Black Friday DVD and Blu-ray Sale already started on J&R

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In case you did not hear, Black Friday did start early this year, very early. J&R just opened their Black Friday DVD and Blu-ray Sale, where you can shop your bargain movies now without time pressure and they will ship over Thanksgiving weekend.
Prices are low enough that you cannot expect them to go lower on the actual Black Friday day. Lots of DVDs are starting as low as $3.99 including classics like A Beautiful Mind or About a Boy. Read more

Posted on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:36:47 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

StarTech InfoSafe 3.5-inch USB SATA Enclosure Launches

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StarTech announced the launch of its new InfoSafe 3.5-inch USB 2.0 SATA Aluminum Hard Drive Enclosure. The enclosure takes a normal 3.5-inch SATA drive and makes it connectable via USB as an external storage solution.

The enclosure works with Windows, Mac OS 9.0 and higher as well as Linux. Features of the enclosure include a built-in power switch, support for SATA II and SATA I drives and LED indicators to show when the drive is in use. Retail pricing for the enclosure is $44.99, but it is on sale right now for under $30. Read more

Posted on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:37:37 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Nintendo's Miyamoto visits a Kindergarten to jam with Wii Music

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Wii Music was introduced by Nintendo this Summer at the E3 2008. I am totally not getting Wii Music, but that is because I am way too old. Nintendo's famous game designer Shigeru Miyamoto visited a Japanese Kindergarten and played Wii Music with a group of kids.
I'm not sure if these kids have been hand picked or if all 3-year-olds in Japan are already playing the Wii.
In any case Nintendo published a video of the Miyamoto Kindergarten Wii Music jam session. Read more

Posted on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:54:39 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft Revenue surpasses $15 billion last Quarter

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Microsoft posted another record quarter with revenue of $15.06 billion for the fiscal quarter ended Sept. 30, 2008, a 9% increase over the same period of the prior year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $6.00 billion, $4.37 billion and $0.48, respectively.
The success is attributed mainly to enterprise software sales as client OS sales where flat (looks like the Seinfeld save Vista ad bonanza did not help). Also running well is the Xbox 360, but MS did not specify exact sales numbers for the Xbox 360. Microsoft should have though a great run with the Xbox this holidays with the new low prices and the upcoming Xbox 360 Experience update. Read more

Posted on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony PSP-3000 started to ship

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The latest version of the Sony PSP (PSP-3000) started shipping yesterday from Amazon. The PSP-3000 is one of our Top 100 Gadget Holiday Gift Tips.
As reported the first option to get your hands on a PSP-3000 is with the Limited Edition Ratchet and Clank Entertainment Pack. The pack features a silver PSP-3000, Ratchet and Clank Size Matters game, echochrome game, National Treasure 2 UMD, and 1GB memory stick.

The new Sony PSP-3000 has a brighter screen that is more usable outdoors and an integrated microphone. Read more

Posted on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:03:02 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Dark Knight on DVD and Blu-ray Pre-order started

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For most people Dark Knight is the best Batman ever. Now Dark Knight is available for pre-order on Amazon.com.
Dark Knight comes as Two-Disc Special Edition DVD with Digital Copy for $22.99.
You can of course also get the Dark Knight Blu-ray disc with BD Live and Digital Copy for $24.95. Read more

Posted on Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

MacWorld Expo 2009 Registration started, overlaps with CES 2009

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The registration for the MacWorld Expo and Conference 2009 has opened. The MacWorld 2009 will start on Monday, January 5th (Conference) and the Expo kicks of on Tuesday, January 6th with Steve Jobs' keynote. The MacWorld Expo 2009 lasts until Friday January 9th.
The CES 2009 opens already on January Thursday 8th and lasts until Sunday January 11th. For most the CES is opening though already on the 7th as Microsoft's Steve Ballmer is holding the traditional Microsoft CES keynote on the eve before the CES opening. Read more

Posted on Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

StarTech Docking Station Connects Notebooks to Video and More

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StarTech.com has announced a new USB dock for notebooks that connects the notebook to multiple devices via one single USB cable. The dock provides USB, VGA, RJ45 and audio connectivity. The USB ports include four USB A female ports, one USB B female port, mic input, line out, and 10/100 Ethernet.

The VGA output can support widescreen resolutions of 1680 x 1050 or 1600 x 1200 on standard displays. The video output can be used to extend the desktop or simply add a new display. The dock has the part number USBVGADOCK is $129.99. Read more

Posted on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:09:37 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte unveiled

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Nokia today introduced the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte, a new premium mobile phone in the Nokia 8800 Arte line featuring carbon fiber, titanium, polished glass and stainless steel.
The Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte features 3D patterns that express the inherent performance and luster of carbon fiber.

Also available on the Nokia 8800 Carbon Arte are soundtracks and wallpapers created exclusively for the range. The cool tap-for-time feature allows you to tap the steel surface below the display twice and a clock appears on the screen. Read more

Posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:24:35 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Little Big Planet for PS3 Pre-Order started

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Sony starts to ramp up for the Little Big Planet for Sony PS3 launch in October. You can pre-order one of the most anticipated games for the PS3 now on Amazon.com for $59.99. Little Big Planet will start shipping on October 21st.
Additionally Sony informs about the first Little Big Planet products that will be released along with the PS3 game. There will be the official “LittleBigPlanet Creator” MiniGuide by Brady Games, the LittleBigStickerBook and a LittleBigPouch. Read more

Posted on Wed, 6 Aug 2008 03:42:28 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony sold 1.56m PS3 Consoles last Quarter

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Sony published their consolidated financial results for the first quarter ending on June 30th.

In the report Sony details the Playstation hardware and software sales for the Quarter.
Overall hardware sales increased because of the good performance of the Sony PSP and Sony PS3. Read more

Posted on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:32:28 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Verizon quarterly Profit gains, led by Wireless

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc on Monday said quarterly profit rose on strong wireless sales, shrugging off the impact of a weaker economy and offsetting a fall in landline users.
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Posted on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:42:44 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Verizon adds 1.5 million Customers in 2nd Quarter

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Verizon Wireless today announced second-quarter 2008 net customer additions of 1.5 million.

At the end of the quarter the company had 68.7 million customers, including 66.7 million retail customers, which are those it directly serves and manages and who choose the Verizon Wireless brand. More customers use the Verizon Wireless brand than any other wireless brand in the U.S. Read more

Posted on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:28:18 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

iPhone 3G Line already started in NYC

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A couple hours ago I wrote a story on the iPhone 3G launch and asked the question when the lines will start to build. I did not expect Apple fans to start lining up already today one week before the iPhone 3G launch, but they did.

Engadget interviewed the leader of the initial group of people that lined up. Apparently they want to break the world record in waiting in line. I would rather break the world record in lying on the beach. Read more

Posted on Fri, 4 Jul 2008 23:27:32 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Bonham Carter joins the ''Terminator'' Cast

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By Steven Zeitchik

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Helena Bonham Carter could soon be joining the battle between man and cyborg.
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Posted on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:27:43 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple Me.com Email Addresses started to go Live

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Apple announced the new online service MobileMe at the WWDC 08. The .Mac replacing service is already available for pre-order on the Apple Store and apparently for some existing .Mac customers their new @me.com email addresses started to work.

According to MacRumors not all .Mac users are able to use their new me.com email address yet. Read more

Posted on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:46:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Quarter of EU Homes use mobile Phones only: Survey

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A quarter of European Union households surveyed by the bloc's executive body have turned their backs on fixed lines in favor of mobile phones, with a fifth now making calls over the Internet.
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Posted on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Adobe Flash Player 10 Public Beta started

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Adobe today announced that the pre-release version of Adobe Flash Player 10 software is now available in beta on Adobe Labs.

Adobe Flash Player 10 beta, code named Astro, comes with new support for custom filters and effects, native 3D transformation and animation, extensible rich text layout and GPU hardware acceleration. Read more

Posted on Thu, 15 May 2008 03:26:54 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus Eee PC 900 pre-order on Amazon.com started

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Yesterday we reported that some online stores including 3rd party vendors on Amazon.com started offering the new Asus Eee PC 900. Now Amazon.com itself started to take pre-orders for both new Asus Eee 900 notebooks for $549.99 each.

Amazon.com does not state a shipping date yet for the Asus Eee 900. It is expected that the Asus 900 will ship tomorrow May 12th. Because Amazon ships them its free with Super Saver Shipping. Read more

Posted on Sun, 11 May 2008 12:30:07 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Doom 4 Development has started at id Software

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id Software announced that development of Doom 4 has started. The interest in Doom 4 is apparently overwhelming the id Software web server and it is unavailable right now.

There are no specific details available on Doom 4. id Software just says they have formed the team and hired a new developer for Doom 4. Read more

Posted on Thu, 8 May 2008 09:51:57 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toshiba started to ship Sony PS3 CELL based SpursEngine SE1000

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Toshiba Corporation today announced the start of sample shipping of the SpursEngine SE1000 (SpursEngine), a high-performance stream processor integrating four Synergistic Processing Element (SPE) cores derived from the "Cell Broadband Engine" (Cell/B.E.) - the Sony PS3 CPU.

Toshiba announced the SpursEngine last September. Read more

Posted on Tue, 8 Apr 2008 02:28:29 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr