Windows 7 beta out Friday; available to anyone

 
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced that the Windows 7 beta will be available for download starting this Friday (January 9), for everyone. Ballmer delivered the opening CES keynote; Bill Gates has delivered the keynote for practically the past 15 years and last year was his last keynote. So the first announcement Ballmer made of his [...]

SlingPlayer client coming to iPhone this quarter

Sling Media announced that they will submit an iPhone version of the popular SlingPlayer application  to Apple for certification sometime this quarter. The application will have the same features known to the SlingPlayer application. Incase you are unaware, Sling Media has products that allow users to stream content from their TV (along with a DVR [...]

CES 2009: blargKABOOM Liveblog (UPDATE – Keynote is over)

Macworld wrap-up: iLife ‘09, iWork ‘09, MacBook Pro 17″, and iTunes changes

Our blargKABOOM coverage of MacWorld ‘09, Apple’s final MacWorld year at the event, wasn’t too extravagant. In fact, it was pretty slim. This post is our way of making up for it. Today’s keynote, or Philnote (Phil Schiller delivered the keynote instead of CEO Steve Jobs), wasn’t that exciting. Schiller announced upgrades to iLife and iWork, [...]

Macworld Announcement #4: one last thing… iTunes DRM-free, iPhone getting 3G downloads, three-tier pricing

Macworld Announcement #3: one more thing… 17″ MacBook Pro with non-removable, long lasting battery (with matte display option)

Macworld Announcement #2: iWork and iWork.com

MacWorld Announcement #1: iLife ‘09

Macworld 2009 Keynote Address tomorrow at 9:00

Macworld is tomorrow everybody! Get ready for the crowd of tech reporters, product vendors, and practically everything else Mac. Yet, unlike any other year, Phil Schiller will be running tomorrow’s show. No, Steve Jobs will be a no-show (at least for the bulk of the Keynote). What will Schiller do, say, or announce? Well rumors [...]

blargKABOOM will be Live from CES 2009!

This year marks my third for attending the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.  As a few of you might already know, my father is the almighty Yahya Ahdout, the owner and CEO of dreamGEAR, a video game/iPod accessory and speaker producer and distributor, and he is my ticket into this amazing show.  You [...]

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