SanDisk has taken this idea of digital music and ran with it. They have just introduced slotMusic, which plays on microSD cards. Because of the failed attempt to control or stop illegal downloading of music they decided to release a DRM free format for mp3 albums. Many big named record labels have already signed on like Sony BMG, BMI Music, Warner Music Group, and Universal Music Group.

Over forty artists are available now including Chris Brown, Coldplay, Daughtry, Katy Perry, Nickelback, and Tim McGraw. They also released some classic albums by ABBA, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, and KISS. The 1GB microSD album is priced at $15, which includes high-quality (320kbps) MP3s, artwork, videos, and other digital content. Here is a Press Release from SanDisk talking more about the artists and the slotMusic microSD cards.
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What if you could have your very own surface computer in your home? Would you buy one? How about for $1,500? These are some of the questions a marketing research survey asked about the Microsoft Surface Computer “Oahu”. Microsoft wanted to know if they were to release an affordable consumer version of their popular surface computer, would you buy it or better yet even want one?

Microsoft Surface has already popped up all over in Las Vegas, hotel chains, restaurants, and even on your nightly news. Pretty soon everyone in America will have one. The current Surface goes for around $10,000. So in order to make its consumer debut they are going to have to find a way to manufacture at a cheaper price.
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It is not looking good for Circuit City these days. It seems the current economic crisis has weighed very heavy on their survival. After showing a quarterly loss of over $239 million, it is safe to say this might be the end of the electronic franchise. Stock prices have now dropped to a staggering .40 cents a share. That is over 80% drop in the past six months. This time last year the stocks share price was over $9 a share.

Seeing the $1.3 billion buy out offer from Blockbuster early this year withdrawn, started a downward spiral that I don’t think anyone can save. Also their new CEO has appointed some independent advisers to bring this company back from the dead. I’m sorry to say it’s just too little, too late.
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Vuzix is stepping up their personal video eyewear by coming out with the first ever widescreen video goggles. The iWear AV310 will display a true 16:9 aspect ratio of a 52in screen viewed from 9 feet away. They look amazing and can run off a single AA battery for a full 5 hours. These new glasses are equipped with adjustable ear buds and hypoallergenic nosepiece that you can set to your comfort. Also will have an independent focus adjustment. Amazingly the visor only weighs less than 4 ounces.

Vuzix CEO Paul Travers said, “We are committed to providing our customers with the latest innovation in this exciting category and are delighted to provide the world’s first and only widescreen video eyewear.” Travers went on to say, “The revolutionary iWear® AV310 Widescreen is the ideal choice for the mobile consumer who’s craving a way to significantly enhance their portable viewing experience.”
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I know you love your USB devices and fancy flash drives, but wait until you see USB 3.0 aka USB Superspeed. This is the future standard for Universal Serial Bus data transfer. It will be ten times as fast as your USB 2.0 Hi-Speed and will be backwards compatible. This means you will be able to use all of your old USB devices, but you won’t get the full benefit of the Superspeed.

The biggest improvement has to be the speed. USB 2.0 transfers data at 480Mbps, which is not too bad. USB 3.0 will be transferring at 4.8GBps, ten times what it does now. Imagine being able to transfer a 27GB HD movie in a little over a minute instead of 15 minutes.

If you look at the new connectors, they have added five new lines parallel to the four original lines of 2.0. What this means is now instead of only being able to send data and receive data, you will be able to do both at the same time. This will make backing up data and syncing your devices very fast.

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Within in the next two years, Italian company V12 Design will revolutionize the way we use our computers. If you love your brand new iPhone, you will just go bananas over this new laptop. Well it is really not a traditional laptop; it is so much more than that! V12 designed this dual LCD computer called the Canova four years ago and is closely working with a US manufacturer to develop a Canova 2.0.

The picture to the right is of the original Canova, which was designed for artist and designers. It was constructed with carbon fiber and stainless steel. It had no underlying operating system but had a electronic pen so you could use it as a sketch pad, a writing pad or even as a electronic newspaper.

Valerio Cometti, the managing director and founder of V12, said in a interview “We developed a brand-new style for the second generation. We did stretch the potential of the Canova noticeably, making it able to do things no notebook has been able to do so far…” He also said it will support multi-touch input and have a built in Microphone. Cometti stated, “Voice recognition will become a more popular and widespread feature in these dual-screen notebooks.” Another great feature will be its e-book reader, where you can just flip the page like it is a real book. Great, no more little paper cuts!

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