Daily Marauder

TECHNOLOGY

SanDisk, the memory maker, has made a curious but an interestingly simple move: it is launching an online video service and a USB flash drive that can carry videos downloaded on a PC for playback on TVs. The Sansa TakeTV video player is a mix of an oversized USB drive, remote control and a small dock that connects to a TV, and it has an accompanying video service, Fanfare. (http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-sandisk-launches-taketv-usb-drive-connects-to-tv-to-play-online-video 10/21)

($150 for up to 10 hours of content; $100 for up to 5 hours of content)

While I commend any piece of technology that makes it easier for me to move content from PC to TV, what I’m really looking for is a device that allows me to send content from PC to TV AND vice versa.

LG Electronics is about to release the 32PC5RV, which is believed to be the world’s smallest plasma television. The 32-inch TV, a size dominated by LCD HDTVs, will be available in 27 countries this November, with retail prices starting at about $1,000. (I4U News 10/21)

Apple continues to post strong computer sales, with new reports estimating that it will move into third place, behind Hewlett-Packard and Dell. “I’m quite pleased with the pace of new operating systems every 12 to 18 months for the foreseeable future,” CEO Steve Jobs said. “We’ve put out major releases on the average of one a year, and it’s given us the ability to polish and polish and improve and improve.” (International Herald Tribune 10/22)