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eBay doesn’t always live up to the “if it’s too good to be true” mantra as users around the world use the site to find gadgets way off retail.  More often then not (*statistically dubious), it works out for the buyers and seller.  But what about knock offs? Case in… Continue Reading »

Welcome back to this week’s Who’s on Crack, the Interwebs only column brave enough to suggest illegal narcotics fuel many of the moves in the tech world.  It’s either that or Gadgetell is nuts for giving me a platform to spout off about stuff that bugs me or is just… Continue Reading »

What is being reviewed? Yamaha EPH-30 in-ear headphones, which currently retail for $39.95. The specs Cable length: 48” Weight: 10.0g Frequency range: 20 – 21,000Hz Sound pressure level: 110dB ±3dB Impedance: 16.0Ω ±30% Driver type: Dynamic Driver unit: Φ9.0mm Ship with three sets of ear pads Available in either white… Continue Reading »

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The new Slacker 2.0 app for Android is out and it looks amazing.  The 2.0 version has added caching of stations to allow Slacker Plus users to play their music, even if no signal is present.  Typically, music streaming sites, like Slacker and Pandora, require a data signal to stream. … Continue Reading »

Welcome to this week’s Who’s on Crack, Gadgetell’s lump sum of odd moves in tech for the past week.  This week, the action was in Barcelona as the big guns showed off their stuff at the Mobile World Congress, possibly the biggest mobile phone event of the year.  This week’s… Continue Reading »

Amazon cannot hold onto the e-book market with the entry of Apple with the ultra-hyped iPad and the specter of a Google tablet, according to Credit Suisse analyst Spencer Wang.  Wang’s research paper shows the three companies will each split the e-book market, dropping Amazon’s marketshare from 90% to 35%. … Continue Reading »

Last week, (courtesy of Slacker) we were able to run a contest and give away a handful of Slacker Radio Plus subscriptions. That giveaway/contest ended yesterday and here are the winners. Below are the winners of the 1-year subscriptions: Tuzzymuzzy Meredith A big congrats to the winners, thanks for entering… Continue Reading »

Slacker Radio has been around for a while now, offering a great music streaming service online as well as for mobile devices including Android, BlackBerry, the iPhone and most recently webOS. With Slacker you can choose to listen using a free account, or step up to a Radio Plus account… Continue Reading »

Welcome to another Who’s on Crack where we look back with all the power of hindsight and use it have some fun at companys that hit it just off the mark.  This week we’ll look at: TiVo plans to rewind themselves Droid Does (not) More free Kindles We’ll all stop… Continue Reading »

Warner Music Group, one of the world’s largest music conglomerates, has said it will stop licensing songs to free music streaming services. Warner executive Edgar Bronfman, Jr. made the following statement to BBC News: “Free streaming services are clearly not net positive for the industry and as far as Warner… Continue Reading »