Archive for February 26th, 2008

Solid Alliance offers up Lego-like USB flash drives

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Filed under: Storage We can't say that no one has ever doled out a USB flash drive with a hint of Lego before, but how could one ever complain about more? This go 'round, it's Solid Alliance doing the deed with its USB Brick Key. The device arrives doused in green, ...

Apple’s 2GB iPod shuffle now shipping

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio Break out the champagne, that Apple spec bump you've been waiting for is finally here: the 2GB iPod shuffle is shipping as of today. It'll set you back a cool $69, but if you've decided to hold of on this round of lackluster MacBook updates, we're guessing ...

Goldmund’s Eidos 20 BD Blu-ray player costs $17k

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment At first glance, we didn't really believe anyone would create a Blu-ray player with a $16,900 sticker. Then we saw it was produced by Goldmund. Continuing its long heritage of offering up grossly overpriced wares for those with more money than sense, the firm is ...

Dell’s XPS 630 gaming desktop gets official, reviewed

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Filed under: Desktops, Gaming Hailed as a rig that "gamers won't outgrow," the XPS 630 that we originally peeked at CES is finally official. As expected, the tower is ATI CrossFire and NVIDIA SLI-ready and will support Intel's Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Extreme processors on the nForce 650i SLI ...

Poll: How about them MacBook updates?

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Filed under: Features, Laptops We all knew this day was coming. Apple's previous MacBook Pro revision was certainly getting long in the tooth, a MacBook spec bump never hurt anything, and hey, Penryn isn't getting any younger. Still, it's pretty obvious that quite a few of the Apple faithful feel like ...

Wii sees homebrew hackery aplenty, official update

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Filed under: GamingIt's only been a short while since we saw the first successful attempts at Wii homebrew, but things now look to have busted wide open, with hacks seemingly turning up left and right these days. Most notably, the folks from the GameCube Linux project have recently let loose ...

ACU dishing out iPhone / iPod touch to all incoming freshmen

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/ACU_dishing_out_iPhone_iPod_touch_to_all_incoming_freshmen'; Never heard of Abilene Christian University? We're guessing a wide majority of the general public hasn't either, but the institution is definitely getting its name out there by promising each incoming freshman this fall an iPhone or iPod touch. Granted, ...