Tag archive: Connection

Despite a few false starts, Apple has started its international rollout of iTunes Match, their cloud-based music-matching service. The UK was among the first countries to report the service's activation, and it was soon joined by users from Ireland, Canada, France, Spain, Germany, Australia and New Zealand. iTunes Match scans your music collection and matches titles found in its own iTunes music database, then makes them available for… Read More

This Thursday, Intel plans to unveil its new high-speed connection technology, “Light Peak,” according to a CNet report. The news boosts rumors that Apple will release its latest line of MacBook Pro laptops, also on February 24, which are expected to incorporate the Light Peak technology. According to an official Intel media statement, the chip maker will hold a “press briefing” in San Francisco on Thursday “to… Read More

Nintendo earlier this week announced they were bringing the Mario Kart franchise to Wi-Fi through the Nintendo DS. Mario Kart DS is the first title to use Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, along with multiple upcoming titles like Animal Crossing: Wild World on Dec. 5 and Metroid Prime Hunters on March 20. When racing using a wireless local area connection, said Nintendo, up to eight players can play, even if only one of them has a Mario Kart DS… Read More

Quote from the editorial: “The upshot of this article–in case you're not inclined to read all the details–is that it's very hard to predict whether a digital DVI or HDMI connection will produce a better or worse image than an analog component video connection. There will often be significant differences between the digital and the analog signals, but those differences are not inherent in the connection type and… Read More

Quote from the review at Modtown: “This combined product allows a user to share a Cable or DSL Internet Connection within a LAN environment – both wired and wirelessly, so that a single connection can be used simultaneously by many users within your LAN. This wireless LAN router not only provides TCP/IP, NAT, DHCP, PPPoE for regular network sharing configurations but also features an inbuilt Printer Server for wireless… Read More