The much ballyhooed ZuneHD is now available for pre-order at Amazon.com with a retail price of $219.99 for the 16GB model and $289.99 for the 32GB model (sadly, there is no 64GB model at this time). The release date for the ZuneHD is set for September 15, 2009, which is allegedly one week after Apple’s…
Category: Tech
Spotify Coming to America
The Spotify iPhone App Look out Cupertino, the Swedes are coming. According to a recent article in The Observer, Spotify, the hugely popular Swedish streaming music service, is coming to the America “in the third or fourth quarter” of 2009. In the mean time, Spotify has developed an iPhone app, which is currently awaiting App…
New Books by David Cross & Tom Davis
Tom Davis, a veteran comedy writer and Al Franken‘s writing and performing partner for many years, recently released a memoir entitled, 39 Years of Short-Term Memory Loss: The Early Days of SNL from Someone Who Was There. Davis will be making a one-off appearance at UCB on Monday (June 1) to promote his book…
The Zune HD Is Coming
The New Zune HD What looks good about the new Zune HD: New form factor (it looks somewhat familiar, but I can’t quite put my finger on where I’ve see that look before.) Bigger (480 x 272) OLED screen, touch sensitive, multitouch enabled Built-in HD Radio receiver HD video (720p) playback via HDMI cable A…
Google Chrome 2.0 Is Here
To upgrade your browser, go to “About Google Chrome” (accessed through the wrench icon), then click the Update Now button. Or, if you haven’t installed Chrome already, go to www.google.com/chrome and download a copy (try it, I think you just might like it). The biggest new feature in Chrome 2.0 is support for full-screen mode…
Upcoming Events, Now with More Sidebar
Hey, you may have noticed that there are no new posts today, well just in case you thought I was slacking, check out the new “Upcoming Events” sidebar item (look to your right and down a bit), it’s nifty! As always, you can view my entire “Upcoming Event Calendar” (based on recent posts) over here….