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Samsung Omnia Unboxing Video complete with Marching Band

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Samsung's marketing team for the Samsung Omnia touchscreen phone let loose a fun unboxing video of the Omnia. Over 750,000 people already watched the Omnia unboxing video on Youtube. If you have not seen it, I do not want to spoil it for you, so just watch it below.
Samsung already officially unveiled the Samsung Omnia in June.
The Samsung OMNIA features Samsung's haptic UI running on Windows Mobile 6.1.
Other features of the Samsung i900 include 5MP camera, GPS, FM radio, Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi, 16GB internal memory and media player. Read more

Posted on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:38:50 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

LittleBigPlanet custom Retailer Demo Videos

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The highly anticipated LittleBigPlanet game for the Sony PS3 can even be used to make its own retailer specific advertisement.
The LBP marketing team has created special LBP demo videos customized for Amazon and one for Walmart. Read more

Posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

BFG GTX 280 OCX 1GB Video Card Review

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Hardware Canucks published a review of the BFG GTX 280 OCX 1GB Video Card.
Quote from the review: "Through the last few years, BFG has always been at the forefront of the pre-overclocked craze and with their OCX cards, they take things to the next level. Read more

Posted on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Foxconn NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT G96 Video Card Review

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Benchmark Reviews published a review of the Foxconn GeForce 9500 GT G96 Video Card.
Quote from the review: "Not everyone can afford the bleeding edge of graphics hardware, and not everyone needs it. NVIDIA has already made headlines with their high-end GeForce GTX 280 video card, which offers high performance at a premium price. Most enthusiasts have seen so much coverage for the high-level graphic products that it might feel like nothing exists for the lower consumer segment. Read more

Posted on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

William Shatner signs off on new Video Autographs

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By Alex Dobuzinskis

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - William Shatner sat in a drab office staring at a TV monitor displaying a message he was supposed to read to a fan while signing an autograph, but "Star Trek's" Captain Kirk wasn't very happy.
"I can't do this, this is crazy," Shatner said.
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Posted on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Video Game Sales rise 28 percent in July

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SEATTLE (Reuters) - U.S. video game sales rose 28 percent in July from a year earlier, boosted by continued strong demand for Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii console, according to data from research firm NPD on Thursday.
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Posted on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:10:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Warner Music Group Artists Videos now on Xbox 360

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Microsoft signed Warner Music Group to offer music videos of their artists on the Xbox 360.
Warner Music Group is home to a collection of the best-known record labels in the music industry including Asylum, Atlantic, Bad Boy, Cordless, East West, Elektra, Lava, Nonesuch, Reprise, Rhino, Roadrunner, Rykodisc, Sire, Warner Bros., and Word.

Xbox 360 owners can on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace find music videos that include Airbourne ("Runnin' Wild"), Madonna ("4 Minutes"), and Red Hot Chili Peppers ("Dani California"). Read more

Posted on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:41:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Batman: Arkham Asylum Video Game Slated for 2009

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Eidos Interactive and Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment have teamed up to announce new videogame called Batman: Arkham Asylum. The game will be made available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Games for Windows in 2009. The game is being developed by Rocksteady Studios and puts players in the role of Batman as he delivers the Joker to Arkham Asylum.

When Batman arrives at Arkham Asylum, imprisoned villains have a trap set and the game spawns an immersive combat experience. The game script was penned by the Emmy award-winning Batman writer Paul Dini and promises stunning graphics. Read more

Posted on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:04:36 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

ASUS EAH4870X2 TOP Video Cards announced

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Asus announces new ATI HD 4870 X2 based graphics cards with the ASUS EAH4870X2/HTDI/2G and the ASUS EAH4870X2 TOP.
The ASUS EAH4870X2 TOP/HTDI/2G and EAH4870X2/HTDI/2G are slated to be upgraded soon with a specially designed fansink for efficient heat dissipation.
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Posted on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:56:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Athletes play Video Games as Olympics go virtual

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By John Gaudiosi

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - If 24-hour coverage of the Olympic Games in China isn't enough for fans, Sega has rolled out the official video game of the 2008 events in Beijing for PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and mobile phones.
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Posted on Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:42:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Key Digital Adds New High-End Digital Video Processor and Switcher

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Key Digital announced a new high-end digital video processor and switcher this week called the KD-VP2000. The sKD-VP2000 is capable of scaling, de-interlacing, up-converting, and down-converting video.

The device can up-convert SD, HD, XGA, WXGA analog and digital resolutions to a single output with up to 1080p resolution along with down-converting XGA, WXGA, and HDTV resolutions to SD. Seven different video inputs are included with VGA, HDMI, S-video and Composite available and up to five different video outputs. The KD-VP2000 retails for $2000. Read more

Posted on Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:06:58 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Gyroxus Full Motion Video Game Chair Gets Price Cut

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4th Motion has announced that it has dropped the price of its Gyroxus full-motion video game chair by $100. The Gyroxus can now be purchased for $389. The Gyroxus is fully compatible with the PS3, Xbox 360 and with Games for Windows on the PC.

The maker says that the Gyroxus chair puts a new dimension into flight sims like Warhawk and driving games like Motorstorm and Burnout Paradise. FPD titles like Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 also work with the game as do titles like Madden NFL and Fight Night. Read more

Posted on Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:26:33 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

21 tops Video Downloads on Sony PS3

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The Sony Playstation Video Store on the PS3 has been open for a couple of weeks. Sony published on their official blog new additions to the catalog and also the top 20 video downloads.

The poker movie 21 leads the charts in front of 10,000BC and Meet the Spartans. The Sony Playstation Video Store download charts are very different from the top TV and movie purchases on Amazon.com. Read more

Posted on Sat, 2 Aug 2008 01:48:46 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

One Million Flip Video Camcorders Sold

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When Flip Video first announced its camcorder line, I didn’t think much about them. Since the introduction of the Flip Video camcorders, over 1 million of them have been sold in the US according to Pure Digital Technologies.

According to research firm NPD, the Flip Video Ultra is the best selling camcorder in America. The camcorders are all digital and ideal for uploading video to sharing sites like YouTube and MySpace. Pure Digital also announced that the Flip line was Mac compatible not too long ago. Read more

Posted on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:48:22 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

BFG GTX 260 896MB Video Card Review

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Hardware Canucks published a review of the BFG GTX 260 896MB video card.

Quote from the review: "Both the GTX 260 and the GTX 280 were launched a little over a month ago and while the higher end 280 was available immediately at launch, the less expensive 260 was greeted with a paper launch. Since that time, Nvidia seemed to have been surprised by ATI's launch of the HD4800-series of cards which turned out to be extremely successful and performed above what many expected them to. Read more

Posted on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Carver One Tilting Three-Wheeler Test Drive Video

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Back in 2006 the Carver One was introduced as the first tilting three-wheeler vehicle. The fun mixture between a bike and a car is still quite cool when you actually see one carving through a curve.

Our female interviewer at our gadget video partner Wannahaves got the chance to meet a Carver representative to ask some questions and then take a test drive.
The test drive reveals that the Carver One is the perfect pick-up vehicle for women. The two-seater is actually very intimate.
See the Carver One Video Report now. Read more

Posted on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:23:34 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

XFX GeForce GTX260 XXX Edition Video Card Review

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Motherboards published a review of the XFX GeForce GTX260 XXX Edition Video Card.

Quote from the review: "The GTX260 from XFX is an interesting beast in that it is highly overclocked from the standard reference GTX260 that many companies are selling. In some cases the card comes close in performance to the GTX280 in CPU limited situations like COD4 but offering high performance in every other situation. Read more

Posted on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Watchmen Video Game coming to Xbox 360, PS3, and PC

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will publish WATCHMEN, an episodic downloadable game based on the upcoming Warner Bros. film for the Xbox 360, Sony PS3, and Windows PC in 2009.

The supporting marketing for the Watchmen movie is in full swing. Fans can spend the time until the movie opens in March of 2009 with the Watchmen Motion Comics on iTunes. Read more

Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New ASUS EN9800GTX+ TOP Video Card

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Asus has announced the ASUS EN9800GTX+ with 512MB video card that utilizes the latest generation of NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ GPUs.

The world’s first overclocking version of the 9800GTX+ GPU will be the Asus EN9800GTX+ TOP, which will also be released soon.

The Asus EN9800GTX+ series cards come with GamerOSD for real-time overclocking, benchmarking and video capturing during PC gaming, SmartDoctor for shader clock overclocking and intelligent hardware protection, and Splendid Video Intelligence Technology. Read more