Taiwanese winner creates controversy at World Cyber Games in Seattle
To the average spectator, it was just another medal given out to a player at the World Cyber Games Finals, which took place in Seattle last weekend. The winner would step onto the podium, wave their nation’s flag with pride, and receive their medal. But in the case of PGR3 bronze-medalist You-Chen Liu of Taiwan [...]
Seagate shipping their first Hybrid Hard Drives for notebooks
Although they were a bit late to ship their hybrid drives compared to Samsung, Seagate are now shipping their first units to retail and OEMs as of today.
Hybrid hard drives are an exciting development for laptop users, as they have various advantages specific for mobile computing. For instance, Seagate is claiming that just by [...]
New 40GB PS3 confirmed for Europe at €400
And that just means that the rumored new model will be destined for the rest of the world, probably at the equivalent of $400 USD (and probably $450 in Canada, despite the fact that their dollar is worth as much as the US Dollar right now).
You’ll notice on the front that there are only two [...]
GTR Tech GT3 Sport Compact Case Review
It’s been a while since our last case review, so I am happy to announce our latest review is of a very cool Small Form Factor case by fledgling company GTR Tech. By the way, GTR Tech is not related to the Hong Kong PC peripheral company also known as GTR.
The GT3 can only be [...]
Sony releases PSP Custom Theme Converter for PC
Have you ever wanted to create your own theme for your PSP, but weren’t sure how to do it? Sony has made it a little easier by releasing this PC application (direct link to the file here) that allows you to compile a custom PSP theme using separate wallpaper and icon images.
It’s not exactly the [...]
Unreal 3 PS3 delayed until 2008
Remember when Sony announced the big coup of Unreal 3 being exclusive to their console until some time in 2008? Their plan was to be the only console with Unreal 3 this holiday season.
Unfortunately, things aren’t going to pan out, as today Midway announced that the game will be delayed until 2008. It may still [...]
Nintendo spends $17 million to uglify the world’s Wii Remotes
Yesterday, Nintendo announced that they intend to offer free Wii Remote covers to everyone who owns a Wii, and will be bundling them with future consoles. Their reasoning is that, I guess, people are still unable to keep a grip on the things. Actually I can attest to this; at a party this summer, some [...]
