Nintendo DS finally gets a cool new colour in North America
White.. okay
Black.. cool, but total fingerprint magnet
Pink..
Gold..
Metallic Rose.. ugh..
Crimson/Black.. Nice try, but the shade of red just isn’t right
Is this better?
Today, Nintendo announced a new colour of DS Lite for the North American market. As you can see, it will be another two-tone colourway, and should I say, just a bit more macho than the [...]
Halo 3 Pwns everyone else
NDP’s numbers for September are in, and what we all knew would happen happened. But I didn’t expect such a dramatic number:
Halo 3 |XBOX 360| 3.3 million
Wii Play w/ Remote |Wii| 282K
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass |DS| 224K
Madden NFL 08 |PS2| 205K
Skate |XBOX 360| 175K
Madden NFL 08 |XBOX 360| 173K
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption |Wii| 167K
BioShock [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
New Intel Mobile G965 video driver is here
Almost 3 weeks ago, Intel released a driver for their G965 integrated graphics that, well, made it something other than a worthless piece of crap in gaming. Unfortunately though, it was only for the desktop part.
Today though, Intel has a driver for the Mobile 965 Express chipset that will do the same for the [...]
Who the hell would buy a 19″ laptop?!
Seriously.
Personally, I refuse to even venture into the realm of 15.4″ laptops, let alone 17″ ones. The 14.1″ inch standard is also pushing it but given some smokin’ specs, I could be convinced. Samsung recently announced the Desknote Sens G25, a behemoth of a laptop with a screen measuring in at a ridiculous [...]
Logitech Alto Notebook Stand & Keyboard Review
Our first full review since starting HCW Tech Blog is the type of product that you might not have expected to see here… But it shows that we want to expand our coverage from what was mostly gaming hardware, overclocking products, etc to basically everything you might find useful for your PC. So it’s quite [...]
