CyberSurge

I have been thinking a lot about DVRs lately, mostly because I saw the Nueros OSD and thought it was pretty cool, but I started thinking about what would be the perfect networked DVR and here’s what I came up with.
The DVR would have an ATSC tuner and a H.264 encoder, this way the programs [...]

Astak has announced that next month they will be releasing a $150 ebook reader. The reader will support TXT, PDF, HTML, BMP, JPG, and GIF files and will have a 800×600 pixel screen.
The low end model will have 128MB of flash storage and an SD memory card slot. Higher end models will also feature Wifi [...]

A Gizmodo reader has sent in a video and some information regarding the Psystar OpenComputer. Patrick (the reader) was lucky (?) enough to be one of the first to get a shipped OpenComputer.
“The thing boots up and runs pretty damn fast, says Patrick, but Software Update won’t recognize it so you won’t be able to [...]

Forbes managed to get an interview with the man behind Psystar. You remember Psystar as that seemingly crazy hardware vendor that has decided to start selling “OpenComputers” with Apple’s OS X preinstalled, a well equipped one can be had for only $555.
Psystar’s President Rudy Pedraza insists that his company is the real deal. “It’s not [...]

Alongside rumors that Ebay would be selling Skype… to… maybe… Google? Skype, who had a pretty successful first quarter is announcing that starting today anyone can sign up for unlimited calling to landlines in any of 34 countries across the world for $9.95 per month and also includes unlimited calling to U.S. landlines and cellphones.
International [...]

So Gizmodo decided to do some investigative reporting and looked into what is actually at the supposed location of the Mac clone making Psystar.
First of all, the address on the website did change at some point in the past couple of days from a residence to the address of a USA Koen Pack. Yes, that’s [...]

First I want to say that this is the 1,000th post on CyberSurge. I’ve been blogging on this blog for one year 2 months and 15 days and I’m still having just as much fun as I was having on day one. Thanks to everyone who has been here since day one.
Psystar, you know, the [...]

Psystar, a company from Miami, Florida, is selling “Open Mac,” a Mac clone with Leopard pre-installed for $554. The computer has a 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 250GB hard drive, 2GB of RAM, Intel GMA 950 graphics, DVD+/-RW optical drive, and 4 USB ports.
The Mac clone looks like it would be a pretty good performer, [...]