eardrumbuzz: techalpha-geek playground(Untitled)- November 18, 2004 Seagate ships their new 400GB Barracuda 7200.8 PC hard drive. In a few years this&8217;ll seem like nothing, but for right now let&8217;s all gasp in awe at the news that Seagate is shipping what is (for now) the &8220;world&8217;s highest capacity PC hard drive&8221;, the new Barracuda 7200.8, which clocks in at a massive 400GB. 250GB just won&8217;t do now, will it Engadgethttp://www.eardrumbuzz.com/blog/categories/tech/2004/11/18.html#a1098 (Untitled)- November 15, 2004 New DVR package for Macs from Plextor and Elgato. In a marriage even mom would approve, Plextor and Elgato have come together to create a digital video recorder package for Macs that combines Plextor&8217;s DVR capture device with Elgato&8217;s EyeTV software. The capture unit uses RCA or S-Video connections to grab video from broadcast, cable, or satellite and compresses the video using a hardware-based MPEG-2 processor, and connects to your Mac via USB2.0. The EyeTV software...http://www.eardrumbuzz.com/blog/categories/tech/2004/11/15.html#a1093 (Untitled)- November 15, 2004 Atomic Time on a Grain of Rice. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created an atomic clock which measures a mere 1.5mm by 5mm. This is just slightly larger than a grain of rice. Compared to the current crop of commercially available atomic clocks, most of which are about the size of a large filing cabinet, this leap in miniaturization is expected to impact everything from navigation to faster cell phone and data networks. Atomic clocks are prized for their...http://www.eardrumbuzz.com/blog/categories/tech/2004/11/15.html#a1089 (Untitled)- November 12, 2004 The Mirror TV. Either they beat Philips to the punch or this is a knock-off of their idea (well, it could be both), but Smarthome is selling a bathrooom mirror with a 15-inch LCD TV embedded into it. From the pic it looks like it&8217;s just a TV with a mirror around it, but when you turn the TV off all you see is a regular mirror. So good, because you really wouldn&8217;t want to miss a second of Good Morning America. Oh wait, that&8217;s what TiVo is for. Forget it. TRFJhttp://www.eardrumbuzz.com/blog/categories/tech/2004/11/12.html#a1088 (Untitled)- November 10, 2004 PodLock. It's a bit expensive at $40, but the new PodLock software from Micromat looks like it could be really handy for people that like to use their iPod as more than just a dumb music storage device (there is a hard drive in there, remember) It's namesake feature is the ability to create a hidden partition on your iPod for store personal data—not that useful by itself, but pretty handy when you add OSX's FileVault encryption on top of it. It will also allow you to backup and restore...http://www.eardrumbuzz.com/blog/categories/tech/2004/11/10.html#a1084 (Untitled)- November 9, 2004 M-Audio Firewire Solo. M-Audio has announced the FireWire Solo, a simple bus-powered way for home recording folks to get tracks into their computers with a minimum of fuss (and EM noise). The Solo has two inputs, one with a 14-inch guitar input and the other a standard XLR microphone interface with phantom power. All in all, it looks like a nice setup for singersongwriter types who need a nice, clean interface for pro equipment (although I can't help but think there might be a cheaper option...http://www.eardrumbuzz.com/blog/categories/tech/2004/11/09.html#a1080 (Untitled)- November 9, 2004 Firefox 1.0 is Finally Here. The final 1.0 build of Firefox is now freely available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Today also marks the beginning of many marketing efforts on the part of the Spread Firefox community, including the full page ad in the New York Times they raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for. And now that there is a stable, final, 1.0 build of the little browser that could, its adoption should continue to even greater heights. And isn't this interesting, after all...http://www.eardrumbuzz.com/blog/categories/tech/2004/11/09.html#a1076 (Untitled)- November 9, 2004 Skin your iPod, TiVo remote, gameboy, phone and PDA. SkinIt sells reasonably priced crazy-ass vinyl "skins" for your MP3 player, PDA, phone, handheld game, whatever (even your TiVo remote!). They've got a zillion patterns and they'll even pay you royalties on yours if you submit it and they sell it. Just ordered one for my iPod. Boing Boinghttp://www.eardrumbuzz.com/blog/categories/tech/2004/11/09.html#a1073 (Untitled)- November 2, 2004 iPod charger in an Altoids tin gets 10 hours of play. Instructions on how to make an external iPod battery pack from two 9 volt batteries and two AAs. Claims to get 10 hours of play. - playing card box - Altoids tin Boing Boinghttp://www.eardrumbuzz.com/blog/categories/tech/2004/11/02.html#a1067 |