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Last week was quite busy in the world of tech.  Get caught up in a hurry with InterrupTech.  You won’t find endless chatter here.  We’ve got a timer to move things along.  This time we cover Barnes & Noble’s new eBook reader, RIM’s non-hype, new iPod nanos, Microsoft struggles while… Continue Reading »

Tsera is suing 23 companies including both Apple and Microsoft over a patent regarding interfacing with a touchpad.  In plain English, if a touchpad tries to make sense of your gesture-based input, Tsera may have the patent on that.  The patent looks like it is broad enough to cover the… Continue Reading »

The iPod and iPhone are great devices for watching video on the go, that’s never really been much of a secret.  But, what about when you want to watch that episode of “30 Rock” on a large screen rather than the max 3.5 inch screen on the touch and iPhone? … Continue Reading »

iPod integration is absolutely everywhere and hooking up an iPod to a television is pretty much a trivial task.  However, controlling the iPod may not be too easy from across the room using the iPod’s small screen.  Panasonic has introduced its VIERA X1 LCD line of televisions at three different… Continue Reading »

I hate surprises.  This year, it looks like a showdown of portable music players is being leaked early and I, for one, am thrilled.  No more watching keynotes to see what is coming down the line.  Today we can reveal one confirmed product and one that looks to be very… Continue Reading »

A 16 year old in Tampa thought so.  According to police she was walking across a busy road when she dropped her iPod, not realizing it until she reached the other side.  She immediately ran back into the road to retrieve it and was run over by a truck. She’s… Continue Reading »

Somehow, WMpowerusers got their hands on what is purported to be images and specs of the Zune HD.  We’ve heard rumors of a new device supporting HD for some time and this image would be in the direction we’d have guessed.  If this image is close, the Zune HD could… Continue Reading »

We all know that Apple is the obvious leader and a pioneer in MP3 player innovations.  They have enjoyed that seat for many years now, meeting limited competition.  No matter what other companies such as Samsung, Microsoft, SanDisk, Sony, Archos and others create, Apple is still the favored brand in… Continue Reading »

Whether you are an Apple fanboy or Zune fanatic, you probably know that the Zune isn’t the most popular PMP out there.  Microsoft continually tries to strengthen the struggling device, but there is no use in trying to budge Apple’s iPod off their lofty throne.  Recently, Microsoft posted a job… Continue Reading »

Yesterday, Apple released the 3rd generation Shuffle, their low man on the totem pole of MP3 players.  The new design is almost inconceivably smaller than the 2nd generation and moves function buttons off the device in favor of having them on the earphone cord.  A break out feature guides you… Continue Reading »