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Municipal Wi-Fi Coming Online Municipal Wi-Fi Coming Online Earthlink is breaking through barriers when it rolls out the ability for consumers to purchase municipal Wi-Fi through various retailers. Municipal Wi-Fi differs from traditional "hotspots" in that…
Inventor of Playstation Leaves Sony Inventor of Playstation Leaves Sony Ken Kutaragi made his exit from Sony this week which stunned industry observers, although he had proclaimed back in April that the CEO and Chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment would be leaving the…
Sling Media Announces Two New SlingLink Powerline Ethernet Adapters Sling Media Announces Two New SlingLink Powerline Ethernet Adapters Networking over AC power lines comes to Slingbox. Sling Media, Inc. today announced SlingLink TURBO 1 Port and SlingLink TURBO 4 Port, two new HomePlug powerline solutions designed to make connecting…
Scramjet Finally Tested at Mach 10 Scramjet Finally Tested at Mach 10 Reuters reported that an experimental scramjet engine was successfully tested in a joint effort between the US and Australia defense scientists. It attained speeds of up to6,835 miles (11,000 km) per…
Blockbuster Stores Told to Choose Blu-ray? Blockbuster Stores Told to Choose Blu-ray? Blockbuster Video stores are expanding their high definition offerings to 1700 stores by mid-July, however these offerings won't include HD DVD titles. Online rentals will still be available for both…
Electronics Retailer Tweeter Seeks Chapter 11 Protection Electronics Retailer Tweeter Seeks Chapter 11 Protection According to an article in the Associated Press (AP), Tweeter Home Entertainment Group, inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday. Officials say they took this measure to recover from…
Ask AVRant #1: Cats and Qualifications Ask AVRant #1: Cats and Qualifications AVRant has issued its first installment of Ask AVRant. J. Walker Clarke (a fellow reviewer and husband to the Podcasting phenomena that is our very own Dina) joins Tom in a more technical discussion.…
Sony to Launch VOD Service Abroad Sony to Launch VOD Service Abroad Sony Corp, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd and three other electronics firms will launch an Internet video-on-demand service for flat televisions in autumn, the Nikkei reported, without citing…
10 MORE Reasons Why HD-DVD Formats Have Already Failed 10 MORE Reasons Why HD-DVD Formats Have Already Failed OK, the the title is a tad-bit deceiving. It's been almost a year now since I wrote my popular yet controversial diatribe on the demise of the competing high definition DVD formats. I wrote the…
Sony Intros Proprietary VOD Device to Consumers Sony Intros Proprietary VOD Device to Consumers Sony, it seems, will never learn. Perhaps when one loses so many gambles on proprietary formats they adopt an attitude that "surely this one will work!" Who know, maybe this new product Sony is…