Multimedia company Creative acknowledged that 3,700 of the company’s Zen Neeon MP3 players that shipped from a company factory in late July contain a Windows worm. The 5GB Neeon digital audio players contain a copy of W32.Wullik.B, according to a statement posted on Creative Technology Ltd.’s Japanese language Web site. The worm file doesn’t pose…
Daily Archives: August 31, 2005
End of an Era: Blockbuster Bans VHS
Blockbuster has BANNED the rental of VHS tapes in all its stores in favor of DVDs (with a children’s and Spanish-language titles as exceptions). Tweet therawfeed.com
Marvel Previews: “Daredevil: Father” #3, “Captain America” #10 & More!
It’s time for a whole new batch of Marvel previews for books shipping in September including “Daredevil: Father” #3, “Catpain America” #10, “Runaways” #8 and “Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four” #4. Tweet comicbookresources.com
Robot Dog Watches Your Weight (So You Don’t Have To)
Geniuses at MIT are creating a robot dog, based on the Sony Aibo, that wireless monitors your pedometer and food diary to keep you on your WEIGHT LOSS PLAN. If you pig out on a bucket of ice cream, it looks sad and mopes around. But if you stay on track with calories and exercise,…
Send In The Clones
An all-new Probe Droid has just been launched; this week we’re searching for your opinion on Hasbro’s latest trend of Clone Trooper repaints. Between now and the end of the year we’ll see no less than ten Clone repaints, maybe more (not all movie faithful); is this to your liking, or is the situation getting…
Google Reminds Everyone They Really Are An Ad Network
When Google first started out, everyone thought of them as a search engine. However, a few years ago, people began to realize that they really were just a next generation ad network. With that in mind, people have suggested in the past that Google might move into offline ad sales, and it appears that’s exactly…
Creative Wins MP3 Player Patent
Creative Technology has been awarded a U.S. patent covering the organization and navigation of music tracks on music players. How will the iPod and other players be impacted? Tweet designtechnica.com
MSN Adds Antiphishing, Games Capabilities to IE
On Wednesday morning, Microsoft’s MSN division began offering two new add-ins for the MSN Search Toolbar. The first, a beta version of Microsoft’s Phishing Filter add-in, helps protect users against Web-based scams. The second, the Games add-in, helps connect consumers with online gaming services at MSN Games. When the MSN Search Toolbar was first released…
Indy 4 Plot Info!
Is George Lucas throwing around a script that is even more biblical than the others? Tweet canmag.com
A few morsels of ”Lost” information
We are three weeks from the premiere of the second season of “Lost,” and FilmJerk has just received a few tidbits about some of the upcoming episodes. Of course, with any story with this kind of news, a spoiler alert is being issued in advance. Do not read ahead if you don’t want to know…
