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The Boom Box 1.1 (Mac)

The Boom Box contains five best-of-class Mac software applications to help you personalize and maximize your iPod experience. You can convert LPs and tapes, capture audio Internet streams and download podcasts, and create mixes and your own audiobooks. Back To The Future Convert your LPs and tapes with CD...

Tags: Software, Audio, Apple Macintosh, Roxio, Boom Box, Podcasts, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Management

Software downloads 2008-06-16

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Tritton AX900

Among all the video game accessories available today, no other market seems to be expanding as rapidly as the video game headset. With most current-generation consoles able to produce 5.1 surround sound, finding a headset solution to handle such a request is now much easier than before. We've tested a...

Tags: Games, Tritton Technologies, headphone, headset

Product reviews 2009-10-22

TR Dojo: Five must-have Firefox add-ons

Just Give me the List Thanks.CosignThe last dojo vid was a waste of time telling me about tools I already knew about.Video and Text PleaseMy employer blocks web video clips - it would be great if ZDNet bloggers included even just a brief text summary of the main points along...

Tags: Corporate communications, video, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Tritton AX 720

Among all the video game accessories available today, no other market seems to be expanding as rapidly as the video game headset. With most current-generation consoles able to produce 5.1 surround sound, finding a headset solution to handle such a request is now much easier than before. We've tested...

Tags: Game players, Games, Consumer electronics, Tritton Technologies, headset

Product reviews 2009-10-14

Bose SoundDock 10

Believe it or not, iPod speakers were once rare objects--and Bose's SoundDock was one of the first to hit the market back in 2004. Since then, the company has followed up with the SoundDock II ($299) and the SoundDock Portable ($399), even as the iPod speaker category has become completely...

Tags: Corporate communications, Digital music, Digital media, Smart phones, Bose, Apple iPod, video

Product reviews 2009-10-02

Altec Lansing inMotion Classic

Photo gallery:Altec Lansing inMotion ClassicAltec Lansing has a long history of producing stellar little speaker systems designed around the iPod. Its latest portable speaker, the inMotion Classic ($149), continues the company's tradition of delivering quality audio in a compact and stylish design.DesignThe first thing you'll notice about the inMotion Classic...

Tags: speaker, Apple iPod, Altec Lansing, kickstand

Product reviews 2009-10-02

Altec Lansing Mix iMT800

Back in the 1980s, when portable audio was synonymous with "cassette tapes," boom boxes were a mainstay of music culture. While luggable, battery-powered speaker systems still exist today, they tend to be somewhat dainty iPod speakers. Altec Lansing's $300 Mix iMT800, meanwhile, aims to mix and match the best of...

Tags: Engineering, Digital music, Digital media, Altec Lansing, battery, Apple iPod, Apple iPhone

Product reviews 2009-09-18

Turtle Beach Ear Force X31

Last month we took the Turtle Beach Ear Force P21s for a spin using its chat function with our PlayStation 3. To be fair, we thought we would even the playing field by checking out the company's Xbox 360 headset and voice chat solution with the Ear Force X31....

Tags: Game players, audio wire, earcup, Turtle Beach Ear Force X31, P21, headset

Product reviews 2009-09-04

Logitech debuts Squeezebox Radio, Touch network music players

why does it have a touch screen again?the thing sit on top of you stereo so i have to get up off of the sofa ans walk across the room to interact with the touch screen.. that is so stupid!!the duet model had it right put the screen in the...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Digital media, Digital music, network, touch screen, Logitech, music player

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Razer Megalodon headset

We recently took a look at two wired PC gaming headsets that rest in the midrange spectrum. While the P21 from Turtle Beach performed well as a PC headset, we wish it offered an option to expand to surround sound. The G330 from Logitech also performed well--not to...

Tags: Games, Razer Megalodon, headset, microphone, ear cup

Product reviews 2009-08-27

Logitech Gaming Headset G330

Last year we looked at a pair of wireless headsets designed for gaming, but recently we've concentrated more on the wired variety. We've looked at offerings from Razer and Turtle Beach--both of which were a bit on the pricier side. All in all, the G330 Gaming Headset from...

Tags: earcup, G330 Gaming Headset, headset, microphone, Logitech

Product reviews 2009-08-18

Livespeakr turns iPhone, iPod touch into portable sound system for $85

85.00 dollars for that.I wouldn't even give 10.00 dollars for that.Takes the place of a boom box, basically.I sometimes lay my iPhone on a table next to me playing music through the internal speaker when I'm reading on the patio. This seems like the ideal speaker set for that situation....

Tags: speaker, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

Turtle Beach Ear Force P21

Any gamer who plays at night knows how important it is to have a solid set of headphones. We've looked at solutions in the past for Xbox 360 like the Turtle Beach X4s and the all-in-one Tritton AX Pro. If PlayStation 3 is your console of choice, you...

Tags: Games, cable length, USB extender, headset, Turtle Beach Ear Force P21, microphone, Sony PlayStation 3, game

Product reviews 2009-08-07

Has the U.S. already lost green tech to other nations?

Is it too late for the green tech boom in the U.S.? Is the nation now second-rate technologically? Did the eight years of aerobics during the Bush Administration leave the U.S. one lap behind nations actually in the running? There are certainly lots of folks counting on a...

Tags: U.S., Green Technology, Pew, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-08

People that love to hate Twitter and Facebook but aren't on either

People that love to hate Twitter and Facebook but aren't on eitherWhat is the point......What happened to someone calling or actually going to visit and speak to someone.Social networking sites are impersonal and spew private data on a public domain with no rules.Twitter and Facebook *do* stink most of the...

Tags: Twitter, Facebook, Social Networking Sites

Discussion threads 2009-06-04

Scott Adams' "home server" would be a massive DRM and vendor lock-in

Scott Adams' "home server" would be a massive DRM and vendor lock-init already existsWindows Home Server?Apple will charge...One dollar less than "crazy expensive". That's the magic of Steve Jobs.Smart Home technologyAbout 20 years ago I worked with a company that installed custom control systems for edifices that controlled lighting,...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Linux, Construction, Bluetooth, TVs, PRODUCTIVITY, Digital media, TV & Home Theater, Apple Inc., Scott Adams, Apple TV, digital-rights management, home server, HVAC, TV

Discussion threads 2009-05-18

Seven big tech acquisitions to watch for in 2009

Seven big tech acquisitions to watch for in 2009Oh pleaseApple buy Adobe? They would never deplete their cash that much. Adobe would be very expensive. And as for the comment about Adobe certainly selling more than half to Windows users, that's barely true, but not nearly as much as people...

Tags: Mainframes, Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Inc., big tech acquisition, tech acquisition

Discussion threads 2009-04-14

CES 2009: Hands-on with Linksys by Cisco Wireless Home Audio system

With its past purchases of Linksys and set-top-box maker Scientific Atlanta, Cisco hasn't exactly been subtle about its intentions to be a major player in the connected home. Thus far, those acquisitions hadn't produced anything particularly noteworthy, but that appears to change with the company's new Linksys by Cisco Wireless...

Tags: Speaker, Cisco Systems Inc., Director, Linksys Inc., Wireless, Home Networking, Networking, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-01-11

Lasonic i931 High Performance Portable Music System

Lasonic i931 High Performance Portable Music SystemThe Lasonic i931I don't understand why so many people rated the Lasonic i931 boom box with such a low rating! This is by far the coolest i pod accessory ever made. If you give it a low rating, clearly you don't understand the novelty...

Tags: Leadership, Lasonic, high-performance

Discussion threads 2009-01-07

If you love Windows XP, you'll hate Windows 7

If you love Windows XP, you'll hate Windows 7cmon jasonas an it guy, all i need to do with Win7 or Vista is tell my people to type in the word of the activity they're looking for in the search box. No need to remember where it is, or what...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2009-01-01