Ever wonder what the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is doing these days to accurately gauge music sales at a time when CDs are all but dead and downloading has given way to the convenience of streaming from the likes of Pandora and Spotify?
General Electric Co. is re-entering the TV business after officially bowing out in 1987. (The name was licensed to Thomson until 2004.) With the digital transition looming, folks need TVs, but do we need yet another name brand? Thomas Edison's GE...
For some, OLED displays seem like just another future-tech promise that, like jet packs, flying cars, and domestic robots, has never been fulfilled. Sure, Sony put out one OLED TV this year - the $2,500 11-inch XEL-1 - but who can afford it? Now...
Watch out Geek Squad. Wal-Mart's coming after you. During a media tour, one of Wal-Mart's senior vice presidents told the reporters that Wal-Mart is looking at different options. Installation and repair services are one of the options. Should Best...
Usually, when referring to an electric guitar, the term "axe" is more of a metaphor than a literal description. The guitar's long neck and broad body, often pointy or otherwise sharp-looking, looks a bit like a battle axe. Gene Simmons...
As a postscript to my Genesis scoop below: Rhino has just announced that Genesis: 1983-1998, the second boxed set of the band's complete studio recordings in surround sound, has been bumped from October 23 to sometime in November. Meanwhile, an...
Stylish audio company Geneva Sound is rolling out a new iPod dock, with a hefty price tag and an impressive retail pedigree. The Geneva S is the company's newest product, a 9-inch-wide glossy black, white, or red box on a removable metal stand that...
These might not be powerful room-shakers, but at least the price is right. Computer accessory company Genius has announced a new set of stereo computer speakers designed to look, well, better than computer speakers.
The SP-HF500A stereo...