Archive for: February, 2012

Toshiba Excite 10 LE Tablet Ships on March 6, Starts at $530

Toshiba just revealed it will ship the thinnest and lightest 10-inch tablet on March 6, which  is one day ahead of the iPad 3 launch. Previously dubbed as the Excite X10, the tablet touts a 7.7mm (0.3-inch) thickness and weigh 535 grams (1.18lbs), while sporting a 10.1-inch, LED-backlit touchscreen with a 1280×800 resolution. The tablet […]

Olympus Confirms OM-D E-M5 Coming March 31st

Olympus has confirmed that it will ship its new Micro Four Thirds OM-D camera beginning March 31 in Japan. The OM-D E-M5 will be available in US markets beginning April 10 and is available for preorder now. The E-M5 is the first in Olympus’ OM-D line. The E-M5 is a a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera […]

Singer Davy Jones, Dead at Age 66

The Monkees singer Davy Jones has died at the age of 66. A rep for Jones revealed that he passed away Wednesday morning after suffering a heart attack. Jones was born in Manchester, England and started acting as a child. In 1964 he had the misfortune of appearing in the cast of Oliver! on the […]

Panasonic Announces 2012 Camcorder Lineup Pricing

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last month, Panasonic showed off its new lineup of camcorders for 2012. With the arrival of the new models imminent, the company has announced pricing for its range of consumer and prosumer HD camcorders, ranging from $1,200 down to $250. The top of the line is represented […]

Fox, Warner, SanDisk, WD Announce Project Phenix for DRM -Take Two for On the Go Movies

Some of the same studios that developed the the UltraViolet digital standard are launching a new initiative to make content available across multiple devices. SanDisk, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group and Western Digital have formed a new working group dubbed the Secure Content Storage Association (SCSA) to develop a new […]

WD to Divest Some HD Business to Toshiba to Keep Hitachi Buyout Alive

Western Digital struck a deal late Tuesday to divest some of its 3.5-inch desktop hard drive assets to Toshiba. The pact would see WD buy Toshiba’s storage group in Thailand, as well as give away other elements, as a condition of WD’s buyout of Hitachi’s storage group. By the completion of the deal, Toshiba could […]

Time Warner Cable Test Metered Data Again, While Keep An Unlimited Plan

Time Warner Cable earlier in the week outlined a new attempt at reintroducing metered Internet plans. Subscribers to Lite, Basic, and Standard access in Texas’ border corridor, Corpus Christi, Laredo, the Rio Grande Valley, and San Antonio will have the option of an Essentials plan that saves $5 per month if they agree to a […]

Google TV Adoption Appears To Be Very Low

An investigation within Android Market stats has suggested that Google TV adoption may be so low as to be under one million users. The TV and Movies app, a core part of the OS, is listed as having between 500,000 to one million installed users, GigaOM found. More than half of them are Logitech Revue […]

Apple Releases EFI for 15 Inch Macbook Pros – Resolves Graphics Issue

Following on from recent EFI updates for various MacBook Pro models, Apple this afternoon issued one specifically for the 15-inch, late 2008 model that resolves a graphics issue that can cause the internal display to flicker. The late 2008 MacBook Pro, also known as MacBook5,1 or MB470*/A or MB471*/A, was the first of the 15-inch […]

Popcorn Hour Displays Upgraded C-300 Home Media Server

Popcorn Hour has released its latest home media streaming assistant, the C-300. The new model features a new color screen, support for a user-added Blu-Ray DVD player, room for full-sized as well as notebook-sized hard drives (which are easily swappable) and a revamped user interface. While considerably pricier than an Apple TV, the C-300 offers […]

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