Year: 2010

Free DISH Remote Access transforms the iPad into a TV

DISH Network has announced that the DISH Remote Access — a free application that gives DISH Network customers the ability to watch their live and recorded TV on compatible smartphones, tablets and laptops — is now available for the iPad.

To enjoy live and recorded TV viewing on the iPad, DISH Network customers must have a broadband-connected, Sling-enabled device such as the Sling Adapter — a small placeshifting device that pairs with DISH Network’s ViP 722 or 722k HD DVRs.

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Dress-Up Pups Puts Dogs on the Catwalk

Anawiki Games and Retrostyle Games have teamed up for Dress-Up Pups (http://www.anawiki.com/game/dress-up-pups), an US$9.99 game for Mac OS X 10.3.9 and higher.

Here’s how the game is described: “It offers several variations on the ever-popular Match-3 style of gameplay. Dress-Up Pups provides the player with a varied challenge, by mixing standard ‘swap’ Match-3 mechanics with alternative ‘chains’ and ‘groups’ modes. The player is also provided with two forms of power-ups and each chapter of the story ends with a jigsaw puzzle mini game.

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Raidon rolls out 2.5-inch, internal RAID module

Raidon (http://www.raidon.com.tw) has unveiled the MR-2020, a 2.5-inch, internal RAID module. It accepts two 2.5-inch hard drives and supports RAID 1.

Its small form factor matches with 5.25-inch CD-ROM device and saves half the space a 3.5-inch product needs, according to the folks at Raidon. A 2.5-inch hard drive also consumes one half less power than a 3.5-inch does, they add.

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H2O Audio announces Flex All Sport Buds

H2O Audio (http://www.h2oaudio.com/) has launched a new line of “waterproof, sweatproof” headphones, the US$29.99 Flex All Sport Buds. They’re waterproof up to three feet.

Users can choose from such colors as Envy Green, Power Pink, Onyx Black and Super Hero Blue. Three different sizes of earplugs provide a personalized fit.

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