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You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - This week's quizis more musically inclined than most, with nearly a third of the questions touching on digital tunes. We also hit all the right notes on Grand Theft Auto IV, imaginary iPhones, breakthroughs in computer design, and the endlessly fascinating soap opera that is Microsoft's pursuit of Yahoo. Correct answers are worth 10 points, and yes, you can sing along if you feel like it. Ready? One-two-three-four:
Playing Beamz is addictive fun - but not worth $600
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Music and technology have long made an attractive duo, from electric guitars to grand pianos that connect to the Internet. A new music-tech pairing arrived this week, though it's not nearly on such a grand scale. The Beamz laser music system, from a Scottsdale, Ariz., company called Beamz Interactive, is a funky, $600, W-shaped, music-playing contraption that connects to a Windows PC via USB and works off six laser beams.
Big supply of chips makes for great buys
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - SAN FRANCISCO - An oversupply of one kind of computer memory is creating great deals on digital camera cards, music players and other portable electronics.
NAMM Update: iKey Plus Turns Audio Into MP3s
iKEY-Audio introduced the iKEY PLUS – a device that records live audio and converts it into high quality MP3 and WAV files and saves them directly to an iPod or another USB compatible storage device.
Griffin Intros 2007 Line Up
Griffin Technology today announced their 2007 lineup that will debut next week at the MacWorld Conference & Expo.
MP3 Tech Commentary
Samsung S2, S3 MP3 Players First Look
Samsung has unveiled the S2 Pebble and S3 Slim to compete with Apple's iPod shuffle and iPod nano. These Samsung MP3 players combine style and features to try and draw...
Top Portable DVD Players Updated with New Players
Portable DVD players continue to be a popular type of portable electronics even as iPods and the like blossom in sales. The reason? Most are pretty inexpensive, can be used...
English iPod Dock has Nice Seven-Inch Display
Consider for a moment that not all of the most interesting or cool iPod accessories are readily available in the United States. One particular new iPod dock in particular, at...
New LimeWire Music Store Launched
The name Limewire is usually thought of as a file sharing program for use on P2P networks. But now, Lime Wire LLC has jumped onto the crowded DRM-free bandwagon and...
Honey, I Shrunk the MP3 Format!
Scientists at the University of Rochester have revealed that they have developed a technique to reproduce digital music that is 1,000 times smaller than a typical MP3 file. The new...
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