Tag archive: M

Low-cost HDTV maker Vizio isn't bashful about its product introductions, and is apparently now taking a shotgun approach to the high-definition television market, announcing total of 31 new models that will be available to consumers starting from right now and running through September, 2009. The models are distributed across three lines—XVT, M, and E series—and are designed to appeal to a range of consumers… Read More

Last month Asus announced it would include the flash chip Splashtop on all its motherboards, allowing for a virtual instant-on of a few applications including IM, Firefox and Skype. Now it’s going one better by including an instant-on version of Linux, made by Device VM. The Splashtop distro will appear alongside Windows Vista on the Asus M70T, M50V, M51Vr and F8Va/Vr notebooks later this summer, and will eventually expand to the… Read More

Netgear has announced the availability of its Digital Entertainer HD media receiver, intended to act as the living-room hub for digital entertainment—and give the forthcoming Apple TV a run for its money. The Digital Entertainer HD lets users use open standards to stream digital content to their televisions or home theater setups over their in-home network (via wired Ethernet or 802.11b/g Wi-Fi); the Digital Entertainer HD can pull in… Read More

After announcing last week that it would participate in Sony's global battery replacement program for notebook batteries, Japan's Fujitsu announced today that was recalling 287,000 Sony-made made batteries used in the company's notebook computers. Combined with recalls from Dell, Apple, Toshiba, and Lenovo, the number of recalled Sony-made notebook batteries has climbed to over 7.5 million. The batter recall is another… Read More

Finland's Nokia today took the wraps off three new XpressMusic mobile phone handsets, aiming to prove that consumers will opt for a device which combined phone capabilities with the features of a dedicated music player. The Nokia XpressMusic 5300 stores tunes on a microSD expansion card (which Nokia says amounts to about 1,500 tracks on a 2 GB card) and offers dedicates music keys which enable users to control music playback while… Read More

The Core 2 Duo train keeps on rolling: yesterday additional computer makers announced new notebook offerings based around Intel's mobile edition of its Core 2 Duo processor, with Sony and Gateway all rolling out numerous models for the North American market. As with other company's announcements, the systems tend to be comparatively straightforward CPU upgrades from existing Pentium M or Core Duo systems, rather than… Read More

There's a new entry in the clique of social networking sites today with the debut of a beta version of MOG, a free site dedicated to the music-obsessed among us who are looking for a way to express their tastes in tunes, share what they're listening to, find new music, and connect with similarly-dedicated music fans. MOG takes a slightly different approach to social networking: while users still use a Web browser to create their… Read More

In the last few weeks, digital camera makers Sony, Konica Minolta, Nikon (Europe and Japan), Olympus (Japanese only), Canon, Fujifilm, and Ricoh have all issued service advisories covering several of their camera models, citing the cameras' sudden failure to record images, or to snap distorted pictures or images with a strong purple cast. The failures effectively render the cameras useless. In classic “stealth recall” move,… Read More

Optoma Technology, Inc. today announced the availability of its next-generation, high performance digital projector for home theater enthusiasts. With an incredible, high contrast ratio of 4500:1, native 720p resolution and a bright 1000 lumens rating, the H79 delivers one of the industry's finest HDTV images to date.  The new projector features Texas Instruments' advanced DarkChip3(tm) and DLP(tm) technology, which… Read More

XM Satellite Radio has announced that Nissan North America, Inc., has chosen XM to supply satellite-delivered data and telematics services, such as in-vehicle messaging and XM NavTraffic, whichdelivers current traffic information to properly equipped Nissan and Infiniti vehicle navigation systems. “Nissan's choice to expand its relationship with XM in this important area of data services and telematics capabilities represents… Read More

The Wireless Digital Media Player operates on both 802.11b and 802.11g networks, works with existing PCs, and connects to the television set through popular AV jacks without needing special cables or expensive adapters. The Wireless Digital Media Player's media server software automatically catalogues every stored digital image and music file on the network, enabling customers to access the existing photo and video file organization… Read More

Recognizing the rapid convergence between PCs and consumer electronics technologies, AVerMedia has designed multi-media products that bring personal computing capabilities to the comfort of your ownhome. Among the products being shown at Microsoft Corp.'s Digital Entertainment Anywhere Launch are the Seattle (A169), M180, A180, E502, M105, M033, M150, M113, M17D, M155 and A16A TV-Tunercards. The Seattle dual NTSC TV-Tuner card is a high… Read More

Epson America Inc. has added two new photo printers to its product line — the EPSON Stylus Photo R300 and R300M. The EPSON Stylus Photo R300 and R300M are perfect for digital camera owners who want a flexible and easy to use photo solution. Both printers offer the same convenient and innovative features such as printing directly onto the surface of ink jet printable CDs and DVDs, and being able to print photos with or without a… Read More

“We designed the 2200MP to meet the demands of customers that want a projector that can be easily used in the office and at home, as projectors become a more common component in the home digital entertainment center,” said Scott O'Hare, vice-president and general manager, Dell Software and Peripherals. “For an attractive price, this projector provides an outstanding image and high-quality features.” The 2200MP… Read More