Archive for May 29th, 2008

Iomega introduces 1TB Super eGo external hard drive

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Filed under: Storage Iomega's getting quite fed up with listing those GBs, and thus, it's exceptionally thrilled to be offering up a brand new 1TB model for your consideration. Fittingly christened the Super eGo, the external hard drive you see above packs a single one-terabyte HDD, USB 2.0 port and a ...

Cannon PC to offer up dual / quad-CableCARD Media Center rigs

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Filed under: Desktops, HDTV, Home Entertainment, Media PCs Your options are fairly limited when scouring the market for a twin-CableCARD HTPC, but thanks to a new partnership between Cannon PC and Microsoft, yet another rival will be jousting for your business. Here soon, the outfit will be offering its Home and ...

Apple patents systems to warn of impending dropped calls, track down your keys

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless As always, Apple is busy at the patent office this week, with two recently uncovered filings to make life just a little bit easier for Mr. Joe Person Man. The first of these is a system to track how far away you are from a cell tower, ...

On the ground with AT&T’s Network Disaster Recovery team

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

AT&T was running a disaster simulation here in Chicago a few weekends ago, and they invited us to their site to check out how they practice dealing with total network failures in times of disasters. AT&T says with some confidence that it's the only telecom provider in the world with ...

Panasonic intros LB80 series of LCD projectors

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Filed under: Displays, Home Entertainment Nothing too exceptional here, but Panasonic has just released its new LB80 series of LCD projectors. The PT-LB80NTU, PT-LB75NTU and PT-LW80NTU beamers (and the widescreen counterpart, PT-LW80NTU) all tip the scales at under 7-pounds (that's the "lightest in their class," so we're told) and feature built-in ...