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| Arms Race |
| Published: July 21, 2007, 1:22 pm |
| Tags: 368, 540, 567 |
| It's tough working on the West Coast. Sure, there is the beautiful weather, great cities, great ballparks, great food, great scenery and In-N-Outs every five miles, but there also are terrible deadlines. The only story to make today's paper was my story about how Charlie Manuel is getting more and more comfortable with his bullpen. The bullpen |
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| "New" Apple Keyboard Vs. "Old" Version |
| Published: July 28, 2007, 6:30 pm |
| Tags: Hardware, 572, 447, 500, 368 |
| The rumored new Apple keyboard has already been analyzed to death, compared to its current, fully real counterpart. But in this handy side by side picture (hit the jump for a mega version) we can see the potential impact the new design will have on Apple users. What, for instance, will we ever do without the 'Help' key? Overall, the comparison |
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| AT&T Windows Mobile 6 ROM For Palm Treo 750 |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 4:30 pm |
| Tags: Phones, 1035, 874, 127, 368, 400 |
| If you've been waiting to update your Palm Treo 750 to Windows Mobile 6 becuase you didn't want the possible instability of a third-party ROM, you're in luck. The official AT&T WM6 ROM has been leaked, and you can download it now. And since this is the "official" ROM, it probably means the "real" official ROM, direct from AT&T, should be available |
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| Vista Service Pack "0.5" Patch Leaked |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 7:58 pm |
| Tags: Software, 837, 372, 127, 368 |
| There are some Vista patches in unofficial form, leaked on the web, according to a few sites. CRN is calling it Vista 0.5, since a true SP is rumored to be over a year away. The update is supposed to help with driver compatibility, and increase file system performance, among other things. In my opinion, it would be pretty stupid to install this, |
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| Microsoft Adding Extra GPU Cooling to Retail Xbox 360 Elites |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 2:00 pm |
| Tags: Games, Hardware, 506, 1462, 572, 368, 134 |
| Apparently Microsoft has started adding extra GPU cooling to new retail Xbox 360 elites in order to stave off overheating problems (and the three red lights) the units may be having. These added heatsinks were only previously found in refurbished Xbox 360s in Europe, which meant we were pretty much SOL. Ben Heck dismantled a new Xbox 360 and found |
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| iPhone Software Update 'Arriving Shortly', Says VP of iPod Product Marketing |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 5:19 pm |
| Tags: Phones, 874, 313, 372, 127, 368 |
| Greg Joswiak, Apple's VP of iPod Product Marketing, tells a bunch of analysts that the first iPhone software update will be coming soon. Analysts then went on to speculate that the update could bring: new widgets, peer-to-peer applications (chat, picture messaging, social networking), location-based services, MMS support, home networking, and |
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| DirecTiVos to Get Updates (For Some Crazy Reason) |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 11:34 pm |
| Tags: Entertainment, 874, 1038, 436, 1362, 833, 368 |
| Hallelujah! For some reason, TiVo and DirecTV are updating the older Series 2 generation DirecTiVos as part of an ongoing agreement to explore bringing "future enhancements" to DirecTV TiVo owners. The improvments now include the addition of the Recently Deleted shows folder, Remote Booking, and Overlap Protection (recording conflict resolution). |
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| iPhone Update 1.0.1 Now Available, Fixes Safari Security Breach, Other Bugs |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 9:16 pm |
| Tags: Phones, 874, 313, 368 |
| iPhone Firmware Update v1.0.1 is now available through iTunes, and it will "fix bugs." The JesusPhone is getting an apparently minor upgrade, but the consequences are huge to your security. Discover why after the jump. [Last Updated 11:24PM EST - NEW: full listing of changes after the jump.] Updated 8:30PM EST • The most important |
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| PS3 to get Digital Tuner and DVR |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 11:38 am |
| Tags: Entertainment, Games, 372, 1362, 368 |
| According to a SCE's New Zealand Boss, the PS3 will be getting a digital tuner add-on and DVR functionality during the first quarter of next year, coinciding with the launch of Freeview (UK terrestrial broadcast) in New Zealand. While not yet priced or shown to us in pretty pictures, when combined with PSHome's promise to share streaming media |
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| iFuntastic 2.5 Has an iPhone File Browser |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 6:33 pm |
| Tags: Phones, 874, 2957, 313, 127, 368 |
| iFuntastic 2.5 is out, and along with ringtone, carrier logo, and icon swapping, you can now browser the file system. This means you can swap out any images and sound file on the phone. Intel-mac only, for now. [iFuntastic at iPhone Alley] |
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| Wii Gets a Firmware Update, #1 Feature is a Clock... |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 5:59 am |
| Tags: Games, 629, 369, 368 |
| The Wii Firmware Update 3.0u is here. Notice any differences in this picture? No? Read the complete list of changes after the jump. [Warning: Do not install this update if you have modded your Wii] Main Menu Revisions &bull Clock Display &bull The Disc turns 180-degrees on the Disc Channel icon &bull News Channel icon displays headlines |
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| Reports of Mac mini's Demise Greatly Exaggerated |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 3:35 pm |
| Tags: Computers, 1521, 889, 368 |
| Steve Jobs said the Mac mini is not dead yet, telling the assembled gathering at today's event he's extending the life of the tiniest 'Tosh. When asked the question, "How is the Mac Mini doing? And are you updating it?", he responded, "We are refreshing the Mac Mini and making it even faster. It's already in the online store." How are they |
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| Apple Software-Updates iMac Already |
| Published: August 8, 2007, 5:10 pm |
| Tags: Computers, 447, 127, 368 |
| If you thought Windows PCs were the only ones that get software updates really fast, our new aluminium iMac just got a notice to update an iMac-only software update that fixes "bugs" as soon as we hooked it up to the net. [More impressions] |
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