Out of 22 companies, Microsoft ranked 20th in brand trust showing that consumers are wary about the company. HP and Apple (of course) broke the top 5 as being trustworthy. Accordig to the study Microsoft has "negative brand potential."
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Friday, March 31, 2006
Toshiba's HD-XA1 HD DVD player hits stores in Japan!
Toshiba's HD-XA1 HD DVD player hits stores in Japan!: "
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Praise
the baby Jebus 'cause after
ship date due to lack of content from
the studios, Toshiba quietly began selling their new HD-XA1 HD DVD player in Japanese stores... today! That makes
Tosh the first, next-gen optical format to hit the shelves -- a full four-months ahead of
player launch in July. Apparently, the HD-XA1 sports an MSRP of 100,000 yen ($940) and if purchased before 27
April, comes bundled with HD DVD copies of Resident Evil and the Japanese movie Moonlight Jellyfish -- the lower-end
HD-A1 does not seem to be available, yet. Tosh threw us an offiicial launch date of April for the US with the HD-XA1
tagged for $799 retail while the HD-A1 comes in at a blue-light special price of $499. And just for kix, Tosh also
mentioned that those HD
DVD-equipped PCs should drop sometime between April and June as well. We'll see, let's just get those players out
the door first, and some flix too, please to make the purchase really worthwhile.
[Via
%21.html">Akihabara News]
(Via Engadget.)
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
BUSlink's 64GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive PRO 2 Series
BUSlink's 64GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive PRO 2 Series: "
Filed under: Storage
We're not exactly sure when BUSlink
launched a 64GB -- that's gigabyte, yes -- flash drive, but it's right there on their site, plain as day, handily and
smugly smacking down even the
available for purchase for $5,000. Apparently they've also got a 32GB (not shown) and 16GB drive for $1,500, but
seriously, if this isn't some kind of sick joke catering to our obsession with solid state memory, you know exactly
which one it is we'll be promptly devouring as soon as we can sell off enough excess gear and internal organs to afford
it. You can run an OS off a flash drive, right? Ok, good.
[Thanks, Andrew]
(Via Engadget.)
YouTube bans clips over 10 minutes
YouTube is now enforcing a 10 minutes or less cutoff for clips uploaded to their servers.
So, if most of our users are uploading and watching short form video clips, why even bother to make the change? If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it right? Well, if you’ve followed our blog postings or any of the press articles, you know we’re constantly trying to balance the rights of copyright owners with the rights of our users. We did some analysis of the videos in our system over 10 minutes in length, and we found the overwhelming majority of them were full length, copyrighted videos from tv shows and movies. However, we also recognize that there are legit content creators out there who may have videos over 10 mins, so we’ve created a Premium Content Program for those of you with professional-produced videos.
Have any of our readers used YouTube for uploading clips longer than 10 minutes to YouTube servers?
http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/03/5836/
So, if most of our users are uploading and watching short form video clips, why even bother to make the change? If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it right? Well, if you’ve followed our blog postings or any of the press articles, you know we’re constantly trying to balance the rights of copyright owners with the rights of our users. We did some analysis of the videos in our system over 10 minutes in length, and we found the overwhelming majority of them were full length, copyrighted videos from tv shows and movies. However, we also recognize that there are legit content creators out there who may have videos over 10 mins, so we’ve created a Premium Content Program for those of you with professional-produced videos.
Have any of our readers used YouTube for uploading clips longer than 10 minutes to YouTube servers?
http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2006/03/5836/
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Apple's Mac Os X 10.5 Leopard Will Probably Run Windows!
Rumors have been brewing that Jobs and co. are taking steps toward allowing Windows apps to run on Macs. Now evidence has surfaced that Apple has begun the process toward doing just that!
Is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's juggernaut 95% market share?
read more | digg story
Is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's juggernaut 95% market share?
read more | digg story
Facebook Looking for $2Billion
Facebook has turned down an offer for $750 million and is looking for 2 billion dollars. This coming from a company started by a Sophmore in college 2 years ago...
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A New DS Game to Please the Brain
Nintendo is releasing a new game next month called 'Brain Age' for the DS that is aimed at increasing IQ.
read more | digg story
read more | digg story
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
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