Hear It in Digits by Dale Davidson
Music downloads are off the charts! We're listening to digital music in the digital era. The driving force behind the phenonmena is the technonolgy called MP3. This is the technology that has changed the music industry. MP3 is an acronym for Motion Pictures Expert Group Audio Layer III. ... MPEG-2 which uses higher bandwith for both audio and video compression has found suitable uses in DVD technology. ... There are several alternatives to the Ipod that all use the same MP3 technology. ... The Ipod uses flash storage which means there are no moving parts One prominent name that is often...

Necessary Technology For College Success by Darrell Causey
The world has changed and the needs of the college student have changed as well. It used to be that plenty of paper, pencils, notebooks and highlighters were all that you needed to be prepared for college. But in today’s fast paced technological world much more is needed to be successful. ... Price Range: $39 - $349 Note: If the budget can afford it, go for one that can download video. ... You can also download music, data and videos. ... Preferred brands: Sansa, Apple iPod, Samsung, Phillips and Zune.

Handheld Ultramobile Gizmos by Julia Hall
Bearing an uncanny resemblance the Dish Network’s PocketDISH, Microsoft recently revealed their new hand held, ultra portable device, with a 7-inch video screen. While not direct competitors in the strictest sense, both the PocketDISH from Dish Network and the Origami from Microsoft share an... For example, both can store and play photos (400,000 photos with the PocketDISH), both devices can show video content, and both can play video games. ... For someone primarily interested in storing and sharing photos, listening to music files, and watching video content, the PocketDISH from...

What Can You Do With A Mac Mini? by Jeff Heaton
If you have not seen the newest addition to the Macintosh line, it is worth taking a look. It is a very small computer that is only 6.5 x 6.5 x 2 inches. The Mac Mini is about the size of one of those internal CD-ROM drives you install into a PC. By far one of the smallest computers you can buy. ... If you have a video camera you can use iPhoto to download and organize your digital photos. ... If you have an iPod you can attach it to the Macintosh and use it directly with iTunes. ... Digital Video, Photos and Music Music has become what Apple is known best for.

How to Choose Your Next MP3 Player by T Potter
Did you get the MP3 players that you wanted for the holidays? Are you searching for a new model? There are hundreds of them on the market ranging from the highly loved IPods to the $20 discount department store models. Which do you choose and what will they offer you? ... Some features to consider include color screens with image display so that you can view photos, video capability which allows you to see movies and TV shows on your MP3 players, sports features that will do such things as monitor your running, entertainment features that will let you play games on your player as well.

Apple's Transparent Yet Growing Market Share by Stephen Sikes
I have not owned a PC or used Windows personally for over 2 years now. I own 2 Macs and bought my daughter an Apple laptop about a year ago. It was amazing to all of us how those Apple products have impacted us and the way we look at other computer products. ... Louis over the Christmas break I brought my iPod Nano that my son had bought me for Christmas. ... The Apple could do anything a PC could yet better when it came to Video, Photography, Websites and Graphics. ... I had also downloaded a couple of the free Podcasts that I found and was listening to.

Picture Viewers- 10 Multimedia Players and Portable Media Centers Reviewed by Brandon Baumgarten
Recently a friend of mine was planning a Photo Eurail Adventure. He said he was going to buy 4 or 5 more Compact Flash Cards, so that he would have enough room for all of his photos. "Eben," I said, "get a Multimedia Storage DVR. When you fill up a card just transfer your images to it." Then we... Apple iPod Photo 60 GB, iPod Photo 30 GB with Video Playback. ... Archos AV700 100GB and AV700 40 GB Mobile Digital Video Recorder The AV700 with its amazing 7” LCD and 480x234 pixel screen is your media companion.

Mp3 Player Basics - Finding the Right Mp3 Player by Gregory Nirshberg
Mp3 players are everywhere you look now, and it seems like everyone's got one. People on tv, in movies, at school, on the bus, or even walking or running down the street. And the selections are endless. But with so many options it's almost impossible to find the right mp3 player to suit your... Is something that can display pictures or play video files important to you? ... The Apple iPod is by far the most popular, most pervasive, coolest, and also most expensive mp3 player brand out there. ... Whether the price of the iPod is worth it, is your choice.

Can Hard Drive Phones KILL THE iPod? by Daniel Dwase
A new wave of mobile phones equipped with tiny yet powerful hard disk drives is threatening to put an end to the meteoric rise of the iPod as the public's favourite portable digital music player. When you look at the typical consumer, there are three things that they may come back to their house... - "An ideal scenerio for the operators would have been if people used the cellular network to download their songs and play them on their handsets. ... For all the threats that hard drive phones are posing to the iPod, there seem to be a few scenerios where a dedicated, standalone MP3 player...

Microsoft Loses Patent Lawsuit by Jim Edwards
One of the top news stories this week that got virtually no popular press involves the judgment against Microsoft by a small company with a big software patent. University of California and Eolas Technologies, Inc. hold a patent which Microsoft, according to several judges, violated with its... Do you really think that companies like Macromedia (makers of Flash) and sites like Google Video will let a few changes in Internet Explorer put them out of business? ... Without going into painful technical detail, the patent involves the "ActiveX" technology enabling Web browsers to display both...