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Seems Microsoft and Apple will be going head to head in a number of different ways over the next few months. Aside from the looming Zune / iPod war which may turn out to be an expensive mistake for Microsoft, they have also announced that XBox360 owners will be able to download movies and TV […]

November is going to be a great month for new tech toys, here at Wise Buddha Towers we are busy writing our Christmas lists.
Top of our request to Santa is the new iPod Shuffle which is all the incentive we need to hit the gym erm sometime in the New Year, this thing is really […]

Here at Wise Buddha Towers we are long time supporters of Skype. We like making free phone calls and since all calls to cell phones and land lines are free in the US and Canada until the end of the year there really is no excuse not to be an evangelist.
Skype is supporting a wide […]

Like us you’ve probably got thousands of music files in various file formats spread across several machines. Here at Wise Buddha, as the name implies, we exist in a state of permanent inner peace derived largely from backing up all our music in one place (a 160 GB external Maxtor hard drive is our weapon […]

Some pics from the US of the new Zune player, not sure that Apple has too much to worry about in the looks department but the specs look interesting. More here.

Microsoft have confirmed they are launching a music player to take on Apple’s dominant iPod - called the ZUNE - more info from the BBC here.
Microsoft employees have started blogging about the new project, Cesar Menendez has started Zune Insider.com and Richard Winn is writing a blog called Madison and Pine. The company has […]

Think Secret the blog that Apple tried to sue (amongst others) when they revealed the iPod mini has a big insider announcement. Their sources have confirmed that Steve Jobs will announce next month at Apple’s developer conference that iTunes will feature move rentals. The emphasis on rentals not purchase, so it sounds like the […]

Lots of chatter about mighty Microsoft taking on Apple with an ‘iPod’ killer, looks like the rumours might be true for a Christmas launch. Read more here.

Land Rover surprisingly resorted to bluejacking to support a new vehicle launch. Not sure what bluejacking is - if you have a Bluetooth enabled phone and leave it on ‘Discoverable’ mode any other owner of Bluetooth phone can see your phone and send you a message.
Seems LandRover’s effort may of backfired read about […]