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Apple + Intel Bitchfest Roundup
Hey, guess what? Did you know that Apple and Intel have partnered? Of course you did. It is on every single webpage dealing with any aspect of technology, or not. If it is a non-Apple related website, it will probably give vague details about the partnership, and if it is an [...]
Amazon to open audio book download store
Online superstore Amazon.com is secretly trying to put together an audio book download store and try to knock Audible off its place at the top.
“We never say if or when we’re going to be launching a store until we launch it,” Amazon spokeswoman Patty Smith said.
Though they are not giving any information about the store, [...]
Get your Daily Slashdot fix in podcast form
Head on over to SlashdotReview and download a 10 minute podcast of the days hot Slashdot articles. They will have a new podcast up daily except on Saturdays and, of course, they are free of charge. Last but not least, the podcast will include a non-RIAA music track for your listening pleasure.
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Best Buy rolls out new “Specialty Stores”
Best Buy is ready to open up their new “store within a store” today. They are opening 45 test stores in current Best Buy locations nationwide. There are two types of these stores, one is Best Buy for Business, and the other is Magnolia Home Theater. As you guessed, the business store [...]
Proton shows off new LCD TVs at Computex
Because of their high production costs, don’t plan on seeing many LCD TVs over 40 inches. Though this is generally the case, Proton Electronics raises the bar with their well engineered 47 and 55-inch LCD TVs and Computex yesterday. Proton has a couple unique features in their TV, including “OverScan,” which adds 5% [...]
eBay goes Shopping for $620 million
eBay announced today that they are planning on buying Shopping.com for a mere $620 million cash. The world’s larget online auction company is hoping Shopping.com will help them bring in new customers.
“What we think this does is it helps us meet the evolving needs of our sellers,” said eBay spokesman Hani Durzy. [...]
Man attempts to archive every podcast created…
Jason Scott (of the BBS Documentary fame) has been archiving more than 1,500 podcasters using a $300 computer simply to capture history. Mr Scott does not even like listening to podcasts, nor does he think they are very worthwhile as a whole.
From the article:
Scott compares the historical worth of an ordinary podcast to that [...]
“Deep Throat” reveals himself!
I know, I know…this has nothing to do with gadgets, but the story is too great not to share. This morning, former FBI director Mark Felt revealed himself as the long mysterious “Deep Throat.” Deep Throat was the source of secret details on the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon in [...]
Computer camp replaces summer camp for some
This is a camp that, as a child, I would have loved to go to (yes, I am a geek). You get to spend a week designing video games, creating multimedia content, working with websites, and all sorts of neat technology related things. When I was a kid, I had the honor of [...]
Sony BMG is testing copyright protection on CD’s
Sony BMG is testing a new technology from First4Internet that will include crippling DRM (can you tell that I am biased, heh) to the CD’s that we purchase. Sony BMG is expecting either the First4Internet XCP, or the MediaMax protection to be on a substantial number of it’s releases by years end.
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