Archive for September, 2010

Path Finder 5 by Cocoatech

Got so frustrated with Snow Leopard’s Finder, almost to boiling point. The Apple Mac is brilliant for video editing with Final Cut Pro, but Finder is not handy at all for building a complicated archive and combining files on several hard drives. I keep getting second windows disappearing. So I have been playing with Path [...]

Microdolly Hollywood

This stuff is good, though expensive.   But I note the Taiwanese competition is much heavier.Why do you need it? Makes great tracking shots – and with the DSLR cameras they can look spectacular. They need a spelling checker on the site though. The design looks straight out of 1998….rotating @ sign. Ok, so these [...]

The TWiT Netcast Network with Leo Laporte

The TWiT Netcast Network with Leo Laporte One of the better twits in a long time. More recently Twit has become this week in telephones. But not this one.

Wow…

Not sure I need the 3D TV. This 2D is spectacular enough. And no glasses.

Samsung drops Galaxy tablet. Is it an iPad killer?

Samsung’s new Galaxy Tablet was introduced at a news conference in Berlin Thursday. It’s a 7-inch tablet running the latest Android OS, Froyo 2.2. The machine has 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth and does Flash, unlike the Apple iPad. The Galaxy Tab also, unlike iPad, comes with a 3-megapixel rear camera with autofocus and an LED flash. [...]

NBA2K11 footage with Michael Jordan in the game

If this 10 minute peek is any indication, 2KSports is putting together one of the best sports games, well, ever with its NBA 2K11 with Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan on the cover and in the game. This clip is a recreation of the 92 NBA Finals between Jordan’s Chicago Bulls and the Portland Trail [...]

Apple introduces Apple TV, new iPods, fixes iPhone issues

Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled a new line of iPods Wednesday and a new $99 Apple TV. He also introduced a new operating system for Apple’s mobile devices that will correct issues with iPhone 4 and with older iPhones running slowly when using the new operating system. The new iPod Touch will add all the [...]

Live from Apple’s iPod media conference

Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled a new line of iPods Wednesday, saying the company has sold 275 million iPods in its history. Every iPod is being redesigned and will be available next week. Pre-orders will be taken today. The new iPod Touch is now the most popular iPod, Jobs said. “A lot of people call [...]

Xbox Live Subscription Price Will Increase in November

Major Nelson has confirmed that from Nov. 1, Microsoft will raise the Xbox Live U.S. price of a 1-month subscription to $9.99 (from $7.99), a 3-month subscription to $24.99 (from $19.99) and a 12-months subscription to $59.99 (from $49.99). This means consumers will be paying 20 – 25% more for the subscriptions, depending on the [...]