Gadget & Technology News http://techiefreak.com The latest Tech and Gadget news, photos, reviews and more Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:59:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 en Sony Reader goes open, will be able to work with other booksellers http://techiefreak.com/sony-reader-goes-open-will-be-able-to-work-with-other-booksellers/ http://techiefreak.com/sony-reader-goes-open-will-be-able-to-work-with-other-booksellers/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:54:00 +0000 Gadget CornerGadget Corner http://techiefreak.com/sony-reader-goes-open-will-be-able-to-work-with-other-booksellers/ Filed under: Handhelds
While Sony’s Reader has never received the the huge press or enjoyed the supposed whirlwind sales of Amazon’s Kindle e-book, and is certainly lost in, erm, EV-DOness, the Reader is about to get one trick the Kindle doesn’t have yet: openness. Sony will be shooting out an updat…

]]> http://techiefreak.com/sony-reader-goes-open-will-be-able-to-work-with-other-booksellers/feed/ Wii gets rechargeable battery packs with Sanyo’s Eneloop http://techiefreak.com/wii-gets-rechargeable-battery-packs-with-sanyo-s-eneloop/ http://techiefreak.com/wii-gets-rechargeable-battery-packs-with-sanyo-s-eneloop/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:31:00 +0000 Gadget CornerGadget Corner http://techiefreak.com/wii-gets-rechargeable-battery-packs-with-sanyo-s-eneloop/ Filed under: Gaming
whether all the extra accessories aren’t making your Wii collection a mess, all the AA batteries you’ve thrown out have at least caused a lump in a landfill. To help out in the battery station, Sanyo has come up with the Eneloop charging station complete with a battery pack repla…

]]> http://techiefreak.com/wii-gets-rechargeable-battery-packs-with-sanyo-s-eneloop/feed/ NEONECO offers up active iPod swing speaker http://techiefreak.com/neoneco-offers-up-active-ipod-swing-speaker/ http://techiefreak.com/neoneco-offers-up-active-ipod-swing-speaker/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:02:00 +0000 Gadget CornerGadget Corner http://techiefreak.com/neoneco-offers-up-active-ipod-swing-speaker/ Filed under: Peripherals, Portable Audio
Attachable iPod speakers are nearly as old as the DAP itself, but NEONECO may actually be onto something with its swing speaker. Rather than simply tapping into the iPod’s headphone jack and hoping that listeners have canine-like hearing abilities, that unit …

]]> http://techiefreak.com/neoneco-offers-up-active-ipod-swing-speaker/feed/ SanDisk: Vista Shortfalls Limit Use of SSDs http://techiefreak.com/sandisk-vista-shortfalls-limit-use-of-ssds/ http://techiefreak.com/sandisk-vista-shortfalls-limit-use-of-ssds/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:54:54 +0000 Tech TalkTech Talk http://techiefreak.com/sandisk-vista-shortfalls-limit-use-of-ssds/ SanDisk, a maker of Solid State Drives (SSD), said on Monday that Vista is not optimized for those kinds of drives, and suitable SSDs won’t be available until late that year or next year. The SanDisk CEO admitted that his company didn’t understand the limitations of Vista.

SSDs are currently availa…

]]> http://techiefreak.com/sandisk-vista-shortfalls-limit-use-of-ssds/feed/ Protect Your Computer from the Dangers of Summer http://techiefreak.com/protect-your-computer-from-the-dangers-of-summer/ http://techiefreak.com/protect-your-computer-from-the-dangers-of-summer/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:31:23 +0000 Tech TalkTech Talk http://techiefreak.com/protect-your-computer-from-the-dangers-of-summer/ Keeping your PC cool during the hot summer months should be the top priority for any conscientious computer owner. Heat and humidity are component killers, so it’s fundamental to take steps to keep your equipment safe from sweltering conditions.

whether the temperature in your home is too hot for y…

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The all-electric Lightning GT sports car might have just had its formal debut yesterday, but that doesn’t mean prototypes haven’t been tooling around for a while — check out that video of the swoopy two-door doing the track thing in ultra-dramatic slow-mo. Of course, the…

]]> http://techiefreak.com/lightning-gt-caught-rolling-around-the-track/feed/ British Sky Broadcasting Sets Its Sights on iTunes http://techiefreak.com/british-sky-broadcasting-sets-its-sights-on-itunes/ http://techiefreak.com/british-sky-broadcasting-sets-its-sights-on-itunes/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:06:05 +0000 Tech TalkTech Talk http://techiefreak.com/british-sky-broadcasting-sets-its-sights-on-itunes/ British Sky Broadcasting said Tuesday that it would introduce an online subscription music service and had signed the world’s largest music group, Universal, as its first partner.

The service will offer downloads and unlimited listening of streaming music for a monthly subscription fee, BSkyB said…

]]> http://techiefreak.com/british-sky-broadcasting-sets-its-sights-on-itunes/feed/ HP merging Voodoo with consumer PC unit http://techiefreak.com/hp-merging-voodoo-with-consumer-pc-unit/ http://techiefreak.com/hp-merging-voodoo-with-consumer-pc-unit/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:39:00 +0000 Gadget CornerGadget Corner http://techiefreak.com/hp-merging-voodoo-with-consumer-pc-unit/ Filed under: Desktops, LaptopsJust weeks after “reinventing” Voodoo with the Envy 133 laptop and Omen gaming desktop, it looks like HP’s had sufficient — it’s decided to straight-up merge the specialty PC shop with its core consumer business, and sell its products alongside the Compaq Presario and …

]]> http://techiefreak.com/hp-merging-voodoo-with-consumer-pc-unit/feed/ iPhone 3G SIM unlock demoed on video, zero details given http://techiefreak.com/iphone-3g-sim-unlock-demoed-on-video-zero-details-given/ http://techiefreak.com/iphone-3g-sim-unlock-demoed-on-video-zero-details-given/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:42:00 +0000 Gadget CornerGadget Corner http://techiefreak.com/iphone-3g-sim-unlock-demoed-on-video-zero-details-given/ Filed under: Cellphones
We’ve already seen the iPhone 3G got unlocked to operate on any carrier (and you can already buy unlocked versions in several countries), but we haven’t seen a locked handset get unlocked via software only, and the folks at gsmphone-unlocking have the first video we’ve seen o…

]]> http://techiefreak.com/iphone-3g-sim-unlock-demoed-on-video-zero-details-given/feed/ Powermat promises wireless potential for the masses, delivers nothing http://techiefreak.com/powermat-promises-wireless-power-for-the-masses-delivers-nothing/ http://techiefreak.com/powermat-promises-wireless-power-for-the-masses-delivers-nothing/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:49:00 +0000 Gadget CornerGadget Corner http://techiefreak.com/powermat-promises-wireless-power-for-the-masses-delivers-nothing/ Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
We’ve seen quite a few induction-based “wireless power” systems produce the scene, and while the notion is interesting both in theory and prototype, actually getting it to market has proven to be quite difficult, with some casualties along the way. That’s why we’re a littl…

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