Introducing the new 5.4 Million dollar Intel CPU
If you’re in the market for a new personal computer then it’s likely you have considered buying one with a new Intel Core i7 processor. These multi-core processors with hyper threading technology are what power computing users drool over.
If you’re shopping at Tiger Direct today for the latest and greatest Intel CPU’s, however, you may wish to wait a bit longer before pulling the trigger.
United States global leader in malicious websites
Anti Virus software maker AVG Technologies has published the results of a research study which shows that, contrary to popular opinion, most malicious websites are hosted on US servers and not in other countries like China.
By monitoring active web servers serving exploits around the world, AVG found that 44 percent of the corrupted servers are hosted in the United States, followed by Germany and China at just 5 percent each.
Rogers Wireless bumps 911 fees
Rogers Wireless began informing customers via text messages this week that on April 12th, 2010, the company will increase its 911 fee by 50% from 50 cents a month to 75 cents per month plus applicable municipal and provincial fees.
The company did provide any justification for the fee increase.
New Onkyo A/V Receivers support HDMI 1.4
Onkyo has announced March deliveries of its first 3D-Ready home theater receivers and home theater in a box (HTiB) systems which support the new HDMI v1.4 connectivity standard for new 3D video displays.
In addition to being 3D Ready, the new devices feature the ability to decode lossless Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio bitstreams, a new onscreen graphical display that lets the user watch the program in the background while using the function menu and “HDMI Thru” which allows content to pass through to the TV when the receiver is in a standby state.
This week on Blu-ray (March 9)
Digital Home’s top pick on Blu-ray this week is “Up in the Air”, a comedy-drama film starring George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a man who makes his living traveling to workplaces around the United States and conducting employee layoffs for bosses too cowardly to do it themselves.
The movie was co-written and directed by Canadian born Jason Reitman who previously directed “Thank-you for Smoking” and “Juno.”
New Whole home HD PVR now available from Rogers
Without any fanfare or public pronouncements, Rogers Cable this past week began selling the Cisco 8642 Whole Home high definition personal video recorder (HD-PVR) which should replace its aging 8300HD PVR.
Although roll-out plans for the new HD PVR have not been announced by Rogers, Digital Home believes the company will not formally announce the new set top box until it has cleared out its inventory of older PVRs.
Competition pushes Rogers to increase Internet speeds in New Brunswick
If you don’t believe competition works in the digital services marketplace then consider the case of high speed internet service in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick.
Last week, Rogers Communications announced that it is now offering customers in those two cities an improved Ultimate Internet plan with download speeds of up to 70 Mbps, up from 50 Mbps.
Build your own “Super OTA TV Antenna”
Did you know there are more than twenty five over-the-air (OTA) television stations currently broadcasting High definition (HD) signals in Canada plus many more HD stations which spill over into Canada from the United States?
The knowledge that a multitude of free over-the-air high definition signals was available was the impetus for a bunch of retired and hobbyist antenna engineers working together in the Digital Home forums to create a super TV antenna that can be built by just about anyone.
