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Archive | June, 2007
Gefen Releases HDMI Connectivty Lineup
EngadgetHD caught the new Gefen lineup of wired and wireless HDMI devices that just flew onto the market. Everything from HDMI-over-ethernet to 1080p/HDCP-enabled PVRs. Read - Component + Digital Audio to HDMI Adapter Read - Personal Video Recorders Read - 4×4 HDMI CAT5 Matrix Read - Component Audio Extender Read - Wireless HDMI Extender
Continue reading...Battlefield Bad Company has Destructable Environments
21. June 2007
Hot from GameSpot, looks like Battlefield is going to have mostly destructable environments. No digging yourself a fox-hole with a rocket launcher, but it looks like hanging out behind a buildings wall, a row of sand bags, etc isn’t going to be the same anyone if the enemy you are going up against has explosives… [...]
Continue reading...More GTA IV Information
21. June 2007
Ripped right from Kotaku: Most promising is the new damage modelling. Shoot a guy and you can see the bullethole. Shoot them in the leg and they limp away. And now when you run someone over it’s “quite disturbing”. Time plays a more important role. Miss a particular drop, cab or train, for example, and it [...]
Continue reading...Manhunt 2 Banned in the UK
19. June 2007
VoodooExtreme reports that the BBFC has banned the sale of Manhunt 2 in the UK… the last time this happened was in 1997 when Carmageddon was banned (then later overturned). VE asks if Rockstar has gotten ahead of themselves with the whole “violence is awesome” card, and I have to agree. There are all sorts of [...]
Continue reading...Apple Improved iPhone Battery
18. June 2007
The new battery will give 8hrs of talk time and 250hrs of standby… that’s nice, but that was never the issue people had raised. If you remember the keynote where the iPhone was announced, the proximity detector in the handset turns the screen off when you put the phone up to your ear and turns [...]
Continue reading...Blockbuster to Only Rent Blu-ray Disks
18. June 2007
Stephen Jacques kicked this news across the desk this morning… looks like Blockbuster will only be offering Blu-ray disks as their HD-disk rentals in-store. From their online store they will still rent HD-DVDs, but in-store HD rentals they were seeing a 70% majority renting Blu-ray based disks. Even with $200 HD-DVD players sitting at home, Blu-ray [...]
Continue reading...Getting the Best Deal from Dell
17. June 2007
A former Dell sales manager coughed up the inside scoop on how to get the best deal from Dell. This was posted to The Consumerist and Dell shortly fired off a take-down notice. Just linking over to the story, no intentions of reposting it here… but the scoop seems to be to reprice the same machine [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft Paid $50 Million for GTA 4 Episodes
17. June 2007
There was a rumor flying around earlier this week that GTA 4 on XBox 360 would be somewhat episodic in nature. Some people guessed it was due to the size limitation of DVDs on the XBox 360 while the PS3 version would be able to easily fit the game and all additional extra material. The problem [...]
Continue reading...Ubuntu 7.10 Supporting DualView
16. June 2007
Looks like the initial work on DualView support (dual head monitors) in Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) has begun, behold:
Continue reading...Blu-ray Coating Disk Rot
16. June 2007
Engadget HD has the scoop on the anti-scratch coating on Blu-ray disks starting to “rot” as reported on a growing thread over on AVS… what’s going on?
Continue reading...Argument on Global Warming Part 2
14. June 2007
Follow ups by the author to comments and nay-sayers: Part #1 Part #2
Continue reading...Argument on Global Warming
14. June 2007
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