Google co-founder says Chrome on the way for Android (1)
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The browser-bearing world was atwitter yesterday with the announcement of Google’s Chrome browser. Just about overnight, they’ve managed to convince hordes of people that Chrome is the way to browse on your PC. Next step? They’re taking it mobile. Read the rest at MobileCrunch >>
PSP gettin’ new online features (1)
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The current generation of console hardware ushered in a major shift in online gaming - especially the PS3 and 360. Though the rabids will argue to death on which offers a better online experience, both consoles brought amazing online multiplayer and content distribution to the table. Sure, sure - computers have had such perks for a long while, but never before have things been as seamless as the age of automatic matchmaking and integrated download ...
Sprint gets dirty with two new rugged handsets: Moto V950, i365 (1)
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Sprint has just announced that they’ll be adding two more Motorola handsets to their rugged lineup: the Renegade V950 (on right), and the i365 (on left). Both are iDen/Direct Connect compatible, and meet mil-spec requirements for durability against blowing rain, dust, shock, and vibration. For military folk and construction workers, that means it’ll come out unscathed after a day on the field. For everyone else, that means it’ll make it through a night at the ...
Motorola officially launches the silver MOTO Q Global (1)
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Remember that Silver MOTO Q we mentioned had found its way into a few AT&T stores last week? Its made the jump to the land of the official, available immediately as an AT&T exclusive. As mentioned before, it’s pretty much a MOTO Q9h pre-flashed with Windows Mobile 6.1 and given a flashy silver makeover. Same quad-band radio, UMTS dual-band 3G, 2.0 megapixel camera — same everything else. If you’ve been lookin’ to grab a Q9h ...
PAX 2008: Video runthough of new Halo 3 map, “Assembly” (1)
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As mentioned earlier, Bungie had one level from their upcoming “Mythic” map pack on display at PAX 08. Called “Assembly”, it’s a very Midship-esque Covenant themed map. I gave it a quick run through earlier today, trying to get as much of the level on video as possible while attempting to avoid firefights — not an easy task. Beside the sneak peak, Bungie had little else to say about the map pack.
PAX 2008: Jonathan Coulton playing “Still Alive” with Felicia Day (4)
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I had the best spot in the house, standing on a nice sturdy chair staring down the 10x zoom lens of an HD camera from about 15 feet from the stage. Then the battery died on the camera and security kicked me off my chair, simultaneously. After egging the audience into rickrolling themselves, Jonathan brought Felicia Day (who, by the way, we’ll be spending a few minutes with tomorrow afternoon for a quick Q&A) of ...
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We're going to PAX next year. No arguing.
PAX 2008: Freezepop plays “The Final Countdown” (3)
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You hear that rumble? Thats an army of geeks, gettin’ down so damn hard that the very walls around us were beginning to crumble. Okay, fine - it’s just a nasty bit of clipping caused by the compact-car sized subwoofers lining the edges of the stage. They were inescapable. Wherever we stood, it was like the subs were in our camera. Sounded amazing in person; on film, not quite as nice. Read on for impressions ...
PAX 2008: Jonathan Coulton rickrolls the entire concert audience (5)
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I mentioned it in an earlier post, but as it all went down while I was in the middle of swappin’ out cameras, I missed getting this little gem on video. Fortunately, ye olde Tube of Yous has come through. To explain what you’re seeing: About halfway through his set, Coulton pushed an iDVD-built video menu to the concert hall’s projection screens. It had two items: one labeled “Play this one”, one labeled “Not this ...
Penny Arcade Expo 2008: We’re here! (1)
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Good morning sunshines! It’s day one of PAX ‘08, and Devin Coldewey and I are badged up and on the scene. Today’s looking to be a crazy day, with just about every big league name in the gaming industry making an appearance. Bungie, Harmonix, Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Rockstar, Valve, EA — the list goes on and on. Then it goes on some more. There’s the PAX Keynote with 2k Boston’s own Big Daddy, Ken Levine. ...
Free tetris clone Tris removed from App Store (5)
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EA Games pushes out an iPhone port Tetris, and sells it for $9.99. An independent developer goes and makes his own Tetris clone (as has been done on just about every single electronic device ever created since the dawn of man) called Tris and offers it for the world for free. This is all going to go perfectly smooth, right? Of course not. Tris’ developer Noah Witherspoon has received word from Apple legal that owners ...
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Oren said:
I hope to god he renames it to LOL FALLING SHAPES
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Now to see if Apple remotely kills this app on people's devices!
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Apple is getting entangled in conflict of interest ...
Newest PwnageTool brings iPhone 2.0.2 jailbreaking to OS X (2)
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While Windows users got a few days of exclusivity on the firmware 2.0.2 jailbreaking front with the release of QuickPwn, Mac users are now free to get in on the fun. The iPhone Dev Team released PwnageTool 2.0.3 this morning, which should be able to crack iPhones/iPod Touches running firmware 2.0.2. It comes pre-loaded with the most recent version of the Installer beta (b6) and German language support. While QuickPwn for Mac is still in ...
Zazzle starts printing custom skateboard decks (1)
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Though I still skate no better than the day I started, I’ve spent quite a few summers bombing hills and racking up scars. I honestly can not count how many guys I’ve met over the years totally set on starting their own board company, only to lose the dream before it really began; they’d draft up a dozen designs, get all their friends pumped — and then have absolutely no idea what to do next. ...
AT&T introduces slightly less ridiculous international data plans for iPhone (2)
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What would you rather pay for 200 megabytes of data while roaming international lands: $3993 dollars (204,800 kilobytes at a rate of $0.0195 per kilobyte, AT&Ts pay-per-kb rate), or a lump sum of 200 bucks per month? (Yeah, we know the only rational answer to that is “Screw that, both prices are ridiculous.”) AT&T today unveiled the details for two new international data packages for iPhone users: $119.99 for 100mb (1.19 per megabyte) or $199.99 ...
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why do i only pay $20 per month for unlimited international roaming on my t-mobile blackberry? there are just so many pitfalls with the iphone
NVISION08: Mirror’s Edge for PC hands-on (1)
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I snuck onto the floor at NVISION08 a bit before the doors opened and, while most people were still setting up and not looking to talk, the folks from EA/Dice had just finished setting up the booth for PC version of Mirror’s Edge. Having watched a number of demo videos and developer walk through for Mirror’s Edge, I had always wondered how well the controls would work mapped out across a keyboard. Turns out, they ...
NVISION08: Tricia Helfer talks Battlestar Galactica movie (3)
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Anybody sittin’ on their edge of their seats for the very-recently confirmed Battlestar Galactica prequel just had a few more weeks tacked on to their wait. During the NVISION08 Conference keynote here in San Jose, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang welcomed ol’ Number Six (Tricia Helfer) on stage, and she let slip a bit of bad news. After showing off various visual trickery used in the series, she mentioned that filming for the movie (which was ...
MobileCrunch Leaked Verizon docs: Whatever, iPhone sucks anyways (4)
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You know things are goin’ awry when your employees interpret “Confidential and proprietary material for authorized Verizon Wireless personnel and Agents only” to mean “Send this to the Boy Genius immediately.” The document pretty much rounds up every nit pick the blogosphere has had with the iPhone 3G since day one — faux price drops, whonky data plans, etc — and presents it in easy-to-follow form for the sake of agents trying to persuade folks ...
iPhone’s 3G antenna put to the test in a $110,000 metal box (2)
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SCIENCE. When murmurs of the new iPhone’s purported subpar 3G performance made its way around to Sweden, a company called Bluetest decided to try and determine once and for all if we all just had a case of the crazies. They stuck an iPhone 3G into a $110,000 noise-free chamber along with a simulated base station, and tested communications in both directions. Then they did the same tests with a Sony Ericsson P1 and a ...
Nokia announces N79 and N85 (3)
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Nokia announced two new handsets this morning, both revamped replacements of models yore. First up is the Nokia N79, which will be replacing the N78 that hit the shelves only months ago. You ever meet a pair of twins, but its blatantly apparent which one got the good genes? The N79 got the good genes here. It’s got the 5 megapixel camera (up from 3.2), dual LED flash, 3G, GPS, and microSDHC support. Most importantly, ...
Palm Treo Pro made by HTC (3)
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First the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, and now the Treo Pro - it’s starting to look like if you’re aiming to make up for a few years of stale design, you call in HTC to make your handset for you. Digitimes is reporting that sources at handset vendors have pegged Taiwan’s good ol’ High Tech Computer as the manufacturer of Palm’s pretty little newcomer that leaked all over the place last week. It certainly isn’t ...
Details for Motorola VU30 Rapture leaked (1)
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PhoneArena managed to get their hands on the manual for a new Motorola flip phone heading toward Verizon. Previously only known as the VU30, the handset has now been dubbed “Rapture”. Apparently someone at Motorola or Verizon thinks this phone is in line with the second coming of Jesus Christ. Of course, they could be using one of the other definitions - either way, probably not the smartest word to play etymologist with. Besides the ...
