I just saw the new Transformers movie (no spoilers, I promise) and one thing you can expect are prominent product placements. You could make a game out of naming products in the new Transformers movie, especially gadgets. The Chevy Camaro (classic and new style) and a Nokia cell phone are prominent in the extreme. Among the gadgets was ...

Blu-ray may have the edge in exclusive support from Hollywood film studios. But and you know what they say about giant Hollywood blockbuster films: Once you’ve seen one, you’ve seen about twenty - that is until next summer. But HD DVD is giving a serious boost to Indie film makers, a pleasant surprise. In an alliance between Microsoft and ...

PricewaterhouseCoopers released a report predicting the video games market will surpass music in the US, UK and Australia. In its report PwC says videogames are a big growth segment of the consumer electronics market. The report cites that video game spending grew 14.3% in ’06 that’s $31.6 billion dollars spent by gamers.   The report ...

It’s iPhone release day folks - welcome to a new world.   Seriously, iHype has reached the boiling point. We gadget writers are already liberally slathered in news of gear and accessories for iPhone. You can buy third party accessories from utilitarian acrylic stands to superfluous sexy desktops from Playboy. But that’s not ...

Craig’s list is booming with iWait stand-ins. It seems there is no shortage of enterprising young men ready to stand in line for you if you must be first on your block to get yourself an iPhone. You’ve got to hand it to them, it’s probably the most interesting thing I’ve heard of in iPhone news in at least a few days. Gizmodo has this ...

Two game consoles, two unique philosophies in carving a place in the market. One company was heavy, powerful and the one to beat. The other was nimble and free of expectations to try new innovations.   Sony was going to take the next gen console game market with brute force. The result for Sony was a high powered machine with every ...

We’ve seen a lot of hype at the core of Apple’s new cell phone. Is this Apple’s next iPod or Apple’s next Newton?   iPhone will go up for sale on June 29th and will be served through AT&T’s GSM/EDGE network. Timing could be everything for Apple as there are surprisingly few options for North Americans to get everything iPhone ...

The once far flung, future idea of a PC composed only of solid state storage has come one step closer to affordable reality thanks to Samsung. It has begun production of its new 1.8 inch 64GB flash drives. The new hardware is designed to replace the magnetic hard discs technology and is about the same size as a conventional portable 1.8inch ...

The winter of 2006 should have been a happy time for gamers.  Two new consoles launched, and a third, already established, had released its first marquee title (Gears of War).  Unfortunately, a sinister figure appeared amidst the holiday festivities, with the production-“Grinch” limiting the number of consoles to go around.  As a ...

Beware the Best Buy boy.  The massive electronics “big box” chain is on the wrong end of a lawsuit this morning, the result of allegations that the store used an imitation web site to deceive customers and reap higher profits for its wares.  The Connecticut attorney general has called Best Buy’s activity “a bait-and-switch-plus ...