Articles Archive for June 2007
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I’m sure you have played the game Resistance: Fall of Man.If you remember in one place of the game you can see the Manchester Cathedral.This has offenced the Church of England.Sony has sayed that it wasn’t their intention to cause offense by using the Cathedral of Manchester in the eight chapter of the game.And for this they sincerely apologize.
Sony has confirmed the letter.And they have also offered to meet with the people from the Church to discuss the problem. The Very Rev. Rogers Govender has responded that they will …
Gaming, News »
The inevitable occurred! Sony is forced to think about how much it can cut down sales price for its PlayStation 3 console. The competition (Nintendo’s Wii and Microsoft’s Xbox 360) offers lower prices and this makes gamers want PS3 cheaper. Sony’s chief executive said in a statement:
“That (price cuts) is what we are studying at the moment. That’s what we are trying to refine. Nintendo Wii has been a successful enterprise, and a very good business model, compared with ours … because it’s cheaper. “
The PS3 price was lowered by …
Mobile Phones, News, Portable Audio, Portable Video Player »
Customers that want to be among the first to purchase Apple Inc.’s new iPhone should be sure to be in the right place. It has just been announced that the combination device between a media player, a cell phone and a wireless Web device will only be available at stores baring the AT&T franchise or shops owned by Apple Inc. AT&T has an exclusive deal with Apple to be the only merchant selling the iPhone on its launch on June 29. On this date the device goes on sale at …
Audio Systems, Reviews »
Cerwin-Vega was a very big name when talking about speakers in the 1970s. Now only few people know about the company and this is sure to change as Cerwin-Vega is back on the scope. The fact is they never actually disappeared but focused on something else. There are a lot of individuals that now have car audio systems signed by them or have used their gadgets in movie theatres or clubs. Cerwin-Vega is now ready to step back in the speaker system game with their CVHD 5.1 series. At first …
Camcorders »
The camcorders might look not being appreciated , but they are really important for every camcorders line . Their design is really nice , and are very affordable , everyone can buy one just for a few hundred dollars . But we can’t compare them with the high class models .
The GS80’s simple design , makes it look like almost all the minidv camcorders . It’s easier to use than you thought . With the simple scheme you can record something without touching any button of the menu …
GPS »
New competition among portable GPS is finally putting you, the consumer, first. Mio has released a shirt-pocket sized unit at a reasonable price. The C520 retails for $400. Compare that to the Garmin Nuvi 660, for which prices in the $900’s are not uncommon. Features include a great 4.3-inch widescreen, built-in antenna, and media playing capabilities.
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GPS, Mobile Phones »
The Sony Ericsson K530i is a very popular cell phone because of its slim design, 3G capabilities, full Internet access and the 2.0 mega pixel camera. Now it has another feature that is sure to come in handy. K530i is compatible with the new GPS Enabler HE-100. We are talking about the first ever personal GPS navigator integrated in a Stereo Portable Hands free. All that needs to be done is plugging the GPS Enabler HE-100 into the K530i to use it as a hands free with a twist. This …
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Picture this! A Volkswagen Passat driving around a parking lot, making point turns and following driving rules at a four-way stop without human intervention. This is exactly what took place in Mountain Views, CA, where a computer-controlled car is Stanford University’s official entry in the DARPA Urban Challenge, a race where an autonomous car has to go on city streets, respect traffic laws, drive well around other cars in traffic and avoid obstacles. The car is named Junior and this is its first public appearance. Now DARPA officials must …
News, Software »
Only a few days passed since Apple announced that the Safari Web Browser is now available for Windows. The company seems to be very satisfied with their beta version because they already released the numbers game against Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Apple Inc. declared that over 1 million copies of Safari 3 for Windows were downloaded in the 48 hours since the official launch. This does not yet mean that Safari will be popular but this statement is considered to be a marketing success for the company because …
Displays, News »
Philips Electronics is currently on a downfall when it comes to LCD TV sales. The first quarter of the year is always slow for electronics in general but for this company it can be considered disastrous. Philips dropped 26% in sales in these three months. This is actually three times the overall drop in the market. iSuppli analyst Andrew Muray said in a statement that this poor performance in sales has occurred because of a lack of direct control in supplying LCD devices:
“The company clearly has a close relationship with …
News, Software »
Mozilla programmers are always working. Now they are rewriting a lot of Firefox code in order to prepare for the third version of the popular free web browser. Older code is being replaced in order to increase performance and there is a lot of work in making it more modular and handling new security threats like malicious web sites and phishing. Window Snyder, a high official at Mozilla, said in an official statement that:
“As we’re doing this, we’re considering security features and trying to minimize security issues. The Web browser …
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Boston’s police is facing problems with a constant upsurge in violent crimes so they did something innovative to try and get help. A new system now allows witnesses to tip them off in case they see something by sending a 100% anonymous text-message. The program has been name “Text a Tip†and is the first one of its kind. Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis hopes that this can help lower crimes as there is a mentality between gangs that punishes a “snitchâ€. This “Text a Tip†would make it all …
Portable Video Player »
Today at both the press conferences in Europe and New York, the Archos team has announced the 2007 media players and recorders.
One of the greatest features is the Wi-Fi enabled portable that includes a direct access to the online Content Portal and another is the Flash supported Web browser, wich offers pay-per-download CinemaNow movies.You can choose a movie by just using the touchscreen and the buy it and download to your hard drive.And you don’t need your PC for this job.The Opera browser feature costs $30 on the Wi-Fi devices …
GPS »
Qstarz has produced the world’s first travel recorder GPS Data Log BT-Q1000.With this gadget you can have a track logger and a navigation device all in one device, and another feature is that it can be integrated with the Google Earth and has an endurance of 32 hours.It will be available in a week and it will cost almoust $119
With the BT-Q1000 you can record your path on where you have been and you can show it on Google Earth so your friends can see it too.You can get the …
Uncategorized »
Universal Remote’s company name leaves little unsaid about what its core competencies truly are, and its latest professional-series remote recently got a bit of hands-on time with the crowd at Electronic House. The MX-810 Pro Wizard was purportedly designed to work with setups ranging from a single room to an entire home, and sports a color LCD, 44 hard buttons, RF / infrared compatibility, rechargeable Li-ion, and hot keys for powering up select groups of components. Interestingly, this unit also includes 32MB of built-in memory to store commands that control …

