Filed under: Portable Audio
The major record labels' ongoing fixation with physical media continues on, as Universal, EMI, and Warner have each announced plans to sell music preloaded on flash drives. Universal says the move is "aimed at the younger, 12 to 24 year olds, who no longer believe that the CD is as cool as it used to be," but that "people still want to own a physical product." Yeah, too bad that physical product is a DAP. Predictably, the $10 flash drives will cost twice as much as normal CD singles but contain additional content -- just like that ridiculous "ringle" concept we just heard about, only with more plastic and manufacturing involved. There's no word on what format the music will be in or what the DRM will be, but it's not like it really matters, since no one is going to buy these anyway. No word on when we'll see this Stateside, but UK teenagers can expect to be patronized by the record labels sometime in the next few months.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
We're not sure who exactly needs a three-screened portable computer -- mobile video editors? Al Gore? -- but Acme Portable isn't about to let any segment of the market wither away, no matter how absurd: its LPG370TS "3 LCD Surround System" is a beast, with three foldout 17-inch screens and a built-in keyboard and mouse. The machine is itself is no slouch, either, with a 2.4GHz Q6600 Core 2 Quad, dual SLI NVIDIA 8800GTX graphics cards to drive those displays, 2GB of RAM, and a 650-watt power supply. Yeah, that's portable. No word on price or availability, but something tells us it's not going to be a small number.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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