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Stage6 To Shut Down

This comes as a susprise to me, and possibly other DivX Stage 6 users. The following was sent out in the Stage6 newsletter. I'm Tom (aka Spinner), a Stage6 user and an employee of DivX, Inc., the comp...


 

HD DVD Looses To Blu-Ray, Toshiba Quits

TOKYO — The biggest consumer electronic format war in a generation is officially over. Toshiba, the Japanese electronics giant, threw in the towel on its HD DVD technology Tuesday, announcing that it...

  • Feb 20
  • • started by Jan
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  The most hideous outfit you've ever seen

The most hideous outfit you've ever seen

Well, it had to be done. People sometimes have a hard time deciding what shoes to match with their pants and vice versa, and where there's a problem, there's always a solution. Hence, shoe-pants: [via...

  • Jan 31
  • • started by Amanie
  • • 5 comments
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Wal-Mart dropping prices before Super Bowl Weekend

It's been reported that Wal-Mart will be dropping prices by 10-30% over Super Bowl weekend to capture shoppers. Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Tuesday it is cutting prices on thousands of items by 10 per...

  • Jan 29
  • • started by Amanie
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Baidu expands to take on Google in Japan

The dominance of Google in the search space is almost written in stone in North America, but there may yet be some populous spots in the world where the market is wide open. Now its main Chinese compe...

  • Jan 24
  • • started by fengtao
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Crunchies Awards Webcast..Tune in!

ProductWiki has been nominated for the Crunchies (a startup award put on by TechCrunch, GigaOm, ReadWriteWeb, and VentureBeat) and the show start tonight at 7.30pm PT at Herbst Theater in San Francisc...

  • Jan 18
  • • started by Erik
  • • 3 comments
  • • 113 views

 

Toshiba Slashing Prices of HD DVD Players

In the wake of news that many major DVD producers (Warner Bros, Sony, MGM, Fox, Disney, and Lionsgate) will be abandoning HD DVD for its high-definition disc rival, Blu-ray, Toshiba announced it...

  • Jan 17
  • • started by dakalvia
  • • 1 comments
  • • 535 views

 

Fashion Faux Pas

  This is all about Fashion Fashion violations demand attention, their existence is prominent but ever-so avoidable. Unassuming fashion victims must learn - there are just things you don’t...

  • Jan 10
  • • started by zestbit
  • • last edited by Amanie
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How To Save on Brand Name Items

  This is all about How to save on Brand Name items. I'll be honest, I like to shop. Whether for shoes or pots and pans, I love the feeling of going to the stores, seeing the different items on t...


 

ProductWiki nominated for The Crunchies!

Some of the top blogs on the web are holding their first annual industry awards they're dubbing: The Crunchies. TechCrunch, GigaOm, ReadWriteWeb and VentureBeat who are some of the biggest blogs on th...

  • Dec 23
  • • started by Omar
  • • 6 comments
  • • 262 views

 

TIVO NOW AVAILABLE IN CANADA

11/26/2007 TIVO NOW AVAILABLE IN CANADA TiVo® DVRs available at Best Buy and other major Canadian retailers in time for the holiday season ALVISO, California - November 26, 2007 - TiVo Inc. (...

  • Nov 28
  • • started by Jan
  • • last edited by Erik
  • • 1 comments
  • • 270 views

  Happy birthday ProductWiki!

Happy birthday ProductWiki!

ProductWiki first launched November 25th, 2005, which means that we're 2 years old today! If the website were a toddler, perhaps this year would mark the "terrible twos" and it would randoml...

  • Nov 25
  • • started by Erik
  • • 6 comments
  • • 228 views

  ProductWiki v2.0 release

ProductWiki v2.0 release

After many hours of hard work, the ProductWiki engineers have finally released a version of the ProductWiki platform worthy of a "2.0" designation. There has been, most notably, the addition...

  • Nov 15
  • • started by Erik
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  One Laptop Per Child, and one for you too

One Laptop Per Child, and one for you too

Originally unveiled to the international development world as the $100 Laptop, later upped to a more reasonable $175 (as Amanie has written here), the One-Laptop-per-Child (OLPC) initiative has decide...

  • Nov 8
  • • started by sharonna
  • • 3 comments
  • • 308 views

 

HP no longer making digital cameras

HP has decided to abandon its quest in the digital camera world and has decided to focus its strategy on Print 2.0 (ink and printers are big money for them). To most people, this won't be any signific...

  • Nov 8
  • • started by Amanie
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  • • 65 views

 

Roberto Cavalli for H&M available today!

If you never thought it possible to get a Roberto Cavalli original, you might be in luck. The designer created a low budget line for H&M and it hits stores worldwide today (November 8th). Check it...

  • Nov 8
  • • started by Amanie
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Community Answer: What Happened to Dialupinternetuser's User Name?

It's finally here. Dialupinternetuser is in his house, writing this article, on High Speed Interenet!.OH YEAH!After careful consideration, dialup has concluded that his username will stay the same, I'...


 

Cool new Voice Responsive EL T-Shirt with USB Charger

The new Alura Intelligent Products Electroluminescent T-Shirt is not simply a cool looking T-Shirt with a lighted electroluminescent display in the form of a giant Bar Graph.... Nope; the multicolored...

  • Oct 30
  • • started by doornick
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  US Video Game sales for September (via NPD)

US Video Game sales for September (via NPD)

September is a big month for the Xbox 360, the price drop was in effect for the full month, and Halo 3 released on the 25th alongside a new Halo version. The big question is whether the bump will be e...

  • Oct 18
  • • started by Omar
  • • 4 comments
  • • 383 views

 

Joost: Now Open

As of October 1st, Joost is now open to the public. Hopefully there will be a way to get this on the iPhone and iPod touch, and on your TV via XBMC. Though you might want to know.