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Online poker "physical object connection" with casino poker would use VoIP, RFID

A newly published U.S. Patent and Trademark Office application describes a way for online poker players to "physically interact" with real, in-casino poker games. The process would involve sophisticated RFID technologies embedded in the casino poker cards, and a broadband connection powerful enough to be able to deliver the tactile...

Tags: on-line player

Blog posts 2006-09-18

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Newegg's Black Friday sale starts with LG, Sharp and Samsung HDTV deals

Newegg has kicked off its Black Friday festivities a little early, and the site is straining with the traffic surge. If you can actually get onto the site, you'll find a bunch of deals on HDTVs from brands like LG, Sharp and Samsung. While Samsung sets are well-represented in the...

Tags: Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-25

iSubtitle 1.5.2 (Mac)

Create soft subtitled movies for iPod (Touch, Classic, Nano), iPhone (2G, 3G, 3GS), Apple TV, iTunes or any QuickTime based player or application. The first and only application to take full advantage of Apple's soft subtitle technology. The subtitle tracks are resolution independent and rendered in real-time as you watch...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple QuickTime, Movie, Bitfield, 3G, Digital Music, Digital Media, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-24

iDFX Audio Enhancer for iPod 1.119 (Windows)

iDFX dramatically improves the sound quality of your iTunes music files, providing exceptional playback quality on your iPod or other portable MP3 player. iDFX is a software accessory for iTunes. By using advanced patent-pending processing, iDFX enhances your existing MP3 and AAC song files, and for the first time your...

Tags: Apple iPod, Quality, Microsoft Windows, MP3, Apple iTunes, FXsound, iDFX, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-24

Hoster 4.11 (Windows)

Video Hoster CDG Karaoke Player Software on a Windows computer enables you to run professional shows so efficiently you'll have more time to joke with and encourage your singers. Shipping since 2001 with numerous upgrades, stand alone, Video Hoster was developed for Karaoke Hosts who want to go all digital...

Tags: Video, Micro Technology, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-24

Media Revolution 2.9 (Windows)

By it's enormous function range and the support of numerous media formats Media Revolution is the only player you really need on your PC. Apart from playing video and audio files as well as DVD's, you get a complete media administration and a digital video recorder. The product rounds useful...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, MEDIAKG, Digital Video, DVR, Processors, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-11-24

Hands on with new Roku Channel Store; is cable TV still worth the cost?

Not available on the N1000I don't see any options for this on my N1000.Bummer.Has the resolution improved on HD content?That was one thing I'd like to know. I can see a future, where everything you would ever need in the home will go thru the internet. I am already set...

Tags: Cable, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, Advertising & Promotion, FrameChannel, video quality, Roku Inc., cable television

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Hands on with new Roku Channel Store; is cable TV still worth the cost?

I've been testing out the Roku HD-XR and just this last weekend was sent some beta bits for their newly announced Roku Channel Store. The Roku Channel Store is available via a software update on all three Roku players, the Roku SD, Roku HD original, and Roku HD-XR. After the...

Tags: Cable Television, Roku Inc., Roku Channel Store, Cable, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Memory, Flash Memory, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-23

VideoSpec 0.8.2 (Mac)

VideoSpec is a free AppleScript studio App (Xcode 3.0 on Leopard) making use of MediaInfo CLI, MPlayer, FFmpeg, qt_tools and AtomicParsley binaries to display detailed informations on video files. Compatibility of analyzed media file with QuickTime Player v.7.6 is provided with indication on the installation status of the displayed QuickTime...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple QuickTime, QuickTime Player, Video, VideoSpec, Corporate Communications, Digital Media, Digital Music, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-23

BluePhoneElite 2.2.4 (Mac)

Call Features Dial and answer calls from your desktop Log calls with time, duration, caller and notes Display caller ID using your phone's phone book or Apple's Address Book Pause iTunes and DVD Player or set iChat away message when a call is in progress Customize a variety...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, DVD Player, Phone, Apple iChat, Text Message, DVD, Media Players, Consumer Electronics, Telecom & Utilities, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-11-23

Audio Transcoder 1.9.4.1198 (Windows)

Audio Transcoder is a powerful audio converter for rapid conversion between AAC, AC3, AIFF, APE,CUE, FLAC, M4A, MP+, MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPC, MPP, OFR, OFS, OGG, SPX, TTA, WAV, WMA, WV, XM, IT, S3M, MOD, MTM, UMX, MO3. For a small registration fee, the program offers a CD ripper,multiformat...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Conversion, Audio Converter, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-23

More people, more pollution, right?

Population ControlWhat is it now, the big 'O' is going to sterilize the peasants so they don't reproduce? If you want to get the low IQ, better to castrate Windows admins.NT.*yawn**yawn* - yeah, okay, heard all that before. If you want to propose a solution (other than resorting to communism...

Tags: GFC, pollution, famine

Discussion threads 2009-11-22

VIP Rumor Player 2.9 (Windows)

VIP Rumor is based on an embedded SQL database engine. Dynamic play lists allow fully automatic, randomized playback of songs based on your observed listening habits. The more you listen, the smarter it gets.

Tags: SQL Database, VIP Rumor, Microsoft Windows, Programming Languages, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-11-22

Statbook 3.2.2 (Mac)

Statbook allows you to keep track of baseball or softball statistics, and now, with version 3.1, basketball and soccer, all for the same low price of $20. Easily enter statistics and then customize reports and create an entire website with the click of a button. The program was originally developed...

Tags: Statistics, Apple Macintosh, Baseball, Pachyderm Software, Statbook, Games, Web Site Development, Team Management, Web Technology, Personal Technology, Internet, Management

Software downloads 2009-11-21

QuuxPlayer Standard Edition 2.8.0.5 (Windows)

QuuxPlayer delivers a clean, well-organized and almost infinitely customizable audio player interface, in a small package for people who just want to listen to music. Quux has done away with the emphasis on skins, visualizations, and other irrelevant features and stressed playback quality and ease-of-use over visual bling. Standard Edition...

Tags: Quux Software, QuuxPlayer, Quux, Media Players, Microsoft Windows, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-21

Gateway One ZX4800-02

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.The good news about the Gateway One ZX4800-02: it's not a Nettop. Nope, instead this is a full-fledged, $750 all-in-one desktop, complete with a...

Tags: Keyboards, Desktops, Monitors & displays, Processors, Gateway Inc., desktop

Product reviews 2009-11-20

Music, photos, and weather are beautiful, fluid experiences on the HTC HD2

argh - AVOID THIS PHONEI have had this phone a weekIn short - hardware is amazing - the software is a nightmareThe SMS application is fundamentally flawed, three times IN A WEEK it has simply STOPPED sending SMS. this woudlnt be too bad if it told you - but...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, High Tech Computer Corp., Ringtones, photograph, phone, ROM

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Music, photos, and weather are beautiful, fluid experiences on the HTC HD2

I posted a quick first impressions of the HTC HD2 yesterday, but as I was commuting home on the train I had a chance to spend more time with the media capabilities of the device and wanted to share a few thoughts and a video with you. As you can...

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Photograph, Music, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-20

Google Chrome OS has arrived as free VMWare download

Somebody will make it available in a more public area, I'm sure.Being that it's open source, somebody's going to make it available in a more public area, I'm sure. I'll wait until then.RE: Google Chrome OS has arrived as free VMWare downloadthat's not the real release... that's a linux based...

Tags: Virtualization, Operating systems, VMware Inc., Chrome, operating system, Google Chrome OS, Google Chrome, Chrome OS, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Samsung Convoy SCH-U640 (Verizon Wireless)

Photo gallery:Samsung ConvoyEditors' note: This review originally reported that the Convoy does not support Verizon's push-to-talk network. In fact, the phone does support the service. We apologize for the error.Hot on the rugged heels of the Motorola Barrage comes an equally durable phone for Verizon Wireless called the Samsung Convoy....

Tags: Verizon Wireless, keypad button, Samsung Convoy, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-11-20