PC vs Console Gaming: Which Is Actually More Expensive?
“PC gamers” often snicker about how “console gamers” pay for things that they get for free. They also tout that PC games usually sell for lessRead More…
Year: 2006
Amazon Drops Price of HD DVD Player to $99, Upconvert DVD w/ Free Movies?
For anyone keeping score since Blu-ray won the next generation movie battle, HD DVD players are now $99. And that’s with 7 movies included. ConsiderRead More…
TC News: Wii Fit Unvelied, Amazon Now Prefers Blu-ray, Top Tech Companies Create Gaming Alliance
TechConsumer News is a feature we started out of a hobby of tracking the latest happenings within the consumer related technology sphere. The goal is Read More…
It’s Official: Toshiba Announces Death of HD DVD
Toshiba today announced that, “it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders.” March 2008 will be the month when Read More…
Twitter Review: Waste of Time or Extremely Valuable?
So I finally gave in and started using Twitter this past weekend (if you’re on Twitter, follow me at twitter.com/bobcaswell). What is Twitter? It’Read More…
Twitter Review: Waste of Time or Extremely Valuable?
So I finally gave in and started using Twitter this past weekend (if you’re on Twitter, follow me at twitter.com/bobcaswell). What is Twitter? It’Read More…
Bad Form: Companies Still Send Passwords via Email
Let’s face it; we all reuse the same password for login accounts all over the Internet. At best, some of us create a few passwords through which we Read More…
Netflix Chooses Blu-ray, Big Blow to Any Chance of an HD DVD Comeback
Notwithstanding the price slashing Toshiba has been doing (HD DVD player with 7 movies for $129 compared to Blu-ray players starting in the $300’s),Read More…
Yahoo Board to Reject Microsoft Bid: Wants More or Help from Google
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) just broke the story that Yahoo’s board plans to reject Microsoft $44.6 billion offer, citing our faRead More…
Search 1.0: Search Engines Still Lack Simple Features
I have a sister who, over the weekend, pointed out a major shortcoming of search engines. It’s so obvious that I’m not sure why I didn’t think oRead More…