] A new device has been launched that allows digital music
] to be play over existing Nintendo Game Boy Colour and
] Game Boy Advance systems.
]
] SongPro adds audio processing and memory storage
] capabilities to the LCD funtionality of the Game Boy,
] allowing the user to select MP3 or Windows Media audio
] files using the inbuilt software provided. Coming in the
] form of a simple Game Boy cartridge, the SongPro unit
] additionally features a Secure Digital memory expansion
] slot, stereo out jack and USB connection.
]
] The cartridge currently costs E91 (USD99) in the US and
] includes a 32-megabyte memory card and headphones.

Europemedia.net: News - Digital music through your Game Boy

] I have seen the future and it sucks. It also sweeps and
] removes dust and pieces of dirt. Its name is Roomba.
] Tomorrow, at roughly 7:00 A.M. eastern time, iRobot,
] makers of the ill-fated My Real Baby (which was
] manufactured in partnership with Hasbro) will announce
] and release what may be the world's first useful and
] affordable robot. And what, you may ask, does this
] $199.95 wonder do? It cleans floors, of course.

Special Report from PC Magazine: World, Meet Roomba

] Tom Crofford, President Sunova Corporation, explains what
] the InfoBadge is in our exclusive audio interview from
] the show floor.
]
] I first saw Jason Ivan, Director of Product Marketing for
] M-Audio%u2019s Consumer Audio Division, wearing the
] InfoBadge (NOW: $56) at Pat Meier-Johnson's Lunch@Piero's
] press luncheon. Jason purchased the digital name badge
] because "it just looked so cool." He said the gadget
] badge attracted thingamajig minded attendees like a
] magnet. It worked on me. When it first caught my eye,
] without hesitation, I immediately walked up to Jason to
] find out about the droolcool digital e-wear doodad. After
] a five minute discussion, I wanted to know about M-Audio
] products. Hear our interview.

I4U :: Future Technology News - Biggest Digital Buzz was InfoBadge at CES 2003

] Bandai's One Hand Player is a DJ device that allows you
] to manipulate scratch play by hand.
]
] Shake it up and down with your rhythm tracks and insert
] the scratch pattern of your choice. The One Hand Player
] has got 4 rhythm tracks, 3 pitch changes, 3 sample stocks
] to save, 12 scratch patterns, as well as input and output
] functions.
]
] The gadget is available in Japan for 5,500 Yen.

I4U :: Future Technology News - Japanese Music DJ Scratch Gadget

] At Vegas the only sure bet is finding cool products at
] the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). "Fresh Gear" took on
] Vegas full-force to see what the coming year holds. If
] this year's Best of CES winners are any indication, the
] key trends to watch for are mobile audio and video
] gadgets, digital television, and digital media set-top
] boxes. Tune in to "Fresh Gear" this Wednesday for
] highlights direct from the hustle of CES, plus a whole
] lot more.

TechTV | Best of CES Winners, Best New Portable Gear, Is 2003 the Year of the Digital TV?

Nintendo held an intimate meeting in Las Vegas (January 7, 2003) to give the industry a hands-on experience with its brand new Game Boy design that it unveiled on Tuesday, the Game Boy Advance SP. Many of the units at the meeting were actually marked on the bottom with what might be the unit's original system name: Game Boy Advance DX. But it's the Game Boy Advance SP, and it will forever be known as the Game Boy Advance SP. And incidentally, "SP" stands for "Special."

First of all, the unit is small. The Game Boy Advance can pretty much fit in the middle of a regular Game Boy Advance system. When folded, it's nearly the same thickness as the original Game Boy Advance, and it's as "tall" as a GBA as well...but its width is nearly cut in half, making the thing way more portable than its older brother.

Game Boy: Hands-on with the Game Boy Advance SP

Maxim, February 2003

Shut up and make your own damn music. That’s the beautiful idea behind this handheld multitrack tune machine. It generates bass lines, riffs, and leads in any of over a dozen musical genres (hip-hop, rap, R&B, downbeat, ragga, manga, drum ’n’ bass, jungle, house garage, techno, trance, ambient, New Age, ballad, bossa, and our very favorite, polka!), letting you then sample sounds from any external source. There’s also a WMA/MP3 player and an FM tuner built in for the creatively uninspired—although those lazy asses do not deserve to rock. (Madplayer.com)

:: MAXIM ONLINE :: MadWaves MadPlayer

Heavyweights of the electronics industry flocked to Las Vegas to see the latest in gadgetry during the Consumer Electronics Show. See who was there from Boston. Slide Show

January 8-10, 2003 | Computer Electronics Show Photo Gallery

By Chris Gaither, Globe Staff, 1/30/2003

SAN FRANCISCO — With senior editors, columnists, and programmers, Lee Schlesinger and his bicoastal crew have everything they need to produce a technology news website — except an employer.

Laid off from their Cambridge and San Francisco offices in July and this month, the dozen former CNET Networks employees see few prospects for finding new jobs in an economy that has decimated the information-technology sector. So they turned to the place where everyone from antiques dealers to owners of California towns turn when they have something to peddle: eBay.

"Complete staff of ZDNet Tech Update, formerly a vital division of one of the top ten highest-trafficked sites on the Web, currently available to instantly implement professional Web site or print magazine," the listing read, asking for a commitment of annual salary and benefits "in the high six figures."

A last-ditch bid for jobs - on eBay