Music
February 20, 2007
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
The two giants of satellite radio have announced a love match: XM and Sirius will combine in a deal worth around $13 million. Neither company is buying the other; rather it's "a merger of equals" where the final breakdown of...
February 7, 2007
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
It's been a while since I went swimming with my iPod. Man, they say "Don't steal music" but they don't tell you can't use it while floating in the pool. Sheesh. Actually, I might have been all right if only...
February 2, 2007
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
I'm not really a musician, despite five years of piano lessons, but there's something about a bag full of wires and adapters that gets my heart racing. I think I might be able to assemble something like this Musician's Emergency...
January 29, 2007
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Looking for a Wi-Fi-enabled MP3 player that actually makes use of its wireless functionality? I'll give you a hint: it doesn't rhyme with Daniel Boone. But it might just be this wee G14, by the Spanish firm Blu:sens. The G14...
January 23, 2007
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Before Christmas, a friend of mine asked for some advice on software and hardware for ripping old LPs to MP3s; something that she could give her dad as a present. I recommended a mainly software solution, but a couple of...
January 9, 2007
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Light and sound: who doesn't love light and sound? Without them we'd be living in a dark, silent world, not unlike those old movies from the '20s (back when the world was in black and white). Bringing the two of...
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
If the Zune proved one thing, it's that people want Wi-Fi in their music players more then I want Bill Gates to parachute out of the sky and give me a million dollars. Among its line of new Sansa music...
January 8, 2007
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
My friend's parents just expanded the deck at their place in Vermont, and while we were up there for the holidays, we started talking about whether or not they ought to wire the outside for sound. We eventually concurred that...
January 7, 2007
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
I just walked out of the Samsung press conference, having had so much information pushed down my throat that I'm actually suffering from indigestion. Sammy's president and CEO Gee Sung Choi (pictured) dragged out the pom-poms to cheer on Samsung's...
January 3, 2007
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Those darn iPods and Zunes are just too big. I want my music to fit easily in my pocket—heck, in my wallet. That way, I'll never be without the sweet, sweet melodies of the Bee Gees. Walletex's Wallet MP3 Player...
December 22, 2006
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Here is my conclusion of the Hottie Amplifier, a guitar amplifier designed from the shell of classic chrome toaster: waste of a perfectly good toaster. I know pretty much zip about guitar playing, so you'll have to decide for yourself...
December 14, 2006
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
All right, I'll be honest with you: I was totally prepared to poke fun (gently! always gently!) at The Song Sleuth, an electrical device that helps you identify bird species by analyzing their bird song, but then I discovered two...
November 16, 2006
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Looking for a way to bring your favorite Internet radio station into the living room without lugging your computer in? Meet Com One's Phoenix Wi-Fi/IP radio. The Phoenix doesn't need a computer at all; just an Internet connection via Wi-Fi....
November 13, 2006
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
I've always fancied myself a bit of an air guitar fiend. The few attempts at which friends have made to teach me actual guitar or bass riffs have ended, for the most part, in unmitigated disaster and tears. I'm just...
November 12, 2006
Authored by Dan Moren at 3:59 PM
Besides winning the award for longest product name, the Turbo Charge UPRICPP (as I've decided to call it), is actually quite a handy little device. Looking like an oversize tube of lipstick, it's a small tube that has room for...
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