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• Seven-inch digital photo frame shootout

  Published: July 27, 2007, 11:08 am

  Tags: Digiframe, Digital Photo Frame, Digitalphotoframe, Easyshare, Kodak, Pandigital, Philips, Photo Frame, Photoframe, Review, Reviewed, Shootout, Smartparts, Sv710, Westinghouse

  7-inch Photo Frame, Philips' 7FF1CM1, Smartpart's Portable Picture And Video Player, and Westinghouse's DPF-702 against each other to see who's really the champ. After hours of viewing countless relatives and vacations of yesteryear, the group found that the obvious assumptions of "you get what you pay for" proved completely true. The

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• IMeooow: iCat Interacts, Plays, Gets Pissed Off, Doesn't Need Litter Box

  Published: July 27, 2007, 3:20 pm

  Tags: Icat, Imeooow, Philips, Robots

  Angelina-Jolie-esque lips, Philips' iCat can play, chat with you and "explore human-robot interaction," all for your enjoyment. Until he puts that "I'm going to kick your ass and take your eyeballs off" face on. Then you should be happy that it's only 38 cm tall and actually has no razor-sharp claws. And then you smash it up with a big hammer.

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• LG Philips develops oil and water based flexible display

  Published: July 30, 2007, 10:31 am

  Tags: Fleixble Display, Fleixbledisplay, Lg Philips, Lgphilips, Oled, Patent

  under: Displays LG Philips, known for its nearly constant pursuit of new flexible display solutions, has recently applied for a patent on a bendable OLED screen technology which would use oil and water to produce images. Apparently, current flexible OLED displays are hampered by the fact that the OLEDs get hotter than the plastic substrate,

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• Review: Philips Norelco Arcitec 1090 Razor Hands On (Verdict, Sure Is Purdy)

  Published: July 30, 2007, 2:00 pm

  Tags: 1090, Arcitec, Arcitec 1090, Feature, Norelco, Norelco Arcitec 1090, Philips, Philips Norelco Arcitec 1090 Razor, Razor, Review

  Summing up, even though Philips Norelco says these heads are newer/better/more advanced, we didn't notice any improvement in their ability to cut facial hair any closer or more easily. In fact, our old Norelco 9190 XL did a better job of shaving than this arcitec 1090, and that old razor's cutting heads needed replacing about a year ago. Nor

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• FCC chimes in on 'white space' device from Google, Microsoft and others: it doesn't work

  Published: August 7, 2007, 1:32 pm

  Tags: Dell, Earthlink, Fcc, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Philips, White Space, White Space Coalition, Whitespace, Whitespacecoalition

  Earthlink, HP, Intel and Philips. Those crazy kids want to bring us wireless internet over the "white space" bandwidth in between TV broadcast channels, and we say let 'em. One little problem though, FCC says the concept doesn't work. The prototype that the Coalition submitted for review was designed to sense existing TV signals and transmit

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• The Future Of Copyright Protection Is Here And It Costs $11 An Hour

  Published: August 8, 2007, 5:33 pm

  Tags: Web 2 0 News Amp 038 Ideas, Advestigo, Audible Magic, Baytsp, Gracenote, Ipharo, Motiondsp, Philips

  Gracenote, MotionDSP, Philips, and iPharo. YouTube has implemented Audible Magic, although I haven’t noticed a difference. MySpace also incorporated Audible Magic but took the added step of banning re-uploading content violating copyright (“Take Down Stay Down” initiative).   However, while computers are great for

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• Rise audiophile CD player ships in three separate cases

  Published: August 9, 2007, 4:46 am

  Tags: Audiophile, Cd Player, Cd Pro 2m, Cdplayer, Cdpro2m, High End Audio, Highendaudio, Philips, Rise

  is right up our alley. The Philips CD Pro 2M transport is protected from pesky interference like vibrations and magnetism (really, that's what it says) by being mounted in a custom aluminum chassis, away from the power supply and controls. We're not sure what D / A converter is involved, but the unit does ship in three separate cases -- one for

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• Failing Marks: Microsoft Google Dell Coalition "White Space" Prototypes Get Knocked By FCC: Device Gallery and Details

  Published: August 9, 2007, 10:23 am

  Tags: Dell, Earthlink, Failing Marks, Fcc, Gadgets, Google, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Microsoft, Philips, White Space, White Space Coalition, Wireless

  HP, Intel, Microsoft and Philips got together to create a prototype "white space" device—that is, a box capable of two-way high-bandwidth wireless communication in the frequencies now occupied by analog TV signal—you would have thought the combined muscle would ensure success. But the White Spaces Coalition has failed its first

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• Glowy Goodness: Philips Aurea, the Luxury Ambilight

  Published: August 9, 2007, 9:51 am

  Tags: Ambilight, Aurea, Displays, Gadgets, Glowy Goodness, Golden, Home Entertainment, Lcd, Led, Peripherals, Philips, Philips Aurea, Portable Media, Televisions

  Philips has been cranking out LCD Ambilights for a few years, upgrading the line in relative moderation. But their new Aurea televisions are a more aggressive take on ambient television lighting. Fully LED back-lit, the Aureas will actually glow through the case border, creating a dynamic frame effect. To minimize visible speaker components,

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• Philips quietly offers 8GB editions in GoGear SA3300 lineup

  Published: August 13, 2007, 9:41 am

  Tags: 8gb, Dap, Gogear, Philips, Sa3300

  audio players that Philips recognizes as its own, there's a few 8GB flavors of the GoGear SA3300 series that apparently weren't there too long ago. While the SA3300 lineup had members with 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB of internal storage in the past, several new models -- including the SA3385/02, SA3385/37, SA3385/55, SA3385/85, and SA3385/97 --

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• Philips to launch Ambilight successor Aurea

  Published: August 15, 2007, 6:47 pm

  Tags: Ambient, Ambilight, Aurea, Hdtv, Lighting, Philips, Seduction By Light, Seductionbylight, Television

  electronics manufacturer Philips will demo their successor to Ambilight -- the ambient lighting technology that generates light effects on the sides of a television -- at European expo IFA on August 30. The new technology, named Aurea, will be featured using a film by director Wong Kar called Seduction by Light. From early photos, the new

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• Happy 25th Birthday, compact disc!

  Published: August 16, 2007, 12:55 pm

  Tags: Abba, Anniversary, Compact Disc, Compactdisc, Philips

  mix tapes? Well sure enough, Philips was kind enough to inform us that its very first CD rolled off the production lines on August 17th, 1982, which history will forever remember -- perhaps unfortunately -- as a copy of ABBA's The Visitors. Nonetheless, this first widely-produced optical disc format would end up changing our lives forever,

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• Philips' iPod line in the wild, headed for the States

  Published: August 17, 2007, 10:20 am

  Tags: Aj300d, Az1330b, Bluetooth, Btm630, Gogear, Ipod Dock, Ipoddock, Philips, Sjm3151

  Also sighted were the Philips SJM3151 LCD remote and dock, which hits in September for $199 as well; the $199 AZ1330B iPod boombox; and the AJ300D iPod alarm clock, which is available now for $79. Philips even gave a sneak peak of its upcoming GoGear PMP, which packs a 3.5-inch screen, 4GB of flash memory and 20 hours of battery life -- 5

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• Philips unveils 32-inch LCD with Perfect Pixel HD

  Published: August 21, 2007, 8:28 pm

  Tags: 100hz, 32pfl9632d, Ambilight, Ambilight 2, Ambilight2, Dvb, Dvb T, Hd Tuner, Hdmi, Hdtuner, Ifa, Lcd, Multimedia, Perfect Pixel Hd, Perfectpixelhd, Philips, Usb

  under: Displays, HDTV Philips fans eager for a taste of Perfect Pixel HD can now look forward to a 32-incher that sports the technology -- if you live in Europe, that is. For now, it seems that the recently introduced 32PFL9632D LCD will be holding it down exclusively across the pond, as that integrated DVB-T tuner won't do us American lads

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• Philips launches Aurea LCDs, with next-gen Ambilight

  Published: August 30, 2007, 2:00 pm

  Tags: Ambilight, Aurea, Lcd, Philips

  Right on schedule, Philips has unveiled its new wave of Ambilight-powered television: Aurea. Sure, it's not as sexy when you call it by its 42PFL9900D model number, but the 42-inch 1080p LCD is sure to turn heads either way. Under the hood Philips has 100Hz refresh, "invisible speakers" and even a trio of HDMI inputs. The new Ambilight

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