XBOX 360 UNIVERSAL MEDIA REMOTE

There are many universal remotes out there for you when your TV's remote goes heaven. Microsoft has a solution that works with almost every TV in existence as well as your Media Center PC, and your XBOX 360.

The Universal Media Remote is a great universal remote. It is not compatible with any other devices besides your TV, XBOX 360, or Media Center PC.

All you have to do to set it up for use with your TV is to press and hold the TV button until the number pad flashes, hit the channel up or down button until your TV shuts off and then hit TV to program the remote. No need for codes anywhere.

The remote is also easy to use. The only thing that would be worth-while to change on the remote would be to move the number buttons close to the top and perhaps make the remote wider to consolidate the media controls into a smaller area so the keypad could be bigger.

All things considered, the XBOX 360 Universal Media Remote is the best universal remote I've ever seen.

Kudos to Microsoft once again. Their XBOX team is excellent at designing hardware.

WEP ENCRYPTION IS EVEN LESS RELIABLE THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT

WEP is an encryption type many of us have gotten used to having wireless routers at home.

It has now been shown that you can break WEP in less than three seconds with average computers available out on the market.

If you are running WEP encryption on your network at home I suggest switching over to WPA.

WPA is another encryption technology that has not been broken. If you router does not support this encryption method, usually firmware updates from the router's manufacturer will add WPA support.

APPLE CINEMA DISPLAYS GET YET ANOTHER PRICE CUT

Apple has dropped the price on their Cinema Displays this week.

Whether they aren't selling well or are cheaper to produce is unclear.

The specs of the displays remain the same.

You can no pick up one of these beauties for the price of $699 for a 20".

TWO INTEGRATED PROCESSORS IS SOOO LAST YEAR

As most of you know the dual-core processors are the standard to see in most new computers nowadays.

Apparently some people think that two processors in one computer are very last year. Apple is one of them.

Released this week is the eight core (yeah count 'em, 8 freakin' cores) Mac Pro workstation.

The Mac Pro is mostly directed to people and companies that do high-end media editing, including audio and video.

Whether you actually need eight cores for yourself is another question. Most programs like Microsoft Word, Mozilla Firefox and others are set up for multi-core processing so you don't get the advantages of the eight cores. Doesn't make me want one any less.

You can pick up one of these power-houses (literally, as they'll need one serious power supply) with eight cores for $4596 (CAD). If you want the coolness but with less leet specs then the base Mac Pro comes at a premium of $2440 (CAD).

Mmmmm, delicious.