Apple Technology

Filed under: Cellphones

digg_url = \’http://digg.com/apple/Apple_patent_reveals_data_to_voice_translation_system_for_cellphones\’; Apart from Steve’s not-so-subtle hatred of buttons, Apple has traditionally been a fairly accessibility-aware company, and its latest patent application, for the “Multimedia data transfer for a personal communication device,” outlines a method by which the visually-impaired can use services like SMS. The system eliminates the need for backend servers […]

“After more than a week of using it—as my only personal phone—I’m still gushing,” reports Stephanie Angelyn Casola (hometownlife.com) of her new iPhone. It provided “the most painless set-up for a new cell phone I’ve ever experienced.” Casola explains that she easily assigned “pictures to my contacts. Then, when someone calls, I can see instantly […]

Filed under: Gaming, Portable Video
While PSP users in Japan will soon be able to use their preferred handheld to pick up some digital broadcast TV, those in Europe will apparently be getting some new video options of a different sort, with Sony today announcing a partnership with Sky that’ll see the two form a new […]

Filed under: Cellphones

digg_url = \’http://digg.com/tech_news/T_Mobile_s_prepaid_refill_system_goes_down_free_minutes_for_all\’; File this under extremely annoying. According to T-Mobile, all systems for re-upping users prepaid phone minutes (online, phone-based, and refill hotspots) are not only currently inoperable, but have not been functioning correctly for the past three days. As a result, no minutes can be added to customers phones, but T-Mobile […]

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Being dropped into no man’s land without a hint of what’s going on around you can’t be fun (or safe, for that matter), but scoping out foreign territory in a hurry just got a lot more reasonable. The Army’s Rapid Equipping Force has developed the Rapid Deployment Integrated Surveillance System, or RDISS, […]

Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals

So the PSP “lite” didn’t exactly usher in a golden age of dual analog stick gaming that many Sony fans have been pining for, but it looks like a stop-gap savior might be in the works all the same. Sony has applied for a patent to hitch its DualShock or SIXAXIS controllers […]

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Portable Audio

While the most of us get our shred on via one version of Guitar Hero or another, Mattel is trying to preserve our offsprings’ minds a little while longer with a more educationally-inclined toy axe. Originally mentioned at the International Toy Fair, the I Can Play instrument is slated to […]

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment

Right on cue, Denon has gone and launched the oh-so-snazzy RC-7000CI remote, which we had the pleasure of seeing a tad early thanks to the FCC. The fully programmable, ZigBee-based remote allows for universal command and control of all Denon remote controlled products “as well as products from other manufacturers,” and […]

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops

Shortly after the European Commission issued a Statement of Objections against Intel asseverating that it used unfair and unlawful tactics against AMD, Intel has fired back a statement of its own in response. Put simply, Intel declared that it is “confident that the microprocessor market segment is functioning normally and that Intel’s […]

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Portable Video

We haven’t had a chance to play with BBC’s nifty new iPlayer online video service yet, but we’re hearing that FairUse4WM strips the files of their DRM — anyone try it out yet? Let us know in comments!
[Thanks, Chris]
 
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