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  • Panasonic Released “Panasonic VIERA AR Setup Simulator”, iPhone*1 Application That Enables Simulation of VIERA Being Setup in a Room

    Posted on April 28, 2011 | No Comments
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  • The Playstation Move vs the Xbox Kinect, may the best motion controller win

    The Playstation Move vs the Xbox Kinect, may the best motion controller win

    Posted on June 15, 2010 | No Comments
    It's official on. That is the motion control wars and, don't hate, but Nintendo isn't one of the combatants. Nope, this war is clearly between Microsoft and Sony. It's the Kinect vs the Move. Full body tracking vs 1-1 controller tracking. This is going to turn out great for you, me, and both Sony and Microsoft.

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  • Up close with PS3 Move

    Up close with PS3 Move

    Posted on June 15, 2010 | No Comments
    Our own little Peter Ha had a great hands-on with the PS3 Move at Sony's HQ in California. Interestingly, Monsieur Ha believes "After seeing what Kinect is capable of, I'm 100% positive that Sony PlayStation Move has won this round."

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  • Report: Apple Prepping Cheap, Cloud-Based Apple TV For War With Google

    Report: Apple Prepping Cheap, Cloud-Based Apple TV For War With Google

    Posted on May 28, 2010 | No Comments
    The idea of putting iPhone apps on the Apple TV has been something some of us have been thinking about since at least 2008, when the original App Store launched. When rumors were swirling about Google TV, it became an even better idea as the living room was likely to be a new battleground for Apple/Google. And with the unveiling of Google TV last week, it became clear that this would be a next major fight -- provided Apple started taking it seriously. Soon, they will be, if Engadget's sources are correct. The gadget blog says that a tip they've since confirmed with "a source very close to Apple" suggests that Apple has been working on the next version of the Apple TV. The goods according to them: it will be a very small box (smaller than the current one) with perhaps only outputs for power and TV-out cables. It will run on Apple's new A4 chip (the one found in the iPad and soon the new iPhone). It will still do 1080p video, but may have as little as 16GB of flash memory. That's because the thing will be based around streaming over the cloud (or from other computers in your home) rather than local storage. Most significantly, it will run the iPhone OS.

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  • Unboxing the fabled black Wii

    Unboxing the fabled black Wii

    Posted on May 5, 2010 | No Comments
    It’s Cinco de Mayo so naturally it’s Black Wii day! Nintendo just shipped us this gift wrapped Black Wii wiincluding the Motionplus controller and Wii Sports Resort for our gaming pleasure. The black Wii is actually quite handsome and looks much classier than the original Wiihite version. It seems Nintendo is trying to push the [...]

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  • Bring the retro-bowling arcade experience home

    Bring the retro-bowling arcade experience home

    Posted on April 26, 2010 | No Comments
    People love arcade games, and have since the 50's. Some of the earliest games were based off of other recreations, like for example bowling. I remember playing one of these in the arcade in town during my youth, but it never held the attraction to me like Battle Zone or Asteroids did.

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  • BugMe now available for iPad

    BugMe now available for iPad

    Posted on April 15, 2010 | No Comments
    Like every other tech blogger, I've been flooded with press releases about apps that are now available for the iPad. I've been underwhelmed, on the whole, with "news" of app updates for iPad compatibility but word came to me recently that BugMe had been approved for the iPad. That got me thinking about my review of BugMe for the iPhone.

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  • Cables To Go unveils TruLink WirelessHD Kit

    Cables To Go unveils TruLink WirelessHD Kit

    Posted on April 14, 2010 | No Comments
    Cables To Go, a provider of cabling and connectivity solutions, just announced the release of the TruLink 60 Ghz WirelessHD Kit that enables wireless transmission of a high definition 1080p signal between televisions and HDMI components such as Blu-ray players or gaming consoles. Although it's not the most aesthetically pleasing product, it does allow you to finally reduce that clutter of HDMI cables in your living room.

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  • Star Wars Death Star Fathead coming in February for $100

    Star Wars Death Star Fathead coming in February for $100

    Posted on January 20, 2010 | No Comments
    There you go, right on the living room wall. A big, fat Death Star. I’d personally cut off all the fluff at the bottom there. It’s the Death Star. Not the Death Star, sponsored by Star Wars and a couple Fathead logos. It’s not some stadium with naming rights and all that.

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  • Video: HP has itself a Wall of Touch

    Video: HP has itself a Wall of Touch

    Posted on January 20, 2010 | No Comments
    What to make of HP's "Wall of Touch"? The Wall Street Journal has a nifty little write-up of the technology, and comes away like it just shook hands with Brock Lesnar's doctors. "Thank you so much, doctor!" The fact is, despite the fact that you don't actually touch the Wall of Touch, the idea of touchscreen interfaces is no longer foreign and exotic. We're several years after Jeff Han's big demonstration, plus there was that iPhone thing.

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  • Nexus One Bluetooth desktop dock clears the FCC, car clip spotted in the wilds

    Nexus One Bluetooth desktop dock clears the FCC, car clip spotted in the wilds

    Posted on December 28, 2009 | No Comments
    The slow steady drip of details from the yet to be announced Nexus One continues today with a pair of accessories for the HTC / Google mashup. Above we've got a wireframe of the portrait-mode Desktop Dock to be known as model CR B410. What's unusual here is the inclusion of Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR in the dock when the Nexus One is already Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR capable. After all, we've heard that the handset includes a docking connector at its base so what additional functionality would the second Bluetooth radio provide? That mystery aside, the FCC test report also shows a configuration where the dock is tethered via an AV-jack to a DVD player to help pull your multimedia off the slate and into the living room. We've also grabbed a shot of the Nexus One navigating inside a car with the help of a dashboard clip mount -- check it after the break along side another FCC pic.

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  • The App Store Forgets It’s Not The Android Market, Temporarily Sells NES Emulator

    The App Store Forgets It’s Not The Android Market, Temporarily Sells NES Emulator

    Posted on December 22, 2009 | No Comments
    As stringent (and arguably overzealous) as Apple’s App review policy is, things still slip through the cracks from time to time. I mean, who can forget the infamous baby shaking simulator slip-up? The latest bit of contraband to hit the App Store isn’t nearly as offensive – that is, unless you’re Nintendo. Earlier today, an application [...]

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  • More details emerge about the Boxee Box

    More details emerge about the Boxee Box

    Posted on December 9, 2009 | No Comments
    Everyone, where everyone means Internet nerds, has been talking a lot about the Boxee Box the last few days. For good reason too. It brings the ultra-cool software to your living room in an official product. AppleTV hacking will soon not be required to use Boxee on your HDTV. But with all the talk recently, some points have been missing. No more, Andrew from Boxee just posted a bunch of info concerning the upcoming digital appliance.

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  • New device coming from Syabas, the makers of Popcorn Hour, at CES ‘10

    New device coming from Syabas, the makers of Popcorn Hour, at CES ‘10

    Posted on December 8, 2009 | No Comments
    Popcorn Hour is a great product and loved by many nerds. But that's just it, the device is somewhat nerdy. Apparently the maker, Syabas, has another Internet-connected device coming and it will be shown off at CES 2010. While certain key points are missing right now like the price, availability, and hardware specs, what little info I do have makes this box sound promising indeed.

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  • CrunchDeals: Half-off Roku’s HD-XR

    CrunchDeals: Half-off Roku’s HD-XR

    Posted on November 27, 2009 | No Comments
    Stop! Turn that car around! Roku is selling the HD-XR for half-off. There’s no reason to go to the store! The Roku is one of my favorite living room devices and it just got better. Now it’s $64.99 plus shipping and lets you watch Netflix, Amazon, and MLB content along with Facebook and Blip.tv videos. Good, [...]

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