Archive for the 'Consumer Electronics' Category
Monday, October 6th, 2008
Satellite Televisions have been gaining popularity since early 1990s. Back then, home dishes were expensive. Not to mention the huge chunk of space in the yard that they consume. Today, you see compact satellite dishes perched on rooftops all over the houses.
You can never go wrong with Sony satellite TV systems in getting the best [...]
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Mp3 players and iPods come and go in different units, models, specifications, and the leading brands release a new model at a minimum interval of a month or 2 after a previous release. It’s a cutthroat business, especially now that “pirates” are creating cheap imitations of some of the more famous models. Although that some [...]
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
The gruesome Metrobank (in Cavite, Philippines) hold-up which took place months ago could have been prevented if the bank’s closed circuit TV (CCTV) cameras were functioning properly. Whether in banks or retail stores, CCTV cameras are a must.
A working CCTV camera will allow bank authorities, and shopkeepers, to keep a close watch on [...]
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
On September 9, 2008, Steve Jobs introduced Apple’s 4th generation iPod Nano at the “Let’s Rock” event in San Francisco. Dubbed the slimmest Nano ever, it features a curved, all aluminum case and glass screen. Its height, though, is similar to that of the 1st and 2nd generation versions so that this new iPod is [...]
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
I don’t have an Apple iPod Shuffle. But I want to have one because of the following reasons…
- An Apple iPod Shuffle has an iTunes feature. I get to listen to all the songs I want and have all the new tunes I crave for via the iTunes Store. There are over 6 million songs [...]
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
Confused with the hundreds of new players that come out every month? Don’t have enough money to shell out to buy the new models?
It’s easy. The market for used Mp3 players increases as the new models arrive, with many people trading in their old units to buy the new ones. Not to mention you can [...]
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
(Article written based on OPINION)
When the first line of MP3 players arrived on the market in the early 2000, some people went for the mp3 players with high memory capacity (at which time, mp3 players were at least 128mb minimum and 512mb maximum), others were more brand-specific, irregardless of memory capacity. In its earlier [...]
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
What is the world coming to these days?
There is a video card that has two GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) in the form of the Radeon HD 4870 X2. For those who can’t understand geek speak, here’s how to set it in the proper perspective: it’s like two video cards in one. Yep, it’s a monster. [...]
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
If you have a Sony PlayStation Portable and you don’t know where to get and download free games for your handheld gaming console, then follow these simple tips; this might help you find the right and trusted PSP downloads site available on the internet. Usually, sites that offer free downloads of anything from [...]
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
During the Where 2.0 Conference 2008 exhibit, several companies were showcasing various technologies and one of it was the latest application developed by Earthscape known as the iPhone Earth.
iPhone Earth combines 3D Earth application and iPhone’s accelerometers to allow a user to tilt and rotate the device while viewing the globe. It is definitely an [...]
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