Toy Modder Extraordinaire Steampunks Return of the Jedi [Action Figures] (5)
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Some of you may be suffering from Steampunk fatigue, but I still get giddy when I see it done up right. Master toy modder Sillof, whose work we've covered a couple times before, has tickled my fancy with an update to his original Steam Wars action figure line. This time you've got even more detailed Steamtroopers, a mob boss-like Jabba the Hutt, vicious Ewoks and (for the boys) Steampunk Slave Leia. Check out the gallery, ...
Judge upholds stop on RealDVD sales: Don’t expect to see it for a long time (if ever) (2)
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Like Achilles, it looks like RealDVD has lived a short but glorious life. Its name will echo for eternity. And so on, and so forth. Right, so that judge that RealNetworks was so confident would rule in its favor did the exact opposite, ruling in favor of the movie studios. The temporary injunction on the sales of RealDVD will go on indefinitely; the odds of RealDVD coming back, especially before Christmastime, now look pretty gosh ...
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David said:
Ouch.I side with CrunchGear on this one. You can't make a backup of a DVD you bought? That doesn't sound right to me...
Hands On With The New Xbox Experience [The New Xbox Experience] (13)
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The New Xbox Experience is ready to go live soon as part of the Xbox fall update, and after getting some quality face time with the UI and it's new features, I'm pretty impressed. The update addresses the core Xbox software on two levels: most notable is that the design of the UI received a complete overhaul, (mostly) eschewing the blades for a more immersive, intuitive, Media Center-like experience. Secondly, it adds new functionality, allowing ...
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Jeremiah said:
@Asim
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Niranjan Tulpule said:
I wish I played video games enough, so that I could someday hope to save enough money to buy this.
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u2 said:
I'm now certain that this holiday season will be dominated by the Xbox 360. The NXE, Netflix, Gears of War 2, Mirror's Edge, CoD:World at War and Left 4 Dead to name a few reasons... If only Little Big Planet would make it to the 360 too.
The New XBox Experience Cometh on November 19 [Nxe] (7)
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Microsoft's New Xbox Experience, the upcoming dashboard system that'll let you create avatars and social network, now has a set date for its worldwide launch—November 19. The guys from Redmond showed a completed version of the NXE at the Tokyo Game Show, and included a little Xbox-avatar Bill Gates announcing that he's "a PC." Cute. In about six weeks, you'll get the ability to create your Xbox mini-you, as well as get access to themes ...
Google GeoEye-1 Satellite Takes First Pic (Is that Your House?) [Google] (5)
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We warned you that Google would soon be snapping shots of your backyard with GeoEye-1, a military-controlled satellite with the highest-resolution terrestrial camera now in orbit. Well, yesterday at high noon Eastern time, Larry and Sergei's little baby started snapping. But according to Wired, GeoEye's communications guy says "this is the opposite of a spy satellite." Yes, it makes sense. "Spies don't put info on the internet and sell imagery," reasons GeoEye's Mark Brender, who ...
CNN Responds To Giz's Pundit-Laptop Baseball-Watching Exposé [Anderson Cooper Loves Giz] (7)
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Update! After our shocking reveal of exactly what happens on CNN pundits' laptops while Anderson Cooper is blabbing about Sarah Palin (thanks again, Mark), the folks at the world's Most Trusted Name in News have responded. Unable to let such a scandal sit unanswered, on Friday night's 360 Cooper dialed up legal analyst and guilty baseball fan Jeffrey Toobin himself for an explanation. Busted! Gotta love Anderson's tone when mentioning his "friends at Gizmodo." We ...
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Ryan said:
Haha! That sucks for that guy.
iPhone OS 2.1 Won't Fetch Emails in Sleep Mode [IPhone] (2)
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Another bug in iPhone OS 2.1, which we have tested and reproduced, is that it will no longer fetch emails in the background while in sleep mode on battery power. It's most probably one of the power-saving tweaks introduced in 2.1, since Apple says that the 15-minute fetch interval is the worst wear on the battery because it never lets the phone go into deep sleep mode. This Apple discussion thread chronicles the problem at ...
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Ryan said:
A little better explanation of the situation.
RealDVD Shelved, But You Didn't Need It Anyway [DVDs] (4)
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RealDVD, the DRM-laden, DVD-copying commercial software from the folks who brought you RealPlayer, has been taken out of commission by Hollywood studios. Luckily you already know how to rip full DVDs to your hard drive for free without the nasty DRM, so you should be just fine. [via]
Throwing a Fundraiser? (1)
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A good friend of mine has ties to a horrible incurable illness called LAM. It's one of those terrible diseases that strikes women in child bearing age, is terminal, and is so rare that there's not a lot of funding for research for it. Why does this matter to me? Because it could be me. It could be her. It could be any of my girlfriends. It's like breast cancer in that it could happen ...
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Ryan said:
Have any experience with fund raising? Especially for disease research? Go talk to Lacy today!
Cliffy B explains Gears of War 2 absence on PC (2)
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Last week Cliffy B made a few remarks about why GoW2 wouldn’t be ported over to the PC and his argument was based two things: piracy and the making games for open systems was a pain. Shacknews recently rapped with Cliffy after a GoW 2 event and went a bit further into the subject. Check it out after the jump. Shack: When you made the decision to not port Gears 2 to the PC, were ...
Dealzmodo: $80 Off Xbox 360 Elite [Deals] (3)
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Remember that deal from last week where you could save $50 on a new Xbox Elite at Dell? Well, I really hope you didn't listen to us. Because this week—today only, actually—you can save $80 on an Elite at Dell. Enter the code 'NP?CKPRH$KTWLL' at checkout and knock the price down to $320 (with free shipping). If you did listen to us last week and paid a bit more for an Elite, make sure to ...
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Ryan said:
Damn. Better than my CostCo Pro bundle deal.
Poll: Is iPhone firmware 2.1 breaking fetch for email accounts? (4)
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Filed under: Cellphones Just when you think you've escaped the darkened woods of firmware 2.0.2 and previous ilk, along comes 2.1, wrapped in faster-loading-contacts-finery to convince you all is well in the iPhone world. That isn't entirely the case, it seems, if you're user of POP or IMAP mail accounts which are set to fetch messages. Apparently, a maddening bug exists in the new software which -- in the interest of battery power conservation, we ...
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Ryan said:
I was wondering why my phone doesn't seem to get email and chirp at me while it's in my pocket, and only while I'm using it. What's the point of fetching at all? Isn't that just basically Manual Fetch mode?
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dawebguy said:
Confirmed... I'm having this maddening issue.
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Lee said:
So... this is why mail is a source of aggravation. I am too busy with other problems to figure out why my damn phone does not get mail. If I need to fight my phone doing what it is supposed to do, then I am in trouble. Luckily my car still drives.
New Red Alert 3 Trailer Actually Shows Game! (1)
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Comm & Conq: Red Alert 3 'Allied Co-Op Tour' HD Key feature: killer whale units. Also, I quite like the idea of Jonathan Pryce congratulating me on anything I achieve in gaming.Related stories: Red Alert 3: Does It Contain A Game As Well? Red Alert 3: Dance Remix Party Fun Time Red Alert: Now With Armoured Bears Posted by botherer. | 30 comments | Donate or subscribe to RPS | Post tags: actual game content ...
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Ryan said:
This looks awful. What the fuck has happened to this franchise?
Google Spreadsheets Updates, More Like a Desktop App [Google Docs And Spreadsheets] (11)
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Google Spreadsheets has rolled out a new and improved spreadsheets editor complete with a full file menu similar to the Google Docs refresh. According to Webware, the update also speeds up Spreadsheets and opens the door for more advanced functionality.
How to Buy Gadgets in China And Not Get Screwed [Blood Sweat And Bargains] (6)
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Wallet full of cash and bags at ready, I stood, mouth agape, in front of the five-story electronics bazaar in front of me. It was one of several dozen in Shanghai, magical places where floor after floor are filled to bursting with gadget vendors begging you to stop by and see their wares. Like Circuit Cities on crack, everyone inside is desperate to make a sale and every price is negotiable. Welcome to the way ...
A friendly reminder from CrunchGear to all iPhone users (17)
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Dear iPhone Users: If you have jailbroken your first-gen or 3G iPhone, change your root password. If you have jailbroken your iPhone, your default root password is "alpine." This puts you at a distinct security disadvantage when connected to open networks as it allows the nefarious to browse your entire iPhone with impunity. This is pretty old news but I was just reminded how dangerous this is this morning when an iPhone showed up on ...
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Simon said:
This, i didnt know!*changes root password*
Surprise: RealNetworks Banned from Selling RealDVD Copying Software [Realdvd] (2)
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After being oh-so-predictably sued by six movie studios, RealNetworks is now just as predictably banned by a judge from selling its weirdly anachronistic DVD-ripping RealDVD program. At least until Tuesday, so the judge can review the filings to determine just how boneheaded it is. In a small victory for Real, they got the case moved out of the studio-infested Central District to California's Northern District court. Now they just have to convince the studios and ...
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