Cheap Thrills: Gadget Makers Bet on Budget Gear in 2009

Janeiro 6th, 2009 by

Get ready for an onslaught of the cheap. With the economy more unstable than Plaxico Burress’ mental state, electronics manufacturers are putting the e-brakes on their budgets,

In Depth: Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 - the story so far

Janeiro 5th, 2009 by

As Macworld Expo gears up, we preview Apple’s next OS. With OS X 10.5 so well received, how can you go one better with 10.6? The solution is as simple as it is surprising. You don’t try…

World’s top gadget show plugging into the Internet

Janeiro 5th, 2009 by

Smart gadgets, lifelike video, and pocket versions of laptop computers are expected to be Consumer Electronics Show (CES) stars as the annual extravaganza follows its gizmos onto the Web.

MacRumors’ Macworld San Francisco 2009 Rumor Roundup

Janeiro 5th, 2009 by

With Macworld San Francisco 2009 (MWSF) beginning next week, MacRumors provides this Rumor Roundup as a summary of major rumors circulating around the Mac Web before the event.While this rumor season started off slowly, the past few weeks have raised some interesting possibilities.

13 Predictions of 2009

Janeiro 5th, 2009 by

Like every year, John Battelle makes 13 Solid Prediction of 2009 surrounding Technology, Social Media & the World Economy.

Steve Jobs says a hormone imbalance to blame for weight loss

Janeiro 5th, 2009 by

A mere day before the big shindig at the Moscone, Steve Jobs has come clean about his much-discussed weight loss in a open letter to the Apple community, saying that a hormone imbalance is to blame.

CES: Samsung To Unveil 7mm-thick TV

Janeiro 5th, 2009 by

Samsung Electronics plans to unveil a flat-panel TV that’s as thin as just 6.5-millimeters at this week’s International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it said Sunday. The TV set, few details of which were immediately available, is between 6.5mm and 7mm across its width and has an LED (light emitting diode) backlight.

Steamiest iPhone Apps: iFog vs iSteam

Janeiro 5th, 2009 by

We could have never predicted that our coverage of the iSteam iPhone app would result in a battle between apps that let you blow air on the mic to add steam, or fog-like effects to photos and backgrounds.

Oops: LA Times wiki experiment fails after inundated by porn

Janeiro 5th, 2009 by

It started out as an experiment in creating an editable newspaper wiki, and ended when it was overrun by people with quite different motivations… Despite the utter failure, journalist Michael Kinsley still believes technological changes are the key to saving newspapers.

Netflix Streaming To Be Built Into TVs

Janeiro 5th, 2009 by

More options on the way for watching Netflix (NFLX) streaming movies in your living room: Beginning this spring, Korean electronics giant LG will build Netflix streaming directly into some of its plasma and LCD HDTVs, the companies will announce today.