Archive for the ‘WoW’ Category

Canon PowerShot G10 reviewed

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Filed under: Digital Cameras We've always had a soft spot for Canon's G-series of prosumer compacts, and it looks like the new G10 won't be any exception -- Photography Blog just put the boxy camera through its paces and found that it's "undoubtedly the best ever" in the line. High marks ...

ASUS rolls out Eee PC 1002HA, still mum about next week’s model

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Filed under: Laptops Still haven't found an Eee PC to your liking? Then perhaps ASUS's new 10-inch Eee PC 1002HA model will be more to your liking, with it bringing some of the S101's stylings to the company's standard 1000 series. Otherwise, you can expect most of the usual specs that ...

Homebrew community takes back the Wii

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Filed under: GamingGood news homebrewsters, the Homebrew Channel has been updated and is now compatible with Nintendo's Homebrew killing (for new installs) October 23rd update. While the previous exploit was closed by Nintendo, Beta 9 of the HBC exploits a different flaw and works just fine with the latest system ...

UK police to wield mobile fingerprint scanners, facial recognition up next

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Surely your remember Project Lantern from back in 2006, right? If you weren't too fond of that initiative, let's just say your worst nightmare is coming true. Going forward, every police force in the UK will be equipped with mobile fingerprint scanners, which will allow the fuzz ...

Guitar Hero World Tour now rocking store shelves everywhere

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals This day has been a long time coming, but Activision's next iteration of the Guitar Hero cash cow franchise is officially available. Truth be told, the game (and requisite instruments) was sitting on a-many of store shelves yesterday, but there's nothing like a formal announcement to really ...

More Windows 7 details emerge ahead of PDC

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops We should be getting a much bigger dose of Windows 7 details on Tuesday when Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference gets underway, but it seems that some tidbits just can't be kept under wraps, and ZDNet's Mary-Jo Foley now has word of a few more features that are ...

Dell rebrands its own Mini 9 as the Vostro A90, jacks the price to absurd levels

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Filed under: Laptops We're no strangers to rebranded netbooks, but we're a little befuddled as to why Dell's rebranding its own Inspiron Mini 9 as the Vostro A90. Sure, we're digging the stealth looks, but the specs haven't changed at all, and we don't think the Vostro brand really has any ...

New Kodak OLED material promises longer life, better colors

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Filed under: DisplaysKodak has already managed to impress with its use of existing OLED technology, but it looks like the company isn't about to rest on its laurels, and it's now promising that a new OLED material it has developed will make future products even better and more OLED-y. The ...

Aigo “revs up” Formula One-themed PMP with 720p output

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video Unlike certain other Chinese devices, the Aigo Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP5 personal media player is actually a working, fully-featured PMP with support for FM radio, eBooks, and an adequate variety of audio and video formats -- it even outputs 720p content, though its own display ...

How would you change Sony’s PSP-3000?

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds We first caught wind of a slightly revamped PSP months ago, and the long-awaited handheld -- complete with a new, fancier and in some cases more dreadful display -- finally hit US shelves this month. For those that picked one of these up and have spent some ...

Panasonic's new 3D range sensor functions in direct sunlight

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Perhaps you're looking for a way to track potential cat burglers, give your robot some spacial sense, make your UIs a little more interactive, or you simply want to keep an eye on your "compound." Panasonic has just released detailed specs for its 3D range sensor -- ...

Interactive Mirror dazzles onlookers, never lies

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Filed under: Peripherals It was just a month ago that Alpay Kasal of Lit Studios was impressing us with LaserGames, beaming all sorts of fun, interactive visuals on the wall. Now, with a few tweaks, he's turned that projector around and made a two-way mirror into a sort of digital portal. ...

Apple patent application reveals grandiose RF module plans

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Filed under: Wireless As should be clear by now, patent application land is quite a bit different than actual product land, but that's never stopped companies from devising their share of ambitious ideas and, in the case of Apple, perhaps more than its share. Its latest describes an all-encompassing "personal area ...

Intel-based MID to make a splash on France’s SFR

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Filed under: Handhelds It looks like France's SFR will be getting some tweaked variant of Aigo's familiar P8860 Intel-based MID... with 3G on-board. The device features an 800 x 480 touchscreen display, an 800MHz Atom CPU, 4GB of RAM, Bluetooth, WiFi, a VGA webcam, 3 megapixel camera, and a full ...

Hardcore Computer bringing oil submersion cooling to the masses

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Filed under: Desktops Dousing your gaming rig in oil is a technique we've seen from custom shops before, but not quite like the offerings from Minnesota-based start-up Hardcore Computer. Its Reactor line of submerged gaming rigs, shipping to real, live customers in about a month, use custom enclosures to dunk everything ...