The new Sony XDR-S3HD home HD radio is a very interesting design, mainly because of the mid-century and yet modern design it offers. The display is simple and very easy to read. It even uses RDS, which is an added plus. XDR-S3HD has a phone-like reception meter that can also work with FM/AM. Talking about sound you should not expect anything spectacular but it still decent enough for such a device. What does not look good stands in the fact that you can not unplug it from the unit and …

When it comes to flash drives we keep on seeing new technology implemented, all in a race to get as many customers as possible. Security features are always welcomed, popular and a necessity. This is probably why Corsair just introduced the new Flash Padlock, being retailed at $29.99 and $39.99 in 1 GB and 2 GB variants. What is innovative stands in tacking on a PIN based security system that can limit access to the drive. This can easily be seen from how it looks.Corsair claims that the system is …

Microsoft announced at Gamefest that the company will be releasing a new update this holiday season. It will be for their Games for Windows Live development tools, which allow developers to put their XBox Live Arcade games on PCs. It is still not known which titles will be available or how the system will work. Consumers want to know if the already-purchased XBLA title will need to be purchased again in order to work on PCs but this is again not known yet.  Users hope that there will not be …

Samsung just introduced the Fin mobile phone in Helio’s portofolio, making it the thinnest folder available in the US at the moment. With this occasion the Garmin Mobile for GPS-enabled voice-guided navigation debuts and we also have the addition of RSS feeds to Helio On Top (H.O.T.). This lets members sign up for different news updates and different information they want to see on their mobile phones.
Fin has been characterized as a powerhouse. It comes in blue-black magnesium and is just 11 mm deep, running on high-speed nationwide 3G. It …

The Sierra Wireless AirCard 595U USB modem is now available for use with the BroadbandAccess service offered by Verizon Wireless. It is designed to provide access to Verizon Wireless’ Evolution-Data Optimized Revision A (EV-DO Rev. A) network. The AirCard 595U modem comes compatible with USB ports on desktop computers and many notebooks together with the possibility of being connected through the included docking cradle, which is used as an alternative for users that do not have PCMCIA card slots.VZAccess Manager software is included and comes compatible with Windows XP, Vista …

Virgin Mobile retailers across the US will have one new mobile phone to sell with the new LG Aloha cell phone. It comes with a sleek clamshell design and applied metallic finish, being of course equipped with the essential features users have come to demand from mobile phones.  Analysing the design we can say that the LG Aloha looks very modern and combine this with the fact that it has a lot of features packed in an affordable price. We have a 65k colors display and capabilities to play …

The world’s largest airline, American Airlines, just sued Google because of selling search words that involved the company’s name. This is just one of the many issues Google needs to deal with related to its pay-per-click advertising system, the main source of revenue the giant has. The web search company won more than two similar cases in the US, one with auto insurer GEICO, but still faces many claims both in the country and overseas.
Getting back to the lawsuit at hand, American Airlines accuses Google Inc. of violating trademark rules …

The Spanish government recently announced that a plan will be carried out soon in order to stop speeding. The use of surveillance helicopters will become a reality in major cities. They will be able to determine the speed of the vehicle and even issue speeding tickets. In the USA there is already a system that uses fixed-wing aircrafts for traffic enforcements but they can only calculate the speed and a police officer must pull over the motorist in order to issue the ticket.
Spain’s system is better when it comes to …

It is always good to hear of technology helping out and if it can help in proving that a man is a killer it is of course a good thing. This was the case with a global positioning system (GPS) that was installed by a suspicious wife. The device helped in cracking George Ford Junior’s alibi and story. He was initially charged with reckless endangerment in the death of Shyanne Sommers, his baby sitter. The man claimed that he was taking the girl home and stopped for a moment …

Chinese IT firm Founder Electronics Co. is currently suing the developer of one of the most successful games ever, World of Warcraft. The reason stands in using some of its fonts without any permission. The company claims it lost around 132 million dollars (around one billion yuan) because of the unauthorized use of five fonts.
Founder thus filed an “interim claim” at a court in Beijing seeking for 100 million yuan in damages against Blizzard Entertainment, a Shangai based IT firm called The9 (they run the game in China) and Qinqwentuwen …

It was just discovered that individuals using FBI and CIA computers have edited some entries in the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia. The topics touched included the Guantanamo prison and the Iraq war. Such changes violate the Wikipedia conflict-of-interest guidelines. A new program called WikiScanner, developed by Virgil Griffith of the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico, was the one that traced these modifications. This piece of software makes it possible to track the source of computers that were used to change Wikipedia.
WikiScanner showed that CIA computers were used to …

The Canon Digital IXUS 950 IS appears as a very good 8 megapixel digital camera featuring a more than enough 2.5 inch LCD screen and an optical viewfinder, a feature that is becoming rare among compact cameras. This device has implemented image stabilizer technology that can help in camera shaking situations and the optical zoom is effective at its 4X capability, with an effective focal length of 35 to 140 mm. The Canon Digital IXUS 950 IS is based on the same advanced DIGIC III processor as the SLR cameras. …

The Yamaha YSP-800 sound projector is a great compromise if you hate wires and own a small apartment. When compared to a home theater system you can expect it to fail in tests but what is surprising is the high sound quality and how well the 23 sound beam drivers can create a good sound experience.Yamaha enjoyed success with the device and decided to launch a new model, the YSP-4000/YSP-3000 and they will feature new features and options that are not available with the previous model. The YSP-4000 has forty …

A full quarter of a century has passed since the first ever CD (compact disc) was produced by Philips on the 17th of August 1982. The first compact disc ever recorded was a copy of ABBA’s album, “The Visitors” and since that day everything changed. We are quickly getting rid of mix tapes and are quickly even turning away from CDs with the invention of bigger and better DVDs and Blu Ray discs. The invention of these portable storage means meant the start for a lot of technological breakthroughs. Just …

The new Samsung LCD F8 series has been unveiled in Berlin at IFA. The main focus of the company has been centered on the LE46F86BD. This is a device that touts 100 MHz Motion Plus technology that sharpens images, has 1080p support, a contrast ratio of 25,000:1 and clear panel coating. As with any good device out there we can also find a USB 2.0 port that works well in connection with the trio of HDMI 1.3 sockets and the 8 millisecond response time (plus CCFL backlighting).The Samsung LCD F8 …