Digg continues to risk a lawsuit from the AACS-LA by keeping the HD content hacking code up for over five days. The offending hex code appearing in the title of a blog post by Kevin Rose and has had over thirty six thousand diggs. But the real story transcends Digg and the AACS-LA’s cease and desist order. Digg and Kevin Rose have stood up for a ...

GizmoCafe’s own Hip Culture correspondent Al Augustin explains why the new Xbox 360 Elite had to be black. Analysts have thoerized that Microsoft wanted to imitate the look of Sony's PS3. But, Al dispenses with theories and gets to the hard hitting truth.   The primary differences between Elite and Vanilla Xbox 360, besides the striking ...

The proposed merger between Sirius and XM satellite radio probably won’t help the ailing companies. Not everybody is happy about the idea of a merger. Last time I blogged on this topic I looked at how the National Association of Broadcasters were calling the merger a form of government handouts.   Just yesterday XM and Sirius ...

Our friend Gene at Audioholics.com gives us his report from the Venetian Hotel at CES. The Venetian was this year’s site for the High End Audio exhibit where apparently Gene learned a lot about what makes high end audio gear sound so darned good. Check out Gene DellaSala’s pointed commentary on the world of high end sound reproduction. Pulling no ...

Bill Gates sat down with bloggers from Engadget, Gizmodo, Kotaku, PodTech.net and Joystiq. His interview with them is even more interesting than his keynote speech at CES. In this interview, Bill Gates covers a variety of areas, including the decline of role in Microsoft starting in 2008 and also his legacy with ...

Another major console release has come and gone already. How time flies! It seems like only yesterday I was standing out in the cold wishing I could get my hands on Microsoft’s gaming machine. Here are some highlights of the area’s PS3 release madness.   See GizmoCafe's full PS3 vs. Xbox360 head to head comparison   See More ...

Sony’s NW-E003 MP3 Player may turn some heads with its stylish look, but it’s also got a satisfying audio quality for a flash MP3 player. In our video, we'll answer two pressing questions: what’s Sony really saying with its new breed of Walkman-branded MP3 players, and why are they so darned stylish? Our video also touches on the ...

The office space cube farm is a reality of working in this modern 'age of information', but our labors needn’t be completely bleak. Despite toiling in prefab cubes designed with soul crushing off-white fabric that glistens beneath the delicate hue of dental office fluorescence, there are many positive developments. The modern day office space ...