Well folks, it’s finally, really happened. According to reports, the last vestiges of NBC have been uprooted and removed from iTunes. In accordance with the company’s contract (which expired this month), all the shows you know and love have disappeared and been trucked over to the network’s own content portal, NBC Direct. So, those of you hoping to make that one last 30 Rock purchase before the big N cleaned house can put the dream to rest, as well as hopes of grabbing anything from Bravo, mun2, NBC, NBC News, CNBC, NBC Sports, Sci Fi, Sleuth, Telemundo and the USA Network. Hey, at least you can get them at the network’s site… what’s that? You only get to watch shows for 48 hours, and there’s no Mac support? Oh well.
Archives for the day Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
2 Dec
Researchers set sights on uber-dexterous robotic hand
Posted on 2007 under Other Gadgets | No Comment
Make no mistake about it, we’ve no qualms with a single gizmo handling more than a few tasks, but something about Lipljan Digital Technology’s YDPG69 just screams intrapsychic conflict. At first glance, the device resembles a knockoff gaming unit, but upon closer inspection, you see just how hard this little fellow is trying to be a grown-up UMPC. Unfortunately, it doesn’t really excel at being either, so you’re left with a questionably designed PMP that runs Windows CE 5.0 and supports JPEG, BMP, GIF, MP3, MP4, DivX, XviD, AVI, ASF, MPEG4 and WMV files. Also, you’ll find a 3-inch QVGA display and twin D-pads, but without a keypad of some sort, we’re a tad stumped as to how you’re supposed to actually use this thing for anything productive. Granted, it seems that this unit is still a concept, so hopefully things will shake themselves out in the final version.