The cream rises to the top, at least that’s how the saying goes. However, when it comes to consumer electronics, nothing could be further from the truth. In this arena, mediocrity reigns supreme. The life of an electronics enthusiast and early adopter is tough, just ask Laserdisc and HD DVD fanboys. However, the one constant [...]

Don’t you just love the fall? Football, cool weather and the return of the basketball season. The return of the basketball season means basketball videogames, and for the last decade the default choice for basketball purists has been the 2K series. NBA Live is ok, but the depth of the gameplay always left a lot [...]

When it comes to hard drives, Western Digital is an industry leader, and that’s why their products come highly recommended by us. They recently released three hard drives that caught my attention.
The first hard drive is the My Passport Essential 320GB Portable HD. Like the name suggests, it’s a portable USB drive. There is [...]

Rumors about a touchscreen Squeezebox have been persistent in the last few months. Logitech recently broke their silence and formally announced the Squeezebox Touch. It looks to be an affordable solution for people who want something a bit more than what the previous models were capable of doing, namely 24/96 playback. This is huge, considering [...]

A healthier looking Steve Jobs took to the stage to let everyone know that his liver transplant was a success, and that he was fine. It sure was nice to have a familiar face delivering the keynote. Jobs kicked things off by talking about the new iPhone OS 3.1 for iPhone and iPod touch users. [...]

At CES earlier this year, LG unveiled their future flagship display, the 55LHX. It’s a 55 inch LED backlit display, and we are finally closing in on the release. LCDs with LED backlighting seems to all the rage these days. They try to address the inherent flaws in LCD technology, like poor black levels and [...]

Batman: Arkham Asylum has been garnering critical acclaim from critics. It has been unanimously praised. This is not an easy task for a game based on comics. Comicbook and film translations into videogame territory for the most part are abysmal. Most come out just in time, or close to the release of the film counterpart [...]

Finally, a music game that’s not just aimed at the rock market! DJ Hero, coming on October 27th, will finally bring gaming joy to all of the wannabe DJs out there!
Players will simulate using the turntable, which was created exclusively for the game, to score points. The controller will also let the player scratch, [...]

When it comes to blu-ray players, the philosophy of Denon must be the more the merrier. It seems that they want to cover a wider spectrum of blu-ray shoppers. Well, relatively speaking of course, since if you are shopping for Denon blu-ray players, you are far from the average Joe. For the discriminating audiophile with [...]

The Dead Weather is a supergroup rock band, comprised of Jack White from The White Stripes and The Raconteurs, Alison Mosshart from The Kills, Jack Lawrence from The Raconteurs and Dean Fertita from Queens of the Stone Age. Their debut album, Horehound was released earlier this week.
The band formed when Alison Mosshart filled in for [...]