Archive for May, 2007
Windows Home Server OEM
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070515-microsoft-to-make-windows-home-server-available-as-oem-product.html Great news for people like me that like to build their own computers. Windows Home Server will be available as a OEM product. And as a bonus some other hardware companies will be building hardware for Home server. The companies mentioned are Gateway, LaCie, and Medion. Windows Home server is suppose to be out [...]
Amazon going DRM-free
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/amazon_to_offer.php Amazon is going to offer DRM-free MP3s on it’s music site. They didn’t give a release date or pricing. They also said they have 12,000 labels but the only one they mentioned is EMI. This might be a lot of hype over something that could be worthless. If they are planning on selling at [...]
Dell XPS M1210
I had a chance the other day to play around with the new Dell XPS M1210. As more people are traveling around people want smaller, lighter, and faster computers. This computer accomplishes all of that. It is 3.1 lbs, Core 2 duo, and has a 12.1″ screen. It also has a built in media drive. [...]
Magsafe connector gone bad
The MagSafe connector for the Macbooks and the Macbook pros are great. But in the past week we have had two start melting the insulation by the connector. The picture above shows what I’m talking about. This isn’t a huge deal since they were unplugged before they did anything but if you had your laptop [...]
Logitech Harmony 1000 review
http://reviews.digitaltrends.com/review4352_main21768.html I really want one of these remotes. It is a bit pricey at $499, but from the reviews I have read it is worth the money. The link is to a nicely detailed review of the remote.
6 HDTV facts before you buy
http://tech.yahoo.com/blog/patterson/578 This is a nice list of 6 things you should know before you buy that HDTV you want. My favorite line. According to Audioholics, almost half of the 24 million homes with HDTVs lack an HD cable or satellite feed, and about a quarter of those surveyed didn’t even know they were still watching [...]
