Dave Zatz I don’t know what you did for lunch today, but I swung by Gamestop for what could be the biggest video game release ever. Against my better judgement, I’d pre-ordered Call of Duty: Black Ops. And my suspicions were confirmed as in-store availability looked good. But that $5 deposit was greatly rewarded with a $20 Halo Reach … Read more
The company behind Amazon’s greyscale e-Ink Kindle display has unveiled their next generation screen film, dubbed Triton. But, given the headline in relation to your attention to detail, you already knew its primary selling point is color. In addition to 16 levels of monochrome, Triton is capable of displaying thousands of colors. And just like … Read more
Ahead of some travel, I picked up a new camera (Canon S95, post to follow) this past weekend. And, coming fron a Sony digicam, I also needed to transition from Memory Stick back to SD. So I grabbed this 8GB PNY card at Best Buy. The primary selling points were capacity and speed in relation … Read more
CNET sat down with TiVo VP Jim Denney for about 36 minutes of on-camera discussion. Over the years I’ve enjoyed my conversations with Jim, but there’s no way I’m sitting still long enough to take in the entire interview…. and will be outsourcing analysis to our readership. Did he say anything particularly revealing about TiVo’s … Read more
One of my twitter buddies experienced an unnatural iPhone 4 Violet Beauregarde expansion today. In her own words: This morning, one of my users brought their iPhone 4 into me. She’s had it 32 days. “The case doesn’t fit right anymore!” she exclaimed. “The back is falling off!” And indeed it was. The battery had swelled … Read more
ZNF regulars might get the sense we’re big fans of Roku’s streaming media product line… and they’d be right. However, we’ve got love in our hearts for a wide range of boxes – including the WDTV Live Plus. Western Digital may not feature the development community and number of “channels” that Roku sports, but it’s … Read more
Photoshopped. Revealed about a year ago, Virgin Media indicated they’d bring the TiVo experience (back) to the UK in 2010. And while the game clock is winding down, Virgin has reiterated that the new product will indeed arrive this year. Along with a few other details: “Virgin Media and TiVo have developed a unique converged … Read more
The Roku 2.8 software update, which we recently had a sneak peek at, is now available and includes: Seasonal home screen banner Ability to re-order channels on the home screen• New grid-style Channel Store New icons for Settings and Channel Store Home screen clock Time Settings added to settings Slowly but surely Roku is polishing … Read more