Archive for August, 2007


Call of Duty 4 Beta Review

As soon as my friends and I heard that Infinity Ward would be hosting a public beta for their upcoming game Call of Duty 4, we rushed over to the site and registered – just like thousands of other eager fans. Fortunately, one of our registrations was selected for entry and so, after a quick [...]

Happy 25th Birthday, Compact Disc!

The Big Bang of the digital audio revolution occurred exactly 25 years ago, on the 17th of August, 1982. This was the day that a Philips factory in Langenhagen, Germany, pressed the very first commercial Compact Disc, and propelled the world forward into the digital age of music.
The idea of a Compact Disc was first [...]

Xbox 360 Premium Now Has HDMI

The whole thing started when a man, who calls himself “Magus,” in Atlanta, Georgia, went out to his local Target and bought himself a brand new Xbox 360 Premium for $350. After unpacking his new console, he noticed that there was something out of the ordinary on the rear of the console: an HDMI port, [...]

Adjusting to Vista

Despite having posted a variety of articles on Vista, I’ve had only limited access to the new operating system until recently when I purchased a new HP DV6500t laptop. The laptop came with Vista, and as such it has offered me the opportunity to some more exploring. Having spent two weeks with Vista now, there [...]

DRM for iPod Chargers

 

DRM is a bitch when it comes to copying music for a friend, but pretty soon we’ll have another reason to hate it. Apple recently filed a patent suggesting that in the near future you might not even be able to charge a friend’s iPod, let alone slip him a few tunes.
Apple’s patent outlines plans [...]