links for 2008-04-29
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: Desktops, LaptopsSteve Ballmer kicked up a little dirt last week when he said that Microsoft could “wake up smarter” and keep selling XP after the June 30 cutoff date if cu
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Several pieces of evidence point to an eventual port of Irrational’s magnum opus to the Playstation 3. Most compelling is the bit of code in the PC port listing PS3 settings. I
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds
A design masterpiece in the line of the Wooden Portable NES this certainly is not, but it’s fun to see a manufacturer taking seriously the concept of p
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Zoho keeps pushing the limits of what online productivity apps can do, It was the first to use Google Gears to create an offline version of Zoho Writer last year, for instance. And now
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** This is a new video of the Nintendo Wii game Ghostbusters: The Game
Tags: Nintendo, Wii, Ghostbusters: The Game
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** This is a new video of the Nintendo Wii game Alone in the Dark
Tags: Nintendo, Wii, Alone in the Dark
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: Gaming
Nobody really expected Wii Fit to be a flop, and obviously the rampant success in Japan should’ve tipped us off, but it looks like the little exercise-centric per
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** If you own an smartphone manufactured by HTC running Windows Mobile, you’re about to receive a free software update. We don’t know when it’ll hit or what it will do, but it’ll do someth
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** It may be the year 2008, but a whole lot of sucktacular software still rears its ugly head on PC’s everywhere, even when better-behaved options are freely available. Whether it’s molass
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** E-mail startup Xobni may or may not be in acquisition talks with Microsoft (they say no), but they do have a nifty project up their sleeves that Microsoft would be interested in, especi
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: News
It’s been one big week leading up to here and this week is also bound to be a big one for the lot of you. That’s right, Mario Kart Wii is on shelves right now, and
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Some new phones from HTC are apparently on their way to Sprint, previously known as Diamond and Raphael. The Diamond will be called the HTC Touch Diamond and the Raphael will be called
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: Reviews
2008 is shaping up to be an incredible year for the DS, and not because of old franchises. Zelda, we love you. Final Fantasy, we think you’re great, and you’ll p
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** As hinted at by a store manager back in the beginning of this month, Blockbuster Video is ramping up the video game side of their business big time, and they might just be gearing up to
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: Desktops, Gaming
Alienware’s AMD-powered Aurora ALX picked up CrossFireX support just as soon as it went live from ATI, but it has taken a few weeks for the technology t
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Windows only: If you still have trouble getting to the functions you need in Office 2007’s Ribbon interface, give Microsoft’s new experimental Search Commands add-in a try. Search Comma
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Linux only: Any Linux user clutching a mouse with more than the standard two buttons and a scroll wheel doesn’t have it easy trying to match the same kind of configuration options given
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: VC Monday Madness
This week sees a lone wolf of a release on the Virtual Console. And, to kill the sense of suspense as to what the game is (unless you like to, uh, read
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** InfoWorld - Last week we at InfoWorld almost broke out the champagne. At an event in Belgium on Thursday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company might reconsider its decision to s
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Are you ready world? Because the 3G iPhone is on its way and its going to take you and your mom to the hospital to visit your grandma and it’ll feed your cat while you’re in Florida. Se
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Maybe it has something to do with them exiting the US market, but Philips has some excellent deals on refurbished LCDs. All of them 1080p and 60Hz, featuring a sweet 3 HDMI ports and dy
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** AMD is targeting the small- and medium-sized business pools with its “Business Class” platform, to be sold by a handful of AMD’s partners, including Dell, Acer, Fujitsu, HP, and Lenovo.
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** As it generally goes when there’s high profile Wii release such as Mario Kart, the Virtual Console is keeping a low profile this week, releasing only one game on the Wii Shop Channel fo
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Most any savvy computer user is probably pretty handy with a free compression and archiving tool (like, say, 7-Zip), but not everyone they send files to will be. The Confessions of a Fr
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Yup, another Apple store outage reveals yet another bump in product specs. This time, it’s the iMac getting the treatment just as Geeksugar and our own sources predicted… on a Monday
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: Desktops
What’s a flagging microprocessor company to do after an absolutely tumultuous 2007 (and start to 2008)? Why, dish out its own desktop family, of course! At leas
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Mario Kart Wii, like Smash Bros, is hedging its bets when it comes to control schemes. Probably because, like Smash Bros, it’s ostensibly a GameCube title, with its gameplay mechanics i
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** PC Mag has gotten their hands on Falcon Northwest’s latest FragBox, a turn-key, budget gaming PC (if there ever was such a thing). Loaded with an Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 processor (as op
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** The BlackBerry Curve 8330 has shown up in Best Buy’s May Mobile Buyer’s Guide for $199 with a two-year contract and service plan under $60 per month or $179 with a two-year contract and
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Windows Vista only: Microsoft has released a free “Technical Preview” of new macro features for Vista’s Speech Recognition features, offering the kind of text substitution and macro-key
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** AP - Microsoft Corp. is no closer to buying Yahoo Inc. than when it made its $44.6 billion bid nearly three months ago, leaving the software maker in a quandary over whether the deal is
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** As predicted, Apple released new iMacs today. The new iMacs include faster processors bringing the low end up to 2.4GHz and with the top end reaching 3.06GHz. The high end 24″ 3.06GHz i
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** The China-based Commercial Times has reported that Foxconn, the company behind the first iPhone, is prepping a 3G model for late May. With Apple’s anticipated announcement expected at W
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** People now view cellphones as a commodity, like coffee or sugar, and now buy them largely based on price concerns. That, and one-third of people no longer use a landline telephone, inst
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Need more unsubstantiated evidence that the 3G iPhone is near. Good, the Chinese language Commercial Times is quoting sources claiming that Foxconn — the maker of the 1st gen iphone –
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: Culture, Sony PlayStation 3, Business
Days after confirming plans to stock Grand Theft Auto IV alongside movies on its outer release wall, Blockbuster today announced th
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Some striking images from around the world
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Nokia has fired out three new cellphones aimed at the European market, under a “beautiful to use” banner. Most interesting, the 6600 comes in either a fold or slide version, both with “
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** If you’ve stored your slide deck online in Google Docs, you don’t have to worry about the internet connection going out when it’s time to get onstage. The big G completed its rollout of
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3
If you spent your entire weekend sneaking through Blood Bath and Gronznyj Grad, Metal Gear Online’s first two levels, you may be ready for a change of
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: Cellphones
Nokia just announced a trio of “Beautiful to use” Nokia handsets with its Nokia 6600 slide, 6600 fold, and 3600 slide. The 250 6600 fold is said to smoothly a
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** PC makers are exploiting loopholes in Microsoft license terms to keep selling Windows XP beyond a cut-off date.
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** World in Conflict, the PC based Cold War conflict RTS is grinding its gears to make its first big debut on consoles. The developers are billing this tale of the Soviets invading Germany
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** New Sonic Unleashed screens? Sure, why not. They’re not from the most official of sources, but then with this game, what else is new. I’m kinda sure I’ve seen one or two of these before
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: Retro, Nintendo Wii, Fighting
We can’t even pretend that we’re really excited about this week’s Virtual Console release, Double Dragon, or that we didn’t play it a year
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Two Google scientists presented a paper (pdf embedded below) at the World Wide Web Conference in Beijing last week that outlines their vision for the future of image search.
Notabl
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Adventure, Galleries
Crash Bandicoot returns for another platforming adven
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Last week I discovered I was using Twitter too much. After an hour online with Twhirl, I got this message in the app: “Limit exceeded, paused 5 min.” The error condition cleared up shor
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: Fan stuff
If any of you own either the PC or PS3 versions of Unreal Tournament 3, you might enjoy downloading this Mario-inspired map made by FrontAXL. The blocky platform -
** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: Software
As the weeks go by, children everywhere are suffering from NPG syndrome. What’s that you ask? Why it’s “No PSP Gaming” syndrome, an acute disease caused by the la -
** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: News
And no, we’re not even talking about Deca Sports, which features kart racing as one of its ten activities. Rather, Conspiracy Entertainment is making another Wii game -
** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Google can reorder search and news results from the last day, week, a few months, or entire year by adding a small string to the end of the search URL. Just add this string
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Web site Ecobites details how to cook with the power of the sun with your own DIY solar cooker. In a nutshell, the author rounded up a bit of plywood and aluminum foil to create a refle
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: Phantasy Star
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Phantasy Star Portable, where did you go? After making a stunning debut, we haven’t heard from you at all. Well, the ga
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: NewsWho knew that three years after it launched, PSP would become such a hot property. Do people really love Monster Hunter that much? (The answer is “yes.”)
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** AP - The Gran Turismo series continues with “Gran Turismo 5: Prologue,” a release oozing with style and computer graphic splendor, but lacking in the captivating game-play department.
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Before I left my last IT job, one giant task I had was converting all the office PCs to Macs. It took about two years to phase it all in, but then we didn’t have a specified budget in m
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: Handhelds, Wireless
Nary a month after debuting at CTIA 2008, the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet WiMAX Edition has found a place on Buy.com. Judging by the product listing,
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Lenovo’s little notebook, the U110 that I drooled all over at CES will be available starting tomorrow at Lenovo’s site and will be available in stores mid-May. A quick refresher in
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** This is by no means the most scientific of measurements, but GTA IV for both Xbox 360 and PS3 is currently being outsold on Amazon by Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii and the Wii Wheel. Things t
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: News, RumorsIn the last couple of weeks, Square Enix trademarks have revealed the subtitles of Dragon Quests IV and V, tipping Square Enix’s hand about their plans to relea
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Anyone who’s tried saving a Word document as a web page knows you get way more than you bargained for in the HTML and CSS department in the result. The Productivity Portfolio blog offer
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Google has given us 10 partner codes that TechCrunch readers can use to register for the upcoming Google I/O developer event on May 28-29 in San Francisco.
Tickets are usually $400
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** It’s been a while since we first heard rumors about a the Sidekick 4, but TmoNews has a scoop on two devices headed to retail in July that could fit the bill. The first is code named “S
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** TmoNews seems to have the inside scoop that there may be two new Sidekicks being announced in late July. The SK Gekko is slated for July 27th and the Sidekick Aspen should surface on th
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: NewsHere we are, still working through titles from last week, and they go and release more games. It’s just not fair!
Oh, wait. No, we want them to keep doing that, don’
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Image search engines have a very limited usefulness since it’s difficult to accurately describe images in words and since search engines completely ignore the images, preferring to inde
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** The controversial former pastor of US presidential hopeful Barack Obama hits back at his critics.
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Photo by *betenoir*
Looking at the same boring things everyday can really stifle imagination and ultimately turn your brain into lifeless mush. (Well, it’s not that bad, but close.)
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Given the teaser last week this shouldn’t come as the biggest surprise, but Ubisoft has just announced that a new Prince of Persia title will be coming out in 2008 to Xbox 360, PlayStat
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Portal may have proven itself to be a big deal, but it’s still a small game. That’s why Valve’s marketing director Doug Lombardi would love to see it on Xbox LIVE Arcade. But Microsoft?
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: RumorsWhere’s that latest EGM?! We need to see this one with our own eyes: rumors of new Castlevania for DS and Wii, and since the first has already been confirmed (though
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Zoho continues its quest to build the most comprehensive online productivity suite, adding support for macros and pivot tables in its spreadsheet, Zoho Sheet.
The new version includ
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: Windows, Productivity, Microsoft, How-Tos, ModsSpeed is all about perception, so any tip that makes a computer feel faster is gold as far as we’re concerned. Today’s tip is
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: OS Updates, Windows, Microsoft
Microsoft is set to release Windows XP SP3 through Windows Update tomorrow. But if you just can’t wait to get your hands on the latest and
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360
Ubisoft announced today that the next installment in the Prince of Persia franchise will release by holiday ‘08. The game, at this
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: Fan stuff, Imports
Reader supa_s (somehow) got one of the limited-edition red DS Lites that were only available through a Japan Post sweepstakes. It’s a totally differen
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Soon CrunchGear will be in possession of a magical Psystar OS X machine featuring Leopard in all it’s hacked BIOS glory.
Hi John Biggs,
the Status of your Order No. 5399 has bee
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Filed under: News, Virtual ConsoleWhen we heard about the original Bionic Commando coming to Xbox Live and PSN, we couldn’t help but hope that an announcement for the game on the VC wou
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** The latest Google Video redesign removed yet another useful feature from the interface: restricting search results to a certain category. The feature is still available, but you need to
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** Posted using Viigo: Mobile RSS, Sports, Current Events and more ** Apparently, the processors in the new iMacs released today by apple aren’t anything new. The iMacs are able to reach speeds of 3.0GHz because they are an overclocked version of chips fr
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