Entries from January 2008

January 29, 2008

aGEEKspot #4

News – Amazon’s MP3 downloads launch worldwide as iTunes shudders… This is big news since Amazon sells DRM-free music, at a lower cost. I have been using iTunes since it came out, and I have to say buying music without restrictions is great and I even save a few pennies.

HD-DVD  goes for it’ at the [...]

January 23, 2008

aGEEKspot #3

News – Last week was Macworld and all the rumors about new Mac products came true: The MacBook Air, iTunes movie rentals (with HD), new Apple TV,iPhone/iPodtouch upgrades, and Time Capsule.

For you iPhone users, the new upgrades are cool. You can customize your screen menu layout, make web shortcuts, even Google Maps has a generic GPS feature. Plus, [...]

January 16, 2008

aGEEKspot #2

Old News - Last week at CES, lots of cool new stuff was debuted, but everything was over-shadowed by blogger shenanigans and Bill Gates’ celebrity-filled farewell video. A staff member from the website Gizmodo enjoyed a fun prank by using a TV-B-Gone remote to turn off TV’s, monitors, and displays while live demos were being held. The punishment from CES: banned for [...]

January 8, 2008

aGEEKspot #1

News -This is the first installment of Tech Talk and it just happens to be on the same week as CES. The Consumer Electronics Show, the world’s largest annual tradeshow for consumer technology. This is where thousands of the new and cool products are introduced each year. Also this year will be Bill Gates 12th and final [...]