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Hate Crimes against Geeks on the Rise
The long running joke of high school is beating up the geek. It's in practically every movie in the genre. For many geeks it was considered a "right of passage" that gave them the drive and…
Sharper Image for Sale
Sharper Image Corp., the company that brought us such incredibly useless products as the Ionic Breeze air purifier, put itself "up for sale" today - just two months after filing for Chapter 11…
Three Priests Signed by Sony
Who says three singing Roman Catholic priests wouldn't make for compelling music fare? Well... don't answer that. Father Eugene O’Hagen, 48, his brother Martin, 45, and their old school friend David…
DVD Piracy in China - A Closer Look at Black Market Trade
Digital piracy and fake products is a problem throughout the developing world but nowhere to the scale seen in China. The problem isn’t likely to be solved through diplomacy, litigation or law…
Onkyo Comes to Audiogurus!
Audiogurus is proud to bring on board the Onkyo brand of products to their ecommerce store. Onkyo’s latest receiver line represents some of the best values in today’s A/V market. Last year Onkyo won…
Why DRM Is Bad and Killing Online Music
You've heard us (and everyone else for that matter) harp on how bad DRM is for consumers. What many readers don't understand is why. Microsoft gave us a perfect example yesterday as they issued an…
Comcast Compresses HD - No One Shocked
Comcast and other cable providers are compressing their HD channels up to 3:1. This means softer pictures, audio and video dropouts, and users on Internet forums exposing your bad signal for what it…
Sony's New 2mm OLED Display
Sony is really pursuing this OLED thing to its biggest potential and put out a new display this week that measures just 2mm thick. We thought the original 3mm model was thin, but it seems Sony is…
HD Radio - Next Big Thing or Flop?
HD Radio makes sense. Digital music with meta information similar to mp3, but with even more flexibility. As the digital transition looms nearer for televisions, radio - for the most part seems bent…
Cable a la Carte
It seems to make intuitive sense - why should you have to pay for cable channels you never watch? It's not hard to see the benefit for the end user - only pay for the channels you actually watch. In…