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Archive for August, 2007

Wireless iTunes store coming soon!

Posted by admin on August 30th, 2007

Engadget  reported on a rumor that there might be a wireless version of the iTunes store coming down soon for use with the iPhone and the new “wireless” ipods.
Wild rumoring is of course inevitable with an Apple event on the horizon, and MacDailyNews is doing its part with this latest wireless iTunes doozy. Apparently [...]

Steampunk ocular thingy

Posted by admin on August 27th, 2007

  A British steampunk maker is selling this superb, wearable monocle-thingy.
This thing just bleeds awesome, but at a price of almost $300 makes me think I can do without looking like a steam powered cyborg.
Source: Boingboing  

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Sexy Stormtroopers?!?!

Posted by admin on August 25th, 2007

Gizmodo is rethinking their hatred of the Empire as these stormtroopers reveal themselves:
Apparently, you guys really like Sexy Stormtroopers. Fair enough. Far be it from me to judge your creepy and pathetic sexual fantasies. Whoops, I just did! My bad. In any case, apparently a couple of folks named Red and Johnny enjoy wearing [...]

No more paper bills for iPhone?

Posted by admin on August 22nd, 2007

[Daniel Wallace | Times]
 Leaving work today I got a text message from AT&T that says:
“AT&T free msg: We are simplifying your paper bill, removing itemized detail. To view detail go to att.com/mywireless. Still need full paper bill? Call 611.”
It would seem like Justine got her wish and AT&T won’t be spending $7.50 to [...]

xBox360 Arcade version?

Posted by admin on August 20th, 2007

Shizzle Games of Belgium is not only showing new prices for other parts of Europe (€449/€349/€279) but also new names for the SKUs, redubbing the Core model “Arcade” and the middle one the “Pro”. That new “Arcade” SKU will also come with five XBLA games which should just about fill the 256 MB memory card [...]

PlayStation 3 Stress Tested, Found Virtually Unbreakable

Posted by admin on August 18th, 2007

Gizmodo has a report that claims the PS3 is almost unbreakable.

 
With all the coverage of how the Xbox 360s are failing left and right in the past few months, there hasn’t been much coverage of how sturdy the PS3 is. PS3 Vault took a PS3 into harsh environments, continuously using it for 108 hours with [...]

Giant Lego man found in Dutch sea

Posted by admin on August 17th, 2007

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A giant, smiling Lego man was fished out of the sea in the Dutch resort of Zandvoort on Tuesday.
Workers at a drinks stall rescued the 2.5-metre (8-foot) tall model with a yellow head and blue torso.
“We saw something bobbing about in the sea and we decided to take it [...]

iPhone bills to kill 74,535… thanks AT&T!

Posted by admin on August 16th, 2007

 I thought my first iPhone bill was insane when it came out to be about 30 pages. But some people seem to be more heavy users than even me, like Justine.tv:
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And she even make the local news:

In fact, according to  some estimates AT&T will destory more than 74,00 tress to send out iPhone bills.

while the [...]

Wii about to surpass xBox360 worldwide sales

Posted by admin on August 10th, 2007

The Wii is quickly catching up to the 360, and in a week or two should surpass it. Which will put Nintendo on top of the pack for the first time in a very long time.
There are still two more games that the hardcore gamers might be holding out for; Metroid Prime 3 and Super [...]

  Toy giant Bandai is offering a deluxe “Mobile Suit Gundam” t-shirt with a hefty price tag. Produced with the help of deluxe apparel designers mastermind JAPAN with a design rendered in crystals, each shirt will retail at a price of 200,000 yen (approximately $1,600 US dollars).
According to a Nihon Keizai Shimbun report dated August [...]