Archive for March, 2008

Cancer patient has PSP stolen en route to chemotherapy treatment

Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds
There’s depressing gaming stories, and then there are outright travesties. Unfortunately, this case falls squarely into the latter category, as a 7-year old cancer patient had his beloved PlayStation Portable swiped — right along with his medical records, a backpack full of medication, his games and even his homework — while en […]

Atom processor to cost Intel just $6 to $8?

Filed under: Handhelds, Laptops, Tablet PCs
Ever since Intel compared the criticality of its (still) forthcoming Silverthorne (which now goes by Atom, if you couldn’t guess) processor to the original Pentium last June, we’ve all wondered just how fantasmical our worlds would become when this thing finally dropped. Now, however, Tom’s Hardware has discovered that the […]

Apple seeds updated iPhone 2.0 beta, not many changes

Filed under: Cellphones

Looks like Apple’s been passing around a new working version of the iPhone 2.0 beta firmware — not too many changes since the last release we saw, though. So far, from what we can tell the build is now officially 2.0 (before it was registered as 1.2), the Cisco VPN settings got some […]

Sony Rolly busts a color move

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Portable Audio, Robots

Sony just turned out the Rolly music player in black. A surprise blown by the FCC just last week. At least we can wonder at the colorful end-caps at a cost of ¥1,500 (about $15) per. Of course, if you scoffed at the original Rolly, then the April 19th, […]

The Evidence for a 3G iPhone… June 2008

There’s been so much talk about the possibility of the “3G” iPhone, it can be hard to keep up with all the rumors. First of all, “3G” technology promises broadband-like speeds over wireless cellular networks. At present, the iPhone only offers 2.5…
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PSP slim modded for dual analog sticks

Filed under: Gaming

Been longing for a second analog stick on your PSP? Modder LordNico’s got you covered with the Razor X (seriously, where do these guys come up with their names?), a user-installable analog stick that appears to mimic the functions of your standard four button pad. (In other words, getting the games to take […]

Original content coming to Xbox 360

Filed under: Gaming, Home Entertainment
We were kind of wondering when it was finally going to happen: Microsoft’s inked a deal with a production company to do original content for the Xbox 360. The licensed back catalog of stuff is good and all, but this would fill that niche in between Xbox 360’s digital downloads and […]

Yet another Microsoft white space device fails FCC testing

Filed under: Wireless

Although several other companies have submitted white space devices to the FCC — we know Philips has one in, and Google’s making a lot of noise about new and improved reference designs — it looks like Microsoft’s run of bad luck with the tech continues, with yet another white space transceiverunexpectedly failing during […]

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX triple-SLI rig benched

Filed under: Desktops, Gaming

Looks like the first NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX cards have made their way out in the world — officially announced or not — and TweakTown’s got the benches. Performance gains seem marginal in triple-SLI over dual, but hey, those drivers probably aren’t finished and these cards aren’t official, so we recommend withholding […]

iPhone Pwnage Project Opens Up Possibilities [Update]

A group of iPhone developers will be releasing a new software tool today that will enable users to fully customize and control their iPhones. A Youtube video details what is possible with the tool.
The tool known as “Pwnage Tool” i…
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