VLC Media Player 200% Volume Control

The latest version of the VLC media player has an interesting feature which allows the volume to be adjusted/amplified up to 200% mark.
This works best for laptop, notebook, tablet PC and netbook users who watch videos on their laptops using the built in speakers.
The popular open source multi-platform media player VLC will let you increase volume up to 200%, if you are using the volume slider. This applies even if you are increasing the volume by placing the cursor above the volume bar and using a scroll wheel or a touch pad to control volume output. But there are comments by some that the 100% is actually a gimmick! Some users claimed that they get the same volume at VLC 100% as they get for Winamp 50%

Nintendo Wii Announces Price Drop to $200

Finally Nintendo gave in to the dropping sales figures of the world's best selling gmaing console. Now, you can get the Nintendo Wii for $50 less at a very tempting price of $200. In parallel with the price drops announced by Sony for its Playstation 3, this piece of news hardly came as a surprise. Please bear in mind that Nintendo was doing exceptionally well for being the top seller, outselling Mircosoft's XBOX 360 and Sony's Playstation 3 without a single price drop until today.
Positively, this price drop announcement will definitely revive its flagging sales and get more people to own a Nintendo Wii, a revolutionary family-friendly gaming console which has garnered popularity across the globe. The 20% price drop on the Wii, which features a motion-sensor remote, will take effect Sept 27 2009.

Kensington Universal Travel Adapter with USB

It has been 4 years since I purchased the Kensington universal travel adapter from Amazon.com and I am glad that it has survived all the international travelling and sockets over the years. For $29.99, it performed to its expectations and standards. Now, with so many electrical devices offering USB charge support, I am tempted to get myself another universal travel adapter from Kensington - a newer version with a female USB port. This would allow me to plug in the general USB cable and charge my electrical devices from the power outlet around the world - extremely convenient. I see many other generic universal USB adapters on sale for cheap, but it'd be a great advantage to have the USB function incorporated into this universal travel adapter. However, there are some negative reviews posted on Amazon.com about how it failed to charge their USB devices. Now I wonder.