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iPods only last a year

Surprised? And they just plain ignore local laws and guidelines as the Guardian reports. One could argue this is the same basic policy that Apple has always adhered to since the main gripe with their products has always been build quality first and foremost. So Apple basically postulates that their ridiculously expensive and featureless iPods [...]

First External PC Power Supply?

Finally, an external PSU for the PC. About time. So what if someone over at Digg noted that Dell has been shipping external PSUs with some fringe systems, for some time. That hardly counts.
One extra box on the floor, but on the other hand you’ll lose a fan and lower the case temperature. The XG [...]

Portable DRM Battery Drain

Mp3 Insider notes that suckers who buy DRM music online face a severely limited battery life with their portable players. While the test may seem unfair to some, comparing different formats (MP3 vs. DRM WMA), that is really not a valid complaint since you can’t choose the format to have DRM:ed when you buy music [...]

Post-Traumatic Apple Event Disorder

Via Gizmodo. I can’t deny the Schadenfreude here. The Apple acolytes are still scurrying to protect Steve and unlike most rats they deny that the ship is sinking.

So, the Apple “Fun” Event could be considered a bust by many, so we are here to offer our support to the Post-Traumatic Apple Event Disorder sufferers out [...]

Sonic Teenager Deterrent

Would-be fascist UK has a new tool against “loitering youths” in the “Sonic Teenager Deterrent.” Apparently loitering is a cause of major social problems in Britain unlike racism against and genocide of foreign peoples which is just considered business as usual. No word yet on how many of the loitering youths were so pissed off [...]

Svedka Fembot

Not news anymore, but I just realized you could download hi-res images of the same over at the Svedka Website. At the moment there seems to be something amiss, but they were there just the other day. Besides being a cool android the ads are interesting because they totally lack political correctness … and the [...]

NZXT Lexa Case

NZXT, known for their notoriously awkward and complicated designs, has finally come up with a reasonable aluminum case that wont make you look like an idiot. Not a total one anyway. Like the Gigabyte Aurora, another stylish and innovative newcomer, the NZXT Lexa is a tower model so that would place it roughly in-between a [...]

NetGear Storage Center SC101

A really cool gadget from Netgear. I actually thought about getting one until I came to my senses. The Storage Center, unlike ordinary NAS drives, promised “Z-SAN”, Zetera Storage Area Network, which essentially adds expandability and fault tolerance at an affordable price.
So far so good. But here is the snag. The SN doesn’t just [...]

Gigabyte 3D Aurora

Is Gigabyte 3D Aurora perhaps the answer to my workstation case plight? It’s big, not like A-Open or Chieftec but well beyond those puny midi towers, and it’s aptly designed. And dare I say very stylish. At least compared to the other large cases.
The downside is that the Aurora is a rather expensive aluminum design [...]

Coolermaster Stacker 830

The Stacker 830 is due for release in late 2005. Possible contender for a new workstation chassis. Possibly. But given the choice of aluminum I fear this will be too pricey for most home users. It is nevertheless nice to see that there are still efforts made in the tower / big tower niche. Though [...]





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