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Posts on ‘March 22nd, 2007’

The Apple TV screensaver is hot

If you like gadgets you need my RSS feed. It keeps you up-to-date on all the gizmos you love!Filed under: Video, Apple TV
Sure, everyone is looking inside the Apple TV and at it, but check out what it does on screen when it’s twiddling its thumbs and waiting for you to command your library! [...]

Cringely thinks the Apple TV will hurt Blu-ray and HD DVD sales

Amazon.com Widgets Filed under: Media streamers, Apple
>We know, we know, he is hardly the authority on anything HD, as we all learned from his PBS special on the subject, but he might be going a little too far on this one. The Apple TV does a great job at what is it designed [...]

N99? Probably not

Although AAS doesn't really go in for outright rumours but, news of concept devices and patents is always interesting. In this case, AAS collaborator Darla has researched a story, with links, about a possible Nokia N99 (sic). And you thought the N95 was highly-specified. The N99 is clearly fake but the patent is not and [...]

Dear Clown Co.: Name This Thing Fast Before It’s Too Late

For the last twenty-four hours we’ve been reporting a nearly non-stop stream of facts (and some speculation) about the new, unamed News Corp./NBC Universal joint venture to launch later this year. First the rumor, then the confirmation (and press release), then our real-time, undigested notes on the media/analyst call.
Here’s a summary of what we know [...]

Here Comes Competition, Apollo

The official developer release of Apollo, a platform that lets developers run their web applications outside of the browser, offline and on the desktop, is less than a week old, and they already have competition.
Firefox 3 will allow sites to work offline by accessing local datastores. And at least two
other products are offering platform [...]

Honeywell sues myriad of LCD TV makers for anti-flicker technology

Filed under: Industry, Displays, Others, LCD
If you think LG has a mess on its hands, it’s suddenly not alone, as six other manufacturers touching one point or another in the LCD TV supply chain are now facing a patent lawsuit from Honeywell. In what smells awfully like another patent instance of patent trolling, Honeywell is [...]

Apple TV review, and geek details

Filed under: Apple TV
I am sure some of you are thinking, ‘Enough with the Apple TV already,’ but considering that even Scoble likes it, I think some more coverage is in order. Two Apple TV links worthy of your attention have come across NetNewsWire. First off, our iPod loving friends over at iLounge list the [...]

Consumer Reports looks at JVC’s HD-58S998

Filed under: Displays, JVC, LCoS
Just because a TV is a rear projection doesn’t mean its got to be deep. Consumer Reports has JVC’s flat LCoS up on their test bench and found it to be great picture. Sure, it costs a bit more then the sets LCoS brothern but it’s flat. That way the set [...]

ESPN to broadcast all MLS games in high definition

Filed under: ESPN-HD
MLS = Major League Soccer. Now that we have that out of the way Soccer fans can now enjoy the game in HD thanks to a deal cut with ESPN. This deal reinforces ESPN’s commitment to HD as the network now offers seven sports categories with complete HD coverage. The MLS games will [...]

Novell Spoofs ‘Get a Mac’ Ads

The Linux vendor parodies the popular apple ads, adding a third character who represents the open-source alternative. In Cult of Mac.

Originally Syndicated via RSS from Wired News: Cult of Mac