Techlogg.com stories about Entertainment

URL hunter – world’s first URL bar game

From the completely bizarre files comes the world’s first game played entirely in your web browser’s address bar. URL Hunter is a one-line version of Space Invaders played on the web address bar. While it’s not the easiest thing to master, it just goes to show that you can make a game out of almost [...]

Tags:

Wrong move in Apple’s plans to improve iTunes audio quality

OPINION: There’s a story over at CNN this morning about how everyone is seemingly all-of-a-sudden upset with the quality of audio coming from iTunes. The solution? Apparently, 16-bit audio isn’t good enough, we have to have 24-bit. Apart from the fact that the majority of the world’s portable audio devices use digital-to-analog conversion (DAC) processes [...]

Tags: , , , ,

Barnes & Noble to upgrade Nook Color with Android 2.2 next year

Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color has already been hacked to handle Linux but it looks as though the book retailer plans a modification of its own. According to a report on Digitimes.com, the Nook Color will receive an upgrade early in 2011 to receive Google’s Android 2.2 operating system. The colour e-book reader, manufactured by [...]

Tags: , , ,

How to read EPUB ebooks on a Kindle – part 2

Amazon’s Kindle is one of, if not, the world’s most popular e-ink ebook reader. But it’s one greatest drawback is that it doesn’t handle EPUB ebooks. We’ve already looked at the Calibre ebook manager and conversion software, which is great if you have a PC, but what if you only have your Kindle with you? [...]

Tags: ,

REVIEW: Western Digital Elements Play media player

Western Digital Elements Play Rating: 8.5 out of 10 Price: $239 street (1TB) Contact: Synnex Phone: 1300 100 100 Web: www.westerndigital.com.au VERDICT: The media player for those who don’t want to use a screwdriver. So far, media playback devices have been do-it-yourself, at least when it comes to storage. However, Western Digital’s new Elements Play [...]

Tags: ,