Archive for May, 2013
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HP Photosmart R817 Review
CNET.com has a review of HP’s latest entry into the point-and-shoot compact digital camera market, the Photosmart R817. This 5.1 megapixel camera features a 5x optical zoom and some nice photo-enhancement features. Other ...
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PlayStation 3 to offer parental controls
Sony has become the latest console maker to announced parental controls in its upcoming PlayStation 3. Microsoft XBox 360 shipped last week with parental controls. Nintendo Revolution announced parental controls earlier this mo...
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XBox 360: Second Impression
Last week I gave you guys my first impressions of the XBox 360. Now I’ve had a week with the system, a chance to play more games, and even try my hand at XBox Live. Today, I’d like to share my second impression with...
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Custom Computers for Serious Bank
Sav Row makes some of the sickest laptops and desktops around. The London based company will mod or build out a laptop/desktop to your specs. Check out the site and some of the designs. Apparently, some of their units have sold...
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Microwaved Hot Water Shower
Cut your gas prices and heat all your hot water with a microwave. Apparently a company called Pulsar Advanced Technologies will soon release a product the size of a speaker (big or small who knows) that will heat your house’s w...
Gaming
Microsoft loses $126 per XBox 360
Microsoft lost a lot of money on the XBox. About 4 billion by some estimates. That’s a lot of money. Even for Microsoft. So did they learn their lesson this time around? Apparently not. According to an independent study d...
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Apple and the American Pie Way
I love Apple, don’t get me wrong. But when I heard they were suing Thinksecret I was a little disappointed. Now to make matters worse they have obtained, through judicial proceedings, the URL iTunes.co.uk. Sure a group called C...
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Nokia N-Gage to be Phased Out
In a no-surprise move Nokia will slowly phase out their N-Gage (aka The Taco) Game Phone. Why this didn’t happen sooner, who knows? Nokia probably didn’t want to admit defeat 2 years ago, so they continued to release newer vers...
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Nintendo Revolution: No High Definition
Okay after my first XBox 360 impression, I decided I’m really angry Nintendo decided to not go with high definition for its upcoming console, codenamed the Revolution. Reggie Fils-Aime, executive vice president of sales a...
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Olympus FE-110 Review
CNET.com brought us a review of the 4 megapixel Olympus FE-100 and the 6 megapixel Olympus FE-120. They must have heard our cries for a review of the 5 megapixel Olympus FE-110, because that’s what we got today. What did ...
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XBox 360: Hands On Impressions
After a long day of work and hunting down an XBox 360 hard drive, I finally got to go home and enjoy my XBox 360. I’m definitely not ready to give you a full review of the system, but I’d like to at least give my fi...
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Motorola MS550 Camera Phone Pics
Here’s another pic off Mobileburn of Motorola’s MS550 3 megapixel camera phone. The phone is now shipping in Korea, but no word on if and when we’ll see it State side. We originally reported on the MS550 on Ha...