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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:19:00 PST
Photos: Audio gems from Macworld 2009
 Blue Microphone's Mikey iPod accessory was a surprise find at Macworld 2009. (Credit: Donald Bell/CNET Networks)
The Macworld show floor can induce deja vu for habitual attendees. From a hardware perspective, often it's the same vendors offering the same products, with slight variations from year to ...
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:19:00 PST
Ears-on with Shure's SE115 headphones
 Shure's new SE115 headphones are as tough as they are pretty. (Credit: Donald Bell/CNET Networks)
Shure unveiled its new SE115 line of in-ear headphones today at Macworld 2009. Aside from being colorful (offered in red, blue, or pink), the SE115 share the same design as the SE110 ...
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:33:00 PST
Fuji helps Polaroid fans move on
 Out with the old, in with the new. (Credit: Urban Outfitters)
The next generation of instant film has made its way into the U.S. market to delight those of us who never had the chance to say goodbye to the classic Polaroid camera.
Fuji's Instax Mini camera creates ...
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:49:00 PST
Apple: MacBook Pro gets unibody design
A few blocks away at Macworld here in San Francisco, the "one more thing" in Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing Phil Schiller's keynote is a unibody 17-inch MacBook Pro notebook. Also announced: iLife '09 is getting geotagging, face recognition, guitar lessons. Click here to read CNET ...
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:37:00 PST
Toshiba releases new Qosmio X305-Q725
(Credit: Toshiba)
One of the many laptops being announced at CES this week is the Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q725. It will offer the same bells and whistles of recent X305s, except that its primary drive will consist of a 64GB solid state drive, while the secondary drive will be the standard ... Originally posted at CES 2009
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:29:00 PST
Pacemaker 2.0 brings beats to the masses
The folks behind the Tonium Pacemaker, a DJ-focused MP3 player that made its debut in the middle of 2008, are gearing up to release a new version of the device in 2009.
 The second-generation Pacemaker DJ MP3 player will help tempo-challenged DJs keep the beat. (Credit: CBS Interactive/Corinne Schulze) ... Originally posted at CES 2009
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:00 PST
Zoom H4n mobile audio recorder
I know it's a little out of my realm of expertise, but I have a bit of a fixation with high-end portable audio recorders. Maybe it's a leftover from my glory days playing in garage bands, but the elusive dream of having one pocket-size gadget for making awesome ... Originally posted at CES 2009
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:51:00 PST
Tornado-detecting dual-iPhone alarm clock
 The iLuv iMM183 will not protect your iPhones from tornado damage, but it will greet you in the morning with a gentle rising volume feature. (Credit: iLuv)
Taking a page from the boombox trend of the 1980s, iPod-docking alarm clocks are taking on an absurd amount of features in ... Originally posted at CES 2009
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:14:00 PST
Amazon Video On Demand coming to Roku Player
(Credit: Roku)
Amazon Video On Demand will be coming to the Roku Netflix Player in early 2009.
Amazon's video service will become the first non-Netflix "channel" to be available on the Roku box. The service, formerly known as Amazon Unbox, offers more than 40,000 movies and TV shows.
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Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:12:00 PST
New Year's hangover for Zune users
A leap-year issue with Microsoft's Zune music player is still leaving many users cold, despite the company's reassurance that all would be well by sometime on New Year's Day.
Postings on Zune message boards Thursday morning, as people tried out Microsoft's recommendations and fellow Zune users' ... Originally posted at News - Microsoft
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:28:00 PST
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