September 1, 2009 by Blast Magazine Newsroom
Chinese-made players were sold for about $29
July 24, 2009 by John M. Guilfoil
Apparently the iPhone isn’t enough to maintain exclusivity.
June 12, 2009 by Michael Kaufmann
New penguin shaped flash drives save the environment every time you buy one.
May 27, 2009 by Michael Kaufmann
Circuit City is rising from the dead! Run for your lives before the zombie retailer eats your brains!
No really. You should run far, far away.
Although Circuit City won’t be returning in a physical capacity anytime soon, last month Systemax purchased the Circuit City brand and website, and they’ve since developed it into an online retail [...]
April 28, 2009 by Michael Kaufmann
Part dream-job, part reality show competition, and part marketing gimmick, headphone and sound equipment manufacturer Sennheiser is putting together a new summer program called The Sennheiser Sound Tour.
Teams, divided by gender for maximum entertainment value, will travel across the US and Canada promoting Sennheiser’s products in a competition to [...]
March 13, 2009 by Blast Magazine Newsroom
The federal government is suing Hitachi Displays Ltd., accusing the Japanese electronics giant of fixing prices of thin-film transistor (TFT) LCD display panels that were sold to Dell from 2001 to 2004.
Documentation shows that the Department of Justice is accusing Hitachi of trust-like activities and violating the Sherman Act.
The lawsuit alleges that Hitachi held [...]
March 13, 2009 by Michael Kaufmann
Apparently, Apple dropped a surprise gift in our laps this morning: new stainless steel Shuffles, complete with robot voices! And the world (probably) resounds with a collective yawn.
Ok, so I’m probably being a bit hard on Apple, but the shuffle has consistently seen the least love of Apple iPod line. [...]
March 4, 2009 by Michael Kaufmann
Wireless carriers consistently rank low in customer satisfaction rankings. One only need troll the pages of sites like Consumerist to understand why. Expensive, spotty service couples with poor customer service makes for quite a set of disgruntled customers.
One of my big beefs with carriers (or even phone makers-I’m looking at you Apple) [...]
March 3, 2009 by Michael Kaufmann
You have another reason to fear the robot revolution.
Navigon, maker of some of the more attractive GPS devices available is releasing an even more intelligent GPS navigator. Granted, most of the drivers in the world who use GPS devices already trust their lives to a small piece of machinery that’s just one [...]
February 19, 2009 by Michael Kaufmann
In an era of taking your reusable shopping bags to Whole Foods and forgoing plastic water bottles for aluminum, consumers are constantly trying to find a way to “go green.†Of course, we often relegate these thoughts by the wayside in our offices of quad-core Xeon rigs with dual 30-inch cinema displays, but you can [...]
February 18, 2009 by Blast Magazine Newsroom
Here’s something for the six or seven people that don’t have digital television already:
(ARA) – Are you a television junkie? Do you hold viewing parties for season premieres, award shows or season finales? On June 12, 2009, at 11:59 p.m., analog television will cease to exist — but what does this mean for you?
Is this [...]
January 17, 2009 by Blast Magazine Newsroom
The Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT), a disability coalition focused on accessible technology for people with disabilities, called on the government to delay the digital television transition, citing access problems for its constituent base.
“As the February date for the DTV transition approaches, a myriad of technical problems continue to surface for people with [...]
December 1, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
With 12 sockets, including eight that rotate to get out of the way, the T12 is great. It just should cost a lot less.
November 4, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
We’ve got more stuff for you guys!
We have over a dozen Plantronics Audio 350 gaming headsets that we’re just throwing at our readers right now. Enjoy the ultimate gaming headset for free!
What do you have to do to get one of these freebies? Write a review! Review a new movie, music album, video game, software, [...]
October 24, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
Underwriters Laboratories — the “UL” you see on virtually all your mechanical or electronic products — has issued warnings about two foreign-made cables, saying they bear UL-approved markings but were not actually evaluated for safety.
First, late last month, UL warned industrial contractors and distributors that a 1000-foot communications cable made by a Hangzhou Xingfa Transmission [...]
October 9, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
Coby continues a growing trend for their products.
August 20, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
A Chinese company is releasing a product that you might not be able to show off at the fifth grade science fair this year.
The Horizon Fuel Cell Bio Energy Discovery Kit is a simple enough product. It allows you to put water and alcohol in solution — like, say, diluted vodka — to create an [...]
August 18, 2008 by Roger Gude
Apple’s iPhone has been dominating the handheld market since its release last June, I’m sure you’ve heard. Since then, it has been tough for other companies like Samsung to get people talking.
On November 5, the Open Handset Alliance was created. This alliance, consisting of 34 hardware, software and telecommunications companies was founded with the collective [...]
April 3, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
In the realm of all things pretty good comes the Duracell Powersource Mobile 100 power inverter and battery backup system.
Maybe more than pretty good, the Powersource crosses over to “good” now that the price has come down from a whopping $139.99 to just over $50.
The Powersource Mobile 100 gives you a three-prong plug and [...]
April 1, 2008 by Torrey Meeks
Martin Schubert is going to change the way you see the world [...]


