Daily Archives: Tuesday, March 20, 2012

A Look At Google’s WebM

Google’s open source video codec for the web, WebM, has gotten a spike in coverage of late, primarily because of Mozilla’s announcement that they were giving in and adding native H.264 support to Firefox and their BootToGecko mobile OS. Some … Continue reading

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Save Big on Verizon Android & 4G With Amazon Wireless

Amazon Wireless is currently running two sales that could save you a lot on a Verizon Wireless smartphones. First up, running through March 26th, the DROID Madness Sale. This sale is only good on new Verizon Wireless activations. New activation … Continue reading

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Sellout.Woot! – Current Generation 32GB iPod Touch Just $229.99

Today’s Sellout.Woot! deal is a refurbished current generation Apple 32GB iPod Touch with Retina Display & FaceTime for just $229.99 + $5 S&H. Full MSRP for a new unit is $299.00, and even Amazon sells them for $272.95. Do I … Continue reading

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TiVo Co-Founder And CTO Jim Barton Resigns

Way back in 2005 when TiVo Co-Founder and CEO Mike Ramsay stepped down, replaced by current CEO Tom Rogers, TiVo made an official announcement, there were statements, etc. I guess a lot has changed in seven years, as news of … Continue reading

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Everything Old Is New Again: Boeing 747-8

The B787 isn’t Boeing’s only new airliner, there’s also the B747-8. Yes, the B747-8. I know the B747 is hardly new, but the latest member of the family, the -8, is a radical redesign. The fuselage is a fairly direct … Continue reading

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