- Dash Express: First Impressions of My New GPS
- TechLore - April 1, 2008
- GPS devices will bring the Internet to the car and my new Dash Express is leading the charge. My first 48 hours with the device were exactly what I had hoped for and it is clear this is a sign of good things to come.
- Clean up your tags with BeaTunes - good data is good for you.
- TechLore - March 25, 2008
- Everyone with a digital music collection of any size has this problem: their music tags are far from perfect. Maybe it's because you ripped the songs from a CD before it was in cddb or one of the other directories, maybe there was no cddb back when y...
- Netflix and Microsoft: A Perfect Marriage or a Mistake in the Making?
- TechLore - March 14, 2008
- There have been a lot of rumors recently about a possible collaboration between Netflix and Microsoft. Specifically, the rumors hint at the introduction of a service that would allow Netflix customers to download movies from Netflix to their te...
- Apple TV Take 2: Even Better than the First?
- TechLore - March 7, 2008
- Apple recently released a major upgrade to its Apple TV software that sports a new interface as well as additional features; the most significant of which is movie rentals. They're offered in both standard definition and in some cases, high definiti...
- Why Music Lovers Love iTunes
- TechLore - March 6, 2008
- Since the invention of the Walkman in the 1980s, music lovers everywhere have been able to take their music wherever they go. The introduction of the iPod MP3 player in the year 2001 has refueled the portable music craze, and taking music with you is...
- Wireless-N: More Speed and Range For Your Network
- TechLore - March 1, 2008
- Wireless networking has become so common in the average household; virtually everyone is connected to the internet wirelessly with their laptops, game consoles, and other devices. More recently, it's become important for users to have the speed to st...
- The Novice's Guide To Audio Formats and File Extensions
- TechLore - February 15, 2008
- Virtually everyone uses these various audio formats. Who hasn’t heard of iTunes or RealPlayer? Whether we realize it or not, this is good information for all of us to know. Let’s cover the basics, shall we? MP3 Created by a contingent of ...
- Universal Remotes: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- TechLore - February 13, 2008
- If you’re one of the many people who are tired of having several remotes to run your entertainment system, you’ve probably been giving some thought to universal remote controls. Getting a universal remote will definitely save you some spa...
- 7 Facts Audiophiles Need to Know About Digital Music
- TechLore - February 8, 2008
- Remember back in the 1980s when you purchased your first CD? Whether it was Billy Idol or The Psychedelic Furs, imagine if you had gone home and placed the Sony-manufactured CD in your Panasonic CD player, only to find out that it didn’t work. ...
- Remote Car Starter Alarms
- TechLore - February 6, 2008
- Whether you're a male or a female, it's always nice to have your car ready to go whenever you are, especially when you are in shady parts of town. And of course, the last purpose to having remote starters is the show-off factor because it completes t...
- The Novice's Guide to Video Formats
- TechLore - January 23, 2008
- The following is a brief introduction to eight of the most frequently-encountered video formats circulating the web and the digital home entertainment circuit: MPG, AVI, MOV, ASF, WMV, RM and FLV. MPG (MPEG) MPG stands for Moving Picture Experts Grou...
- MacWorld 2008: Not Just For Apple Geeks Anymore
- TechLore - January 16, 2008
- The tech community has gone crazy over Apple's announcements at Macworld 2008 - the quintessential Mac conference of the year. The highlight is Steve Jobs' keynote address , which is always highly anticipated by tech aficionados. In the address, Mr. ...
- Will the iPhone Be Fair Game?
- TechLore - January 12, 2008
- The iPhone, up until now, hasn’t met a lot of customer expectations. Want to send a “Happy New Year!” message to all your friends? You can… one at a time. Want to have live Google maps as you drive without having to look at s...
- Why can't they invent this too?
- TechLore - December 28, 2007
- I just read about a new feature being introduced in some 2008 cars where the parent can hit one button ("time out" button?) and instantly mute all the A/V going on in the car and... get this... project their voice throughout the cabin! As a...
- Laptop Mania - Gifts To Make Friends With
- TechLore - December 27, 2007
- Twenty years ago giving someone a notebook as a gift would have been considered ultra-lame. If you give one today, you have a friend for life. The difference between the two is the difference between microchips and paper - silicon and ink. There's a ...