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Review: Big Buck Hunter Pro TV Game

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

Short Version: A faithful recreation of the arcade classic, Jakks Pacific’s Big Buck Hunter Pro TV Video Game is a nice alternative when you’re too lazy, broke, or inebriated to make it out to your local watering hole to play the real thing. Features: Plugs directly into your TV via RCA cables...

www.crunchgear.com

Shields Up!: EU Cracks Down on Ringtone Scams

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

Section: Communications, Accessories, Cellphones, Computers, Security The European Union Consumer Commission has announced a crack down on sites pushing free ringtone scams and that often target kids and teens. The crackdown covered all 27 EU countries plus Iceland and Norway and resulted 9...

www.gadgetell.com

Laptop Steering Wheel Desk Adds Productivity, Thrills to Commute

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

Using a laptop computer in a car can be uncomfortable, but no more. The Laptop Steering Wheel Desk hooks on to your wheel to give you a convenient place for the computer, your lunch, or whatever else you’re working on.

www.gearlog.com

Acer Aspire 1410 Olympic Special Edition

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

Acer releasing special edition of Acer Aspire 1410 for Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. This CULV Ultra Portable Notebook packs a 1.2GHz Intel Dual Core Celeron SU2300 CPU, up to 4GB of RAM and 250GB HDD. Managed by Intel GMA 4500MHD GPU, its display deliver a 1366 x 768 pixel resolution.

www.lifeatmost.com

NZXT Tempest EVO PC Case For Gamers And Overclockers

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

Still remember the NZXT Tempest PC case? NZXT has recently launched the Tempest EVO PC case, which is perfect for gaming purpose. The PC case supports a wide range of motherboard including E-ATX, ATX, Micro-ATX and Baby AT.

www.techfresh.net/nzxt-tempest-evo-pc-case-fo

Contest: Win a Nikon D3000

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

Looking for a DSLR this holiday season, but the budget is a bit tight? Let CrunchGear and Photojojo help you out. Photojojo is running a giveaway for a Nikon D3000, and they’ve invited you, our very special friends, to join in on the contest. Find out how to win after the jump.

www.crunchgear.com

HP Pavilion Elite owners sue over Core i7 lockups

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

HP was sued late last week for allegedly neglecting a major flaw in its Pavilion Elite desktops. Plaintiff Michael Kent and owners whose systems use an Intel Core i7 processor along with Pegatron's "Truckee" mainboard, including the e9150t, e9180f, e9180t, m9600t and m9650f, have reported in HP's...

www.electronista.com

Adobe pre-release of Flash Player 10.1 now available

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

Filed under: Multimedia, Video, InternetAdobe's Flash Player has long been a notorious CPU hog on Macs.

Sony VAIO W gets Holiday Sparkle Signature model

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15 years ago

Sony on Tuesday launched the first VAIO W series netbook for its Signature Collection, with the Holiday Sparkle. The 10.1-inch netbook sports a white exterior peppered with a decorative snowflake pattern that will appear different depending on the angle it's viewed from.

www.electronista.com

Acer Liquid A1 Android phone to reach UK in November

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15 years ago

Acer's first Android-powered smartphone, the Liquid A1, will be out in the UK in late November, according to UK electronics retailer Clove. The phone will, as previously reported, run on a detuned, 768MHz version of the Qualcomm Snapdragon instead of the full-blown 1GHz CPU....

www.electronista.com

Star Wars: Trench Run for the $5 Jedi in all of us

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

Filed under: App Store, App ReviewSimply put: Star Wars: Trench Run [iTunes link] is awesome. The idea is fairly simple: you are re-enacting the final battle scene from the first Star Wars movie, and if you think that refers to The Phantom Menace, may God have mercy on your soul.

Hackers Mod, Overclock and Reprogram Their Calculators

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15 years ago

Benjamin Moody spent two months trying to crack the programming code of his TI-83 graphing calculator, a process that involved finding the prime factors of enormous numbers.

And the Left 4 Dead 2 boycott, how’s that going?

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

It turned out that a lot of those so-called Modern Warfare 2 protesters were talking jive, as they played the game late into the night, alone with their hypocrisy. (It’s overdramatic Tuesday, by the way.) How did the Left 4 Dead II protesters do? A little bit better, yes.

www.crunchgear.com

Dell Adamo XPS now available, praise be He Who Makes The Ultrathins

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

How excited are you about the Dell Adamo XPS 13? Like (*stretches arms wide*) this excited? (*stretches arms wider*) Or this? Well, it’s true. The XPS is available now for a mere $1,799 with a 128GB solid state drive, 13-inch WLED screen, 4GB memory, and an Intel Core SU9400 1.4GHZ processor.

www.crunchgear.com

It’s a list of fake things that look like real things

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

I point you in the direction of Business Insider, which has compiled a list of knock-off products that’s worth your time. It’s not just the typical, Chinese iPhone wannabe, either. Like, nalencia oranges? Never heard of those. Dolce & Banana? I might be able to afford that.

www.crunchgear.com

Amazon Kindle now available in Canada

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

Section: Gadgets / Other, ebooks The wait for the Amazon Kindle to come to Canada is now over. Effective immediately, the Kindle can be ordered, and delivered to Canada for a price of $259 US.

www.gadgetell.com

LAlarm – Laptop alarm security software – sounds loud alarm on theft of laptop

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

Worried about your laptop getting stolen when you nature calls and you’re at a Starbucks working? LAlarm (laptop alarm) semi-solves that problem by equipping your laptop with a auto-style alarm – loud and annoying!

www.gizmosforgeeks.com

Entire UK town to have free Wi-Fi

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

Swindon Borough Council is planning on offering free Wi-Fi to the entire population of its town by April of next year, says a Tuesday report. The UK town's 186,000 residents will not have to pay any connection charges or subscription fees for the service, due to be called Signal.

www.electronista.com

The beginning of the end? AOL to go its own way Dec 9

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

Back in the mid-90s, I really thought that AOL (America Online) couldn’t keep competing against the tidalwave of new ISPs that were offering Internet connectivity for much less, not to mention without the horrible bandwidth-sucking AOL application in an age of dial-up modems.

www.gizmosforgeeks.com

NVIDIA quietly adds $99 GeForce GT 240

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

NVIDIA in a low-key move today launched the GeForce GT 240. The chipset brings performance from the mid-level to sub-$100 cards and uses the newer 40 nanometer manufacturing process to make itself a reasonable fit in budget PCs: its low energy use both helps it occupy only one slot and to run...

www.electronista.com

World’s First Graphics Card From MSI That Supports Over Voltage Function

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

MSI has proudly introduced the world’s first graphics card to support over voltage function from the N240GT series including the N240GT-MD512-OC/D5 and N240GT-MD1G.

www.techfresh.net/worlds-first-graphics-card-

This just in: MacBooks are more reliable than netbooks

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

Filed under: Portables, Odds and ends Excel nerds rejoice! What you see above is the result of a laptop reliability study conducted by third-party warranty shop Squaretrade. The study looks at over 30,000 notebooks over the course of 3 years to determine the final reliability statistics.

Barnes and Noble to accept gift cards for buying e-books

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

Barnes & Noble will soon accept its gift cards as payment for purchases made in its eBook store, the book retailer announced on Monday.

www.electronista.com

The Pirate Bay kills its tracker, tries to usher in the DHT age

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

Pretty big news to share with y’all today: The Pirate Bay is no more. Well, “no more” in the sense that the site’s admins have decided to kill the tracker once and for all.

www.crunchgear.com

Human Tooth Ring

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

The Human Tooth Ring by Australian silversmith Polly van der Glas, awesome!"All works are handm..(more...

www.likecool.com

Microsoft Zune Coming To The UK Today

November 17th, 2009 link to (permalink)

15 years ago

Microsoft [MSFT] is launching its Zune service on the Xbox 360 in the UK today, and the new service will allows Xbox 360 users to stream movies in full HD 1080p direct to their HD TV.

www.geeky-gadgets.com

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