Archive for 'October,2009'

Black Nintendo Wii Price Slashed In The UK Before Official Launch

Black Nintendo Wii Price Slashed In The UK Before Official Launch

According to CVG, Amazon UK has already slashed the price of the Black Nintendo Wii before it even hit their shelves on November 6th.  The original price was £179.99 and now it’s being offered for £164.99 [...]

Roku Launches HD-XR Netflix Player, Adds USB Port & 802.1nn

Roku Launches HD-XR Netflix Player, Adds USB Port & 802.1nn

Just in time for the holidays, Roku has announced an all new Roku Player…sort of.  Actually, the HD-XR model just adds a USB port (not enabled) and support for 802.11n to the HD version of the [...]

DVR-510 WaterProof NightVision Pocket Camcorder By Vivitar

DVR-510 WaterProof NightVision Pocket Camcorder By Vivitar

As an absolute alternative to the Flip camcorder series and other name brand models, the Vivitar WaterProof NightVision Camcorder is definitely worth some investigation. Priced at a crazy cheap $50, the camcorder weighs just .8lbs, supports [...]

Gaming Rumor: Assassin’s Creed 3 To Be Set In Feudal Japan?

Gaming Rumor: Assassin’s Creed 3 To Be Set In Feudal Japan?

Talk about counting your chickens.  Assassin’s Creed 2 hasn’t even seen release and we are already hearing about a 3rd installment.  Will that many people blindly purchase this game like the did 2 years ago? Not [...]

GameFly GameCenter iPhone App Now Available

GameFly GameCenter iPhone App Now Available

For those of you that subscribe to the NetFlix-esque video game rental service, the GameFly GameCenter app is now available for free in the App Store.  More than just access to your queue, the GameFly GameCenter [...]

Brutal Legend DLC To Be Free On PS3

Brutal Legend DLC To Be Free On PS3

It’s finally nice to see the Ps3 getting some exclusive and free DLC these days.  the newest of these offerings comes by the way of Brutal Legend.  The epic fantasy nod to all things metal will [...]

New Word In Office Geek Chic: Star Wars Lightsaber Laser Pointers

New Word In Office Geek Chic: Star Wars Lightsaber Laser Pointers

If you’ve looked at your job and thought, you know, it’s great here and all, but what we need are more random Jedi duels, then do I have the gadget for you! Five words: Star Wars [...]

Kohjinsha PA Blends A Netbook With A Tablet PC

Kohjinsha PA Blends A Netbook With A Tablet PC

So remember just yesterday, when I was getting all poingy happy about the half e-reader / half netbook hybrid?  Well, I think I may have just beat that level of awesome but in a totally different [...]

At 11:59 Last Night, An Era Ended. Long Live Geocities.

At 11:59 Last Night, An Era Ended. Long Live Geocities.

Well, folks, it’s true.  An era has ended.  One of the greatest early guardians of Internet content just got wiped off the face of the web about ten hours ago. I’m talking about Geocities, folks, the [...]

Metro 2033 Tries To Get A Slice Of Fallout 3 Pie

Metro 2033 Tries To Get A Slice Of Fallout 3 Pie

I have to admit I’m somewhat happy about this development and at the same time somewhat unnerved by it.  After the incredible success of Fallout 3, and what will likely be the success of Fallout 3: [...]