October 19th, 2006
By Chief Gizmateer
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
InformationWeek reports that the Archos 604 WiFi portable media player has begun shipping to retail stores and will probably be on sale within the next two weeks.
The Archos 604 WiFi should provide stiff competition for the iPods and Zunes providing for full file-sharing capabilities, a 4.5″ touch screen and large storage capacity in addition to the ability to surf the web and transfer digital pictures, movies and music over the network.
Using the DVR Station, the Archos 604 can even record up to 130 hours of TV programming in DVD quality.
Source: DVR Playground
October 19th, 2006
By Jimmy Daniels
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Samsung will soon be selling the largest LCD HDTV in the world. Found a good pic on Samsungs press release, here.
The word from Samsung is that it will soon be selling the biggest LCD high-definition television in the world, with a 70-inch screen that beats the nearest competitor by five inches. The company demonstrated a pre-production model this week at the FPD International 2006 show in Yokohama, Japan, where vendors are showing off their latest and greatest flat panel displays.
Plans are for Samsung’s 70-inch LCD HDTV to be in full production by the early part of 2007, with products on the market shortly thereafter. Pricing has not yet been announced. Source: Top Tech News
We Say: Why don’t they ever include pricing information, come on, give us an idea of the price. Samsung predicts 50 inch HDTV’s to be the primary TV in many homes in three years.
October 19th, 2006
By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
Why on earth did I not have this last week?! I wanted to move a large number of files to another system, and had to load them all on my extarnal hard drive, and then reverse the process to get everything on the other system. If I had The Tornado (love the name!) I could have connected the two machines and copied the files over with no annoying middleman. Actualy, I love external hard drives, but you get the idea. I also love that the cords on the Tornado are retractable. And yes, I know I could set up my own system for doing this and yes I have a crossover cable (and crossover cable keychain in fact) but this is a much more handy solution.
We Say: Price: $59.95, Time Saved: Priceless.
Tornado Product Page
via Gizmodo
October 19th, 2006
By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
When it comes to image manipulation packages, a lot of people like myself skip the complexity of Photoshop and use good old MS Paint. Why? It’s easy and fast, it’s on every PC we come across, and we like it that way! Actually, we don’t like Paint that much, so it was with great joy that I came across Paint.NET.
The software started as a senior year college programming project mentored by Microsoft to create a better version of Paint. The software was written in C# as part of Microsoft’s move to C# and ASP.Net, and while it never became a shrink-wraped piece of software (and don’t even get me started on .Net), it is being maintained by the original gang and is getting rave reviews. Best of all. it’s free. The unlimited undos feature alone makes it worth a look.
Try Paint.Net Here
October 19th, 2006
By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
Some people take Halloween really seriously, and for them there is GooGhoul.com the Halloween search engine. I popped in my zip code 94110 and there was a TON of Halloween activity planned. Who knew?
October 19th, 2006
By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
The idea is simple and I like the sense of humor these guys have pitching their software. Yes, the iRooster turns your $2,000 (or whatever) Mac into a very expensive alarm clock, but it does make sense to play your own music or sound effects instead of relying on a radio’s inevitable commerical to roust you from sleep.
We Say: Personally, I wake to a loud and soul-killling buzzer sound, but the interface is cool looking and it has a number of great bellls and whistles, like repeat wake up times, the ability to wake to your favorite podcast and more. Great for students. Price: $9.95 with free to try download. Mac OSX only. Source: Chimp Software
October 19th, 2006
By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
In the battle to go from high calorie to low calorie to no calorie soft drinks, Coca Cola and Nestle are teaming up to produce what they claim will be the first soft drink that actually burns calories. The drink will go on sale November of this month in the northeastern US and then nationally in January 2008 with a hefty $1.29 a can price tag- far more than the 12-pak pricing of Diet and regular Coke.
How Does It Work?
First the hype er science…the Enviga drink is based on green tea which is supposed to have a number of healthful benefits as well as a hidden calorie-burning capability. “Enviga contains the optimum blend of green tea extracts (EGCG), caffeine and naturally active plant micronutrients designed to work with your body to increase calorie burning, thus creating a negative calorie effect. It makes this product stand out as unique. Enviga brings the benefits of green tea to the forefront in a convenient and accessible, great tasting beverage.” Claimed Chief Scientist at Coke, Dr. Rhona Applebaum.
But How Many Calories? More
October 19th, 2006
By Jimmy Daniels
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Not even out 24 hours yet and a vulnerability has been posted relating to IE7. This was probably known from the release candidates I bet and just posted today after the official release of IE7, but, still, this makes Microsoft look pretty bad.
A vulnerability has been discovered in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of redirections for URLs with the “mhtml:” URI handler. This can be exploited to access documents served from another web site.
Secunia has constructed a test, which is available at:
http://secunia.com/Internet_Explorer_Arbitrary_Content_Disclosure_Vulnerability_Test/
Secunia has confirmed the vulnerability on a fully patched system with Internet Explorer 7.0 and Microsoft Windows XP SP2. Other versions may also be affected. Source: Secunia
We Say: It’s posted as being less critical, the current work around is to disable active scripting support.
