http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/?cxntfid=blogs_digital_domain Whether its cell phones, mp3 players or HDTV, lifestyle and tech have merged into myriad areas of interest and passion. Share your thoughts, ideas and insight here about personal technology and where it's headed. en-us mvjohnson@ajc.com 2006-04-14T15:54:21-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Whether its cell phones, mp3 players or HDTV, lifestyle and tech have merged into myriad areas of interest and passion. Share your thoughts, ideas and insight here about personal technology and where it's headed. http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/entries/2006/04/14/ready_for_xm_ra.html?cxntfid=blogs_digital_domain Atlanta will be one of the target cities in a campaign to launch new portable devices from XM Satellite Radio: the Pioneer Inno XM2go and the Samsung Helix XM2go. Both combine satellite radio and MP3 music. Here’s the question: Are... 59620@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/ Satellite Radio To Go 2006-04-14T15:54:21-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/entries/2006/03/15/playstation_3_w.html?cxntfid=blogs_digital_domain The signs were all there. And now it’s official. Sony’s PlayStation 3, the game console which has countless folks frothing, has been officially delayed from a Spring release until November. Quite the bummer for those hoping to score one of... 52849@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/ 2006-03-15T10:09:30-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/entries/2006/03/08/what_is_origami.html?cxntfid=blogs_digital_domain For the past two weeks, excitement has been brewing about a new device/application from Microsoft dubbed Origami and speculation has been rampant online. A teaser site — www.origamiproject.com — offered little info but the cat is apparently out of the... 51522@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/ 2006-03-08T11:46:05-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/entries/2006/03/07/hd_dvd_vs_blura.html?cxntfid=blogs_digital_domain The next generation of home entertainment software hits the market this month as HD DVD players and discs hit retail shelves. Two months later, rival Blu-ray will make a claim to the same market. (Read the story here) But with... 51233@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/ 2006-03-07T10:48:24-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/entries/2006/02/28/apple_pricing_1.html?cxntfid=blogs_digital_domain At Apple’s press conference, Jobs just announced the pricing for its “cool new toys.” -iPod Hi-Fi, $349 -Mac Minis: $599 and $799 -Oh, and new leather iPod cases: $99 (yikes) each.... 49704@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/ 2006-02-28T13:36:45-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/entries/2006/02/28/apple.html?cxntfid=blogs_digital_domain Apple just threw down the gauntlet for digital home entertainment. Here at the company’s HQ here in Cupertino, Calif. Steve Jobs just showed off a new Mac Mini computer that’s designed as a digital media hub - something other PC... 49702@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/ 2006-02-28T13:27:19-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/entries/2006/02/28/secret_apple_pr.html?cxntfid=blogs_digital_domain Bob Keefe of Cox news is on hand at Apple’s shrouded-in-secrecy event outside of San Francisco. And, of course, fate is playing havoc with his e-mail. But here’s the first observations from Bob at what looks to be a frenzied... 49699@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/ 2006-02-28T13:13:31-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/entries/2006/02/23/have_a_favorite.html?cxntfid=blogs_digital_domain Hidden screen tests on DVDs? Cloaked tracks on CDs? Secret levels in video games? Easter eggs are emerging throughout entertainment software and even on HDTV programming. Have a favorite Easter egg? Post it here and share it with others.... 48822@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/ 2006-02-23T10:43:16-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/entries/2006/02/20/has_the_mac_vir.html?cxntfid=blogs_digital_domain Attention Mac elitists: your era of virus-free superiority could be ending. Late last week, a supposed “Mac virus” was discovered by anti-virus company Sophos that spread through the iChat program. Earlier today, another virus targeted toward Macs was discovered that... 48037@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/ 2006-02-20T12:14:52-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/entries/2006/02/10/ill_take_an_hgt.html?cxntfid=blogs_digital_domain The FCC is apparently concerned that you’re wasting money on the Style network. Chairman Kevin J. Martin has issued a statement meant to encourage pay television providers to offer channels a la carte. The result could be a savings of... 46022@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/ 2006-02-10T12:47:34-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/entries/2006/02/09/universal_hd_on.html?cxntfid=blogs_digital_domain Well, that was quick. Universal HD is now appearing locally on Comcast. HDTV customers should tune to channel 805 to check out the channel, the first new HD network on Comcast since TNT-HD was added in May 2005. Comcast, Atlanta’s... 45807@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/ 2006-02-09T16:13:34-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/entries/2006/02/08/will_comcast_so.html?cxntfid=blogs_digital_domain Buzz began on the avsforum.com Web site last weekend that Comcast would soon be adding Universal HD to its line-up of HDTV channels. That’s big news to Atlanta customers, as Comcast is the most dominant pay TV provider in the... 45516@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/ 2006-02-08T13:04:52-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/entries/2006/02/06/looking_for_rea_1.html?cxntfid=blogs_digital_domain Was viewing the Super Bowl in HDTV a crystalline dream? Or were you even able to get the thing hooked up? Reporter Scott Leith is looking to speak with new HDTV owners who are having a challenge getting their cable/satellite... 44910@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/ 2006-02-06T15:13:46-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/entries/2006/02/02/comcast_to_air.html?cxntfid=blogs_digital_domain What, there’s a game? Even those who could care less about football will tune in to the Super Bowl for no other reason than to watch the slick spots that have the water cooler buzzing on Monday morning. No need... 44190@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/ 2006-02-02T12:36:27-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/entries/2006/01/31/bluray_hddvd_pr.html?cxntfid=blogs_digital_domain Wow. It looks like it’s actually happening. Hi-def discs are on the way. Engadget is reporting — and links to — several discs that are ready for pre-order at amazon.com. HD-DVD choices include “The Matrix Trilogy,” “The Lord of the... 43644@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/charged/ 2006-01-31T14:57:32-05:00