BBC News reports here: Microsoft has confirmed that Japanese firm Toshiba will make its portable media player - "Zune" - to be released before the end of the year. Toshiba’s filing with the Federal Communications Commission showed the Zune will have a 30-gigabyte hard-disk drive and wireless connection.
Now that Apple has joined Dell in recalling its laptop batteries, which are made by Sony in both cases, it’s time to panic. Or is it. PC Magazine writes here at ABC News: Just because some of Apple’s laptop batteries are potentially explosive does not necessarily mean its time to gird your loins. Experts say the situation is serious, but certainly not reason for hysteria.
Logitech today announced a revolution in PC navigation with two advanced mice that transform the experience of finding and manipulating the vast amount of digital content on a person´s computer or on the Web.
Already an indispensable tool for PC navigation, the computer mouse can now meet the advanced demands of people who need to move quickly and intuitively through multiple Web pages, large spreadsheet files, digital photos, playlists or any of the other rich, abundant digital content available today. The Logitech® MX™ Revolution cordless laser mouse and the Logitech® VX Revolution™ cordless laser mouse for notebooks mark a radical change in navigating this content — from which few people will turn back once they have experienced it.
Both mice feature hyper-fast scrolling with a revolutionary alloy wheel the MicroGear Precision Scroll Wheel that spins freely for up to seven seconds, spanning hundreds of pages with a single flick of the finger and setting a new benchmark in scrolling efficiency. Computer navigation with these mice is also enhanced with an innovative One-Touch™ Search feature that allows people to select a word or phrase on a Web page or in a document and, with a single click, view Internet search results on that subject. And with their ergonomic designs, the new mice offer a level of comfort that is almost forgettable they become a nearly imperceptible extension of the hand.
A recent Logitech study revealed that people, on average, have six applications open on their computer at any one time, and the active window switches or a new window opens every 50 seconds. To navigate the vast content at their disposal, people spin their mouse´s scroll wheel approximately 26 feet in an eight-hour day. You can find many top rated products from Logitech right here in our online store.
The Top Ten Gourmet Food Items in this week’s Bestellers List at Amazon, see The Top Ten Gourmet Food Items here for more info including some reader reviews in our online store (ranking as of writing of this article, might change over time)
The Top Ten Gourmet Food Items are:
• Senseo Douwe Egberts Dark Roast Coffee Pods, 18-Count Packages (Pack of 4)
• Coomb’s Maple Syrup, US Grade A Medium Amber, 32-Ounce Jug
• Senseo Douwe Egberts Medium Roast Coffee Pods, 18-Count Packages (Pack of 4)
• Annie’s Homegrown Shells & White Cheddar, 7-Ounce Boxes (Pack of 24)
• Senseo Cappuccino Coffee Pods, 10-Count Packages (Pack of 4)
• Robert’s American Gourmet Pirate’s Booty, 4-Ounce Bags (Pack of 12)
• Annie’s Homegrown Cheddar Bunnies Baked Crackers, 1-Ounce Snack Packs in 6-Count Boxes (Pack of 6)
• Coomb’s Maple Syrup, US Grade A Dark Amber, 32-Ounce Jug
• Senseo Douwe Egberts Medium Roast Coffee Pods, Decaffeinated, 18-Count Packages (Pack of 4)
• Kashi Chewy Granola Bars, Trail Mix, 6-Count Boxes (Pack of 12)
Spiegel Online reports here: A video games trade fair in the German city Leipzig is targeting an important new demographic for the industry this year: girls and women. But female fans are still largely a mystery to game developers.
Reuters writes here on Wired News: "Bob Dylan says the quality of modern recordings is "atrocious," and even the songs on his new album sounded much better in the studio than on disc."
Sure thing that there is technology to improve the sound quality, but guess as long as the clients and the industry do not demand more we wont hardly see any improvements and much less so on the MP3 format thats is very limited anyway. You can find albums by Bob Dylan here in our online store.
Spiegel Online reports here: Southern China is the world’s leading center for mass-produced works of art. One village of artists exports about five million paintings every year — most of them copies of famous masterpieces. The fastest workers can paint up to 30 paintings a day.
Thisismoney.co.uk reports here: Investigators from the Revenue & Customs have revealed the top ten excuses they hear from employers guilty of paying staff less than the national minimum wage.
The top ten worst excuses for not paying the minimum wage are:
1. He doesn’t deserve it - he’s a total waste of space.
2. She only wanted £3 an hour.
3. I didn’t think the workers were worth national minimum wage.
4. I didn’t think it applied to small employers.
5. He’s disabled.
6. They can’t cope on their own and it’s more than they would get in their own country.
7. She’s on benefits - if you add those to her pay, it totals the minimum wage.
8. He’s over 65, so the minimum wage doesn’t apply.
9. The workers can’t speak English
10. I only took him on as a favour.
TechWeb reports here at Yahoo News: Leveraging its flash memory manufacturing capability, SanDisk Corp. announced Monday a new 8-gigabyte music player and price cuts for its e200 Sansa product line. The 8-gigabyte Sansa e280 carries a $249.99 price and is positioned against Apple Computer’s best selling iPod Nano. The new Sansa has an optional SanDisk 2GB microSD card, which enables music to be swapped from the Sansa to mobile phones equipped with microSD card slots.
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