CREATIVE REMOVES FM RECORDING FROM DEVICES

Oct 17, 2006 | audio, DRM, hardware

The RIAA shows no sign of slowing down in its campaign to be the most wrongheaded and evil organization of our time. The latest sign of “copyright”-driven madness will hit owners of Creative Zen MicroPhoto and Zen Vision:M devices who install a firmware...

WIRELESS USB ON THE HORIZON

Oct 17, 2006 | hardware

We’ve all used wireless devices – maybe a wireless keyboard or mouse, maybe a wireless network in the home or office, maybe a Bluetooth headset. It’s all wonderful technology but almost everyone discovers that it’s just not quite troublefree...

NEW LIGHTWEIGHT DELL NOTEBOOK

Sep 29, 2006 | computers, Dell, hardware

Here’s a complimentary review of the new Dell Latitude D420 – a full-featured laptop with the sturdy feel of the other Dell Latitude models, but weighing less than four pounds. It’s got a 12.1 inch widescreen and a full-size keyboard, but the CD/DVD...

THE NEVER-ENDING SONY BATTERY RECALL

Sep 28, 2006 | hardware

IBM and Lenovo announced a recall of 500,000 Sony lithium-ion batteries used in Thinkpad notebook computers, following a widely publicized Thinkpad explosion at Los Angeles International Airport last week. Here’s an article with more details about the Thinkpad...

DEVICE OVERLOAD

Sep 14, 2006 | audio, hardware

What a week for devices! I’m worried that every week will be like this for the next few months as manufacturers fill the channels for Christmas. Keeping up will be impossible.Microsoft officially unveiled the Zune media player. It has a slightly larger screen...

CORE 2 DUO FAST ROLLOUT

Sep 6, 2006 | computers, hardware

Dell is aggressively updating its models with the new Intel Core 2 Duo chips. Many of the Latitude, Inspiron, and XPS notebooks now have Core 2 Duo processors either exclusively or on many models. The desktops aren’t far behind. Here’s a review of an...