Archive for October, 2008
Plantronics DSP 500 Headset
Intensify your computer digital audio experience. The DSP-500 is perfect for multimedia applications including games, CDs and MP3 music, speech recognition and voice applications.
For me, MAC OS X immediately detected the USB device as a DSP sound processor and the headset was ready to use in a matter of seconds. As far as the headset [...]
MacBook and MacBook Pro review
Way back in the hazy salad days of 2001, Apple worked up a bold revamp of its flagship laptop line, the Powerbook. The company, in the pursuit of stronger, lighter, more attractive materials, moved from the black plastic casings it had used for its G3 computers to a sleek titanium shell. It was the onset [...]
iBangle - A Look Of Things To Come?
CoolIris Puts Multimedia Into 3D
Some things are done for the sole purpose of the WOW factor. And sometimes software comes along which just has so much eye candy in it that it blows your mind. Well, CoolIris is one of those pieces of software. It installs as a browser plug-in and wholly crap is it cool.
CoolIris transforms your [...]
The Google Phone Review
It’s here: the Google Phone. After years of speculation and months of waiting, the first Google Android OS-based smart phone has finally been released by T-Mobile USA. The device formally called as G-1 is made by HTC has started to ship and will be made available to those who have pre-ordered the phone sometime today.
T-Mobile [...]
Over half of 2009 vehicles in America will offer iPod support
And we’re not talking about that 3.5mm-to-3.5mm trick, either. No sirree, we’re referring to bona fide iPod integration, and 2009 marks the first year where over half of all US-bound automobiles are expected to offer optional support for Apple’s prolific PMP. When looking at 2008 model year vehicles, just 39% offered tight iPod integration, but [...]
Fender Bender, weird sound guitar
[danwagoner] recently completed a restoration of his very first electric guitar. Instead of going the normal route, he modded it to be a Weird Sound Generator. The WSG is a popular kit sold by Music From Outer Space. His creation, dubbed Fender Bender, has a custom pick guard cut from an old motherboard. There are [...]
IPEVO’s TR-10 speakerphone makes nice with iChat
Seems like there’s a VoIP device for every temperament — you can go supa classy, or you can try to be as bland as possible, but most of them are intended for Skype. Not IPEVO’s TR-10, though; it’s designed for iChat, and it does VoIP with support for four-way conferencing as both a speakerphone and [...]
