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Your next MP3 player just might charge a little bit faster thanks to a USB Charging Revision spec that ups the available current to 500 milliamps. According to an internal memo from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, as many as 160 employees could be let go by tomorrow. Another chapter in the Vonage “woe is me”…
10 Favorite Gizmodo Posts: April 17, 2007
A-VSB TV Everywhere—Mobile TV is coming to the states, check out the wacky Samsung demo that we went on today. https://gizmodo.com/nab07-samsung-demos-a-vsb-tv-everywhere-still-nothing-253120 HD DVD Users Get Organized—Notice that huge spike in HD DVD movie sales? Is it due to increased demand or organized message boarders? https://gizmodo.com/format-war-soldiers-syncd-hd-dvd-purchase-by-fanboys-s-253131 YouTube Claim Your Content— YouTube has created a new method…
Pandora Co-Founder Gives Two Reasons Why Royalty Decision Sucks
We asked Pandora‘s co-founder, Tim Westergren, if he would like to discuss the decision of the Library of Congress’s Copyright Royalty Board to uphold its decision to charge new crippling rates to Web-based broadcasters like Pandora. Tim responded: “I think there are two main points that would be great to make, both regarding dangerous perceptions…
NAB07: Manfrotto 503HDV Gives Good Head
If you’re a video shooter who uses a tripod. then you know how important a fluid head can be. It makes all the difference in the world in the smoothness of your pans and tilts. Here’s an improvement on the art of fluid heads from Manfrotto, the 503HDV introduced here at NAB. It brings a…