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Audiovox D8000IP

To date, we've seen a smattering of portable DVD players with built-in docks for video iPods--ideal, in theory, for watching standard DVDs or iTunes video content on the go. One of the latest is the Audiovox D8000IP, which is widely available for under $170. Weighing in at just over 2...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Consumer electronics, Video-quality, GUI, Apple iPod, Audiovox D8000IP, AudioVox, DVD

Product reviews 2007-09-27

RCA Small Wonder EZ201 camcorder

Last year, Pure Digital Technologies put out a simple plug-and-play video camera called the Point & Shoot Video Camcorder that featured a hideaway USB connector and built-in software that made viewing and sharing your videos incredibly easy. At the same time, RCA licensed the technology from Pure Digital and...

Tags: Corporate communications, camcorder, video, RCA, camera, software

Product reviews 2007-05-21

iRecord

Part of the reason the iPod has been so successful is that compatible content is so simple to acquire--and there's plenty of it. Now, the iRecord, a simple one-touch personal media recorder, makes content even easier to get. And the beauty of it is that it's not only for the...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Consumer electronics, iRecord

Product reviews 2006-10-20

RCA Small Wonder EZ101

Last year, when the drugstore chain CVS started selling a $30 single-use digital camcorder, we thought it was a pretty dubious idea. We're not sure how it did, but Pure Digital Technologies, the company behind the product, has removed the disposable label and added a hideaway USB connector and built-in...

Tags: camera, video, RCA

Product reviews 2006-05-10

Additional Resources

CEATEC Roundup: Sony's 0.3mm OLED display, Sharp's solar-power TV, Panasonic's LifeWall concept

While we all wait around until January for the Consumer Electronics Show, an event like CEATEC Japan can give us a taste of the future for home theater. And since ZDNet didn't offer to fly me over there to check it out first-hand (cough, next year, cough), I had to...

Tags: Sony Corp., 3D, Panasonic, Organic Light-emitting Diode, Sharp Corp., TV, Wall, Construction, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Test drive: First checkpoint-friendly computer bag

Back in August TSA issued new guidelines for travelers with notebook computers that would, for the first time, allow passengers to keep them in their bags while passing through the x-ray scanner. The TSA implemented its checkpoint-friendly bag policy on 16 August 2008 and to qualify as...

Tags: Computer, Tom Bihn, CheckPoint Flyer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Sony AW series: The best laptop display?

With expansive 16:9 displays and Blu-ray drives, the new crop of desktop replacements with 18.4-inch displays are geared toward mobile entertainment. Though its design is nothing special, the Sony VAIO AW series stands out from this group, according to reviews at PCMag.com and LaptopMag.com, thanks to its high-quality, LED-backlit 1,920-by-1,080...

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Desktop Replacement, Laptop Computer, Entertainment, Display, Desktops, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Marketing, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Large Hadron Collider computing grid launched

The Worldwide Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid, which can draw on the computing power of more than 100,000 processors, was officially launched on Friday. One of the world's largest computing grids, capable of streaming the equivalent of three million DVDs a year, was officially launched on Friday....

Tags: CERN, Scientist, Grid, Large Hadron Collider, particle accelerator, physics, Nick Heath, silicon.com

News items 2008-10-06

A Consumer Electronics Carol

I recently received a promotional email from a large Internet-based retailer that shall for the moment remain nameless (cough! Amaz-ahem!)  As I was considered to be a high-volume "Prime" customer, this online retailer wanted to offer me a 30-day trial of their their premier store-branded consumer...

Tags: Retail Company, Retail, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-06

News to know: Green PCs, IT; IBM; Nokia; Apple

 Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx Matthew Miller: First impressions of the Nokia N96. Gallery right. Mary Jo...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., PC, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Podcasts, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-06

And the calculator saga continues

I spent the afternoon at a local orchard with my wife and my youngest son. The other kids were buried in homework and/or video games, but it's apple season here in New England, so off the three of us went on a beautiful fall day. The orchard was...

Tags: Ice Cream, Games, Taxes, Corporate Communications, Free Trade, Construction, Personal Technology, Financial Planning, Finance, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-05

First impressions of the Nokia N96

The Nokia N96 was announced back at Mobile World Congress and I was able to get some hands-on time back then. I was just sent a Nokia N96-1 European version to evaluate as part of the Nseries Blogger Relations program and posted several photos in my image gallery and am...

Tags: Device, Nokia Corp., Video, Nokia N96, Display, Corporate Communications, Engineering, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-04

Hands-on review of the Logitech Squeezebox Boom

After seeing my mildly skeptical post about the release of its Squeezebox Boom Internet radio device, Logitech offered to send me a sample unit to review, promising me I'd be pleasantly surprised with the audio output from the compact unit. I've been testing it out over the last few weeks,...

Tags: Station, Radio, Logitech, Boom, Music Services, Advertising & Promotion, Engineering, Wireless, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-04

Sony CDX-GT120

Sony CDX-GT120Sony CDX-GT120 Car StereoWow!!! What alot in a small package for the price. This unit took the place of a factory Toyota c/d player in a Camry and what a difference it made. With the built in E/Q it lets you get the best quality sound...

Tags: Sony CDX-GT120, Sony Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-04

Student Technology Day: Microsoft CEO's keynote speech

As promised, I've uploaded the keynote speech that Steve Ballmer gave on Wednesday to a bunch of students at the Microsoft Student Technology Day. Although the recording isn't studio quality, it's still audible enough to hear it - even though there was coughing, the occasional sneeze, and some jackass in...

Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-04

Lenovo ThinkPad SL400

Take the ThinkPad R series, remove the internal roll cage and the TPM chip, add dedicated GeForce graphics, an HDMI port, and a glossy lid, and you get the ThinkPad SL400. This 14-inch laptop is Lenovo's play for small business buyers, trading in enterprise features such as the aforementioned security...

Tags: Notebooks, Lenovo ThinkPad, IBM ThinkPad, ThinkPad SL400, lid, Lenovo Group Ltd.

Product reviews 2008-10-03

Vudu offers new format to stream 1080p HD movies to its BX100 player

As I mentioned in my post yesterday about Netflix, one of the obstacles video-streaming services are going to have to overcome is the quality of the files they're sending to big HDTVs. Apple has recently introduced 720p HD files on iTunes to download to its Apple TV device, but lesser-known...

Tags: Video, Movies, 1080p, Vudu, HDX, Pogue, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Marketing, Internet, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Panasonic Viera TH-58PZ800U

The big-screen HDTV arena is still owned by rear-projection models, but with every passing year flat-panel versions, especially plasmas, fall in price and become attractive targets for folks seeking massive home theater pictures. But prices haven't fallen far enough yet for most people, so for the foreseeable future big-screen plasmas...

Tags: Quality, TV & Home Theater, TVs, plasma, Panasonic, Panasonic TH-58PZ800U, THX Display Certification

Product reviews 2008-10-03

Apple shares fall below $100 ... again

Apple shares fall below $100 ... againfor those who bring up stock prices when comparing Mac and PCso we all know (because we've been told by apple fans ) that apple products are better than Microsoft products because apple share prices have gone up and Microsoft's haven't. considering that in...

Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, Supply chain management (SCM), Apple stock, Apple Inc., stock, heart attack story

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Washington Times amongst newspapers putting semantic technologies to work with help from Inform Technologies

New York-based Inform Technologies issued a press release earlier this week, reporting the success of their recent partnership with the Washington Times on a major website redesign. Having spoken to both Inform's CEO Jim Satloff and the Washington Times' Executive Editor John Solomon, there's an interesting story to tell of...

Tags: Story, Editorial Staff, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Corporate Communications, Operational Accounting, Channel Management, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Finance, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-03