Dell wanted to bring its gaming platform down from the US$2000 and up arena, and into something average gamers can go and buy, so it’s rolling out the previously teased XPS 630.
AU: Just heard from Dell in Australia, and we’re looking at a staring price of $2,299 down here. It launches on Feb 29 as well, so only two more sleeps if you can’t wait to get your hands on this machine.
A credit card piggy bank would be no fun at all. Where is the joy in sticking a credit card into pig’s back when you can’t smash it later on to blow your earnings on some frivolous item? Besides, using a credit card or debit card to wirelessly add money into a savings account does not make sense. However, some greedy child could definitely use this bank to hit their relatives up for a bigger allowance. Excuses like “I don’t have any cash on me” won’t get you off the hook anymore. Good thing this is only a concept device. [Behance via DVICE]
It was a pretty safe bet that the MacBook Pro would be getting updated with the multi-touch interface soon. I’m just glad I decided not to buy a MacBook Pro last month when I needed a new computer – I’d be pretty pissed off now if I had. Not just because of the spec bump, but the price drop is what really makes it burn.
A full rundown of the new prices on standard configurations is below:
Remember the lawsuit filed a little while ago against Microsoft because PCs with “Windows Vista Capable” stickers weren’t actually all that Vista Capable? A federal judge just granted that suit class action status, meaning that if you bought a Vista “Capable” PC during the 2006 Holidays, you might be in store to get a little bit of cash back.
Good news for Australian Blu-ray fans (which has to be pretty much anybody keen on Hi-Def, these days). Panasonic has announced the Australian release of their BD30 Blu-ray player.
It will hit shelves in the middle of March for $899 and as we already know, features BD Profile 1.1, which enables PIP and additional extra features thanks to onboard memory.
One of the best arguments for building your own PCs is that you make the decisions regarding parts,which means you don’t have to scrap the whole system or buy sub-standard hardware from the manufacturer when it is time to upgrade. This is especially true for gaming rigs. Dell, one of the biggest offenders when it comes to this issue, has announced that proprietary parts like power supplies and motherboards will be a thing of the past.
Regular squirt guns are all well and good, but when you want to give your kid an advantage in the neighbourhood this summer, only a full-on water mortar will do. This monster of ensoakment is made using PVC pipes and a strong desire to get punched in the mouth by some crybaby neighbor kid’s dad. It doesn’t look all too tough to build, either, so head to the garage and get your act together so you can be ready on the first warm day of spring. Get to it! [Instructables]
David Randolph of SYSTM has developed a hack for Guitar Hero that will turn even the most rhythmically challenged among us into virtual virtuosos. In fact, it will do all of the work for you by playing each note automatically. Now, before you get all excited about the gambling potential of a hack like this, keep in mind that it will take skill, a lot of time, and around US$500 in parts alone to pull off. Then again, you could always make up the cash by betting your friends you can hit 100% of the notes on expert. [Hack n Mod]
The fact that stores everywhere, including Sony’s own SonyStyle, were dropping the 80GB seemed to point to a conclusion that the 80GB was on its way out. Not exactly. As we found out today, the 80GB version is going to be back on June 12, but it’s going to be packed with a copy of Metal Gear Solid 4 and a DualShock 3 controller. All this for the same price of $499. Yes ma’am. [Kotaku]
How much simpler can it get? You take the HD satellite set-top box already sitting in someone’s living room, perform a quick firmware update, plug an external hard drive into the USB jack and voila, it’s a bleedin’ DVR. Voila is right, though, since this News Corp-owned software fix is currently only available to Canal+ satellite customers in France. Correct me if I’m wrong, but there’s no such thing for News Corp’s DirecTV customers in the US, right? Nah, letting people keep their existing hardware is so un-American. It’s bad for business, I tells ya! Press release after jump.
