Archive for January, 2009

The Sony PlayStation 3 has been updated this morning to firmware version 2.60. The update most notably adds a Photo Gallery application. The 160 MB update adds the Photo Gallery app in the Photos tab, but you’ll need to wait another 105 MB for the app itself to download and install. The application bears a [...]

So, we know this was the last “real” Macworld Expo. And, while IDG tries as they might, the CEA appears to have other plans… Because of that, we wanted to give folks a chance to see Macworld Expo in its entirety. We shot a video walkthrough of the show in full HD Jerkycam. Every single [...]

Macs have actually fared quite well on the Boot Camp jump to Windows 7 Public Beta. But, MacBooks made starting with the original MacBook Air… have run into some trouble with sound. Specifically, Microsoft’s High Definition Audio Driver, don’t seem to output any sound at all. Luckily, some found a driver on the chipset maker’s [...]

Griffin Technologies has announced the availability of the TuneFlex AUX SmartClick Dock for the iPod and iPhone. The package consists of a dock that can be mounted on the dash with a rotating arm, with a wireless steering wheel remote, and included auxillary input cable for properly equipped car stereos.  The bundle is available for [...]

In an interview by TechRadar, the Windows Home Server team has confirmed two upcoming revisions to the Windows Home Server platform. First, later this year, an update will be released for Windows Home Server, along the lines of Power Pack 2. This update will add significant new functionality and improvements, much as Power Pack 1 [...]

The iPhone Dev Team has announced that they have made the first-ever jailbreak of the second-generation iPod touch. As has been reported previously, the iPod touch 2G uses a newer bootloader, that thus far has resisted previous jailbreaking efforts. The iPhone Dev Team recently unlocked iPhone 3G, and has since focused its efforts on jailbreaking [...]

This may be the shortest review we ever do. Just don’t buy this player. BlockBuster may tempt you with the lure of “pays for itself” free rentals, which cover the $99 cost. We couldn’t find enough movies that we wanted to watch to cover it… the paltry lineup puts even the worst iTunes competitors to [...]

A lot of people with old Intel i815 systems (that are limited to 512 MB of RAM… thanks Intel) are asking the same question that a few netbook owners are asking; Will Windows 7 run on 512 MB of RAM? After all, Windows Vista runs on 512 MB of RAM, and Windows 7 claims to [...]

Bankrupt retailer Circuit City has filed a motion in bankruptcy court to receive permission to sell all remaining stock at its 567 remaining stores and begin a complete liquidation of all assets starting on Saturday January 17th with the liquidation to be complete by March 31st, which marks the end of the 1st quarter. Circuit [...]

Engadget has noted that the order pages for the Sony Vaio P-series netbook/subnotebook have been placed online in Japan and Europe. And, on those pages, an option for the new-top-of-the-line 1.6 GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor is available. The total for the machine with the Z530 Atom chip comes to over $2,000 (factoring in the [...]