Archive for January, 2009

  • PS3 doing fine, no price drop in sight, PSP is a different story, says European SCEE boss

    PS3 doing fine, no price drop in sight, PSP is a different story, says European SCEE boss

    Posted on January 30, 2009 | No Comments
    With a ten-year shelf life the execs at Sony don’t seem too worried about the PS3’s poor showing last year compared to the Xbox 360 and Wii. SCEE head honcho David Reeves sat down with Eurogamer to rap about how well his little toy is doing and what’s next for Sony. Much of this is geared towards the European market but that doesn’t mean we can’t glean some tidbits about the overall health of the platform across the globe.

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  • What bad habits have you picked up from the Internet?

    What bad habits have you picked up from the Internet?

    Posted on January 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Has the Internet changed the way you think and act even when you're not at a computer? It has me. I find myself speaking in LOLcat when I'm making puns with my friend. I find myself thinking in terms of regular expressions when I want to correct something I've said. I rarely remember URLs anymore, instead focusing on the search terms I fed to Google to find the sites I use.

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  • Lose weight the Hello Kitty way

    Lose weight the Hello Kitty way

    Posted on January 30, 2009 | No Comments
    In the CrunchGear chat room this morning we were talking about exercise. Someone linked to Hundred Push Ups, and issued a challenge to see how many push ups we could each do. We postured and boasted and tried to convince one another that blogging had not gone to our bellies. Thankfully we were quickly distracted by a Hello Kitty weight loss gadget.

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  • Wherein Penny-Arcade illustrates just how bad MacBook Pro overheating really is

    Wherein Penny-Arcade illustrates just how bad MacBook Pro overheating really is

    Posted on January 30, 2009 | No Comments
    So how hot does your MacBook Pro get? Like, hot hot or just hot? (I have an old MacBook that's not too bad about that kind of thing.) There's a delightful message today on Penny-Arcade about how their MacBook Pro, when left to its own devices, becomes extraordinarily hot. Like, otherworldly hot.

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  • Tiny bubbles make me feel fine

    Tiny bubbles make me feel fine

    Posted on January 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Philips is working on some fancy new drug deliver technologies that utilize microbubbles in a new way. Traditionally, microbubbles are used to enhance the resolution of ultrasound images, but Philips' research provide a one-two punch for imaging and targeted drug delivery.

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  • iPhone firmware 2.2.1 jailbroken [Updated]

    iPhone firmware 2.2.1 jailbroken [Updated]

    Posted on January 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Just FYI - 2.2.1 is jailbroken but upgrading will totally bork your unlock. UPDATE #2 - The real deal iPhone dev team QuickPwn (Windows/Mac) and PwnageTool (Mac only) apps are now available. They have yet to SIM unlock the new baseband (02.30.03), so tread with caution and read directions especially close if you're planning on liberating your handset.

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  • T-Mobile Exec: More “G series” phones on the way

    T-Mobile Exec: More “G series” phones on the way

    Posted on January 30, 2009 | No Comments
    We really could have guessed as much at this point, but T-Mobile's Senior Vice President of Engineering Neville Ray has put it on the record that G1 followups are on the way in 2009:

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  • Yes Yes Yes: Activision confirms DJ Hero

    Yes Yes Yes: Activision confirms DJ Hero

    Posted on January 30, 2009 | No Comments
    And now, the greatest news since that time I was coming home from a bar in Barcelona only to find out that Radio Slave was performing by the club near my old apartment and I freaked out because oh my God it's Radio Slave: Activision has confirmed the development of DJ Hero. Call me a jerk, I don't care, I'm getting this game.

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  • Video: Unboxing the JimmyJane.com Form 6 Massager

    Video: Unboxing the JimmyJane.com Form 6 Massager

    Posted on January 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Hey, guys, guess what just came in the mail? The JimmyJane.com Form 6 massager with dual-action for those heard to reach places. I'll do a full review shortly - WITH PICS! - but here's a quick unboxing for you all. Note: This is for external use only.

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  • Garmin FR60 watches use ANT+ wireless connections

    Garmin FR60 watches use ANT+ wireless connections

    Posted on January 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Garmin makes great fitness watches - the GPS line is just incredible. Now they're moving towards less GPS oriented models with the FR60, a sports watch that uses external devices like foot pods and heartrate monitors rather than bulky internal sensors. A GPS unit is also available An ANT+ dongle will automatically connect the watch to your PC.

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  • Fancy scooter design, now with a place to put your stuff

    Fancy scooter design, now with a place to put your stuff

    Posted on January 30, 2009 | No Comments
    It's pretty obvious that our fascination with crazy designs and fancy renders has recently returned. Today's example, a scooter—oh how European—that solves the problem of, “Gee, where do I stash my bread and cheese?” Why, in the large space underneath the seat, silly!

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  • BBC suckered by some crazy fake cellphone

    BBC suckered by some crazy fake cellphone

    Posted on January 30, 2009 | No Comments
    An unknown company that makes "jet parts" in England, IA Technology, is pretending to release some vaporware cellphone that accepts only voice input and, through the magic of "Internet portals" will make calls and send texts without typing. The phone itself, as it appears in this BBC footage, is just a plastic mock-up that the anchor uses as if it were the real thing. Most interestingly, however, is the B-roll which shows that the company apparently still does all of it's "ejector seat" soldering by hand because using a bunch of women using some acid core and wood burners to add components to a board. Best of all? It's called the ZumbaLumba.

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  • Cassette wallets

    Cassette wallets

    Posted on January 30, 2009 | No Comments
    As we enter the final year of the aughts, we need something new to show off how retro we can be. Duct tape wallets are so 2008. Hello Kitty is tired. How about something really ironic. Like a cassette tape wallet!

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  • UK wants broadband everywhere by 2012

    UK wants broadband everywhere by 2012

    Posted on January 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Digital Britain. Broadband everywhere. You're going down with a billion in the bank. All popular phrases coming out of the UK today, some of which the Government is working toward making a reality. Up first, making broadband as ubiquitous as television. Oh, and eliminating music piracy. Like that'll ever happen.

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  • Hublot Big Bang King Power: As my 3-year-old son would say, this is “unasseptiple”

    Hublot Big Bang King Power: As my 3-year-old son would say, this is “unasseptiple”

    Posted on January 30, 2009 | No Comments
    When Hublot first launched the Big Bang I was totally down with the watch. It had a unique style and size as well as a nice pedigree and cost about $15K, not horrible for a watch of this caliber. Now they're just getting greedy. The King Power is just a fat watch with a weird, all-black face that almost renders it useless. This model has a ceramic bracelet, which is unusual, and is water resistant to 10 ATM. It's basically using a standard jumping hands split-second movement from La Joux-Perret. How much is all of this pleasure? $22,000, not counting the gazelle-like Russian models you have to hire to walk into the shop so you can look sufficiently douchey when you pick this up.

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