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Archive for December, 2005

Xmultiple FlashPoint MP3 SharePlayer

Saturday, December 31st, 2005

New SharePlayer not only pumps out compressed audio but also features Xmultiple

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Imation’s plush “Furry Flash” USB drives

Friday, December 30th, 2005

;-) 128MB, $30.

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Hawking’s HWU8DD Hi-Gain USB Wireless-G Dish Adapter

Friday, December 30th, 2005

The HWU8DD hooks up to your laptop or desktop via USB and focuses its data-sucking powers directly towards your access point. Hawking claims that this device, with its new 8dBi directional dish antenna,

Posted in: Media Networking
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Philips spinoff iRex plans ebook reader

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005

The latest ebook reader that won

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The World’s Smallest DLP Projector

Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

The “TDP-FF1A” from Toshiba Japan is the world’s smallest and lightest pocket sized DLP projector weighing only 565 grams. The device will be available at the Japanese market from January 23, 2006, and its price is expected to be 99,800 yen (US $830). Weighing only 565 grams. It measures only 140 x 102 x 57mm […]

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Edge bulks up with 8GB DiskGO USB flash drive

Monday, December 26th, 2005

You can never be too rich, too thin, or

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MTV, Microsoft Team up For Digital Music Service

Monday, December 26th, 2005

MTV Networks and Microsoft on Tuesday said they would join forces to design and develop a new digital music service. The service, to be called URGE, is due to launch in 2006 and will be integrated into a new version of Microsoft’s Windows Media Player. Plans call for the service to offer more than 2 […]

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TDK begins production of BD-R / BD-RE (BD-RW) discs

Sunday, December 25th, 2005

Just in case you were curious to see what you

Posted in: Data Storage
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Introduction to LabelFlash Technology

Sunday, December 25th, 2005

CDRInfo presents a brief introduction to Fujifilm’s LabelFlash technology, which allows creation of labels on both sides of a DVD disc, using the laser on your PC DVD burner, the NEC ND-4551A in our case. The LabelFlash technology can be currently applied to LabelFlash certified discs from Fujifilm, as well as to any DVD-R and […]

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iubi PMP2010 100GB PMP

Sunday, December 25th, 2005

Korean manufacturer iubi has packed a solid 100GB of storage space into its new PMP2010 portable media player, along with a 4.3-inch widescreen LCD, Linux OS, and USB 2.0 connectivity. We

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More power to your iPod

Saturday, December 24th, 2005

Japan Trust Technology unveiled an external 6000mAh lithium-ion battery pack, which can boost your playing time by an extra 50 hours. It connects via the standard ipod port and fits the ipod 4G, the U2, color, Photo, Mini and Nano and weighs just over 6 ounces. It will be available in Japan from December 16th […]

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Loudeye kills off “content protection” arm

Saturday, December 24th, 2005

Well, apparently spamming P2P sites just ain

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Google to introduce music search

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

One of the great things about browsing the web for your favourite band is finding the obsessive fan sites, labours of love from the bedrooms of the world. I know. I used to do one. That could come to an end if Google has anything to do with it. They are introducing a music search […]

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This SMS will self-destruct in 40 seconds

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

StealthText is a new service in the UK that allows you to send messages that will be deleted from the recipient

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NEC Electronics Announces First Certified Wireless USB Controller

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

NEC Electronics has began sample shipment of the first system LSI chip compatible with the new Certified Wireless USB interface standard. Certified Wireless USB is a wireless extension to USB that combines the speed and security of wired technology with the ease-of-use of wireless technology. It utilizes the common WiMedia MB-OFDM Ultra-wideband (UWB) radio platform […]

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