Archive for May, 2007

Dell XPS 720 specs begin to trickle out

Filed under: Desktops digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/hardware/Dell_XPS_720_specs_begin_to_trickle_out’; It looks like a Dell employee going by the name of “Dell-Bill B” has taken it upon himself to tease members of the Dell community forum with details of the company’s upcoming XPS 720 system, which is set to succeed the pricey XPS 710 series. While he’s saving […]

Build your own YBox for free at the Maker Faire

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Peripherals
We caught the nifty YBox last year when it was still just a proof-of-concept, and now the folks at Uncommon Projects are ready to unleash their televised-widgets-in-an-Altoids-tin wonder on the world — for free. There’s a catch, though: you have to show up at the upcoming Maker Faire in San Mateo, […]

NewerTech’s Guardian MAXimus: 1TB, RAID, ports aplenty

Filed under: Peripherals, Storage
Not that there’s some dearth of external RAID devices on the market or anything, but few and far between are those that have FireWire 800 and 400 ports, as well as USB 2.0. NewerTech’s Guardian MAXimus — which appears to be a rebadged Mercury Elite-AL Pro — comes in with up to […]

Regarding yesterday’s Apple news

Filed under: AnnouncementsYesterday Engadget posted an incorrect story about an iPhone delay, and I wanted to go into greater detail about how this happened.At 9:09am CDT yesterday a number of Apple employees received an email that appeared to be from Apple corporate reporting that the iPhone and the next version of OS X had been […]

Windows still in 32-bit post-Vista

Filed under: Desktops, LaptopsCalm down, first-gen Core Duo owners — the rumors aren’t true. Microsoft made some waves earlier today when Bill Laing, one of the general managers of the Windows Server division, was quoted at WinHEC saying that “Windows Server 2008 is the last 32-bit operating system (for desktops and servers) that we’ll produce.” […]

Microsoft banning hacked consoles, users from Xbox Live

Filed under: Gaming
Console hackers: beware! Microsoft has officially taken the hard line on hacked consoles connecting to Xbox Live. According to the Xbox’s Gamerscore blog, henceforth when a modded console is detected on the Live network, users can expect to have their account auto-banned, and their console permanently disabled from the system. Damn. (We just […]

ReadyBoost ready, but doesn’t boost

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops, Storage
Vista’s ReadyBoost feature, which theoretically improves performance by placing part of Vista’s memory swapfile onto a highspeed flash drive, is one of the slickest OS tricks we’ve heard about in a long time. Unfortunately, it isn’t as sweet in practice, according to PC World. They tested three USB flash drives by […]

Microsoft: still not so keen on Blu-ray

Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home Entertainment, StorageAlright folks, the merry-go-round on this one is apparently grinding to a halt, as recent reports are finally clarifying a statement made way back in January of last year by Peter Moore in regard to Blu-ray making nice with the Xbox 360. Mr. Moore’s insinuation that Microsoft’s latest console […]

Build a DIY music streamer out of a NetGear WGT634U

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Wireless
Sure, you can score any number of network media streamers for about $100, but none of those will teach you anything — except maybe that there’s too many other Wi-Fi networks in your building for it to work. On the other hand, England’s Rob Hardwick says you can build a wireless […]

Custom Zune colors arrive

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/microsoft/Custom_Zune_colors_arrive’; Got $74 to blow on a Zune that isn’t watermelon, brown, blue, pink, etc.? Well c’mon in, the fine proprietors of Colorware are now processing new colors for Zunes, and will redo-ify your current player for $74, or send you a new one all done […]

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