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Amitech Homecenter – You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Norwegian hi-fi magazine Lyd & Bilde (Norwegian link) recently tested the Homecenter from Danish computer manufacturer Amitech – a sleek black and silver Media Center PC that gives the Mac Mini a run for it’s money. Only problem is it’s only available in Scandinavia – at least for now. The Amitech Homecenter 500 is a…
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EA to WSJ: We’re boring people to death
Electronic Arts boss John Riccitiello sat down for an interview with the Wall Street Journal. In it he talks about how the gaming industry has painted itself into a corner by releasing ever more complicated sequels of successful games rather than coming up with new ideas. “We’re boring people to death and making games that…
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New PlayStation 3 (PS3). Now With 80GB.
Today, Sony Computer Entertainment America has announced a new 80GB PLAYSTATION3. The new model, which includes a copy of MotorStorm will be available this August for a suggested retail price of $659 CDN (US$599). The price of the of the 60GB model has now been reduced to $549 CDN (US$499), effective immediately. And those…
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Akash is going to E3
Just a warning: Akash is going to E3 next week to talk to amongst others Microsoft about upcoming releases. There will be videos, blog posts and hopefully photos so stay tuned. In the meantime you can drool over all the things he will see and you won’t (and maybe even drop us a comment or…
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Microsoft LiveStation to compete with Joost!
I guess it was inevitable that Microsoft would jump into the TV over broadband trend. With Joost and other projects nearing completion the software behemoth is in the final stages of their own service called LiveStation. The website is up and running but there’s nothing there… yet. LiveStation is a collaboration between Microsoft Research and…
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Steron (Magic) Update: Kinetica Not Working Because (bad excuse to follow)
As we reported yesterday an Irish company called Steorn is claiming to have invented a machine that creates energy out of nothing (aka a perpetual motion machine – a physical imposibility). The demo of this amazing device which is claimed to end fossil and nuclear fuel dependence as well as global starvation, pollution and everything…
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Watch Akash on Breakfast Television Friday July 6th
Watch Akash on Citytv Vancouver’s Breakfast Television with Simi Sara and Dave Gerry Friday July 6th at around 8am channel 13 . He will be covering the latest and greatest in gadgets and technology for the summer. Read on for the complete list of gadgets including the LG Blue Ray/HD-DVD player, a Transformers computer and…
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World in Conflict: Open Beta Testing for Everyone
If you’re a PC gamer you’ve probably heard of World in Conflict, the upcoming release from Massive Entertainment. Now Massive, in conjunction with Intel, is releasing a beta version of the game for open testing. From the website: Massive Entertainment, Sierra and Intel invite you to join the open beta and find out what you…
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Steorn Set to Demonstrate Free Energy Tech Today
An Irish company called Steorn is set to demonstrate what they claim is a free energy device later on today both live in London and streaming on the interweb. The claim is that the device, called Orbo, generates free, clean and constant energy without any outside input. As such the Orbo is another entry into…
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iPhone Hacked by DVD-Jon
Jon Lech Johansen – or DVD Jon as he is internationally known – claims he has figured out a way of activating the iPhone without giving away any personal info. On his blog he writes: I’ve found a way to activate a brand new unactivated iPhone without giving any of your money or personal information…