Archive for January 8th, 2008

Lexar to license Eye-Fi’s WiFi SD tech

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Filed under: CES, Digital Cameras, Wireless, StorageIt's hard enough to get noticed in the camera storage market, and while Eye-Fi's 2GB WiFi SD cards have certainly gotten some play, the company is teaming up with Lexar to promote the tech to a larger audience. From what we can tell, Lexar ...

Live from the Comcast keynote at CES

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Filed under: CES, Features Comcast is going to kick off their keynote at CES 2008 any minute now and we're here to bring you the latest from the world of the largest cable provider in the US. 9:08AM - Gary Shapiro takes the stage and is excited to have the ...

Slew of Sony VAIO laptops get colored, updated

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Filed under: Laptops Apparently, Sony's got a thing for waving its hand and refreshing hordes of VAIO laptops all at once. Sure enough, the outfit is working its magic once more and dishing out a few new colors (deep red, pink, gold and black) in the Type L line, while the ...

Spectec shows off miniSD Bluetooth GPS unit

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, GPS, Handhelds We already caught sight of the miniSD GPS unit that Spectec trotted out a while back, but it looks like the company's now managed to cram one more piece of technology into that tiny form factor although, as before, there's still no indication as to when ...

Belkin’s Podcast Studio, the self-contained podcast producer

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Filed under: CES, Misc. Gadgets Apparently the Belkin folks are rolling out a little something for the podcasting community this CES season. The company's Podcast Studio is a self-contained, iPod-interfacing podcast production device... and not much else. The unit features dual XLR and 1/4" inputs, a built-in microphone up top, an ...

Apple and EU set to resolve anti-competitive iTunes pricing scuffle?

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Those "people familiar with the situation" are saying that Apple is set to resolve EU concerns with Apple's claimed anti-competitive practice of country by country pricing. Apple, you'll recall, claims that it "wanted to operate a Europe-wide store, but music labels and publishers expressed legal and copyright concerns." The announcement, ...

National Breast Cancer Foundation CAT5 cable in pink… with crystals

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Filed under: Networking If you want to get really serious about supporting the National Breast Cancer Foundation (and we can't say that would be a bad idea), you need to check into Cables Unlimited's Ka-Bling CAT5 leads. That's right folks, it's snagless ethernet cabling in pink or hot pink, fully tricked ...

Netgear recalling XE103 Powerline Ethernet Adapter in Europe

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Filed under: NetworkingNothing like a good product recall to kick the year off. Netgear is having some trouble with its European-version XE103 Powerline Ethernet Adapter, due to a problem with an integrated circuit that causes the unit to malfunction at 220-240 volts, stop working and "potentially overheat." Sounds like fire ...