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Video and Pictures from Microsoft Store Grand Opening in Scottsdale
Many thanks to Chris Hunkele for the pics and video’s from the grand opening! If you live in Phoenix or Scottsdale you like saw the news that Microsoft has opened it’s first (new) Microsoft Store in the Scottsdale Fashion Square mall and from the looks of things, it was a huge hit. With a few hundred [...]
Continue reading...Canon 5D Mark II Firmware Update Coming
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Thanks to Grant Gochnauer for the heads up on the news that Canon is working on a firmware upgrade for the 5D Mark II folks that will allow 1080p video recording at 24 and 25fps. London, 20 October 2009 – Canon today announces that it is currently developing a firmware update to the EOS 5D Mark [...]
Continue reading...NETGEAR ReadyNAS RAIDiator 4.1.5 Released
Thursday, April 16, 2009
NETGEAR has made available the 4.1.5 release of the RAIDiator firmware (operating system) that their ReadyNAS line of personal NAS devices run. For those that aren’t familiar with the ReadyNAS line, they originally started as personal servers from a company named Infrant that provided more than just dumb network-attached disk space (like the Drobo), they focused [...]
Continue reading...Lost Planet 2 Announcement Trailer
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Lost Planet 2 was announced yesterday on Xbox Live Marketplace. I don’t want to spoil all the details for eveyone so I’ll just let you watch the video for yourself.
Continue reading...Kindle 2 Released – $359.00, Longer Battery, Text to Speech, More Memory, Thinner
Monday, February 9, 2009
Looks like it’s official now, the Kindle 2 has been released! Here are the highlights: Slim: Just over 1/3 of an inch, as thin as most magazines Lightweight: At 10.2 ounces, lighter than a typical paperback Wireless: 3G wireless lets you download books right from your Kindle, anytime, anywhere; no monthly fees, service plans, or hunting [...]
Continue reading...Resident Evil 5 Demo Premiering on Xbox 360
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Microsoft announced today that while Resident Evil 5 does not release until Friday, March 13th there will be a playable demo coming to Xbox Live on January 26th, 2008. The demo will have 2 levels that can played through in co-op mode either by yourself with AI support, two-player split-screen on a single Xbox 360, [...]
Continue reading...Lenovo Confirms Dual Screen Laptop
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Rumors have been circulating for a while now but Lenovo has finally confirmed the details of their first dual screen laptop. The ThinkPad W700ds has a 17-inch primary display and a 10-inch secondary screen that slides out to the right. Hopefully this is the first in what will become a main stream feature for laptops. [...]
Continue reading...Panasonic Set to Release New Powerline Adapters at CES
Monday, December 29, 2008
PCWorld reports that Panasonic has announced they will be debuting some new Powerline devices at CES this year (in less than 2 days!). We can only hope that these new powerline adapters are the HomePlug Powerline AV II spec-compliant devices that we’ve been waiting for… for like 2 years. The hope being that the Powerline AV [...]
Continue reading...Tabula Rasa Now Free
Monday, December 29, 2008
If you’ve been thinking of checking out Tabula Rasa but have not wanted to pay for a monthly subscription today’s announcement is great news for you. Not only is Tabula Rasa free going forward, but they released a lot of additional content today too. Sound too good to be true? Well there is a catch. [...]
Continue reading...X-Men Origins: Wolverine Game Details
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
While I have been known to play movie based games which turn out to be not that great I’m starting to get my hopes up a little for the X-Men Origins: Wolverine game. While no trailer has been released yet there is a single high resolution screenshot that has been released and it looks gorgeous. Activision [...]
Continue reading...Club Nintendo Finally Coming to North America
Sunday, December 7, 2008
While Japan and Europe have enjoyed the benefits of Club Nintendo for many years Nintendo finally is bringing it to North America. In October the announced their plan to have it launched in North America before the end of the year. The Club Nintendo loyalty program offers rewards to members who collect points (sometimes referred to [...]
Continue reading...Trine Gameplay Trailer Looks Surprisingly Awesome
Saturday, December 6, 2008
This came out of left field… I’ve never heard of this title and only watched the debut trailer cause I thought it had a terrible name. Fortunately, the game actually turned out to look really badass… for some reason it gave me a very etherial/Monkey Island/Dungeon Siege vibe; you guys notice that? Update #1: Ahhh nice, [...]
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
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