Dan’s Tech-n-Stuff Weblog

After a life span of nearly 40-years, Sony has announced that they will end production of their CRT screens.
After moving nearly 280 million screens worldwide in televisions and computer monitors, the Sony will drop the Trinitron to continue its focus on LCD and OLED technology (you might remember a couple months ago Sony dropped rear [...]

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TomTom introduced two new GPS models today in their GO series, the GO 730 and GO 930.
Each features an updated user interface with new icons and smoother graphics, plus it will display lanes for upcoming turns and sign posts rendered in 3D which should help at potentially confusing intersections.
The new devices also feature something called [...]

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The Sydney Morning Herald recently had a chance to chat with Steve Wozniak (aka ‘Woz’ about the iPhone. What does he think about it?
“To tell you the truth I was really disappointed when the iPhone was introduced … half the phones in the AT&T store at the time were 3G phones … I was shocked [...]

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Another review of the Nikon D60 announced at PMA has been posted, this time by PhotographyBLOG.
What do they think?
“The new D60 is a very slightly improved version of the D40x…Ultimately the new Nikon D60 remains an intuitive camera that clearly meets the needs of its target audience, whilst still retaining enough complexity to allow your [...]

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In 2003 Jeremy Jaynes made history as the first person arrested for email SPAM.
From July to August of 2003 its believed that Jaynes sent nearly 10 million emails per day through the AOL servers in Virginia.
His lawyers argued that it violated his First Amendment rights as well as the interstate commerce clause of the US [...]

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Meizu and their familiar looking M8 MiniOne didn’t make it to CES, and if you were hoping to get some info about it from CeBIT sorry–its not there either.
They do have a plastic mockup of the handset and tomorrow they’ll have a demo of the UI that runs from a laptop (which apparently doesn’t have [...]

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Every hero needs a sidekick, and over the years television has given us some great ones.
Wired has put together a list of the best of the best and listed their strengths and weaknesses.
Let’s get right to the list:
Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)
Strengths: He’s willing to follow Master Frodo into ridiculous dangers, carrying the supplies–and [...]

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Nine Inch Nails has just released a new album online called “Ghosts I - IV”, which features 36 instrumental tracks.
Trent Reznor says “I’ve been considering and wanting to make this kind of record for years, but by its very nature it wouldn’t have made sense until this point. This collection of music is the result [...]

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CeBIT opens tomorrow, and Asus is already showing off a few new accessories for their Eee PC.
Included are:

Ai Guru U1 VoIP phone -
Eee AP
USB 3.5G HSDPA Card
DVD-RW drive
USB TV Tuner

No word yet on pricing or availability but we might hear a bit more in next day or two.
[Via Engadget]

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