Freezing iMacs may be victims of hardware, not software - Evidence is mounting that the frequent video lockups experienced by some owners of Apple's all-aluminum iMacs may be the result of an ATI video chipset pushed to its breaking point rather than a software bug.
After Losing Market Share, HP Decides to Stop Making Digital Cameras - Hewlett-Packard is retreating from the digital camera business. It will stop manufacturing its own cameras, and take a $30 million charge to refocus investments on its Print 2.0 strategy, which involves making Web content easier to print and encouraging more printouts.
Apple Working on Tablet? - One of Apple’s contract manufacturers, Asus, is working on a Mac tablet, according to the Crave blog. It is not clear if this is going to be a major product, when it will be available, or whether this is just a prototype for now.
Sling Media to start showing ads on your SlingPlayer? - Sling Media is possibly looking to send you advertisements via their SlingPlayer. This is being based on information included in a Sling Media patent, which means it may or may not actually happen. This patent would make is possible for Sling Media to send ads to the user’s computer and display ads in front or behind [...].
New water bottle holds liquid and your gadgets - I’m not sure why you want to strap your cell phone, iPod, etc. to a water bottle, but just in case, BevyTech’s got you covered. I must admit, the idea seems cool, but I usually throw my water bottles on the ground and there’s always that chance I might misplace it, so this is not [...]
Wired lists 15 dumbest Apple Predictions of all times - A great post over at Wired confirms what everyone alerady knows, Apple rumors are often groundless and pessimistic. Wired lists the 15 worst Apple-related predictions that failed to be realized, from iMac failures to a Sony takeover prediction, to Apple TV's MIA "extra" features. I have a quibble with one prediction, the ultra portable flash-based Apple PC as called out by Benjamin Reitzes in June 2006
HP reveals must have gifts for the holidays - HP has introduced a variety of products for the upcoming holiday shopping season. The HP TouchSmart IQ775 PC is one of the highlights among the products revealed. The IQ775 PC features AMD64 dual-core processing with AMD Live! Smarter Digital Entertainment PC that allows access to weather information, entertainment and any of your favorite websites with [...]
Everex announces the TC2502 gPC, a $200 green PC - Everex has released their $200 “green” PC, the TC2502 gPC is currently available at Wal-Mart online and will soon be available in select Wal-Mart locations. The PC2502 gPC is an affordable Linux based PC running a custom distribution of Ubuntu.
SanDisk now shipping 8GB memory cards - SanDisk has just announced the availability of an 8GB microSDHC and M2 memory card. A great option for mobile storage, looking perhaps towards cell phones with ever improved camera quality or music and video storage.
Gateway adds new 22 and 24-inch Hi-Def LCD?s - Gateway has added two new high-definition displays to their new lineup, the 22-inch HD2200 and the 24-inch FHD2400. The 22-inch features a 1680 x 1050 resolution, 300 cd/m2 brightness, 1000:1 contrast ratio, four-millisecond response time, 160-degree viewing angle and offers 720p HD support. The 22-inch retails for $349.99 with an [...]