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Entries for November, 2008

Pentagon reveals top priority during declining economy

It is quite funny to see where our priority lies as a society. We spend hundred of billions of dollars in weaponry, yet our government refuses to invest in its own citizens and invest in solutions to our problems at home. According to a report, the Pentagon is planning to spend $22 million on research [...]

Images of new Xbox 360 motherboard leaked

The motherboard of the next Xbox 360 has been revealed. From leaks we can see a few unannounced features such as a 65nm graphics unit a new south bridge and 256MB of flash memory for internal storage. This will allow you to store XLBA games, same game info and store other information. No word on [...]

A better way to charge your PS3 peripherals

Are you one of those gamers who have too many peripherals, you just don’t know what to do with yourself? Well Sony has developed a new double AC adapter to help hardcore gamers charge all their peripherals. The double AC adapter is Playstation-branded, but it does not only work on Playstation 3 peripherals. Other non-Playstation [...]

Toshiba releases 16GB microSD Card a 16GB SD card and an Ultra-Fast 8GB card

Toshiba has joined Sandisk in the memory card wars and have released a few of their own. Toshiba released a 16GB microSDHC card as well as a 8GB and 16GB SDHC cards with a maximum write speed of 20MB/s, which is pretty darn good. These new memory cards from Toshiba are aimed at DSLR camera [...]

Nintendo to allow Wii Speak trade-in

When Nintendo announced that their Wii Speak microphone peripheral will come with a one-time code to use for the “Wii Speak” download, many Wii fans were made because the one-time code will, in effect, make the Wii Speak microphone useless. Thus it would be impossible to trade it in. Now Nintendo has decided that they [...]

PS3 Firmware 2.53 unleashed tomorrow

It has been announced that tomorrow, all Sony PlayStation 3 gaming consoles will be getting a new firmware update. Version 2.53 will not have much it though. It will add a full screen Adobe Flash support for web browsing. Although this may not be exciting PS3 news, hopefully the PS3 will be getting those price [...]

Dell Mini 9 to offer 3G option for an extra $125

Just the other day we reported that the HP Mini 1000 supports 3G now it has been released that the Dell Mini 9 an HSDPA/EDGE 3G option. The option is priced at $125 with $120 of it being refundable with a 2-year AT&T contract at $60 a month. The XP versions of the Mini 9 [...]

Canon EOS 5D Mark II hits retail stores tomorrow

The most anticipated Digital SLR camera will finally be released tomorrow. The Canon EOS 5D Mark II, which boasts the ability to shoot movies in full 1080p, was announced over a year ago and many have been patiently waiting for the camera to be released to the public. The Canon EOS 5D Mark II not [...]

HP Mini 1000 supports 3G

It was recently revealed that the new HP Mini 1000 would be capable of supporting 3G, a member over on the Pocketables forum got their hands on a brand new HP Mini 1000 and found out how to take advantage of this new feature. You’ll need to download a WWAN driver from HP and install [...]

Samsung introduces new full-HD display

Samsung has just introduced their new full-HD display, called the SyncMaster 2494HS. The SyncMaster 2494HS has a 23.6-inch 1920 x 1080 resolution LCD panel display. It also boasts 300cd/m2 brightness and 1,000:1 contrast ratio. With a response rate of about 5s and viewing angles of vertical 160-degrees and horizontal 170-degrees, this bad boy supports screen [...]