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Rio 500 2.12 (Mac)

Rio 500 is a portable digital audio player that stores up to two hours of digital-quality music and up to 32 hours of spoken audio programs. Rio 500 is also the first portable digital audio player to support both the Macintosh iMac and Windows 98 platforms! Access thousands of music...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Audible Inc., Digital Audio, Digital Networks, Music, Rio 500, Digital Music, Digital Media, Desktops, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Hardware

Software downloads 2001-05-01

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Culture of cheap: How discount computers cost the consumer

The speed of TechThe problem is not cheap, but rapid devaluation. Tech has always had a sweet spot value for price. I am not keen on spending top dollar only to have the hardware devalue by 50% in a week. This is where cheap comes in. If the thing is...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, Honda Civic, Honda Motor Co., advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

Sony partners with Google to battle Amazon for eBook readers

Google and Sony are expected to announce a non-exclusive digital books partnership today, a move that goes directly at Amazon and its new Kindle reader. The deal, first reported in the Wall Street Journal, is the first in what's bound to a number of digital book partnerships that will likely...

Tags: Sony Corp., Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., E-books, Business Structures, Hd Dvd, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Finance, DVD, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-03-19

CES: My day one highlight? A surge protector

As day one of CES comes to a close, some quick snapshots of three of the more interesting products I've come across both on the show floor, and at the myriad press-only events that accompany the show. Belkin Conserve Surge Protector Yes, you read...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Player, Slacker Portable, DVR, TVs, Wiki, Digital Music, Notebooks, Tv & Home Theater, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Online Communications, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Josh Taylor

Blog posts 2008-01-07

Professional audio advice for podcasters (rookies and vets)

Earlier this year, Dan Bricklin called me up to say that he had attended a BoomersTV party in Boston and that he took the opportunity to interview John Osborne, a Boston area-based video and audio production professional who has been doing on-location recording for reality shows and documentaries...

Tags: Dan Bricklin, microphone

Blog posts 2006-04-03

Gates seeking samba with Brazil's president?

Gates seeking samba with Brazil's president?The beginning of the end...Billy boy going begging...roflmfao! Just goes to prove he is helpless outside of the U.S.. Also proves he has the U.S. courts in his back pocket! So lets review the growing list of countries shall we: France, Germany, China, now Brazil...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Willy Gates, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-01-18

Supercharged Wi-Fi to blanket all Amsterdam

Supercharged Wi-Fi to blanket all AmsterdamThat's pretty awesome!I would love it if my city had that. Properly run and secured, that would be an insane boost in productivity.Should have used WiMAXAnd saved being obsolete in 6 months.not as easyWiFi has the potential to be faster but less range. ...

Tags: WIRELESS, Wireless LANs, WiMAX, Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2004-08-30

Microsoft music store to open next year

Microsoft music store to open next yearWMA Can't fight its own battlesThis is just the same old story. WMA has to be grafted onto Windows to succeed. In the face of competition from Apple, Microsoft has to leverage Windows. An actual choice between an open AAC codec and a closed...

Tags: Digital music, Apple Inc., music, Microsoft Corp., WMA

Discussion threads 2003-11-17

U.S. CD sales rise; new digital players key

U.S. CD sales rise; new digital players keyAbout 4 years ago...we moved from playing cd's to hard drives and mp3 players (rio 500's)for car, jogging travel. Our cd's were never ripped but rather we went to Napster at that time and just downloaded digital copies of what we already owned....

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, sales, music

Discussion threads 2003-11-17

RiOFXP 2.4 (Windows)

Management Software for the Rio 500 MP3 player.Features: Batch Up/Download, Rearrange, Drag-and-Drop support for files and folders.

Tags: Folder, Tom Kistner, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Software downloads 2000-11-29