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Submission + - Paramount, Dreamworks go HD-DVD exclusive (cnn.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 20, 2007 @02:55PM

An anonymous reader writes: Paramount, Dreamworks go HD-DVD exclusive. Animation and film studios will release movies exclusively in HD DVD format, despite higher sales of rival Blu-Ray.

Submission + - Apple is sued for soldering battery

Submitted by fermion on Monday July 30, 2007 @02:03PM

fermion writes: The reports are everywhere about the first class action lawsuit against the Apple iPhone. The suit claims that the battery is not user replaceable, that consumers were not told that the battery was soldered to the board, and that the battery will exhaust itself in 300 charges. I certainly understand that those people who bought phones in the first mad rush might have not noticed that they were buying a sealed unit, but after that Apple had plenty of iPhones out, and from what I saw there was plenty of time to play with it. The fact that all iPods are sealed units, and it costs a pretty penny to replace the battery, seems to have no effect on the suit. A second topic, that the AC adapters are bad, seem totally with merit as Apple seems to have difficulty making reliable AC adaptors. IMHO, this is a testament to the incredible sales number for the iPhone, as in only one month, there has been enough phones sold to get the attention of the lawyers.

Submission + - iTuner introduces sub-$400 CarPC

Submitted by ToyotaPrius on Tuesday January 23, 2007 @09:27PM

ToyotaPrius writes: iTuner / Mini-Box.com (who also make the well known picoPSU products) have announced [www.epiacenter.com] the so-called "VoomPC-2" line of CarPCs. These systems come with a sharp lookin' black enclosure [www.mini-box.com] which is also available seperatly (and kinda reminds me of Spiderman!), a special power-supply for automotive uses and a custom 1.5GHz Mini-ITX motherboard built around VIA Technologies C7 processor. While I have to admit that I haven't really followed the CarPC market lately, I certainly don't remember ever coming across such an affordable package deal when I last checked. I think with something like 400 dollars we're approaching a price-point where many people will start taking note of these systems. Could the "VoomPC-2" be the kind of breakthrough product that every market seems to need these days?

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