iPod Shuffle – now smaller and smarter

Apple has just introduced today the brand new iPod Shuffle model. The world’s smallest music player is offering 4GB of storage (approximately 1000 songs) for your music. The next/previous and volume controls have been moved to the right earbud cord! There are 3 buttons on the cord: volume-up, volume-down, main button. Using the main button: [...]

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Gmail Tasks – Mobile version and iGoogle gadget

Gmail Tasks is a pretty handy feature, which has just become even better. You can now access Gmail Tasks directly from your mobile by pointing your browser to http://gmail.com/tasks. Your mobile browser needs to be XHTML compliant, have cookies enabled, and the network must allow secure SSL traffic. Needless to say that iPhone and Android [...]

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Microsoft Zune media player suffers from freeze bug

On the last day of 2008, the 30GB Zune media players (released in 2006) were “frozen”. Zune owners of the specific model, estimated to be about 1 million, could not boot their device. So what was  the cause of this “glitch” ? It was the fact that 2008 was a leap year, and therefore had [...]

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Sony Optiarc DRU-190S DVD-R – Unboxing photos

My old DVD-R started dying last month, although it was able to burn DVDs, it couldn’t read any of them! Needless to say that the DVDs were playing fine on other devices. Therefore this week I ordered online a new DVD-R, Sony DRU-190S. This is my first optical device which has a SATA interface. It’s [...]

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Nokia N78 – Unboxing Photos

Last week I got my new smartphone, Nokia N78. A mini review will be coming soon. Meanwhile here are some unboxing photos:

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CoolerMaster Real Power M520 PSU – Mini review and photos

Yesterday I have been browsing the Web, and all of a sudden my old PSU was burned out. It was an Antec 450W unit, and it was working silently for 3-4 years (almost always-on). I have never had any problems with it. I immediately went online, from the laptop, to some Greek e-shops to get [...]

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Top 5 CES 2008 videos

These are my favorite videos from CES 2008 so far. 1. Alienware wide curved display Imagine playing your favorite computer game on that display! On the video you can watch a short demo of Crysis. 2. Sony 82” display Gee, and I thought a 40” display is big enough… 3. LG watch mobile phone Watch [...]

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iPod Touch – running iPhone’s mail, Google Maps and more

I have just read on Engadget that the iPod Touch 1.1.1 has been unlocked. Screenshots are showing  additional installed applications, like iPhone’s mail, Google Maps and other 3rd party applications. It really makes you wonder why Apple did not release some of these great iPhone features in the first place.

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iPod Touch photos and review

I have just seen a nice review and some photos about the iPod Touch on the PC Magazine. It looks awesome! Wish it had FM radio support.

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iPod Touch

I don’t usually blog about gadgets, but iPod Touch really caught my eye today. iPod Touch reminds of iPhone in terms of the touch screen size, the multi-touch interface and the browsing capabilities. What got me excited was the Wi-Fi web browsing that iPod Touch offers, as well as the whole iPhone-like interface. You can [...]

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