Posts Tagged ‘sony’

A couple years ago we saw stand alone items like the Chumby at CES where you can have an internet portal by your bed, next to a couch or in the kitchen. The item would display photos, show video and get email. Well Sony has really stepped up the game this year with a great product in the Sony Dash.

Todd Cochrane talks with Ali from Sony about this Personal Internet Viewer. With over 1,500 free apps and Wi-Fi connection, it really gives you the content you want. As long as there is a wireless signal, you will be able to get sports scores, stocks, weather or whatever you desire.

The Sony Dash is planned to be out by April at a price point of $199. It’s a 7″ touchscreen with USB 2.0 interface. You will also be able to connect to Sony Styles to get great deals.

Sponsor:  Get GotoAssist Express free for 30 days and complete the IT Toolbox – GoToAssist.com/techpodcasts.

Get this content on TiVo, Roku and Boxee – Subscribe to the YouTube Channel and Check out Techpodcasts.tv

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (29.1MB)

When Todd Cochrane was talking to Devin about M-Edge, I sat there wondering why you would want to bring a Kindle in the tub. But as I listened I realized how much the M-Edge Guardian is needed for the Kindle. It’s more than just the Bathroom for this device. If you are on a boat and want to read a story, this will protect your Kindle from getting splashed by water. If it does fall in, the M-Edge Guardian floats your Kindle to the top so you can scoop it out and continue reading.

M-Edge has a whole host of cases and bags for your Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader or Sony PRS-700, and coming soon – all your case needs for your Apple iPad. Whether the iPad will get the Guardian for waterproof use – only time will tell. But it now makes more sense to bring an E-Reader in the bathtub with you.

Sponsor:  You need this in your IT Toolbox – GotoAssist Express free for 30 days – GoToAssist.com/techpodcasts.

Get this content on TiVo, Roku and Boxee – Subscribe to the YouTube Channel and Check out Techpodcasts.tv

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (34.0MB)

So during CES, we got to test out the newest version of the Bloggie CM5 camera. Rob Blatt and Jeffrey Powers head over to the Sony Booth, where they almost trip over Lady Gaga! Well, we find Sukhjit Ghag from Sony and we get the Bloggie.

In this Backchannel video, Rob unboxes the Bloggie and we give initial thoughts. It’s big advantages are that it uses SDHC cards and also records to .mov format. Finally a 5x optical zoom lets us zoom in on Lady Gaga – although we didn’t do that.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (51.1MB)

Sponsor:  Try GoToAssist free for 30 days – GoToAssist.com/techpodcasts.

Please add to your favorite aggregator. RSS Feed – iTunes – Stitcher – TechPodcasts

Events in Technology

• Sega and Bandai announce a merger
• Apple releases Macintosh Office
• The “A-Team” debuts
• The integrated circuit is conceived

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:56 — 3.2MB)

Day 2 has a lot of great footage in the South Hall. We also find out some important news about our show from the NBC Universal Stage. We got moved up an hour.

We did the wrapup show of Day 2 with a special guest. Sukhjit Ghag talked about what Sony is displaying this weekend. 3-D technology, blogging and gaming were some of the items in the hall.

We then continued with the wrapup show. Today’s Product of the Day – Dyyno is an online streaming program for professionals. They have paid plans, but also have a free account you can use to try out this great product.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (109.3MB)

1983 – To counter IBM, Tandy releases the Tandy TRS-80 2000 computer. It housed the 80186 processor and 128 KB of RAM. There were 2 – 720 KB floppy drives and the MS-DOS Operating System. The prices ranged from $2,750. For an additional fee you could get a Monochrome graphics card, optional color monitor and extra RAM.

The Tandy 2000 was considerably faster than the IBM PC models.

Sponsor:  Try GoToAssist free for 30 days – GoToAssist.com/techpodcasts.

Please add to your favorite aggregator. RSS Feed – iTunes – Stitcher – TechPodcasts

Other events in Tech History:

• Sony releases the Playstation 2 in the US
• 33 year old man dies from Cell phone battery – except not

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:45 — 3.1MB)

2005 – In an effort to curb piracy, record companies began putting copy protection on the CD’s themselves.  The electronic marking would cause CD’s to error out if they tried to copy. Unfortunately this idea was riddled with problems. Some players couldn’t read the disks, other people would find ways around the copy protection, such as different brand drives. However, it was found that the XCP copy protection standard became a backdoor for hackers as viruses could be introduced through the software.

The announcement came ten days after Sony had secretly put this system on the shelves.

Mozy Unlimited Backup – $4.95/Month! Use code “Geek” for 10% off!

Please add to your favorite aggregator. RSS Feed – iTunes – Stitcher

Other Day in Tech History items:

• Remembrance of Veterans on Vetrans Day / WWI Memorial Day
• IBM 2980 Financial terminal
• The first OLPC order is placed
• Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Icahn debauchery cost $73 million.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:18 — 3.3MB)

1998 – The first computer is controlled by thought. It was a man from Georgia who was paralyzed. Known only as J.R., a chip was implanted in his brain which would allow him to mentally control the PC.

Brought to you by GoDaddy.com – 10% off hosting with code pod150

Please add to your favorite aggregator. RSS Feed – iTunes – Stitcher

Other items in the Day in Tech History

• Sig Hartmann resigns from Commodore
• Sony introduces the PS2 in the US
• Facebook releases Scribe

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:17 — 4.2MB)

2008 – Napster has been trying to solidify their name since they went legit. They forged the way with music downloads in the 1990’s but struggled after. Enter Best Buy. They saw the opportunity and laid down $121 Million for the company.

Try GoToAssist free for 30 days – GoToAssist.com/techpodcasts.

Please add to your favorite aggregator. RSS Feed – iTunes – Stitcher

Other items in the Day in Tech History:

• Sony releases Mylo.
• Microsoft buys Visio
• Google registers Google.com

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:44 — 5.4MB)

First off, happy 9-09-09. It is considered a “Devil” day. 999 is 666 upside down. And mud spelled backwards is dum (see Looney Tunes for the reference).

1945 – Grace Hopper is forever immortalized in the computer world as the first person to find a bug in a computer system. Litterally. The bug was a moth in between Relay #70 on Panel “F” of the Harvard Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator.

From there on end, “Bug” meant a problem in a computer system. I guess once the moth was removed, the word “Debug” was also added.BTW – The relay functioned properly after the moth was removed.

1947 – It sounds like that same relay finally failed 2 years later.

Brought to you by GoDaddy.com – 10% off hosting with code pod150

Please add to your favorite aggregator. RSS Feed – iTunes – Stitcher

Other items in the Day in Tech History:

• The first TRS-80 is sold
• Sony releases the Playstation
• 9/9/99 (in 1999 that is)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:45 — 4.6MB)

Google’s Chrome browser will be included on some Sony computers, according to Bloomberg. The story states that

Internet Explorer had 67 percent of the market in February, and Chrome had 1.2 percent, according to Net Applications, a Web-tracking firm based in Aliso Viejo, California. Firefox claimed 22 percent, and Apple Inc.’s Safari had 8 percent.

There has been much ado about Microsoft vs. Google lately, not just in the market but also in politics, such as this report on Microsoft’s lobbying efforts. I’ve certainly done my share of fulminating about Bing, not as a search engine, but as a Microsoft business strategy.

Read the rest of this entry »