Brent Evans While the launch of Barnes & Noble’s Nook hasn’t been smooth, the arrival of the devices in stores and in some homes has been met with excitement. We have a lot of Kindle exposure, so the comparisons have been drawn immediately. My first Nook impressions are actually quite positive. I love having the next-page and … Read more
If you own a Western Digital WD TV Live Media Player, do NOT perform a firmware update to 1.01.12. Which apparently bricks units and there isn’t yet a fix. In fact, Western Digital tells those who have experienced this to RMA their box! Here’s the official Western Digital notice: A small percentage of our users … Read more
The new Barnes & Noble Nook e-Reader was announced with fanfare and seems like the first valid competition to the Amazon Kindle. As could be expected, they received lots of press and were inundated with pre-orders. Unfortunately, we now learn that the Nook won’t be available in stores this week as expected or shipped to … Read more
Amazon announced a nice little software update for all Kindle (Global Wireless), Kindle (U.S. Wireless), and Kindle DX devices. Amazon says the firmware update improves Kindle battery life and adds a native PDF reader. As we near the arrival of the new Nook, Barnes & Noble’s eReader, I imagine these steps are being taken to … Read more
We’ve looked at quite a few remote controls in our day, but this is the first hand-powered one — no batteries required! The remote is a concept design by NEC and Soundpower, which obtains its power from the vibrations of your hand pressing the buttons. Sort of a self-sustainable electronic device if you will. Unfortunately … Read more
Popular HTPC software Boxee has found another way to spend some of that private equity money they’ve been getting. After dicussing the concept awhile, Boxee announced their first (will there be more?) partnership with a consumer electric company to put Boxee into a television0-connected device. They aren’t saying much more than that, but plan to … Read more
Over the weekend, Microsoft released the CableCARD firmware update for Windows 7 Media Center which relaxes DRM for recordings in a big way and adds support for SDV. The package arrived as the “ATI Digital Cable Tuner 1.19.12.09050155 firmware” — available to all of those with the ATI CableCARD tuners via Windows Update. Next, Microsoft … Read more
I’m definitely a fan of the digital book reading devices. If you read many books, you’ll want something that’s easy on the eyes – you know, like paper. And e-ink is really the way to accomplish — unlike LCD screens it doesn’t strain the eyes. But there are those times when it’s nice to “extend” … Read more