Posted on January 3, 2008 by Dan
For 13 days (so far), Xbox LIVE has been having a few issues with stability. What’s going on?
According to Microsoft LIVE General Manger Marc Whitten, there is a record number of people signing up and going online and the instability with the network is “a result of this massive increase in usage.”
Microsoft knows how aggravating [...]
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Posted on January 3, 2008 by Dan
Many of us will probably never run into this, but if you’re a Microsoft Office 2003 user that has installed SP3, you will not be able to open Office files from versions prior to Office 97, in addition to some older versions of Lotus 1-2-3, Quattro, and Corel Draw.
The reason?
According to Microsoft’s support site, “[by] [...]
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Posted on January 3, 2008 by Dan
Although this isn’t the first watch Garmin has released with a built-in GPS, the new Garmin Foreruner 405 is much sleeker than the others and manages to cram all of the electronics into an small, attractive package.
The Forerunner 405 is able to monitor and record speed, distance, heart rate, course and location, has a touch-sensitive [...]
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Posted on January 3, 2008 by Dan
ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated (or Asus as they’re commonly called) has long been a favorite motherboard manufacturer for PC enthusiasts building or upgrading their own computers. Most recently they struck gold with their Eee PC line of small, inexpensive laptops.
There’s a lot more to Asus than just motherboards and tiny laptops, though, and to help build [...]
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Posted on January 3, 2008 by Dan
Fans of Konami’s Metal Gear Solid series and the Microsoft Xbox 360 have been anxiously awaiting confirmation to the rumor that the next game in the series, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, will be coming to the Xbox 360.
If you are among them, bad news (at least for now). Konami has says [...]
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Posted on January 3, 2008 by Dan
Sometimes having a ton of photos to go through is a blessing and a curse.
Yes, it’s nice that you got such good coverage of what you were shooting, but going through a lot of high-resolution photos can be sloooooow.
An app called Photon looks to help you with that by making previewing images lightening fast.
It’s able [...]
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Posted on January 3, 2008 by Dan
NBC and Donald Trump are back with a new season of The Apprentice television show called The Celebrity Apprentice.
The Apprentice, now in it’s seventh season (really?) usually features a group of type-A’s competing to win a job with Donald Trump in one of his enterprises, but this season it’s different.
This season, the celebrity contestants will [...]
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Posted on January 3, 2008 by Dan
Belkin announced a new solution to help stream HD HD-DVD and Blu-ray content to HDTV’s without wires.
Not a lot is known about it at this point except that it will use AMIMON’s new WHDI (Wireless High-Definition Interface) technology to make the magic happen and that it will be priced between $499 to $599.
More info should [...]
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Posted on January 3, 2008 by Dan
Westinghouse Digital Electronics announced that it would be showing off a new HDTV at CES 2008 that will only need one cable–a power cord.
The set will use Pulse~LINK’s CWave Wireless HDMI to help you avoid clutter and is said to have enough bandwidth for 1080p images and surround audio without impacting quality.
According to the press [...]
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Posted on January 3, 2008 by Dan
HP has announced two new HDTV’s that it will be showing off at CES 2008, the 42-inch SL4282N and the 47-inch SL4782N.
Each of these will feature:
Native 1080p
500cd/m² brightness
2000:1 contrast ratio
176° viewing angle
6ms response time
3:2 pulldown
3 HDMI, 2 component, 2 composite/S-Video and 1 VGA input
Ethernet and Integrated 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi
Ability to function as a Media Center Extender [...]
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