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A New Zealand man thought he was just buying an MP3 player at an Oklahoma thrift shop, but what he ended up with was much more.  When Chris Ogle hooked the player up to his computer he found it loaded with 60 files, all containing classified information about the US… Continue Reading »

Green House has introduced a new series of Kana Micro MP3 players that look like they’re USB drives.  The players have up to two hours of battery life before they need to be recharged (charging is done though your USB drive) and can store up to 2GB of music, although… Continue Reading »

At CES, SanDisk recently announced a new type of MP3 player that, instead of downloading and purchasing music, you can purchase a special card that is preloaded with top music.  Let’s see what exactly this is and how it all works.  Continue Reading »

Shiro recently announced the availability of a more green MP3 player, which uses solar cells on the back to recharge its internal battery.  A pretty cool idea, but the question remains, is it practical?  Before I get into the specifics of the player, I want to mention how the solar… Continue Reading »

Many people generally associate Black Friday as a time to buy big electronics such as HDTVs, GPSs, gaming consoles, computers, etc.  But, it is also a time to buy interesting little gadgets to make your children, or even yourself, happy.  I decided to take a look at a lesser-known store,… Continue Reading »

Usually, Canada has to pay more for the same technology we Americans enjoy for a cheaper price.  We can often be thankful that we can get the same item for cheaper here than Canada.  However, a Canadian retailer, Future Shop, has put up a listing for the Microsoft Zune Second… Continue Reading »

Look out Apple, there could be a company in town with a player to kill the iPod.  In all seriousness, MySpace might enter the MP3 player department, a place where Apple’s iPod has dominated for quite a while now.  At the Web 2.0 Summit meeting on Thursday, MySpace co-founder and… Continue Reading »

You may know of Dane-Elec has one of the main distributors of Meizu’s M6, which is a phone similar to the iPhone.  Now, they have decided to venture into the PMP market themselves and they recently introduced 4 of their first PMP’s - the Music Mediatouch, the Music Touch, Music… Continue Reading »

As many companies generally lower their prices on their goods in time for the holiday season, iriver has already got a head start on this as they have reduced prices on three of their hottest players.  Thanks to a tip, we know that the three players are the iriver SPINN,… Continue Reading »

Recently, Samsung announced two new MP3 players, the YP-Q1, which is pictured above, and the YP-U4. The interesting thing about the Q1 is that it is the first MP3 player by Samsung that sports their DNSe 3 audio technology, which restores what is lost when songs are compressed. In addition,… Continue Reading »