Creative Zen Mosaic MP3 Player with Speaker Value Bundle available at Wal-mart

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We already reported about the Wal-mart Value Bundles over the weekend. Wal-mart is still offering these bundles that make a perfect list and save money.
For instance you can get the cute 4GB Creative Zen Mosaic MP3 Player bundled with a pair of portable speakers at only $58. The 4GB Creative Zen Mosaic player by itself sells on Amazon.com for $78.54 right now. Read more

Posted on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:09:47 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Arnold Schwarzenegger to open CeBIT 2009

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California Governor and former Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger said he would be interested in opening CeBIT 2009 together with German Chancellor Merkel.
California will be the partner country of CeBIT 2009. California is not a sovereign country, but when it comes to economy it can be found amongst the largest countries. Read more

Posted on Fri, 3 Oct 2008 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Zen Mozaic unveiled by Creative

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Creative today introduced the Creative ZEN Mozaic portable media player for music, photos, and video.

Inspired by the artistic expressions of mosaic art, the Creative ZEN Mozaic is available in vivid pink, chic black, or cool silver colors.
The Creative ZEN Mozaic comes complete with a built-in speaker, vibrant 1.8-inch LCD color screen, FM radio, and voice recorder. Read more

Posted on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:45:59 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Creative Launches ZEN X-Fi and Zen X-Fi WiFi DAPs

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Today creative announced the launch of the new ZEN X-Fi and ZEN X-Fi with Wireless LAN DAPs. The players can play music, video, and photos and are the only DAPs using the Creative Xtreme Fidelity X-FI audio technology.

Creative says that the ZEN X-Fi with Wireless LAN is available today at Amazon, Buy.com, Creative.com, Frys.com and Newegg. The ZEN X-Fi version without wireless LAN will be available later in the month. Creative promises breakthrough sound quality for MP3, WMA, and unprotected iTunes music. The Wi-Fi connectivity allows the streaming of music from your PC to the DAP. The players also include premium earphones. Read more

Posted on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:59:30 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Creative Zen X-Fi official

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The first details leaked about the Creative X-Fi at the end of June. Today Creative officially unveiled their new portable media player Creative Zen X-Fi and Zen X-Fi with Wireless Lan.

The Creative Zen X-Fi is the only portable player to feature Xtreme Fidelity X-Fi audio technology.
Other features of the Zen X-Fi include 2.5-inch TFT display, 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB storage, SD-card slot, Built-in FM radio with 32 presets, microphone for voice recording, WMV, AVI, MJPEG, MPEG4-SP, DivX 4 and 5, and XviD, Outlook sync for contacts, calendar and to-do list, and Instant Messenger (Wi-Fi model only). Read more

Posted on Wed, 9 Jul 2008 23:54:12 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Creative Zen X-Fi

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Information about a new Creative Zen Wi-fi music player surfaced. The Create Zen X-Fi features X-Fi technology with two effects: Crystallizer and Expand.

The leaked details are still sketchy. Apparently the Zen X-Fi features MP3, WMA, AAC, Wav and audible audio format support, WMA, MPEG4-SP, Divx 4/5, Xvid, and MJPEG video, FM tuner, Voice recorder, speaker, and possibly 8GB, 16GB and 32GB capacities. Read more

Posted on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

DreamWorks' Katzenberg disappointed with 3D Talks

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By Sue Zeidler

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - DreamWorks Animation SKG Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg on Tuesday said he was disappointed with the pace at which movie theater chains were moving to deploy digital and 3-D technology.
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Posted on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:48:31 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Samsung Hauzen VC-RE70V Robot Vacuum Cleaner

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Samsung unveils a new robotic vacuum cleaner with the Hauzen VC-RE70V.

The new Samsung Hauzen VC-RE70V Robot Vacuum Cleaner uses cameras to automatically generate a map of where it has cleaned the room already. Read more

Posted on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:47:11 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

DreamWorks' Katzenberg betting big on 3-D

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By Sue Zeidler

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - DreamWorks Animation SKG Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg is betting on 3-D films to the tune of $30 million a year in the hope of bringing a dramatic bump to flat U.S. movie attendance.
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Posted on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:07:31 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

BaselWorld 2008: Zenith Defy Xtreme Zero-G Tourbillon

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Our watch news site Wrist Dreams reports that Zenith will exhibit a new over the top wristwatch with the gravity defying Defy Xtreme Zero-G Tourbillon at the BaselWorld 2008.

ZENITH has devised a Zero-G (zero gravity) system. The gyroscope cage Tourbillon comprises an escapement mounted on cardan joints rather like marine chronometers. The instrument, which is sensitive to changes of position, is kept in a constant horizontal position, thereby ensuring optimal amplitude for the spiral balance-wheel. Read more

Posted on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

CNN launches Web site for Citizen Journalists

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By Mike Shields

NEW YORK (MediaWeek) - Since CNN embraced the citizen journalist movement in August 2006 with the launch of its iReport initiative, the news organization has received nearly 100,000 news-related photos and videos from viewers. Read more

Posted on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:06:19 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sno-baller Makes Snowballs without Frozen fingers

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First off, no the Sno-baller isn’t a new white rap star. This is a device to make snowballs that are perfectly round and ready for tossing at your friends. The device looks like a big pair of scissors with a hemisphere on each side.

You scoop the snow up with the Sno-baller and squish the two halves together by squeezing the handles together and you get a perfect snowball. Read more

Posted on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:31:03 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Creative Announces 32GB Zen Player

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Creative announced its latest Zen PMP today with a whopping 32GB of flash-based storage. Creative says the 32GB Zen can store up to 8,000 songs in MP3, WMA, and AAC formats. The player is also compatible with iTunes.

The display is a 2.5-inch TFT with 16.7 million colors. Video formats supported include WMV9, MJPEG, MPEG4-SP, DivX 4/5 and XviD. Read more

Posted on Mon, 3 Dec 2007 11:48:33 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Zenith makes lots of Money for LG

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LG Electronics bought U.S. based Zenith Electronics back in 1995. It looked for a long time that the $500 million LG spent for Zenith have been a bad investment.

Things have turned around though for Zenith. The company is now making sizable profits from the digital TV market.
Zenith developed the 8-VSB digital transmission system at the heart of the ATSC DTV standard adopted by the FCC. The company holds numerous patents essential to the production of over-the-air digital television receivers.
Other digital TV manufacturers pay $5 per TV license fee to Zenith. Read more

Posted on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Schwarzenegger seeks to end Writers Strike

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By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, best known in Hollywood for playing the "Terminator," said on Thursday he has assumed an unspecified backstage role to bring an end to the screenwriters strike. Read more

Posted on Fri, 9 Nov 2007 01:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Latest Wristwatch News: New Citizen Bluetooth Watch

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Our Wristwatch news site Wrist Dreams reported last week about a new series of Bluetooth wristwatches from Citizen.

The new Citizen i:virt features display and vibration alarm for incoming calls, incoming e-mail, or news.
This compact Bluetooth watch also allows you to read previews of emails and trigger the camera of a compatible mobile phone via the watch. Read more

Posted on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Robots turn off Senior Citizens in aging Japan

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By Emi Foulk

TOKYO (Reuters) - Ifbot, the resident robot at a Japanese nursing home, can converse, sing, express emotions and give trivia quizzes to seniors to help with their mental agility. Yet the pale-green gizmo has spent much of the past two years languishing in a corner alone. Read more

Posted on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:33:27 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Zeno Robot Debuts at Wired NextFest

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A robot called Zeno from Hanson Robotics debuted at Wired NextFest recently. The little robot reminds me a bit of Chucky from the cheesy Child’s Play movie. Zeno uses AI technology and when connected to the Internet he learns.

Hanson robotics collaborated with Massive software to develop the AI simulation software. Massive Software was the developer of the AI on the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Zeno features a speech engine and has vision and decision-making capabilities. The robot can recognize and remember faces and react accordingly. Read more

Posted on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:28:20 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

SigmaTel Announces New Creative Zen Uses its STMP3700 SoC

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SigmaTel announced that the new Creative Zen PMP launched last week by Creative is the first device powered by their SigmaTel 3700 SoC. The ARM-based, 90nm STMP3700 is a highly integrated media processor.

SigmaTel says that the processor allows manufacturers to build more integrated devices. The STMP3700 allows for up to 60 hours of music and 6 hours of video. Other features of the STMP3700 are QVGA, MEPG4, H.264, and WMV video support at a full 30 fps. Read more

Posted on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:06:18 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Creative offers Zen V Plus with 16GB

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Creative offers a 16GB version of its Zen V Plus DAP in Singapore only.

The high capacity Zen V Plus will sell for $399 SGD (~$260) online and in selected shops in Singapore starting August 8th.

Features of the Creative Zen V Plus include 1.5-inch OLED display, FM Tuner, 15 hour battery life, line-in recording and built-in calendar, contacts and tasks functions. Read more

Posted on Sat, 4 Aug 2007 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Creative Zen Stone Plus

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Creative announced the Zen Stone Plus, which is basically a Zen Stone with a screen.

The Creative Zen Stone Plus comes with 2GB storage and features like OLED screen, FM radio, a clock, stopwatch and voice recording. The battery life of the Zen Stone Plus is 20 hours (with 2 AAA batteries). Read more

Posted on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:27:59 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr