Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on August 31, 2007 by CyberNet.

Nero is undoubtedly my favorite software for burning CD’s and DVD’s, and on October 1st they will be releasing Nero 8 to their worldwide audience. Seeing that Nero 7 has been around for nearly 2-years I think that a big update is well overdue.

One of the interesting things that I noticed from the press release was that they removed a sentence that talked about a video upload feature:

The new and improved Nero 8 software allows users to upload videos and share content on YouTube, MySpace and My Nero with a simple one-click solution.

I was able to uncover that sentence by pulling up a version of the press release that hasn’t been edited. I’m not sure if that means this feature will not be included, or whether they are just trying to keep it under wraps for right now. At any rate here are the rest of the features that the press release outlined, but no screenshots have been made available yet:

• Newly-designed Nero StartSmart user interface. Prime functions like burning and ripping audio and data discs can now be accessed directly, letting users complete projects with one-click functions.
• Optimized for Vista – includes DiscCopy (a Vista sidebar gadget) that lets users copy a disc in just one click.
• Edit photo slide shows and create High Definition video in both Blu-ray BD-AV and HD DVD video formats.
• Nero RescueAgent allows users to restore deleted files and recover data from CDs and DVDs that may have been lost due to scratched discs, interrupted recording operations, or poor recording quality.
• Multimedia, backup, and recovery features.
• Live icons allows users to see what is in a file without opening it.
• Rich Preview pane offers direct access to files from within the Windows Explorer browser.

When Nero 8 is released on October 1, 2007 it will cost $99.99 in stores, or you can download it for $79.99 from their website.

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Ross Rubin (@rossrubin) contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

At least since the advent of the first camera phones, people have been wondering whether the cell phone would limit the opportunity for all kinds of other products, particularly portable electronics. Even the more pedestrian features of basic cell phones have been blamed for the declines in (or at least limiting the market for) pagers, Family Radio Service (FRS) radios, and even watches. And beyond portable electronics, cordless phones have also been in a state of decline for years as more consumers cut the cord.

But the iPhone 3GS has renewed the old debate for a number of reasons, including data that shows that iPhone users are disproportionately inclined to use their phone’s advanced features and changes in the hardware and software that improve the digital camera, add video capture, and open the door to in-vehicle turn-by-turn navigation. TomTom, which has returned to its roots by demonstrating navigation software for the third-party hardware of the original iPhone 3G, can now offer that software through Apple’s App Store. So, will the iPhone shutter Canon, run Garmin off the road, or make Flip flop? Thankfully, for the sake of all wishing to avoid reading headlines containing these atrocious puns, not for the foreseeable future, at least in the U.S.

Continue reading Switched On: iPhone 3GS is fine, young, but not a cannibal

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You know, at one point chrome accents and glossy plastics were novel additions to previously staid consumer electronics — now they make us want to punch a hole in the nearest smarmy LCD display. While HP has tried its best to be the worst offender in its consumer line, Toshiba is really giving it a shot with the M500 and U500 series laptops — the U500 is pretty outlandish, but at least it offers a ribbed, almost-desirable matte surface of sorts, while the M500 (pictured) makes everything else look tame in comparison, and has the plentiful finger smudges to prove it. Both of the laptops offer chrome trim, overdone speaker grills and light-up accents. The textured trackpads are probably a love it or hate it thing; in fact, most of these “style” choices could be termed as such, but we’re sure you’ve ascertained by now where we stand. Sure, the so-called general consumer apparently eats it up, but the charm is lost on us. On a gentler note, the M505 we looked at was running Windows 7, something we more commonly see being demoed on a touchscreen PC or something otherwise Windows 7 specific. Obviously it’s not shipping with that OS yet, but the pining is palpable.

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Yeah, the PSPgo made the rounds at a little show you might’ve heard of called E3, but we tracked the thing down in the wilds of NY the other day, and thought you might like to see the wild slider action for yourself. We have to admit, the handheld looks better in person than it does in press shots, but only just barely. It’s perfectly playable and comfortable to hold, but it almost seems a regression in design sense for Sony. In comparison to the PSP-3000, the PSPgo feels just a teensy bit lighter, but that’s to be expected with the UMD drive kicked to the curb. At least it doesn’t feel cheap. Because it isn’t cheap. Video is after the break.

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While some interesting things may or may not be happening under the hood, the freshly announced BlackBerry Tour for Verizon and Sprint (pictured in Verizon garb on the left) is hardly a departure on the surface. It mostly appears to be a minor modification to the Curve (right), though it does seem inexplicably thicker. The Bold seems positively overwrought in comparison. We didn’t get much time to play with the OS, but the screen and the keyboard are pure new-generation BlackBerry charm.

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BlackBerry Tour hands-on, wild sibling confrontation with Curve and Bold originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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