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At a June 2006 conference in Japan, a Dell laptop suddenly exploded into flames. Luckily for its owner, the explosion occurred while the PC was sitting on a table and not in his lap. Gaston, a reader of the Inquirer, witnessed the malfunction and reported that the notebook continued to burn, producing several more explosions over the course of about five minutes.
Have remote control over your iPod by plugging it directly into the Harmon Kardon AVR-240 Audio/Video receiver with The Bridge iPod accessory.
Google and MySpace, two of the biggest names on the Internet struck a nearly billion-dollar deal Monday to combine the search and advertising technology of Google Inc. with the massive online audience of News Corp.’s MySpace. The agreement, worth at least $900 million to News Corp. over the next four years, capitalizes on the popularity …
Video of Steve Jobs' 2006 keynote presentation at Apple's WWDC.
Many programs that convert audio files into different formats are pretty complicated and usually cost money. But not iTunes. iTunes is simple, fast and best of all... free. Here's how to convert audio files using iTunes.
Is Apple working on a new combination mp3 player and cell phone called the iPhone? Apple’s CFO, Peter Oppenheimer, might have let the ‘cat out of the bag‘ on an Apple analyst Q3 conference call. When Merrill Lynch analyst Richard Farmer mentioned the success of the Sony Walkman Phone, Oppenheimer responded by saying: “As regards …
Musicians, songwriters and anyone who has an interest should plan to sit in on a prestigious panel of experts in the field who are willing to share their vast experiences.
Broadcast monitoring service Critical Mention is adding new data on TV viewership from Nielsen Media Research and advertising estimates through SQAD to expand its service. Critical Mention’s clients, which include PR firms, manufacturers and politicians, use the service to track their mentions on broadcast TV, particularly in news programs. By adding information from Nielsen and …
Microsoft Windows assigns drive letters to disk volumes to help tell them apart. For example, the default letter assigned to your computer’s hard drive is probably ‘c.’ Each time you dock the iPod to a PC, Windows will assign the iPod the next available drive letter, such as ‘f’ or ‘g.’ But isn’t the letter …
The golden age of YouTube might be over. According to the new YouTube terms of service, the popular video-sharing service now owns your content, not you. The changes to its terms of service have a lot of people outraged and now many YouTube users are contemplating switching to other video sharing sites like REVVER. According …
National Semiconductor is laying off employees and wants them to return the iPods that they just received as bonuses.
Jason Bunch was listening to Metallica on his iPod. Then he got struck by lightning. Here's the full story of what happened...
Ready to turn your computer into the centerpiece of your home audio system? The Klipsch KPMU 5.1 speaker system is a veritable 500-watt powerhouse. Each of the four identical satellites house two-way enclosures with one .75″ metal polymeter dome tweeter inside a MicroTractrix horn and a long-throw 3′” driver with a convex dust cap. The …
This tutorial will show you what to do if you have an issue where an iPod DO NOT DISCONNECT message won't go away.
It's expensive but Harman Kardon's AVR 635 A/V receiver delivers high-end sound and has lots of SACD/DVD-Audio inputs.
Surround sound. If you love audio, it's a no-brainer. If not, it can be very complicated. Or is it? Here are a few things about Dolby Sound technology that you probably don't know.
