CyberSurge

Want to know whats going on in tech news but aren’t a big fan of RSS feeds. If you are running OS X your in luck, download the CyberSurge.org Widget from Rev00 Productions.

This ad aired on CNBC april ninth according to the description. Its a pretty good ad and yet it doesn’t really seem like a commercial because the ticker is still on the bottom and top of the screen. I don’t know because, well I haven’t actually seen it live and in the wild yet but [...]

There are still a couple of days left so get commenting for a Joost invite. The contest will end Wednesday night at 12pm EST. This has been quite fun but I can’t wait to start handing them out.
I’m going to put all the names in a hat and draw 4 of them, whoever is picked [...]

Apple’s Not Fighting Back Against AppleTV Hacks
Mid-Range Geforce 8000-series Launch Dates, Prices
Hackers Dissect AppleTV to Create the Cheapest Mac Ever

The Inquirer has benchmark numbers of the Geforce 8500 and 8600 cards. They did have benchmarks before which we talked about here. But, now they have much more specific numbers.
under 3DMark06 at 1600×1200 4AA/16AF
8500GT got 1141
8600GT got 2483
8600GTS got 2949
The Inquirer has the full details here.

If you would like to get one of four Joost invites then you better keep reading. To get a chance to win a Joost invite all you have to do is post a comment on this blog, of course it has to be relevant to the post that you are commenting on but it isn’t [...]

Yesterday I spent the entire day substituting Joost in whenever I would usually watch a podcast or watch TV. I’ll let you know how I did my little review and then tell you the results of it.
I spent the first hour of Joost recording some information about it, such as how much data Joost uploads [...]

Yesterday I decided to take the day off, no podcasts, no RSS feeds. The only thing I did was check my personal email account and watch Joost.
Well if any of you are an RSS junkie like I am you may know what happens when you do this, I return to over 1000 RSS posts since [...]

I just was able to get myself a Joost invite. I don’t have any invites to give out but I do want to tell you about my experiences with it. Tomorrow I will not watch any TV or listen to any podcasts. Instead, during times when I would be doing so I will watch video [...]

iTunes will begin selling DRM free music in May. All of the music will be coming from EMI and will cost $1.29. The cooler thing is that you can upgrade your music if it is available in the DRM free version for $0.30 per track. The music will also be encoded in 256-bit AAC.
This is [...]

This week will be another week of AppleTV stuff because I feel it is so important to the tech industry. The AppleTV is one of the first products to really take the media into the living room easily and make it feel nicer than others.
Apple vs Apple TV Mod’rs
Hack the AppleTV and get Locked out
AppleTV [...]