We like our TV media players here at The Gadgeteer, with my current favorites being the Popcorn Hour Media Tank and WD TV HD. I just received an email from Brando with a link to an interesting looking adapter that allows you to play media files from an SATA hard drive, USB flash drive or […]
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Do you ever think about how people used to get their information and entertainment in the past and how we get it now? I remember listening to my Grandma talk about sitting in front of a radio, listening to soap operas and other shows. My Mom shared stories about going to the theater on the
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Microsoft has officially announced the Zune HD. You can check out a few details on the new Touchscreen, HD Radio, HD Video Out, WiFi, and Web Browser features here. I’m not going to copy and paste the press release here, but you can certainly check out the talking points for yourself. We had an interesting
As Google absorbs more and more of my cyber-life (resistance IS futile!), I am wanting to coordinate between things like their calendar and my Palm Centro more and more. (Yes, I can look things up on-line on the Centro, but it is slow and awkward to work with.) GooSync is a free on-line tool that
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The IS9181 is Vtech’s wireless music hub and is their first home audio device. Compatible with PCs and Macs, this device will allow you to listen to internet radio stations and stream digital audio content from your desktop computers via WiFi. It has the ability to run from batteries or an AC adapter.
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I watch a LOT of television shows. Too many shows. It’s a sickness really. 😉 I just can’t get enough of American Idol, Survivor, LOST, Celebrity Apprentice, Amazing Race… the list goes on and on. For that fact, I often have days where I need to record three shows that are all on at the
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I have now carried the HP Mini 1000xp with me daily for three months. This is a short article on the lessons I have learned about the Mini, netbooks, and me.
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I’m an avid reader of the Consumerist. I also talk to Julie online a lot, which means that I’m frequently sending her links during the day to interesting articles I find. We got into a discussion about texting, after I sent her an article on a girl in Colorado who racked up a $4,756.25 Verizon
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If you are a fan of Pandora radio and have been wishing for a stand alone device, today is your lucky day. The Livio Radio stuffs your favorite music service into a retro-ish looking console. It even offers Pandora’s signature “thumbs up, thumbs down” controls on both the front panel and the remote. The radio
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I was excited when Julie told her main article contributors that she was sending us HP Mini 1000 netbooks in December, but for an entirely different reason. See, I’d already purchased an Acer Aspire One only a few months earlier, and I was quite interested in seeing how the HP Mini stood up against the
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