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Well the new Guitar Hero: On Tour game for DS is now available. It is the latest installment in the popular Guitar Hero franchise that brings the fun of the game to a mobile platform allowing you to jam with friends wherever you are.While it seems a bit lame, I’ve tried it and it is as much fun as playing the console version. Although I miss the feeling of holding the guitar controller, the DS version proves to still proves to provide the same level of fun.

Stores like Futureshop are selling the Guitar Hero and Nintendo DS bundle for a… Continue reading

The folks over at Engadget have finally been able to sit down with three Zunes and take some high resolution photographs of the player and the software that accompanies the player. I must say that the Zune does look good, albeit it being a little on the thick side. Although it is appealing and all, I think I will stick with my current MP3 player. The price is the only thing that drives me away from having MP3 players with video capabilities.

See the pictures at Engadget.com

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These are real colour photos from the French archives. Back then, colour photography was still in the experimental stages, but from these photos, you can see that they were making some great advances even in wartime!

The photos are stunning and gives you a fresh new look at World War I. See them at World War I photos

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The photos are stunning and gives you a fresh new look at World War I. See them at World War I photos

If you are like me, and just biting your nails to whether Microsoft’s Zune will be an Ipod-killer (which I hope it to be), then you must read this Engadget article that includes more details and the packaging that the Zune is supposed to come in.

Zune, the odds and ends wrapup - Engadget

Will the Zune be able to beat the Ipod. Well maybe it can. Although the Ipod has a well-established image, reputation and customer base, considering how Microsoft did with it’s Xbox, it isn’t completely impossible. Microsoft door-crashed the video game console party with their newbie, Xbox… Continue reading

If you are like me, and just biting your nails to whether Microsoft’s Zune will be an Ipod-killer (which I hope it to be), then you must read this Engadget article that includes more details and the packaging that the Zune is supposed to come in.

Zune, the odds and ends wrapup - Engadget

Will the Zune be able to beat the Ipod. Well maybe it can. Although the Ipod has a well-established image, reputation and customer base, considering how Microsoft did with it’s Xbox, it isn’t completely impossible. Microsoft door-crashed the video game console party with their newbie, Xbox. Although it had to compete against previously established Sony Entertainment and Nintendo, Microsoft did surpisingly well, gaining it’s own chunk of market share, beating out Nintendo.

So when Microsoft releases the Zune, it’s going to get it’s own small chunk on market share, beating out many companies already in the market. By the time the next-gen versions of the Zune come around, it should have gained quite a sizable chunk of the market. After a couple of years, it will have a good chance of beating Ipod.

Now to all you Apple/Ipod fanboys out there, don’t flame or criticize me for my predictions. Not everyone will love the Ipod. I don’t go with mainstream devices because often, the lesser known ones are better. So I guess we will have to wait and see this holiday season whether the Zune will float or swim in the turbulent waters of the MP3 market.

Well, since smaller chip sizes seem to be in style nowadays with smaller and smaller phones, USB devices, etc, it only makes sense that someone introduces the world’s smallest MP3 chip. As if the new IPod Shuffle wasn’t small enough, Japan’s Oki Electric Industry wants to make it even smaller.

The company has recently announced that sample shipments of the “world’s smallest MP3 playback chip” were being sent to manufacturers of cellphones, PDAs, MP3 players (kind of obvious), and essentially anything in which MP3 playback can be stuck into. The tiny chip called ML2011 has an MP3 decoder and 650mW amplifier… Continue reading

Well, since smaller chip sizes seem to be in style nowadays with smaller and smaller phones, USB devices, etc, it only makes sense that someone introduces the world’s smallest MP3 chip. As if the new IPod Shuffle wasn’t small enough, Japan’s Oki Electric Industry wants to make it even smaller.

The company has recently announced that sample shipments of the “world’s smallest MP3 playback chip” were being sent to manufacturers of cellphones, PDAs, MP3 players (kind of obvious), and essentially anything in which MP3 playback can be stuck into. The tiny chip called ML2011 has an MP3 decoder and 650mW amplifier all stuffed into a 3.6mm by 4.2mm silicon wafer. While pricing details were kept under wraps, Oki plans to ramp up full scale production by December.

Well since MP3 players seem to be unstoppable in getting smaller, I might have to start hanging them from keychains or something.

Such stories like this one always give me a good laugh. Isn’t it great how our youth is being brought up? Fourteen year old Shannon Derrik has filed a lawsuit against her (now former) friend Stephanie Eick for losing her IPod. The suit has been filed in Wheaton, Illinois. It seems that Shannon made the mistake of lending her iPod to Stephanie, who decided it would be a good idea to give back the iPod by leaving it on Shannon’s desk rather than waiting for her to return from the restroom to hand… Continue reading

Well I just got wind of this on Engadget.com, but apparently now gadgets have been banned on British and some European flights because of a terrorist plot. You may have heard on the news that today, Scotland Yard announced that they had arrested 21 people in connection with a terrorist plot using liquid explosives on a plane. Of course, this left air travellers facing suspended flights and long lines. In light of this, authorities have banned bringing onboard any liquids, gels, or lotions (exception is medicine). Also, travellers cannot bring in laptops, cameras or cellphones until further notice, a… Continue reading

Well, if you haven’t noticed from the picture, Casio has made one thin camera! It is like the Razor of digital cameras. This is part of Casio’s expansion of their linup of portable and ultraslim consumer cameras.This latest addition features 7.2 mexapixel photos, a bright 2.8 inch display, VGA MPEG-4 movie recording in widescreen (16:9), anti-shake correction, and photo transport, a way of moving your photos from your PC to your camera quickly and easily. Now for the price…. it costs $380 USD. Well I guess that’s the… Continue reading