Conspiracy Unveiled: TiVo, Apple, Microsoft, CEDIA, CTIA, Nintendo, Photokina Out to Kill Bloggers
I finally pieced it together. You set embargoes to lift in the middle of the night. Your information “leaks” right before I’m supposed to take the girlfriend out to dinner. You gang up, and throw down CEDIA, CTIA, and Photokina in different time zones. You launch blockbuster gadgets like TiVo Series 3, Zune, and Nintendo…
Zune Accessories: You Know You Want Them
Yup, today’s the day that Microsoft shows off its Zune portable media player for real, and that means it’s time to check out what accessories will be available at launch. Right now, there’s three main accessory packs that Microsoft is hawking: the Home AV Pack, the Car Pack and the Travel pack. What do they…
Xbox 360 Laptop Mod
Tired of the Xbox 360’s “look-how-hard-I’m-trying-to-look-hip” aesthetics? Mod it, young man. That’s what Ben Heckendorn did, transforming the Xbox 360 into a much smaller, laptop-like fun adapter. Something like that. The laptop mod incorporates a 17-inch high definition LCD along with a built-in keyboard and Wi-Fi and stuffed into a shell that’s no more than…
Microsoft to Release Cheaper Xbox 360 in Japan Right Before PS3 Launch
Microsoft is looking to steal some of the PS3’s launch thunder (not that Sony isn’t do a fine job of borking it up themselves) in Japan by releasing the Core version of its Xbox 360 console on November 2, just a few days before the PS3’s launch. Right now, only the Premium edition (the “real”…