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EyeTV Hybrid shrinks down, gains Win7 compatibility

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

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Filed under: Hardware Same price, same features (mostly) but a sleek and slender new look: yesterday Elgato introduced the latest revamp of its EyeTV Hybrid USB tuner for high-definition digital television. The US$150 widget gives you the option of watching over-the-air digital television in full HD glory, and can also tune in unencrypted (Clear QAM) and [...]

Hack: The iPod serial library enables homebrew remote controls

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

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Filed under: Hardware, iPod Family, Hacks, iPhone Warning: If you are baffled by people who think dismantling technology is fun, and completely fail to understand the excitement of building robots to battle other robots, this post may not be for you. Just so you know. On the Make: magazine blog, they recently posted a piece about the [...]

iPad will lack some standard iPhone apps at launch

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

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Filed under: Hardware, Software, App Store, iPad Wired’s Brian X. Chen noticed that Apple’s iPad press release touts “12 new innovative apps designed especially for the iPad.” Take a look at the screenshot at right and you’ll see twelve apps: Videos, iPod, Maps, Photos, Mail, Safari, App Store, iTunes, YouTube, Contacts, Calendar and Notes. That means [...]

ChangeWave: 27% of e-reader buyers wish they’d waited for the iPad

Saturday, March 6, 2010

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Filed under: Hardware, Retail, Surveys and Polls, iPad Some positive news for the iPad: ChangeWave Research says when they surveyed people who already have an e-reader, 27% wish they had waited for an iPad. Now, if someone can work out a Kindle/iPad trade-in program, there’s bound to be some money in it. The survey included 3,171 consumers; [...]

Judge suspends Apple/Nokia lawsuit pending ITC investigation

Saturday, March 6, 2010

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Filed under: Hardware, Software, Apple With all of the furor around the gigantic patent lawsuit that Apple dropped on HTC this week, you might be forgiven for forgetting about the first big patent smackdown of the year, the lawsuit that Nokia laid at Apple’s door. But a judge in Delaware hasn’t — he ordered a suspension [...]

VeriFone credit card reader gets deal to be in Apple Stores

Saturday, March 6, 2010

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Filed under: Hardware, Peripherals, Apple, iPhone The Square credit card reader for the iPhone has gotten most of the buzz around here, especially after we saw that impressive demo at Macworld a few weeks ago. But VeriFone’s competing reader has been given the green light by Apple itself: the unit has been granted a deal for [...]

Found Footage: Apple designs in 3D

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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Filed under: Hardware, Retro Mac, Graphic Design Transparent House, a San Fransisco-based 3D design and visualization studio, has created this stunning video that showcases some of Apple’s best designs over its 34-year history. Ground-breaking products from the Apple I in 1976 to the iPad in 2010 are shown. What makes this video so impressive is that [...]

I have seen the future, and it’s SSD

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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Filed under: Hardware, Rumors, First Look On the Macworld show floor, I didn’t really see one specific product that blew me away. What I did see, however, is the next big concept that’s going to not only blow all of us away, but it will change the way we relate to our computers. It’s the SSD [...]

Redeye mini puts ThinkFlood’s IR transmitter in a smaller, cheaper package

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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Filed under: Accessories, Hardware, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch ThinkFlood released the Redeye in December of last year, which is a little unit that hooks up to your iPhone and, working with a separate app, turns Apple’s handheld into universal IR remote. Our own Brett Terpstra liked the device, but said the unit was a little [...]

Pachter: Apple will have a game console soon

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

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Filed under: Hardware, Apple, Apple TV, App Store, iPad Michael Pachter is probably the most visible gaming industry analyst out there — while he’s not always right about his predictions and insight on the video game industry, he does usually know what he’s talking about, and he’s definitely got the ear of a lot of investors. [...]