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Archos 604 (30GB) PMP Review


CNET has reviewed the sleek Archos 604 30GB Personal Media Player. It is quite slim at 0.6 inches thick, and looks quite nice.

The Arhos 604 includes a brushed metal casing that is much less scratch resistant than other handheld devices (iPod…).

Video playback is where the 604 shines. According to the specs, it’s compatible with [...]

HTC MTeoR review and images


As if most of these technology names weren’t difficult enough to spell and capitalize correctly we now get to work with the hTc MTeoR. It is annoyingly a pain to type, but it is not annoying to look at.
It is a very stylish piece of technology, much sexier than the Treo, or the Blackberry.

The [...]

Aigo A215 MP3 player


The Aigo A215 MP3 player offers 2GB’s of storage capacity and an amazing 50 hour battery life. It does look like your standard stick memory stick style MP3 player.
It supports WMA9 and WMA10 for your DRM loaded music files.
It doesn’t appear to have a North American release date, but the UK can find them [...]

No Steve Jobs for Apple Expo in Paris


It appears that the Apple Expo in Paris will not be including a keynote from Steve Jobs.

It’s unclear if Apple’s executives aren’t giving a keynote because of France’s recent legislation designed to open competing digital rights management technologies so that all music download services are compatible with any MP3 player, or if the company simply [...]

Amazon Video Store Images?


It looks like Amazon.com has accidentally leaked their new video site onto the public internet by using an obscure URL that was found by Google.
I wonder if the Amazon video store will be able to compete with anything that Apple can offer over the iTunes video store.
There will be some heated competition in the legal [...]

Dell chooses AMD for desktop line


According to MarketWatch Dell Inc. has announced that it will offer AMD’s Athlon chip in its Dimension computer line starting next month. This ends a long, and exclusive partnership with Intel.
This is an impressive move from Dell. It means that it is less reliant on Intel, and may include some cost savings for [...]

Palm readying to unveil new Treo


Palm has announced that on September 12th they will be unveiling ther latest version of their popular Treo line of smart phones.
It looks like it will still be using Windows Mobile. The software has been known to be quite troublesome in the smart phones, but has gotten better over the years.
The 700p is their [...]

Apple Firmware Update Gives Fans Constant Run


The firmware update that has been introduced causes the fan to run constantly so that it prevents some of the overheating issues that have been causing trouble.
The fan speed is quite slow, so the noise doesn’t seem to be a concern.

“Now we have an update that appears to fix both issues, yet folks are now [...]

Terahertz Processors on their way?


I would love to get my hand on one of these, although it’s probably not going to be for quite a long time.
It appears that scientists at the University of Rochester have come up with the design. They have it estimated to operate at 3,000 gigaherts (3 terahertz for those that were wondering). [...]

A very smart egg


Boiling an egg can be kind of tricky. I don’t think it will be soon though. There is now an egg that lets you know by using print on the shell when it is done boiling.
Such a great idea!

Their solution? A self-timing egg imbued with the powers of heat-sensitive invisible ink that turns [...]