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Google Buys YouTube for $1.65 Billion
So the search engine giant has splashed out on acquiring YouTube for a whopping great pile of money. The deal isn't final yet but it's been agreed upon. What it means to you and me is yet more media to waste our time with. There are apparently over 100 million videos currently on YouTube so who has the time to watch them all...
Hitachi Join on the Battery recall bandwagon
Hitachi join companies like Toshiba, Fujitsu, Lenovo, Apple, and Dell who are already fielding a response to the issues surrounding several cases of exploding laptops. They are working with Sony on working out a cost recovery program to help fund the replacement of the potentially lethal batteries.
The War of the 30 inch Display
Looks like many display manufacturers are releasing 30 inch flat panel displays. With Units available now from Apple, Dell and HP its going to e the next must have item for all visual types and gaming geeks. Samsung and NEC also have offerings at this size. I'm happy with my 24 inch 1920x1200 display but will glad take one of these new babies if it was offered.
Samsung Release 10 Megapixel Mobile Phone
So you're heading off on holiday and feeling more than a little snap happy ... Samsung have just announced the SCH-B600 Camera phone which features a 10MP sensor with 3x optical zoom, a built in media player and DMB mobile TV, LED auto focus, MMCmicro expansion, TV-out, Bluetooth and EV-DO. However and this is only for now ... it is only available in South Korea.
iPod Screensaver
Last but not least I came across this interesting tidbit on engadget. Did you ever want your own screensaver running on your iPod? It’s easy, simply make a folder called "Demo Mode", place a movie called "demo" in it and away you go...
So the search engine giant has splashed out on acquiring YouTube for a whopping great pile of money. The deal isn't final yet but it's been agreed upon. What it means to you and me is yet more media to waste our time with. There are apparently over 100 million videos currently on YouTube so who has the time to watch them all...
Hitachi Join on the Battery recall bandwagon
Hitachi join companies like Toshiba, Fujitsu, Lenovo, Apple, and Dell who are already fielding a response to the issues surrounding several cases of exploding laptops. They are working with Sony on working out a cost recovery program to help fund the replacement of the potentially lethal batteries.
The War of the 30 inch Display
Looks like many display manufacturers are releasing 30 inch flat panel displays. With Units available now from Apple, Dell and HP its going to e the next must have item for all visual types and gaming geeks. Samsung and NEC also have offerings at this size. I'm happy with my 24 inch 1920x1200 display but will glad take one of these new babies if it was offered.
Samsung Release 10 Megapixel Mobile Phone
So you're heading off on holiday and feeling more than a little snap happy ... Samsung have just announced the SCH-B600 Camera phone which features a 10MP sensor with 3x optical zoom, a built in media player and DMB mobile TV, LED auto focus, MMCmicro expansion, TV-out, Bluetooth and EV-DO. However and this is only for now ... it is only available in South Korea.
iPod Screensaver
Last but not least I came across this interesting tidbit on engadget. Did you ever want your own screensaver running on your iPod? It’s easy, simply make a folder called "Demo Mode", place a movie called "demo" in it and away you go...
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