25% more faster than the older line.
The MacBooks are also just an inch thick and feature a 13-inch widescreen display which can [...]

Samsung has unveiled a mobile convergence device (SPH-P9000) which is capable of combining voice and multimedia features onto one device using WiMAX Technology. The SPH-P9000 is based off of PDA technology, but packs many features into one device to allow for a multi-functional device.
WiMAX devices are expected to grow and become more popular in the [...]

Samsung has released the sleek looking Mini MP3 Phone. The new look combines an mp3 player and then swings around to change into a cell phone. When the the phone is it’s smaller form it acts as an mp3 player and will display song titles, playlists and equalizer information on the display.
When swung open [...]

YouTube should have been feeling great. After all Google had managed to shell out 1.6 billion dollars for the video sharing website, but it seems that YouTube’s joy was very much shortlived. A lawsuit has been put forth by Utube.com.
UTube is a company which full name is Universal Tube and they sell tubes and [...]

Google Swallows JotSpot

Well, Google’s appetite seems to be growing as Google announces that JotSpot has been bought. JotSpot was the creation of Joe Kraus and Graham Spencer who founded the company in order to allow wikis (a website that allows users to constantly add or edit content as a group. eg. wikipedia.com).
However, since wikis are [...]

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 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

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 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

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

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. [...]

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 [...]

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