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NAIAS 2007: Sync Goes Silent
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smartphones, Corporate News, Internet, Misc. Tech, Music, Portable Audio / Video, Transportation,
The Ford Focus will be one of the cars being issued this fall that will feature Sync, and they are keeping it on the downlow. We couldn’t get a price, (“It will blow away the competition,”) any pictures of it in a vehicle, or even mention the name of the dude who was telling us what we weren’t supposed to know. Maybe Microsoft is saving the info for the CES. All we were told/shown was that Ford has the exclusive rights until 2008, that it will play and/or recharge your iPod via USB, interrupt your tunes if you have an incoming call, and has text message/voice recognition capability.
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Gallery: NAIAS 2007: Sync Goes Silent
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CES 2007: TiVo Plays Rhapsody
Posted by Chris Cardinal Categories: CES, CES 2007, Features, Home Entertainment, Internet, Music,
Good news for Rhapsody subscribers: (Such as myself.) We’ll soon be able to play Rhapsody content through TiVo. This is actually really great for people who want to push every single one of Rhapsody’s 3 million song selection through to their home theatre system’s stereo. You’ll be able to access your shared library, so songs you flag on Rhapsody over Tivo will be automatically added to your PC song library. This will be available soon through Tivo and likely represents a huge potential gain for Rhapsody, since they’ll be getting a great deal of free advertising pushed straight to millions of Tivo subscriber households.
Now, let’s see a discounted Rhapsody rate with Tivo subscription, eh? (No firm release date, but we’ve heard Q2 2007 from the Rhapsody folks.)
Gallery: CES 2007: TiVo Plays Rhapsody
CES 2007: HDTV Convergence STB Awarded Home Network CES Honors
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: CES, CES 2007, Home Entertainment, Internet, Misc. Tech, Movies, Music, Video Games, Wireless / WiFi,
Ubicod has been awarded a CES 2007 Best of Innovation in Home Network honoree with its HDTV STB (set-top box.) Get the Internet anywhere in your home, remotely record your home entertainment center, utilize its live TV playback function, or plug it into your PC or laptop. You can also transfer multimedia files to other A/V devices and create a UTV photo slide show. Just don’t ask it to play the violin. The STB supports ATSC (U.S., Canada, Korea, Taiwan) and DVB-T/s (Europe,) and utilizes MPEG-4 encoding.
Check out the UMH700H’s demo and contact Ubicod for price and availability.
Read More | Ubicod via CES 2007 Awards
Gallery: CES 2007: HDTV Convergence STB Awarded Home Network CES Honors
Olympus Upgrades Digital Recorder/Player Line
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: CES, Internet, Portable Audio / Video,
Olympus has one-upped their digital voice recorder/players with 3 new models, the DS-30 256MB model for $150.00, the DS-40 with 512MB for $200.00, and the DS-50, which can handle a GB for $250.00. The new gadgets will feature a 44.1 kHz recording capability, voice menus, updated software for music downloads, RSS feeds, and detachable stereo mics. With recording time of up to 275 hours, an included USB cable for downloading, and a PC link, we look forward to the DS line’s debut at next week’s CES 2007.
Read More | Gizmodo
Gallery: Olympus Upgrades Digital Recorder/Player Line
Ford and Microsoft to Unveil Sync System
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, GPS, Internet, Transportation,
Ford, in cooperation with Microsoft, will be releasing its Sync, an in-car infotainment and navigational system, at next week’s NAIAS in Detroit and the upcoming CES in Las Vegas. The Bluetooth gadget allows you to download and play music, talk by cell phone, read e-mail, and can direct you to the least expensive and nearest gas station in your area with 3D maps. Sync will make its debut in Ford’s Focus and Five Hundred sedans this year, and will become available to all Fords by 2008. Gear Live will endeavor to keep you in touch with its coming out parties.
Read More | ZDNet
Gallery: Ford and Microsoft to Unveil Sync System
What kid hasn’t dreamed of being a superhero? For that matter, what adult hasn’t imagined flying or saving the world single-handed from its destruction? With 47 questions, The Superhero Quiz lets you know your status. Questions range from “Are you a loner?” to “Do you wear a push-up bra?” (We all know to whom that query is referring.) The site claims that over 12 million users have taken the test since its launch. Just in case you prefer to think of yourself as the anti-hero type, there is also a quiz for Supervillains.
Read More | Techcrunch
Gallery: Find Your Inner Superhero
Brother Unveils MPrint MW-2 Printer-to-Go
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet, PC / Laptop, Peripherals, Wireless / WiFi,
This new MPrint MW-2 from Brother allows you to make copies almost anywhere, anytime. At a size of 6 x 8 x .7-inches and weighing about 1 pound, the M-Print is small enough to fit into your laptop case if you are as geekish about peripherals as we are. It is PC, Pocket PC 2003/2003 SE, and WM 5.0 compatible, and connectible by Bluetooth, USB, or IRDA. It also features a 300 x 300dpi resolution and can print 20 copies per minute. Check with Brother for price and availability.
Read More | Akihabara News
Gallery: Brother Unveils MPrint MW-2 Printer-to-Go
Share a Virtual Meal With Accenture
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smart Home, Internet, Science,
If you hate eating alone, Accenture has created a system that will alert other family members or friends who are available when you are about to dine. A camera and mic capture you on screen, while your companion does likewise on a similar setup.
“We are trying to really bring back the kind of family interactions we used to take for granted,” said Dadong Wan, a senior researcher in Accenture Ltd.‘s Chicago labs.
We can imagine sitting down at the virtual table with our Auntie Mame and not having to deal with her literally pinching our cheeks while asking us why we are still unmarried.
Read More | USA Today
Gallery: Share a Virtual Meal With Accenture
Sony Admits Defeat: Pulls AllIWantForXmas Site
Posted by Chris Cardinal Categories: Home Entertainment, Internet,
After it broke last week that Sony’s marketing firm was proactively destroying its PSP brand with an ill-conceived, horribly executed attempt at viral marketing for their PSP, it appears that they’ve pulled the plug on the site.
Tragic, really, if the entire internet hadn’t already cached it, downloaded it and saved it in their collective “Worst. Ever.” folders. Some day, former Sony and Zipatoni employees will all look back on this and laugh and laugh and laugh, atop their bunk at the Y.
Dear Sony: Perhaps it’s time to stop sucking at life and to stop being so damn cocky about, well, everything? Just sayin’.
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Gallery: Sony Admits Defeat: Pulls AllIWantForXmas Site
Time Magazine’s next Person of the Year Issue, due out December 25, refers to “the many wresting power from the few and helping one another for nothing and how that will not only change the world, but also change the way the world changes.”
The article states that all who submit data on YouTube or MySpace or just blog are indulging in techno-advances that alter our world as we know it. We agree. We no longer have to turn on the stereo or TV, fight the post office, pick up a newspaper, shop at crowded malls, or even go to the bank. We make stupid human videos and seek out others online internationally for companionship.
Congratulations to all of us who share the spotlight with the likes of Einstein, Bono and most of the world’s leaders. See that you do them proud.
Read More | Time
