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- Insignia NS-PDVD10 - DVD player
- Perhaps even more than their living room counterparts, portable DVD players are among the ultimate commoditized consumer electronics products out there. The problem, then, is finding one that's a step-up from the semidisposable models littering the shelves at the discount store. With its large screen and long battery life, the...
- Tags: Media players, Consumer electronics, Tablets, Notebooks, control button, Insignia NS-PDVD10, DVD player, portable DVD player, DVD
- Product reviews 2008-03-14
- Coby TF-DVD7307
- We've come to know Coby for the company's always-affordable line of products--not necessarily delivering the top-of-the-line innovation. So when the company's TF-DVD7307 showed up, we were hoping for a decent, no-frills portable DVD player that wouldn't put a big dent in our wallet. The 2007 model is equipped with...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, Digital media, Coby TF-DVD7307, portable DVD player, DVD, DVD player
- Product reviews 2008-01-22
- ILuv i1055 - DVD player with iPod dock
- We thought we'd seen it all until we came across the jWin iLuv i1055BLK, which is designed to be both a portable DVD player and an extension screen for the iPod with video. Yes, this tablet-style, portable DVD player with a 7-inch widescreen display has a slot in the back...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, Digital music, Digital media, DVD, Apple iPod, DVD player, portable DVD player, video, iLuv
- Product reviews 2006-12-01
- eMotion Multimedia Digital Picture Frame and DVD Player
- The Media Street DF-EM2 eMotion Multimedia Digital Picture Frame DVD Player is one of those hybrid products we have a hard time classifying in our database. Part digital photo display, part portable DVD player, the DF-EM2 at $299 packs a lot of functionality into a relatively compact package. To be...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, multimedia, DF-EM2, DVD, DVD player, photograph, portable DVD player, Media Street
- Product reviews 2006-10-27
- Sony DVP-FX810
- In years past, Sony's been fairly quiet in the portable DVD player market, ceding it to Panasonic, Toshiba, and a variety of second-tier--and even third-tier--brands. But with the release of two new affordable, slickly designed models, the Sony DVP-FX810 and the D-EV7000S DVD Walkman, the company seems determined to steal...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, Tablets, Notebooks, Sony DVP-FX810, Sony Corp., DVD player, portable DVD player, DVD
- Product reviews 2006-05-25
Additional Resources
- Howard's happy: Sirius-XM merger (finally) approved; Now the work really begins
- The government regulatory debacle known as the Sirius-XM merger has officially ended as the Federal Communications Commission approved the deal after 17 months of deliberation and lobbying from the National Association of Broadcasters. According to the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal the FCC approved the deal...
- Tags: Merger, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Sirius, Howard, Satellite Radio, Digital Music, Advertising & Promotion, Federal Government, Mergers & Acquisitions, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Government, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-26
- Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux
- Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...
- Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Mandrake, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Britain moves against illegal file sharing
- CBC News out of Canada is reporting that British ISPs are making an aggressive move against illegal file sharing by implementing a program designed to discover copyright violators, who will be sent warning letters and may potentially have their internet connections disconnected. For more on the article,...
- Tags: File-sharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Heap-based buffer overflow reported in RealNetworks RealPlayer
- Update 07/25/2008: Aaron Portnoy of TippingPoint's security research group was kind enough to point out that I'm actually not affected by this, since I've installed the newest version of RealPlayer. From Aaron's email: Notice the Secunia advisory states it affects RealPlayer 10.5... the latest is 11.x, which now uses...
- Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., Buffer-overflow, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Secunia Research, Vendor, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity
- Microsoft's financial analyst meeting was a tale of a technology conglomerate: You heard a lot about search, a decent bit about the enterprise and all sorts of projects in between. But amid all the coverage--see Mary Jo's laundry list of stories--I can't help but wonder if Microsoft's...
- Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Enterprise, IBM Corp., Game Players, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Netflix ups outlook; Customer acquisition costs fall
- Netflix said Friday it ended the second quarter with more than 8.4 million subscribers, up 25 percent from a year ago, and spent less money acquiring those customers. Those two factors added up to better than expected quarterly results and an improved outlook. The company has been...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Acquisition, Earnings, Financial Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance, Investment, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- 10 essential gadgets for students
- I chose these from personal experience, but also from asking many friends from around the world who are involved in technology and study at the same time. Some gadgets come with a recommendation, whereas others don't; things like laptops and cell phones can't be selected for everybody, it'd be ridiculous...
- Tags: Headphone, Phone, Cell Phone, Laptop Computer, Lecture, Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Intel launches new chip for consumer electronics
- In its latest bid to expand beyond PCs and servers into industrial and consumer electronics applications, Intel has announced a new family of embedded processors. These chips are not based on the Atom processor already used in netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices MIDs--those versions won't arrive until...
- Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Intel Corp., Chip, Atom, SoCs, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Apple's coming notebook transition
- Apple is readying a major product transition. We know because they told us so. In the quarterly financial crime call chief financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer referred several times to a "...future product transition which I can't discuss today". That was interesting for two reasons. First, the...
- Tags: Notebook, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Blu-ray, Product Transition, Portable Growth, Desktops, Hardware, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Nokia 500 Auto Navigation
- First announced at SEMA 2007, the Nokia 500 Auto Navigation system is finally hitting the streets. It's the second portable navigation device we've seen from the Finnish cell phone manufacturer (the first being the Nokia 330 Auto Navigation) and it's a big improvement over the 330. The design is a...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Nokia 500 Auto Navigation system, power button, Nokia Corp., Nokia 500, Nokia 500 Auto Navigation
- Product reviews 2008-07-23
- Firefly flyPhone (blue)
- Though cell phones for youth came into vogue two years ago, it wasn't long before they fell out of favor. While some parents liked the idea behind simple handsets such as the LG Migo and the Enfora TicTalk, many children weren't so impressed. They wanted more features for playground comparisons,...
- Tags: Cellular phones, display, Firefly flyPhone, Firefly, phone, cell phone
- Product reviews 2008-07-23
- Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Back-to-School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.The Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875 is a thoroughly average, entry-level laptop. It wasn't too long ago that an average, entry-level laptop meant one that was underpowered and shabbily...
- Tags: Notebooks, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite, Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875, laptop computer
- Product reviews 2008-07-23
- No e-commerce worries here? Amazon doubles earnings
- Updated: Amazon's second quarter earnings doubled from a year ago as sales jumped 41 percent and executives said that the e-tailer may be benefiting from a slowing economy courtesy of its free shipping deals. On Wednesday, the company reported net income of $158 million, or 37 cents a share,...
- Tags: Jeff Bezos, Quarter, Amazon.com Inc., Earnings, E-business, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- How sick is Steve Jobs?
- How sick is Steve Jobs?Not appropriate to ...discuss someone's health in a public blog. Privacy should remain private.how long before M$ goes belly up?with Gate$ gone, M$ is even in a worst position since he too was relying on brainless drones.RE: How sick is Steve Jobs?[i]Jobs has insisted to friends...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Steve Jobs, health care
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experience
- Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experienceNow, why can't they get their OS right?I'm probably too old to be a fan boy here, especially since I love about every game platform. But as a XBL user I can say Microsoft has seriously earned some respect points with the whole...
- Tags: Game players, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp., Xbox 360 experience, new Xbox 360, PC, hard drive, Microsoft Xbox 360, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
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