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Sony Debuts LocationFree DevicesOriginally uploaded by methodshop flickr. Sony Electronics wants consumers to take video outside of thier living room. This week they announced three devices that can deliver content wherever a broadband Internet connection is available. Starting in October, two new Sony LocationFree base stations and LocationFree TV box will allow consumers to wirelessly …
Review We had an opportunity to hear this speaker system at our favorite mid-town home-audio store. This system is a powerhouse at a reasonable price and I ran home ready to write a review…but I found this review on Sound and Vision and decided to leave this one up to the experts. Aesthetically it’s awesome …
Planning on attending Apple Expo Paris? Looks like it might be a hot ticket this year. According to ThinkSecret, Apple will use a September 12 media event for Apple Expo Paris to introduce the 2G (second-generation) iPod nano, an updated 5G iPod, movies in the iTunes Store and an upgraded wall-mountable iMac. Although the “media …
NBC Universal is already on the 15-yard line with ad sales for NBC Sunday Night Football.
Tivoli Audio Model Satellite #175 AM/FM and Sirius Radio Receiver is the world’s first satellite table radio designed exclusively for home use with SIRIUS Satellite Radio. The new Tivoli SIRIUS radio delivers digital quality sound in 61 commercial-free music streams, and over 40 news, sports and entertainment streams. The large LCD provides multiple display options. …
Free music downloads? Is this good news for music lovers!? What’s the catch? Universal Music, the world’s largest music company, has shaken up the record industry by announcing that it will make its song catalogue available as free internet downloads. Unlike Napster and other competing online music retailers, could this service actually pose a challenge …
Jeff Zucker, the head of NBC Universal, on why Deal or No Deal is so addictive and what he said to Katie Couric when she told him she was splitting for CBS. Exclusive interview from GE Corporate. Q: NBC used to be the channel to watch: Seinfeld. Friends. Frasier. Now it’s in the last place …
This past Wednesday Matt Lauer gave a tour of the new Today Show studio. I walk by Rockefeller Center everyday on the way to the subway and was wondering when they were going to finish this damn thing. Looks like the new studio will have a 2nd floor. Here’s a video of the tour from …
Entertainment Network (India) Ltd. plans to raise its advertising rates by 25 percent for 7 of its radio stations from September 1, a company official said on Thursday. The company’s 7 stations are in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Pune, Indore and Ahmedabad. Advertising rates would also be increased by 10 percent at its three new …
The new Receptor HD Clock Radio by Boston Acoustics is the latest in a long line of high-quality, compact systems on the market; not to mention that everything Boston Acoustics makes, from car speakers to clock radios, is of the highest quality. Next on our review list is a nice pair of cherry Boston Acounstics …
Want to beef up on content for your iPod Video but don’t have a lot of money? Lately the iTunes Store (US) has been full of free videos. A common trend has been for networks to offer a series pilot for free in hopes of getting you hooked on the show. Not a bad idea …
In conjunction with ConsumerReports, Yahoo rates its five best Plasmas, LCD HDTVs, and Projection TVs. I found this article of particular interest because I’ve referred to ConsumerReports for years on everything from consumer electronics to our car…and they’ve never been wrong. With the prices dropping and the choices growing now might be the right time …
The browser wars just went intergalactic. While humans fight it out between Internet Explorer and Firefox, it seems that some Aliens have already made their decision… or maybe it was just a bunch of college kids. This past weekend, the Oregon State Linux Users Group descended on a field in Oregon to create a 45,000+ …
The city’s official television outlet is hitting the big time, for a moment. From Sept. 4 through mid-December, WNBC will broadcast episodes of five NYC TV shows weekdays on Channel 4 from 11 a.m. to noon, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said yesterday. The hour of programming will feature shows like ”$9.99,” a guide to activities …
Remember the scene in the movie Minority Report where Tom Cruise uses a 3D holographic interface to track down people before they commit crimes? True holographic projection technology is still years away from being a reality, but some Japanese scientists are at least headed in the right direction. It’s not exactly a hologram, but Japan’s …
During our bi-weekly trip over to JR we decided to check out a few compact systems after our neighbors (whose system is compromised of some components we’ve reviewed) got their hands on a nice new Blu-Ray DVD player and have been rattling the walls ever since. For the record, when you combine a 50-inch Panasonic …
Apple definitely has a successful formula when it comes to their elegant product design and marketing. Simple. Uncluttered. Clean… and very un-Microsoft. But what if Microsoft designed the iPod? What would the packaging look like? This video parody explores those possibilities. What makes this video even more funny is that it was created by Microsoft. …
