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Toshiba announces a new battery recall

, Jul 19th 2007 Discuss [0]

I'm beginning to wonder if Sony has made any batteries in the past few years that don't have the chance of exploding. Toshiba has just announced a recall of around 5,100 Sony-made laptop batteries that affect 10 laptop models. 5 of the laptop models were sold only in Japan, while the others were sold in other parts of the world. The notebooks were made in December of 2005 and sold between January and April of 2006. As of now there have been no reports of injuries related to the batteries, however, they have the potential to cause burns and damage the computers. Read The Full Story

Vostro Line is No Longer the Only Crapware Free PC’s

, Jul 19th 2007 Discuss [0]

Wal-Mart will soon be selling the Everex IMPACT GC3502. The box includes the CPU, keyboard, mouse, and speakers. Best part, it only costs $300. Read The Full Story

PSP TV Tuner from Sony – Works in Japan Only!

, Jul 17th 2007 Discuss [8]

The Japanese PSP will be able to use their PSP to watch TV with Sony’s new PSP TV tuner. The PSP-S310 uses the cartridge port as connector to the PSP. The new thin PSP (PSP-2000) will be the only PSP model that is compatible with this TV tuner. Read The Full Story

New study shows HD-DVD players outselling Blu-ray 3:1 in Europe

, Jul 12th 2007 Discuss [2]

According to a new study, Blu-ray is not faring well over in the European market. The study found that HD-DVD players are outselling their Blu-ray competitors 3:1. Read The Full Story

Dell EC280 Mini-ITX PC – low cost Mini-ITX based PC

, Jul 12th 2007 Discuss [0]

Dell unveiled the EC280, a Mini-ITX based PC that uses low power consumption. It is powered by Intel’s Celeron M205 running at 1.2Ghz and uses SiSM661GX chipset. Read The Full Story

E3 Game lineup revealed

, Jul 11th 2007 Discuss [3]

There's a lot going on over at E3, not just Nintendo and Microsoft showing off their wares, but plenty of other people are showing of new games. There are dozens of announcements that have already been made thus far, and the guys over at tgdaily have compiled these into a nice, manageable list. Check it out: Read The Full Story

Sick of Buying a New Phone Every Two Years?

, Jul 10th 2007 Discuss [0]

The chairman of the FCC is too. Wireless services providers are generally the first in line to purchase new wireless spectrum's when they come up for sale. Well guess what, with TV going digital the 700 MHz band is about to become very empty. Read The Full Story

New Pioneer Laptop Has Quad Core Inside

, Jul 9th 2007 Discuss [2]

The DreamBook Power D90 SLI is a 17” laptop with a 1920x1680 WUXGA display. The processors range from a Core 2 Duo E4300 at 1.8Ghz all the way up to the Core 2 Extreme X6800 2.93Ghz quad core processor. Read The Full Story

Transformers Laptop, Only Changes From Open To Closed

, Jul 9th 2007 Discuss [0]

Haier has decided to make a Transformers themed G70 laptop. Really the only thing spectacular about the laptop is the decal on the back. Read The Full Story

iPhone Insurance Is Reassuring

, Jul 9th 2007 Discuss [0]

So, you waited in line for days to get your precious (insert Gollum reference here) iPhone, went through the pains of activating it (with or without a contracted service plan). So now you are addicted and out of the blue you break, lose, or have your precious stolen, what do you do besides curl up in the fetal position and cry? Read The Full Story

New All Electric Motorcycle By Brammo

, Jul 8th 2007 Discuss [1]

Coming straight from the folks who brought you the Ariel Atom 2 is their latest addition to the product line, the Enertia. This motorcycle is all electric, has a top speed of 50MPH, a max range of 45 miles @ 25mph and weighs a mere 275 pounds. Read The Full Story

CableCo’s Raising Set-Top Box Rental Rates

, Jul 6th 2007 Discuss [0]

The good news is the feature list for set-top boxes should be increasing. Set-Top boxes should also become consumer electronics devices, sold and marketed to the consumer instead of video service providers. Essentially the reason for the price hike is the FCC is finally enforcing previous rulings which push for user-marketed boxes, whereas the current market is setup so that the various cable companies select the boxes they want to allow their customers to use and only market those boxes to the consumer. Read The Full Story
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