Archive for March, 2006
According to CVG, there’s “a strong whisper that the Revolution’s real name will finally be confirmed this week” at GDC. Satoru Iwata’s disruptive GDC keynote, scheduled for Thursday at 10:30 AM PT (1:30 PM ET) to 11:30 AM PT, would be the perfect opportunity to reveal the new name for Nintendo’s next console. [Joystiq]
Oooo, Interesting. [...]
Microsoft to give $12 to give New Yorkers to settle a suit!
Closed Published March 19th, 2006 in Microsoft, Noteworthy, Shorts, TechnologyMillions of New Yorkers who bought personal computers could score $12 coupons or more, no questions asked, as part of a massive antitrust settlement from Microsoft, headed by Bill Gates. “Almost all of your readers could be eligible,” said David Stellings, a lawyer who helped negotiate the $350 million deal. “They are throwing away cash [...]
This was posted onto Flickr by a new MacBook Pro owner. This is what happened:
Left home@8am, macbook on the power cord. Came home@8pm, cable was disconnect (probably by our cats) and connector looked like this. The Macbook was loaded approx 33% so was connected for less than an hour in the morning I guess.
Apple support [...]
To clear any confusion, a Sony representative, speaking with Yahoo! Games, has confirmed that the PS3 will ship with a 60 GB HDD, with an option to upgrade. No PS3 bundles will be sold without a hard drive. However, it’s unclear if by upgrading, purchasers will have the option to buy the console with a [...]
PS3 delayed for November – It’s official
Closed Published March 18th, 2006 in Gaming, Noteworthy, Shorts, TechnologySo, not only did we get all those PSP goodies this morn from Sony’s Ken Kutaragi at a hastily called press conference, but we also received official confirmation that indeed, the PS3 will ship worldwide in November, delaying the Spring launch that we all expected. As recently as just a few weeks ago Sony had [...]
OS X on an Intel Box – My Story
4 Comments Published March 18th, 2006 in Apple, Internet, Noteworthy, PC, Software, TechnologyI have been playing around with various Bittorrent clients on my Mac mini and I just happened to cross an OS X x86 installation. So it completed the full download this morning as an ISO file. Since my mac mini doesn’t have a SuperDrive I couldn’t burn the iso directly. I tried to put it [...]
Windows XP on an Intel iMac: The real deal
Closed Published March 16th, 2006 in Apple, Microsoft, Noteworthy, Software, TechnologySorry about not keeping you guys upto speed with this, but, well I was being lazy! So the big news, it has been done. The first news we received was when narf2006 posted images of XP booting on his Intel iMac. Everyone was very suspicious of this, with the crap quality photos (all that blur) [...]
What DVD drive lives in your 360?
10 Comments Published March 14th, 2006 in Gaming, Microsoft, PC, TechnologyLlamma has got some images of the two DVD drives that live inside the Xbox 360. On the left is the newer, and quieter, Samsung drive (model #TS-H943), “easily identified by its unique drive-tray and ninja-like stealth“. And on the right is the Hitachi (model #GDR-3120L), “easily identified by the notches on its drive tray, [...]
Microsoft opens Windows Live Messenger to the Public!
Closed Published March 14th, 2006 in Internet, Microsoft, Shorts, Technology, Web 2.0The new Windows LiveTM Messenger Beta is the next-generation MSN Messenger and, as always, it is free to download.
It has everything you already love about Messenger – your contact list, emoticons, and plenty of ways to access to your friends via text, voice and video – plus new ways to connect and share documents with [...]
If you are into tech, like me, you are cursed [or blessed, depending on how you look at it] with wondering how everything works, sometimes you aren’t even able to enjoy things because you’re pondering what is going on behind the scenes. Well today I plan on answering one of your questions [if you didn’t [...]
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