Flourescent Disc Technology Inches Closer
The bitchin’ transparent CDs with fluorescent liquid in their pits are one step closer to becoming reality, as drive maker Lite-On has inked a deal to produce the high capacity drives. Lite-On has signed a letter of intent to license the Flourescent Multilayer Drive (FMD) technology from New York-based Constellation 3D, meaning the two companies will collaborate on plans to bring products to market.
November 18, 2008
AOpen Sounds Off with New Audio Offerings
AOpen cranked up the volume on a new line of audio cards the company announced yesterday, blaring, ‘you really need to hear it to appreciate what is now possible.’
November 17, 2008
FIFA 2001 Shoots, Scores Another One
Tech Extreme says the FIFA series is simply the best Soccer simulation. EA Sports released its yearly update to the franchise, FIFA 2001, and it’s crammed with new animations and player models, better stadium reproductions, and even more solid gameplay than last year’s incarnation.
November 15, 2008
Yahama Ups the Tempo on CD Burners
Yahama breaks the CD-R speed barrier with a new line of drives that burn at 16X, rewrite at 10X and read at 40X.
November 14, 2008
Maximum Comdex, Maximum Throughput
Monkey Boy’s Comdex magnum opus takes on Las Vegas in style for Maximum PC’s streaming audio coverage of the computer convention. The wicked webmaster’s week of work also delivers power-packed looks at technologies and trends from Maximum PC magazine editors.
November 9, 2008
Post-Thanksgiving Trauma Sends Tech Stocks Tumbling
The fall in PC-maker stocks that began early this week with Compaq and Dell came to a head yesterday in response to a Gateway warning that its fourth quarter earnings could miss expectations by up to 40 percent. Gateway is only one of the many tech companies that got hammered by Wall Street since Thanksgiving, and it wasn’t just computer makers — everyone from chipmaking giant Intel to software behemoth Microsoft is struggling against tumbling share prices.
November 2, 2008
Plug It In, Turn It On: The Internet Over Power Lines
Home networking products that use a house’s internal electrical wiring for computer networks have been available for some time. Now, Powerline Technologies, a subsidiary of PowerTrust, wants to deliver broadband services over existing power grids.
October 30, 2008
Kodak CF Reader Transfers Images in a Flash
Toss serial cables and USB hardware, the Kodak Picture Card Adapter lets digital photo fanciers transfer images direct to laptops from compact flash cards.
October 27, 2008
