Sunday, December 2, 2007
Gadgets
Nintendo Going After Wii Mod Chip Sellers in Germany
5:26PM Adrian Covert | Showing that they’re not one to be hacked without a fight, Nintendo issued cease and desist notices to 16 German shops it believes are selling Wii mod chips. In addition, Nintendo is demanding the name of the mod chip manufacturer. With mod chips serving more purpose than to merely play import titles on a given console, it makes sense Nintendo is concerned. Who knows, maybe they could do something CRAZY, like issue a firmware update that bricks all Wii’s with mod chips. [Heise via I4U] More »
Entertainment
Why Some NBC Shows Are Still on iTunes Music Store
10:31AM Adrian Covert | Today NBC pulled their lineup (including NBC owned sites, such as Sci-Fi and Bravo), and ended their deal with the iTunes Music Store after a little catfight they had with Apple and El Jobso. However, as Italian blog setteB.IT points out, some shows from NBC owned networks are still up on iTunes, leading some people to ask, WTF? More »
Phones
Motorola Zine, Totally Trademarked
9:15AM Mark Wilson | We’ve already covered a juicy rumour about Motorola developing Motorola Z10 successors known as “Zine”. Hmm…maybe that’s Zines when pluralised. Anyway, Motorola has filed a trademark for “Zine” in relationship to the following huge blockquote of smartphone technology categories. More »
Games
The Wii is MORE Expensive This Year Than Last
8:30AM Mark Wilson | I4U points out that when acquiring some Wiis from wholesalers, they were surprised to find that the price had increased from last year. While the Wii retails for $US250, in 2006 they had to settle for a $US476.11 pricetag for just the Wii system. This year, that number has inflated to $US538.80. Continue on for rant. More »
Vehicles
Corvette Speedboat Comes Equipped With Actual 505-HP ‘Vette Engine
7:45AM Adrian Covert | If Ben Heck modded speedboats, I like to think it’d turn out similar to Malibu’s Z06 Corvette Speedboat, which is Frankensteined with a 505-HP LS7 Corvette Engine. Every aspect of the boat, from the hull right down to the trailer it rides on, is influenced by the design of the Corvette. Looks like that Ferrari-powered boat from One Crazy Summer finally has some competition in the water. More photos over at [Jalopnik]. More »
Hardware
Conventional Vs. Solid State Hard Drive Race, Sony TZ91
7:00AM Mark Wilson | The Sony TZ91 is available in two flavours. You can get the computer with a standard 5400rpm hard drive, or you can load it up with a 64GB solid state drive (for around a $1150 price premium). Check out this video to watch the SSD toast the moving hard drive by about 12 seconds when booting up. So just what is your time worth again? [sysadmingear] More »
Vehicles
Concept Superyacht is More Super Than Superman
6:15AM Haroon Malik | The international yacht show, which ran earlier this year, saw some crazy yachts on display. Best of the bunch had to be the Superyacht concept, by Focus 21 France. Yachts are generally pretty super in their standard yacht state, but the Superyacht can fly, and that makes it the daddy. More »
Online
Google Street View Blurs Faces, Still Shows Privates
5:30AM Mark Wilson | Google Street View will soon cease to be fun. Because while we were once able to enjoy the antics of strangers photographically busted outside of kiddie strip clubs, Google has announced that they will begin blurring all faces and licence plates in Europe’s soon-to-be-launched version of Google Street View. And according to a Google rep, the US will likely follow in the future. Seriously though, this is good news. If only so Haroon can finally argue to his “girlfriend” that maybe it wasn’t him…sitting in his car…filled to the brim with scantily clad transvestite hookers. [infoworld via therawfeed and image] More »
Screens
Sony’s Sexy XEL-1 OLED Display Gets Unboxed
4:45AM Haroon Malik | If you are pretty good with the old reading sills, you’ll know from the title that Sony’s XEL-1 OLED display just had an unboxing worth perving over. More »
Phones
