Apple To Audit Beleaguered China Factory
Remember the factory that Apple uses to build some of its iPods that got the company in trouble? It now appears that Cupertino will conduct a “thorough audit” of the Foxconn-operated factory in China. https://gizmodo.com/apple-responds-to-poor-factory-condtions-accusations-180763 The audit focuses on “employee working and living conditions, interviews of employees and managers, compliance with overtime and wage regulations,…
Panasonic BN-SDCJP3 SDHC Card Reader
Who can forget the announcement of Panasonics’s SDHC cards and the joy the world felt? Feast your eyes on Panasonic’s card reader for this wonderful new card format, the BN-SDCJP3. Utilizing a USB 2.0 interface, the BN-SDCJP3 is also backwards compatible with SD, miniSD and MMC cards (no memory stick?!) It’s pretty small, too, weighing…
BenQ PB8263 DLP Projector
For a true home theater experience, lots of folks insist on using a projector-based video system. Offering up to 1080i, just shy of “true” high definition (knowing full well that many people’s definition of “true” HD varies), the BenQ PB8263 is an impressive DLP projector currently making the rounds in Korea. With a brightness of…
Mattel Wants Your Money This Holiday Season
I hope you’re on Santa’s Good List this year since you wouldn’t want to miss out on some of the toys that Mattel’s got lined up for the Holidays. With plenty of toys that are far more advanced than anything I ever played with as a youth (broken bottles, clothes pins, shoe laces, etc.), Mattel…