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  • Microsoft taking a loss on Kinect?

    Microsoft taking a loss on Kinect?

    Posted on June 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Inside sources close to the matter have said that the build costs of Kinect are near $150. When you add up all the time to write the software and the costs of the hardware, it gets expensive. This has many people at Microsoft concerned.

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  • Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword announced along with vastly improved Wii interaction

    Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword announced along with vastly improved Wii interaction

    Posted on June 15, 2010 | No Comments
    Here we go: another E3, another Zelda. The latest in the Zelda canon is Skyward Sword, a MotionPlus compatible game that mimics the experience of holding a sword and a shield. Link's on-screen actions mimic your actions completely including the motion of a shield in front of you. Basically this is a more precise version of the previous Zelda Wii interface. With so many people trying so many motion controls, however, I wonder how exciting this will be in context.

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  • What’s Missing From iPhone 4 Is Part Of What Makes It Great

    What’s Missing From iPhone 4 Is Part Of What Makes It Great

    Posted on June 10, 2010 | No Comments
    On Monday, Apple officially unveiled the iPhone 4. After playing around with it for 20 minutes or so after the keynote, I can safely say that it's the most impressive mobile device I've ever seen. But plenty of people (many of which have never used the phone) disagree. Their arguments are mainly predicated on what Apple didn't include rather than what it did. But what those people fail to understand is that this is exactly what makes the new iPhone (as well as the previous iterations) so solid. During his keynote address on Monday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs noted that while Apple may not be the first to release features, they do so in a way that's the best implementation. Many people view this as absolute bullshit. But what that implies is that they think Apple simply cannot get features done in time -- or that they will not do them for some reason. I have a hard time believing either of those is the case.

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  • Why are people against the FCC’s National Broadband Plan?

    Why are people against the FCC’s National Broadband Plan?

    Posted on March 14, 2010 | No Comments
    Up until a moment ago, this was going to be a standard "newsy" post: the FCC will announce its National Broadband Plan on Tuesday, here's what it's all about. Then I read the comments of a PC World article discussing that very same plan—many people are outraged that the government would muscle its way into the free market! If Americans wanted fast broadband then the market would provide it on its own terms. That, of course, is complete nonsense: plenty of Americans live in one-ISP towns, and if said ISP provides terrible service, well, though cookies, chico. This is America! Love it or leave it~!

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  • Video on demand: The patron saint of Tribeca Film Festival?

    Video on demand: The patron saint of Tribeca Film Festival?

    Posted on March 4, 2010 | No Comments
    Is video on demand the key to making your spiffy indie movie the next Huge Success? Depends on who you ask. The Tribeca Film Festival will experiment with VOD this year, having signed deals with cable providers like Comcast, Verizon FIOS, and Cablevision (a New York-area provider, for those of you who've never heard of it before) to create a Tribeca VOD channel. The thing is, even though putting a film on VOD is a guaranteed way to increase its exposure, there seems to be a bit of a stigma attached there.

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  • In Photos: Handsome, timeless tattoo set

    In Photos: Handsome, timeless tattoo set

    Posted on December 18, 2009 | No Comments
    For many people, the decision to get a certain tattoo is based on a perceived notion of timelessness – the death of a good friend or family member, your spouse(s), barbed wire, etc. – and I think this guy nailed it, too. Unless something crazy happens, like a controller that’s somehow newer than the [...]

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  • iPhone in Korea off to a good start

    iPhone in Korea off to a good start

    Posted on December 7, 2009 | No Comments
    The iPhone officially went on sale in China at the end of October and in Japan in summer last year, but many people in one important Asian market were still waiting for it the whole time: Korea. After getting the official government approval in mid-November, the country’s number two mobile carrier, KT Corporation, started rolling out the iPhone on November 28. And it can be happy about a pretty successful roll-out.

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  • The Boxee Box will rock your sox!

    The Boxee Box will rock your sox!

    Posted on November 12, 2009 | No Comments
    Boxee, everyone's favorite HTPC software, just announced that the company just partnered with its first CE company. But that's all the company is saying. We don't know anything else. However, there is an event coming up on December 7th right around the corner from John's house where we should learn more. I'm already excited though. Just think what this means.

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  • WE WON! Lenovo will allow you swap Fn and Ctrl in BIOS

    WE WON! Lenovo will allow you swap Fn and Ctrl in BIOS

    Posted on November 5, 2009 | No Comments
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  • Presenting the airplane of the future! Better make friends with your fellow passengers

    Presenting the airplane of the future! Better make friends with your fellow passengers

    Posted on September 22, 2009 | No Comments
    This is what the Airplane of the Future may look like. Well, this is what coach may look like; first class passengers will still have seats made out of diamonds and sporks made out of solid gold. The new layout resembles a subway car or military aircraft, with rows facing each other in order to pack more people inside a cabin.

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  • PooTrap: For people who shouldn’t own dogs in the first place

    PooTrap: For people who shouldn’t own dogs in the first place

    Posted on August 25, 2009 | No Comments
    pootrapNo, no, no, no, no, no, no. No. This is the PooTrap, an elaborate apparatus that you strap to your dog. It holds a bag in place right about where the you-know-what comes out of the you-know-where. It costs between $30 and $40 depending on the size of your dog.

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  • AT&T Voice Activated GPS App for iPhone: $10 per Month

    AT&T Voice Activated GPS App for iPhone: $10 per Month

    Posted on July 2, 2009 | No Comments
    A new application from AT&T brings voice activated, turn-by-turn navigation to the iPhone. That’s right, AT&T. Now you know that, take a guess as to how you might be paying for this application. A free “thank you” download to iPhone owners? No. An expensive but one-time payment of around $50? Nope. AT&T, greedy-guts that it is, [...]

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