iTunes 7.6.1 and Weekly $0.99 Movie Rentals

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Yesterday Apple released version 7.6.1 of iTunes which fixes several unnamed bugs and improves compatibility with the AppleTV 2.0 software.
Apple also announced that they will begin offering a discount on select movie titles for rental. There will be one movie per week that will only cost $0.99 to rent, starting with the movie The Hours. [...]

Chumby On Sale Now

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I posted a video of the Chumby in August and I wanted to let you all know that it is now available at the Chumby store. The Chumby is a cool little device that is very similar to a clock radio, except it has a touch screen, and runs linux. The Chumby has many widgets [...]

Airfoil 3.1 Released With AppleTV 2.0 Support

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One of the first things I wanted to play with when I downloaded the AppleTV software update was AirTunes. The ability to play music from any computer in my house through the speakers in my living room was a really cool concept.
I also went out and downloaded the trial version of Airfoil which lets you [...]

Samsung’s TouchWiz Interface On Video

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This new user interface being used on Samsung phones is based off of the company’s Croix interface and is called TouchWiz. TouchWiz will be used on all of Samsung’s upcoming finger-touch phones.
PhoneScoop had a chance to play around with TouchWiz at Mobile World Congress and they did a great little video that shows off the [...]

Universal and Paramount Going Blu-Ray… Obviously

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The German website HDTV Praxis is saying that both Paramount and Universal are going to be making the obvious choice of switching to Blu-ray.
Universal’s president Craig Komblau said “While Universal values the close partnership we have shared with Toshiba, it is time to turn our focus to releasing new and catalog titles on Blu-ray.” (source)
I [...]

It’s Official, Toshiba Drops HD-DVD Support

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Toshiba made a statement early this morning stating that it will no longer develop manufacture or market HD-DVD players and recorders.
Toshiba said that they have no plans to beginning making Blu-ray products but I’m sure if Toshiba wanted to be in this market they will eventually cave and start making Blu-ray. Toshiba is committed to [...]

iPod Shuffle, Now $49

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That’s right, you can now purchase the iPod Shuffle for the low low price of $49. This of course makes me incredibly happy, especially since I just purchased two of them no more than a month ago.
I guess it was inevitable, 1GB of storage just isn’t what it used to be.
In the middle of writing [...]

iAno, Piano App For the iPhone

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iAno really uses the multi-touch functionality of the iPhone by allowing you to basically play piano on your iPhone. This would really be a great app to show off what your iPhone can do and it will surely give the iPhone some wow factor. The application was developed by someone going by the name Mr [...]


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