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  • Old Man Laser: Officially over the hill

    Old Man Laser: Officially over the hill

    Posted on May 14, 2010 | No Comments
    Amazingly, the laser is 50 years old today. When it was originally discovered, many scientists felt that the shiny red light didn't have any practical use. Of course now days, lasers are almost everywhere.

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  • Astak lauches the Mole social networking webcam

    Astak lauches the Mole social networking webcam

    Posted on October 29, 2009 | No Comments
    Designed to work without a dedicated PC, the new Astak Mole was announced today. The Mole is a wireless webcam that can upload video directly to such sites as YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter. It can also record directly to an SD card in the camera.

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  • Review: G-Force

    Review: G-Force

    Posted on July 30, 2009 | No Comments
    In what could be a first for us I’m going to talk about G-Force, the new Jerry Bruckheimer Disney movie. To be clear: this is a movie for kids. I have a kid. So I saw it. Anyway. Where to begin: this is a movie about guinea pigs with special powers who can talk [...]

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  • Foxconn declines comment on PS3 Slim contract

    Foxconn declines comment on PS3 Slim contract

    Posted on July 1, 2009 | No Comments
    Attempting to quell earlier reports that they’ve signed an agreement with Sony to build the rumored PS3 Slim, Foxconn issued an official “no comment” statement with the Taiwan Stock Exchange today.

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  • Sony to ship PS3 Slim next month?

    Sony to ship PS3 Slim next month?

    Posted on June 30, 2009 | No Comments
    The secrecy over the PS3 Slim continues to unravel with news that Foxconn have been contracted to manufacture and ship the updated model starting next month. The report from UDN does not explicitly say that the smaller version of the current platform will be sold anytime soon, but it falls in line with what Ars’s Mole leaked over the weekend. However, UDN states that an updated PS3 will be launched in the Spring. Me thinks they’re just referring to the motion control system and not a brand new console revision.

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  • Rumor: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 price drops coming this Fall

    Rumor: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 price drops coming this Fall

    Posted on June 29, 2009 | No Comments
    The Mole, as Ars affectionately refers to its gaming industry insider, has once again struck with a ‘rumor’ detailing Microsoft and Sony’s plans for their respective consoles this year. In case you’re super busy this Monday morning, I’ll break it down for you real quick. Expect to see bigger hard drives in the Xbox 360 and a slimmed down version of the PS3.

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  • “Mole” says UMD-less PSP-Go! is on for E3, slimmer PS3 to follow

    “Mole” says UMD-less PSP-Go! is on for E3, slimmer PS3 to follow

    Posted on May 28, 2009 | No Comments

    Ready for this? No, seriously -- are you strapped in? The same reliable "mole" that enabled ArsTechnica to correctly call the Resident Evil 5 Xbox 360 bundle and the new Halo 3 / Fable 2 bundle (among other items) has come forward with convincing evidence that a UMD-less PSP is indeed on the table for an E3 launch. Truthfully, we'd be more shocked if Sony didn't announce such a product, with the download-only release of Patapon 2 being a telltale sign that something was up. We're told that the so-called PSP-Go! will be debuting in LA next week, but that a slimmer, trimmer PlayStation 3 likely won't. The reason? Sony's waiting for its current stock of PS3 consoles to dwindle, after which it intends to refill channel partners with the physically fit edition that we peeked just over a week ago. We'll be live at the expo to give the low-down on this as it happens, but suffice it to say, buying a bulky PS3 over the next few months will likely morph into a regrettable decision.

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