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ZVOX 575 Single-Cabinet Surround Sound System

Image used with permission by copyright holder We understand that many of our listeners don’t have the space for a full blown home theater system. However, those same listeners don’t necessarily want to listen to their movies through the TVs tiny speakers. For them a single unit solution is what the doctor ordered. The ZVOX […]

Withings Wi-Fi Body Scale – Is Your Bathroom a Wireless Hotspot?

Withings has built a scale that is nearly as functional as it is elegantly stylish. Wi-fi connectivity lets this bathroom scale automatically upload your daily data to your computer via your home wireless network.

Cryptography, DRM and You

Image used with permission by copyright holder We talk about DRM quite often. Technically it stands for Digital Rights Management, but we did have a listener recommend we try to change that to Digitally Restricted Media. The point of DRM is to protect digital media files from piracy. The actual result of DRM is a […]
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Wal-mart is Buying Vudu

Today’s Show: News: Mitsubishi’s new Upscalling technology turns your HD video into 4K2K wonders Vizio Reclaims Top LCD Spot CEA: Sports Watching Going Online, Mobile Are Plasma TVs Still Alive? Cablevision To Roll Out RS-DVR In April Other: Help support Listener Ken and Team In Training running for the Leukemia and Lymphoma society Movie rental […]

CES 2006 Profile: Lexar Media

Lexar showcases two new USB flash drives at CES 2006.

Gefen Adds HDMI Adapters

Two new adapters from maker of home theatre conversion products allow for HDMI support through DVI and digital audio and component sources.

SMC Ships New Wireless Printer Server

The SMC EZ Connect Wireless Printer Server uses 802.11g and USB 2.0 to connect printers to a local network or authorized Internet users for remote printing jobs without wires.
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HT Guys HDTV Recommendations

We receive emails from listeners all the time asking us which HDTV we recommend. That list will vary depending on the use case and budget of the emailer. On today’s show we’d like to tell you what our picks are for a typical use scenario for low to medium budgets. Today’s Show: News: Retail Conspires […]
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VIA: Vizio Internet Apps

Image used with permission by copyright holder If you happened to watch the Super Bowl and paid attention to the commercials, there were some really good ones. Bud light had a few, Doritos had a couple, but there also might have been a few that didn’t make much sense to you. One of those could […]
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Digital Trends Writes New Chapter for Technology on Amazon Kindle

Digital Trends’ new Amazon Kindle news feed offers a daily dose of tech news, reviews and features in portable format for your eReader.

Apple Admits It Can’t Produce Enough Of The iPhone 3GS

Demand for the new Apple 3GS is outstripping supply, Apple has admitted, but it's still planning to launch the device in 20 more countries next month.

World Of Warcraft Movie On The Way

Warner Bros. Has Announced That director Sam Raimi has signed to direct a movie version of the World of Warcraft game.

Cell Phones Bad For Your Health – Again

We’ve heard the pros and cons before, but a new Australian study claims cell phones could be worse for your health than smoking or asbestos.
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The Details Behind 3D TV

Image used with permission by copyright holder Far be it from us to stay away from the latest juicy new idea in home theater technology, 3D. It’s been all over the news and the blogs for a while, recently culminating with a huge display at CES. Whether or not the technology actually catches on is […]

The Future of Cell Phones

Take a look at where cell phone technology is heading in the far and no-too-far future.
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LED TV Technology

Image used with permission by copyright holder When we first started our podcast there were five competing technologies vying for your living room. Today its pretty much down to LCD and Plasma. Most would say LCD is running away with the market but Plasma is hanging in there. So what about LED? LED is not […]

Google Chrome OS Tablet Concept Pictures

The Chromium Projects released concept images of what the Google Chrome OS Tablet interface might look like.

Gaming Apple’s iPad: How Well Will Video Games Play on the Device?

Apple’s iPad promises extensive video game support, but just how advanced a gaming experience can we really expect?
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New Green Gadgets and Devices for 2010

Clean up your act with these convenient and inexpensive Earth-friendly gadgets arriving in 2010.
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CES 2010 Roundup and Impressions

Image used with permission by copyright holder We decided to once again make the trek out to Las Vegas to get our own impression of all the hype coming out of CES. We didn’t go last year, and we missed it a little, so we had to go this year. By far the biggest theme […]
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2009 Prediction Results

Each year we try to predict what will happen in our industry and each year we usually miss the mark. On today’s show we take a look back at our predictions for 2009. Today’s Show: News: Amazon gives away digital movies with disc purchase 8 Companies That Are Reinventing TV Online Lord of the Rings […]
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Booq Boa Flow XL Laptop Backpack

Keep your gear close at hand and safely stowed in Booq's stylish Boa Flow XL, a media powerhouse day pack with room for laptops up to 17 inches and a padded DSLR pocket.
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Tonium Pacemaker: Picking Up Where the iPod Left Off

The Pacemaker is essentially a professional DJ kit that you can take with you wherever you are, allowing you to become a music producer - anywhere, anytime.

Last Minute Shopping Guide 2009

You know we're always looking out for you, so we've decided to revisit the last minute shopping guide we assembled last year. We know you've been busy, and so have we, but if you screw up on the gift you get for special someone in your life, you'll be paying for it for a long, long time.

YouTube Hit By Porn Hack

YouTube has had to wipe hundreds of disguised porn videos uploaded in a hack attack.

How Many Moves to Solve Rubik’s Cube?

Researchers spent 63 hours on a supercomputer to arrive at a new low number of moves for solving Rubik's cube.

Palm’s Linux Smartphone Now In ’08

Palm has announced it now won't be releasing its Linux OS until next year, but still plans new products in '07.

Microsoft’s Live Search Shows Large Jump

Microsoft's Live Search Club is powering the search engine as it moves ahead.

Google Adds Participants’ Comments to News

Google News will start allowing comments from people quoted in the news stories it publishes, which could lend an interesting twist to news in the future.

Music Week Takes On Last.fm’s Charts

Influential British music publication will begin publishing charts from the Last.fm site, which shows how tracks are listened to, rather than bought.

Now It’s MySpace + Skype

Social network MySpace has joined with Skype to offer free online calls to members.

Alicia Keyes’ MySpace Hacked

A page hack against Alicia Keyes is indicative of increased attacks on MySpace pages.

CyberDefender Has Free Valentine’s Support

For a week around Valentine's Day, Cyberdefender will help those having issues with their computer by offering free support.

How Did The Net Celebrate April Fool’s Day?

Plenty of April Fool's fun, with a big one from Google and Virgin.