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There was a lot of controversy when Sony initially debuted their idea for the boomerang controller at last year’s E3. So what did they do from then until now; not much. They used the PS2’s DualShock 2 controller and adapted it. They have added bluetooth support so that it is wireless and, the big feature, [...]

UK Technology Magazine T3 gave news yesterday that the PS3 controller might be re-designed this monday (today) at E3.
T3 will be attending Sony’s pre-E3 conference on Monday where, amongst other juicy PS3-related titbits, we’ll get our first sighting of the new joypad.
The controller will certainly be wireless, and we’ve heard one or two murmurs that [...]

Nintendo have officially announced the release date and the price for the DS Lite. The DS Lite will be released in the US on June 11 and could be priced as low as $129, which could mean that bundles could be available. In the press release some key details were added to show the main [...]

This is a really great idea. I wonder why no-one ever thought of it before. The idea is it occupies a standard SD/MMC slot and is the same size. As well as having a 1GB capacity, it also has a 802.11g WiFi chip embedded into it. This means no extra attachements for that Treo or [...]

Sony’s PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a very popular device and has sold a few million units, but when compared to Apple’s iPod, the PSP lacks storage space. Luckily, the PSP has a built in WiFi card to make up for this disadvantage. With a few simple steps, all of which are included in this tutorial, [...]

This is a really cool tutorial which explains to you how to install a wifi adapter into your Xbox (1) so that you don’t have to have that extra baggage. All this does is use the power from the Xbox (via a 8-inch power cable splitter) to supply the power to the WiFi adapter, and [...]

I don’t know what a typical college campus is like. Everything I’ve experienced at Georgia Tech is apparently not normal for a university lacking “tech” in the title. I’ve compiled a few things I’ve noticed around school for your enjoyment on this slow news day. Here we go. You’d be surprised at how much I’m [...]

Daily Tech has got some good news for the folk with MacBook Pro’s. Apple has updated the MacBook Pro’s with a newer revision, fixing all the problems people have been complaining about. These include the screen flickering at the lowest setting, MBP being very hot, Airport issues and the whining sound some MBP have been [...]

The Nintendo DS Lite has now officially arrived in Japan. At 8:00 pm Eastern standard time, 10:00 am Japanese time, the upgraded portable gaming device was unleashed upon frenzied Japanese gamers throughout the country.
Those anticipating the arrival of the device were out in full force late last night (early this morning for us) as widespread [...]

Apple has sent out invitations to select members of the media for an Apple Special Event on February 22nd 2006. The event will be held in the Moscone Centre in San Francisco. I’ll add updates as more info arrives.
So what is so special? Well the fact that people are still missing the Mac Mini DVR [...]