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Archive | August, 2008
First Google Android Phone: T-Mobile’s HTC Dream
After the first crap-blurry video of the HTC Dream, Google’s first commercial Android-based phone getting close to release, we have been waiting with baited breath to see what the device will actually look and feel like. It looks like T-Mobile will be the first to roll out the phone this Fall along side the BlackBerry [...]
Continue reading...Canon Files for Fuel Cell-Powered Camera Patent
30. August 2008
Just a heads up for the photographers out there, looks like Canon has filed for a patent for fuel-cell powered cameras (DSLRs based on the diagrams) where all auxillary components would be powered off the singular camera fuel cell, no need to have each component bring it’s own power to the picture. If you are [...]
Continue reading...Reports of All NVIDIA Cards Being Bad (65nm and 55nm Parts)
29. August 2008
Just after news leaking out (unconfirmed by NVIDIA) that all G84 and G86-based GPUs from NVIDIA were fundamentally flawed, it looks like the news continues to get worse as apparently all G92s and G92b-based cards (8800 series, 9600 series, etc.) are suffering the same fate. The realization that there was an epic problem across the board [...]
Continue reading...New Gears of War 2 Screenshots
29. August 2008
As we inch our way closer and closer to November, the need for Gears of War 2 grows… here are 5 more screenshots to whet our appetites: Thanks VE3D!
Continue reading...Indie Game of the Week: Choke on my Groundhog, YOU BASTARD ROBOTS
29. August 2008
Welcome to the first of many installments of ‘Indie Game of the Week’. Every week we’ll pick one of our favorite indie games to showcase for all you readers out there. The games may range from downloadable titles to very well made flash games that can be play in your browser. This week we’d like to [...]
Continue reading...Comcast Officially Capping Internet Use
29. August 2008
Comcast has announced on their website today that they will be setting an official cap on the amount of data subscribers can download and upload each month. Starting October 1st, the cable juggernaut will update their user agreement to say that users will be allowed 250 GB of traffic per month (that comes out to [...]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs Obit Accidentally Published then Redacted
28. August 2008
Todd Swarthout just sent this interesting bit in, it looks Bloomberg News goofed a publication this morning when they accidentally sent the obituary for Steve Jobs (who is fine BTW) out to their external wire of subscribers (instead of to the internal wire only). The story was pulled 30 seconds later. As it turns out, pre-writing [...]
Continue reading...New Releases for The Week of 8/24 - 8/30
27. August 2008
Xbox 360 Tales of Vesperia (Aug 26) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (Aug 26) Castle Crashers (Aug 27) PC GTR Evolution (Aug 26) Sims 2 Apartment Life (Aug 26) Nintendo Wii Mario Super Sluggers (Aug 25) Nintendo DS Garfield’s Fun Fest (Aug 29) Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness (Aug 25) Commando: Steel Disaster (Aug 25) From the Abyss (Aug 26) N+(Aug 26) PlayStation 3 Vampire Rain: Altered Species (Aug 26) Disgaea 3: [...]
Continue reading...CrackBerry Unboxes the BlackBerry Bold
27. August 2008
After the initial announcement and subsequent immediate comparisons to the iPhone, it looks like BlackBerry Bolds are finally starting to drop. CrackBerry unboxes it for everyone and entices the heck out of us with it’s dazzle. For anyone that hasn’t been up to speed on BlackBerry, the full-screen touch-screen that more closely maps to the iPhone is [...]
Continue reading...‘Lich King’ Content to Come Early
27. August 2008
Over at the official World of Warcraft forums, Blizzard has announced that in the next few weeks a patch will be released containing some of the content annouced for the release of Wrath of the Lich King. Some of the big features in this update include Barbershops in capital cities, New class spells and talents [...]
Continue reading...PS3 2.5 Firmware Adding Screenshot Capability
26. August 2008
CVG is reporting that the 2.5 firmware update for the PS3 (coming somewhat soon, weeks? months?) will add the ability to grab screenshots of whatever you are playing. I imagine this will need to be some magic set of keystrokes to do so, because right now not every game pauses the action when you hit the [...]
Continue reading...Handling Self Doubt and Battling Inactivity
26. August 2008
About a month ago I wrote a piece about “Chronic Underachievement” and yesterday the CEO of OpenRain wrote an article about “Handling Self Doubt” that touched on 3 excellent points I skipped over completely and still struggle with today, more specifically: Criticism is a good thing (it means people care) Self-Doubt can cause you to freeze in [...]
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30. August 2008
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