Presenting Samsung’s external Blu-Ray writer. It writes BD-R and BD-RE discs at 4x and 2x respectively. You can also use it as a DVD and CD burner. It’ll be available in 2008. At those writing speeds, expect your Blu-Ray burning to end within the same year. Hopefully. For those of you who have integrated your [...]
I’ve been lusting after a non-existent, ultra-mobile, full featured OS computer / PDA-killer for some time. I am happy to report that manufacturers are starting to pay more attention to this ignored niche and subsequently more products are now being released that could be targeted at filling that void. Case in point is the OQO [...]
With so much attention being focused on Apple’s iPod line of MP3 players and the newly minted Microsoft Zune, it’s easy to lose sight of some of the other players in the market. Samsung recently launched the innovative YP-K5 music player in September. Not only does it sport good looks, but it’s unique built-in slide-out [...]
For the longest time I assumed that Sony’s Blu-ray would win the next generation optical drive standards war. It had a cool name, and could hold more information per disc, but now it seems the needle is quickly swaying in the other direction. A recent post on the Digital Bits has some updated opinions on [...]
Gizmodo has a post for us Canadians. Telus Mobility recently announced that XM radio is available on certain Telus phones now. There are only 20 channels available on the phone, but it is a good start, and a change from all the MP3 phones coming out these days. Bluesville, BPM, Chrome, Ethel, Flight 26, Fred, [...]
Why pick a side when you can have the best of both worlds? Just like many people did not want to worry about DVD+R or DVD-R, I have a feeling that having a combo drive that can do HD DVD and Blu-ray might be the long term solution, and then it really comes down to [...]
Fuel Cells are getting closer and closer to replacing current laptop battery technologies, thanks to the ever shrinking size of the technology and increased consumer awareness. Fuel cell technology works by generating electricity by breaking down methanol through an electrochemical process. The fuel cells can be recharged by topping them up with a catridge full [...]
