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Disney's New CDVU+ Sounds Like Every Other Stupid Enhanced CD Format

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the reason CD sales suck is not the fact that there isn't enough crap loaded onto the disc. Enhanced CDs have been around for over a decade; hell, many of the first interactive CD-ROMs came from the record industry. Does anyone remember a single one? Apparently Disney doesn't, because this week its Hollywood Records label introduced the CDVU+ format. The who what? More »

11:29 AM on Fri Jul 20 2007
By Wilson Rothman
3,449 views, 17 comments

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Prestigio Leather Wrapped Hard Drives: Bad Idea?

Pardon my logic, but when I'm cold, I generally like to wear my leather coat because it warms me up. So wouldn't a leather coat around a hard drive be a bad idea? Prestigio has released their leather clad Data Safe II USB HDD available up to 120GB in size. It is a pretty average external hard drive: bus powered, encryption, passwording, etc. It is available in black and brown leather and would likely make your hard drive burn to a crisp, but at least it will look good doing so. – Travis Hudson More »

11:27 AM on Thu Nov 30 2006
By Travis Hudson
340 views, 10 comments

Latest by lordargent: Have no fear, leather jackets warm you with a cushion of air. /your jacket heats you because of a trapped cushion of air that acts as insulation. Air is a poor conductor of heat (unless it's really humid, in which case more »