Windows 8 Metro UI: Bold Move By Microsoft Or A Doom ? 3 Possible Scenarios

After participating in the Windows 8 ‘Build’ event few days ago, I came back home full of ideas and thoughts about the impressive stuff Microsoft showed in the opening session. No doubt, adding the Metro Style UI to Windows is a bold move. Extremely bold, considering the fact that the latest products to use Metro … Read more

Netflix feeling the sting of splitting services stocks drop 19%

If you use Netflix then you know that they have split their service into two different products. They have unlimited online streaming for $7.99 a month and if you want to get physical copies of the DVD you would have to pay another $7.99. If you have a Bluray and want HD version, add $2.00 … Read more

Bose Introduces SoundLink Wireless Mobile Speaker

It occurs to me that I’ve never owned any Bose products, I’m not sure why. Over the years I’ve owned quite a bit in terms of audio like Creek, Denon, Sony and few other high and midrange companies products but never Bose. Anyway the Bose SoundLink is a Bluetooth speaker for the mobile crowd that … Read more

How to Dual-Boot with Windows 8 in 5 Easy Steps

I’m sure many of you want to try out Windows 8, now that the developer preview is widely available. I personally didn’t want to replace my main operating system with one that wasn’t even at an alpha stage yet. First, I tried installing Windows 8 in a virtual machine. The installer failed to load on … Read more

Jabra Introduces First Bluetooth Mono Headset With Active Noise Cancellation Technology

This is actually about two new Jabra products. They’ve upgraded the Jabra Extreme with the Extreme2, and they’ve just announced the one in the headline up there called the Jabra Supreme. The Supreme is the first non-stereo headset to incorporate Active Noise Cancellation. personally I don’t care for the large size of the Supreme, I … Read more

Speck Launches Full Line of Colorful New eReader Cases and Accessories for Holiday

Got an eReader, then Speck has got you covered with a new line of cases and accessories for several brands of eReaders. According to the PR they’re forecasting 11 million eReaders will be sold by the end of 2011, I hadn’t realized they were that popular.. New Speck FitFolios are designed to cover and protect … Read more

Thinking of Calling the Cops

Got a neighbor down the hall who has a severely borderline personality. She routinely flips out just screams for hours. I come home, maybe one in six times before the elevator doors open I hear her screaming her head off with such anger, true rage that I had never witnessed. We go out for dinner … Read more

InfoSonics Launches the World’s Slimmest Slider QWERTY Touch Screen Phone

I’ve never heard of InfoSonics before but they claim to have the world’s slimmest slider phone now. It’s available in two versions single or dual sim and can be used with Edge and quad band systems. It has a 3” QVGA touchscreen along with a 2mp camera, FM radio and of course wi-fi as well. … Read more