Slingbox allows you to send the signal from the TV you have it plugged into (in/at your house) so you can view it elsewhere – on a laptop, to your mobile or even elsewhere in the house. No one else can access your Slingbox output (you have to input a 20-number/letter code) but still major […]

I suppose in some senses it’s a good thing that everyone expects every Apple product release to sell 100 million – of course, that’s not very realistic … in the realm of all consumer electronics, of the millions of gadgets released, only a few have reached that lofty, lofty ICONIC benchmark including the Sony Walkman […]

The Palm Foleo is a 10″ screen with a keyboard, wifi and bluetooth for syncing with your Treo or some other smartphone. “However, the Foleo uses an underpowered processor that isn’t really suited for video, Hawkins admitted. It gets five hours of battery life. It wasn’t designed to be a standalone product apart from its […]

Yesterday, most if not all of EMI tracks on the iTunes music store went DRM-free for $1.29. You can pay $.30 to convert your tracks from Fairplay AAC 128kbps to AAC 256 kbps. Since Apple keeps track of your purchases, after you download and install iTunes 7.2, you will be presented with a list of […]

Now, that I’ve visited about 400 search engines and about 100 web apps, let me offer some tidbits of advice for your web startup page & site: a) It’s 2007. Make sure all your copyright, trademark notices all read 2007. b) Typos. SPELL CHECK. There was a site with about 25 words on its front […]

We live in some pretty interesting times – your Mac comes with some astounding software and whatever else you need is pretty much on the web. Of course, the question to ask if you really need “boxed” business apps? Do you really need a full blown word processor? How many tables or newsletters do you […]

Every once in a while, you’ll run across an oddity on DVD’s – files that are easily viewed on the DVD player but do not show up in Handbrake. (After selecting BROWSE, the rest of the DVD loads but not that segment). It’s usually because it’s not copy-protected and “open” – usually the movie trailers […]

As film-makers know, one of the most difficult technical matters during the shoot are the dailies. Dailies are the footage that you shot that day – you want to view them to make sure you got what you needed performance wise and story tellng wise but also that you have enough coverage shots (long, medium, […]

I am in the Bahamas at a conference and my cell phone doesn’t work…at all. I guess I should have taken notes about Metroxing’s post of SIM cards, eh? One thing that is saving me is that I brought along the laptop and am using Skype to make calls to the States for about 2 […]

Now, these are not brilliant nor will they change your life forever but just thought you should know these are out on DVD: If you missed the 70’s or want to reminisce, there is hardly a better capsule of that time period than THE BEST OF MATCH GAME. It’s not every episode of every year […]