It's certainly not for everybody, but if Wii-playing parties are a regular occurance at your place, or if you happen to have a bunch of Wiimotes lying around for some other purposes, you may want to consider Nyko's new Charge Station Quad, which promises to keep four of 'em topped off at all times. You'll also, of course, get four of Nyko's own NiMH rechargeable battery packs with the package, and four rubber battery covers to prevent any unfortunate accidents. Look for this one to hit all the usual locations sometime next month, when it'll set you back $50....
I’ve got a pair of Ultrasone HFI-580 cans at home, the review for which will be appearing soon, and I can tell you that they do sound great. They really seal around your ear, though, which some people like and some don’t. These much lighter (and cheaper at $109) HFI-15Gs are open-back, meaning sound and air pass through the headphones, although I wouldn’t say it “escapes” from my experience. It uses some of the same tech (S-Logic, a surround sound technique) but has a smaller driver, resulting in the loss of 10Hz at the low end and 2KHz at...
Last week we reported that Continental Promotions Group (CPG), one of the largest and oldest rebate entities in the business, managed to put itself in a rather sticky situation by not having enough funds to pay off its obligations. To quickly recap, manufacturers have a pretty good idea of how many rebates on any given product will be processed and cut a check to CPG based on that amount. CPG then doles out the funds as rebate forms come trickling in, but a large chunk of money has gone inexplicably missing. According to HardOCP, CPG owes anywhere between $9 million...
Since when does Astro Boy wear a shirt? As a purist and an android pedophile, I demand answers. Furthermore, why does he have the same laugh as an over-excited Mario? All this trailer tells me is that it will be an awesome video game: He busts right through the earth! To entrust that kind of power to a child is insane! I hope that's in some way addressed....
I went over to visit Peter Went this week, his company WCC Group produces a Fuzzy Logic Database which amongst other things used for matching Biometric Data. He said he was going to be in Milan today giving a talk to start discussion on the following point. Governments only really know about 5-10% of their population, a few because they have had a security clearance check performed and the rest because they have a criminal record. The remaining 90-95% of their population they have no clue about, they only know whether they paid there taxes. (Percentages may vary slightly.) A...
Google Mobile lets you search the Web using your voice in a way that is technically off-limits to iPhone developers, according to a report.(Credit: Apple [App Store]) If Google wasn't Google, there's a fair chance that its new mobile application for the iPhone wouldn't be allowed ......
Disagree with Google's search results? You'll be able to do something about it with a change the company plans to release starting Thursday. Google's SearchWiki is a feature that lets people elevate, delete, add, and annotate search results. Google remembers the changes a person made to search results, so repeat searches will show the same customizations and notes. Google has been offering SearchWiki as an experimental feature to some people for months, but starting Thursday it will become available to anybody who's searching while logged in with a Google account. "This is a search feature that gets a user...
Filed under: Late Night, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free At 8, ABC has a new Ugly Betty, then new episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Life on Mars. CBS has a new Survivor, followed by new episodes of CSI and Eleventh Hour. NBC has new episodes of My Name Is Earl, Kath & Kim, The Office, 30 Rock, and ER. FOX has a new Kitchen Nightmares at 8. The CW has a new Smallville at 8, then a new Supernatural. TBS has four great episodes of Friends starting at 8. TCM has 1925's Phantom of the Opera...
George Steinbrenner, one of the most notorious owners in professional sports, has officially relinquished control of the Yankees, naming his son Hal as head of the organization. The announcement came from Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig following owners' meetings where Hal Steinbrenner was unanimously approved as new owner. Hal, who runs the financial side of the Yankees, will continue to share the role of chairman with his brother Hank, who oversees the baseball operations. Hank Steinbrenner tends to lead like his father did--drawing headlines for putting down former manager Joe Torre and calling the Red Sox Nation "a bunch...
White label multimedia provider Pixsy has announced a variety of new distribution partnerships today. The following sites will use Pixsy's Video Search Playback: eZanga, GenieKnows.com, IceRocket, EgoTVOnline, and GossipGirls. Pixsy explains how the Video Search Playback functionality works, "videos can be searched and embedded into any website, providing a unique source of targeted video content for users to search and view. Websites also benefit from adding a significant source of new video content to their sites, with targeted metadata, that drives increased pageviews and new advertising monetization opportunities." Over the past year, Pixsy has signed a good number of distribution...
