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G.E. discovers how to put 500GB on a disc; eventual Blu-ray killer?

G.E. discovers how to put 500GB on a disc; eventual Blu-ray killer?Double edged swordWith the ISPs boosting fees and limiting monthly usage the "instant media download" scheme will never take off. The "flash" thing is still too expensive and unreliable (what would a 500 gig flash module cost). ...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Flash Media, DVD archive, killer, G.E., disc, DVD, disk, Flash Movie

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

Flash media comes to Verizon Wireless phones

Flash media comes to Verizon Wireless phonesReally, who needs this crap on our cellphonesThis is just another gimmick to run your phone bill to $500 per monthflash thisVerizon should put more effort into their customer support rather than their razzle dazzle. 193 days left on cell phone contract.

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Flash Media, phone, Verizon Wireless

Discussion threads 2006-10-25

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Samsung HZ15W

The Samsung HZ15W is a camera that looks good on paper but doesn't live up to the specs. The main attraction is the 24mm-equivalent wide-angle lens with 10x zoom, which is certainly a plus in a camera this size, giving you a lot of shooting flexibility for less than $280....

Tags: Samsung HZ15W, camera, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-11-05

File Sheriff 2.0.4 (Mac)

File Sheriff 2.0 will have many great features including: A new, easier-to-use user interface making it easier to get things done Files can be selected and edited by dragging and dropping items onto the application and dock icons File Creator and Type codes can be modified more quickly than previous...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Sheriff, File, Apple Mac OS X, Digital Music, Apple Mac OS, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-05

IronKey reveals new, ultra-secure D200 USB flash drives

Another bad designIf I can lose the cap and damage the connector, it's not secure. Why would anybody make a flash drive with a separate cap any more? I'll continue to wait for a secure drive with a good physical design that operates reliably with NO software installation on host...

Tags: Flash memory, IronKey, D200 USB flash drive, USB flash drive

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

MovCaptioner 3.2 (Mac)

MovCaptioner keeps repeating a segment of the movie until you are done typing what you hear. Just hit the Return key and it will save your caption and automatically advance to the next few seconds of the movie, allowing you to zip through your captioning tasks in no time flat....

Tags: Standard Template Library, Apple Macintosh, SynchriMedia, MovCaptioner

Software downloads 2009-11-03

TurboBackup 7.3 (Windows)

TurboBackup helps you to back up any types of critical data to secure places that you are comfortable. This includes almost all media types, including hard disk, USB flash drive, CD/DVD, Blu-ray, HD DVD, and remote servers, with optional compression, on demand or via scheduling. Restore these save points easily....

Tags: FileStream, Microsoft Windows, Backups, Hd Dvd, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-11-01

Apple TV update looks good but doesn't offer much more

I second your thoughts, Sam.The updates were nice, but hardly worth it from the functional standpoint. Yes, Netflix would be nice, although iTunes provides most, if not all, of what Netflix would, doesn't it?One thing Tim Cook mentioned during the most recent earnings call was that Apple was going to...

Tags: INTERNET, Apple TV, Internet radio, Apple Inc., TV, NetFlix Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goals

RE: Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goalsSabayon Linux is a better linux and no one ever talks about it. You get up and running right after installing Sabayon Unlike Ubuntu. All of your plugin's are already in place and running from the jump. It's really good for people who...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, Linux, Ubuntu, desktop, distro, Sabayon Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Freez FLV to MP3 Converter 1.5 (Windows)

Freez Flv to Mp3 Converter is a a tool to convert Flash FLV files to Mp3 files so that they can be played in Windows Media Player. You can set the output mp3 audio's bitrate, frequency, channels, or simply set the values same as Flv's audio stream. With just a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, MP3, Smallvideosoft, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-10-30

33 RPM 1.1.4 (Mac)

In the past, a musician would learn a piece of music by adjusting the speed of their record player and then methodically practice along with the slower version of the song. 33 RPM brings a little back from a time of LPs and record players, just without the scratches. ...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple QuickTime, Speed, Music, Edenwaith, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-10-29

Episode 5.3 (Mac)

Episode is a powerful desktop media encoding application for the Mac and PC. It offers the highest quality and fastest desktop encoding for content repurposing and distribution for Web, DVD and portable devices including Apple iPod, Sony Playstation Portable and mobile phones. Features Encode MPEG 1/2/4, Windows Media...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Telestream, Desktops, Digital Music, Digital Media, Hardware, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-10-29

News to know: L.A. goes Google; AMD-Galleon; Cisco-ScanSafe; Ubuntu; Amazon RDS

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Larry Dignan: WSJ: AMD's former CEO was a Galleon tipster Sam Diaz: Cisco continues its buying spree with...

Tags: Tom Foremski, Ubuntu, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, ScanSafe, Mary Jo Foley, Amazon.com Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Internet, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-28

Envizen Digital Duo Box Pro ED8850A

You probably haven't heard of Envizen, but it's one of several off-brand companies that are putting out new digital portable TVs to replace all the obsolete analog units that were toted to sporting events or kept around for emergencies when the power went off. As implied by its name--the Envizen...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Consumer electronics, DVD, Games, digital television, TV

Product reviews 2009-10-27

Gawker Media tricked into featuring malicious Suzuki ads

A group of cybercriminals have successfully managed to trick Gawker's ad sales team into featuring malicious ads serving Adobe exploits (CVE-2008-2992; CVE-2009-0927) and scareware, by impersonating a legitimate ad agency inquiring about an upcoming Suzuki ad campaign. According to Gawker Media, the malware distributors were one of...

Tags: Advertisement, Gawker Media, Suzuki, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-10-27

US Defense Department to partially lift flash drive ban

I never understood the ban...All that was needed was a registry entry to disable autorun so it did not parse the autorun.inf file, then use GPO's to disable autoplay. I guess its better to be safe then sorry but still...It is trange that this Autorun function...

Tags: Flash memory, Cyberthreats, Autorun, USB flash drive, time-I, U.S. Department of Defense

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

US Defense Department to partially lift flash drive ban

The U.S. Department of Defense ban on USB thumb drives will be partially lifted to allow authorized people to use official flash drives for mission-critical functions. The U.S. Department of Defense ban on USB thumb drives instated nearly a year ago will be partially lifted to allow authorized people...

Tags: USB Flash Drive, U.S. Department Of Defense, Flash Memory, thumb drives, ban, defense, Elinor Mills CNET News

News items 2009-10-27

News to know: Apple tablet; Android; Social Search; Netflix on PS3; Verizon

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Jason D. O'Grady: Times exec hints at Apple tablet Larry Dignan: Apple slate "impending," says NYT exec editor; Much...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Phone, Social Search, Sony PlayStation 3, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Telecom & Utilities, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-27

SilverX 1.1 (Windows)

SilverX converts Flash swf file with animation to Silverlight movie. SilverX supports all basic Flash features: vector primitives, images, texts and animations, so almost all Flash movie resources get accurately converted to Silverlight. SilverX is able to load Flash application SWF file and transform it into a Silverlight solution or...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Windows, CPS Labs, SilverX, Flash, Asset Management, Financial Services, Operational Planning, Finance, Business Operations

Software downloads 2009-10-27

HyperCalendar 3.20 (Windows)

HyperCalendar is the powerful Personal Information Manager. Main features: TopCalendar A transparent calendar, analog clock and reminder. HyperCalendar can stay on your desktop or set to be topmost above all windows. Its size, position, look and fell, also the transparency can be adjusted easily. Multimedia reminder the reminder supports playing...

Tags: Foryoursoft, HyperCalendar, Digital Video, Digital Media, Microsoft Windows, Construction, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-27