It was Taco Tuesday at our IT Guys house, and everyone showed up, even the HR lady with her 9-year-old son in tow. He was exciting and engaged as a piece of furniture as he was glued to his hand held video game thing. In my day we had nothing to entertain us but each other. We spent long nights around the fireplace, sharing stories and drinking hot cocoa that grandma made. Thats a lie, I had Atari, but still, kids these days have no sense of social decorum. Crayola disagrees, and is unleashing a set of products,including an MP3 player,that will inevitably zombify the toddler set. Check out craves' opinion.  read more »

This week the folks at woot display their insecurities, do some digital downsizing, and get hot and heavy over a workout accessory.

Apple 20GB iPod by HP  read more »

So here comes another news from Apple. In their usual style, Apple announced a complete upgrade of ipod line of products.  read more »

High Tech Extras for College Kids
Now that you've equipped all the students in your life with computers and cell phones you might want to consider one of these useful gadgets to round out the collection.
USB Flash Drive  read more »

It's a long-term goal of mine to complete the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle. It's a very long-term goal of mine. I still can't finish the crosswords in New York Magazine. I'm a failed wordsmith. It's amazing I've gotten this far in my profession. Thankfully now that's neither here nor there, since Nintendo has come out with a video game version complete with hints, so I may reach my goal sooner then I thought.  read more »

Youve just paid $10,000 bucks for a gold ipod shuffle. Now all you need to complete your electronic arsenal is a radio, but you've only $5,000 left to spend. What to do, what to do. ubergizmo.com offers an answer in the form of a $4,200 crystal Tivoli radio. Made by a Scandinavian Glass man, this version also guarantees perfect reception, so you're not just buying for looks. Now to spend that last $800...  read more »

Japanese manufacturers (sony, panasonic, canon, sharp) have long been the established brand names for consumer electronics products until Korean manufacturers (Samsung,  read more »

An article in EETimes reports that Japan Broadcasting Corporation has being showing what could be the next generation of high resolution broadcasting. They're are calling itSuper Hi-Vision. The new 8K by 4K or 7680 x 4320 resolution is 16 times higher than the current 2K by 1K or 1902 x 1080.  read more »

Gizmodo.comalways asks the importantquestions, likehow annoying is it to have to lock your computer every time you have to do number 1?I can answer that. Really annoying, especially since I have a bladder the size of a pea and drink an enormous amount of water each day just to combat all the coffee and soda I drink to stay awake.  read more »

FCC finally approved the rules for the new 700 MHz spectrum that will be auctioned off next year. Of course FCC is expected to raise as much as $10B-$15B from this auction but that's not the point. The most significant provision passed this time around is for "open access". 22 MHz of the 60 MHz spectrum will be auctioned off using "open access" provision which will allow any cell phone device and any software to work on the network built by an operator using this piece of the spectrum.  read more »