by W.G.T.Fernando

To catch a thief, use an Xbox360

Who would have thought that an Xbox360 would be able to trace a grand electronics thief. Gilliam was caught after playing a game online and detectives were able to trace the IP address and able to apprehend Gilliam. In his possession were a dozen of video games, laptops and GPS devices believed to have been stolen.

It was possible to detect Gilliam as the thief since he signed in with the gamertag of the original owner of the Xbox360. The owner was able to login with another Xbox and detected his gamertag being online and then the police were informed.

HDTV trends coming to a screen near you in 2010

Emerging features about to go mainstream in 2010 include LED backlighting, 240 Hertz (Hz) refresh rates and Internet connectivity. Also next year, more LCD vendors will move beyond 1080p HDTV resolution to 2160p, although not yet at a price that’s affordable to every household. Plasma and OLED TVs will both grow larger in size, while in projection TVs, laser will see the most action.

A new specification from the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is about to fuel the introduction of more 3D TVs across the LCD, plasma, and OLED categories.
See http://www.macworld.com/article/145245/2009/12/hdtv_trends.html for more details on this topic. Full article by by Jacqueline Emigh, PC World.

Amazon Kindle best electronics equipment (in overall sales) for 2009

Not only was Amazon Kindle the most gifted product in the company’s history, it was also possible to break another record. With a large number of Kindles at hand, people did not hesitate to try out a few books on the Kindle. And with many opting for this option, Ebook sales surpassed paper for the first time!

Whether it will replace the traditional means of reading a book is yet to be seen but it is a sign of ebooks eating up the book market pie bit by bit.

Not only the Kindle, a number of other ebook readers have been released and this should encourage the avid book reader. Rumours about a tablet from Apple to be released in 2010 will only add to the ebook viewership.

Image sources:
http://www.ubergizmo.com/photos/2007/5/simpsons-xbox-360.jpg
http://images.pcworld.com/reviews/graphics/products/uploaded/299128_g2.jpg
http://images.macworld.com/images/news/graphics/141651-amazon_kindle2_188.jpg

Article sources:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/xbox_thief_is_xbusted_aCZZCVX9AERyYYstD4m5oN
http://www.macworld.com/article/145245/2009/12/hdtv_trends.html
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1369429
http://www.macworld.com/article/145334/2009/12/amazon_ebooksales.html