Archive for December, 2008
Microsoft preparing for large job cuts?
Rumors online have hinted that Microsoft has been hit by the economic downturn and will have substantial layoffs on the way, which is pretty rare for the huge company. As much as 10 percent as Microsoft’s finance department alone may be let go. Sources say that these job cuts are to screen out employees who [...]
Full StoryFunky Fresh Hip-Hop
Many people would agree the state of contemporary hip-hop is pretty bad. We here at the Inspiretech Blog believe hip-hop music needs to return to its roots like in this early movie Teen Witch. Now that was some real hip-hop. If they released this movie on Blu-Ray we would totally purchase copies just for this [...]
Full Storyi-Sobot takes Japan’s Robot of the Year Award
In Japan, the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry presents an annual Robot Award for the best robot of the year. The Robot of the Year for 2008 Award was awarded to Takara Tomy’s Omnibot i-Sobot. What is interesting is that the i-Sobot is available at retail stores all over the United States. Prices range [...]
Full StorySlowing economy cause slow down in HDTV price drops
With our slow economy and thousands losing their jobs every week you would think the price for most electronics would drop? That doesn’t seem to be the case at all. DisplaySearch says that they have projected a slow year in 2009 for TV sales. They expect all TV sales to decline by 4 percent in [...]
Full StoryRIAA to Stop Lawsuits
After over 35,000 epic legal battles against children, grandmothers and single mothers, the RIAA is finally putting a halt to its lawsuits against individual downloaders. The Recording Industry Association of America has announced a new phase in their war against piracy. The RIAA will now be targeting ISPs and heavy offenders. This news comes in [...]
Full StoryCheapest Blu Ray Player: $170 at Best Buy
If $200 price tags are still too much for your cheap ass, there’s an Insignia Blu-Ray player at Best Buy that is currently going for $169.99. Of course with such a cheap price tag, you’re only getting a very basic Blu-Ray player. You should also factor in the price of an HDMI cable as the [...]
Full StoryBlackBerry Storm being returned in record numbers
Verizon’s new BlackBerry Storm has been released with a lot of fanfare, but it has had a very high unsatisfactory rate. Many users, from 40 to 50 percent of them, have returned their BlackBerry Storm smart phones because of their dissatisfaction with their performance. Neither Verizon or BlackBerry had any comments about this fiasco. There [...]
Full StoryLook what he did with his Nintendo Wii nunchuck controller
The geeks over at Oomlout , the ones who created OAWR and SERB robot projects, have modified a Nintendo Wii nunchuck controller to control a small SERB robot. If you want to get this for someone for Christmas, you can go to their website at oomlout.com and purchase a kit for about $175. Check out [...]
Full StoryWoW Themed Restaurant
A WoW themed restaurant in Beijing China has just opened its doors and all the weary adventurers (mostly night elves) of Azeroth can sit down and enjoy a nice WoW themed meal. There are over 11 million players of World of Warcraft (WoW) and of that number, over half are in the People’s Republic of [...]
Full StoryMovie Studios Spying on BitTorrent Users
The major movie studios are still trying to crack down on illegal downloads. In the past they’ve employed some shady tactics and its disappointing to find out that they are still at it. This time, the studios teamed up to spy on users of the Australian ISP iiNet. The studios used an insider to upload [...]
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