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Steve Jobs Is Not Impressed With Google’s New Video Format

7:18AM May 21, 2010 | John Herrman

Google hopes to sidestep the entire HTML5 video debate with a new, open source, royalty free format called WebM. But will Apple ever support it? Judging by to the latest missive from Steve’s iPad, things don’t look great. More »


Samsung YP-R1 PMP Plays Your Torrented Episodes Of 30 Rock

1:00PM June 14, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

We’re loving Samsung’s new line of PMPs, and as lifelong haters of forced video conversion, we’re especially glad that Samsung’s been throwing us torrent-using pirates a bone with great codec support and a 2.7-inch touchscreen in its new YP-R1 PMP. More »


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Samsung U3 MP3 player launches in Oz

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9:05AM June 25, 2007 | Seamus Byrne

We heard about these colourful lozenges last week off the feed, now just a few days later they’re here in Australia, delivering 2GB of loving for $119 (we aren’t getting the 1GB or 4GB options).

MP3 / WMA / OGG / ASF; 4 line OLED; FM tuner; voice recording… and even an earphone reel to keep your colour-matched headphones tidy. Oh, Samsung, you think of everything! Smooches! Make mine a lime green one. Or is that mint green?

Though a word of advice. Don’t list “Blinking LED light” as a product feature on your website. That’s kind of sad. -Seamus Byrne

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Let Your Infant Zone Out With Baby Bidou Teddy Bear MP3/OGG Players

7:20AM June 9, 2007 | Seamus Byrne

A Teddy Bear MP3 player is not exactly a new idea, but Baby Bidou’s sleek junior version, in pink and blue, will allow France’s tech-savviest toddlers to drool to 128MB of MP3s and OGG Vorbis files, with flickering lights reacting to the rhythm and an integrated mono speaker. More »