Engadget Disables Comments

Too many Apple stories - apparently, that was the reason for the backlash from comments made against the Engadget team. To quell the dispute, Topolsky himself then posted up a humorous Apple-Free Engadget, stripping the site of anything related to the Cupertino company. Meant to be a joke, Engadget soon saw more outrage, which then culminated into the decision to disable comments altogether on the site indefinitely. 

Now this is what I don't get; Why punish the entire community over a couple of yahoos? I mean if you have a rowdy bunch of kids talking through a movie, yes, you kick'em out, but you don't stop the movie and tell everyone to leave do you?  Comments are an open forum, so why not just do some old fashioned banning, Kotaku-style? But then again if you ban users for "talking back" and questioning things you run the risk of sounding arrogant and totalitarian - not allowing any criticism come near you, which removes any credibility you once had in my opinion. 

To me comments are an immediate line between the author, the content, and a culmination of all the readers - A forum is born and gives rise to discussion and opinion - Without that you become old fashioned, almost newpaper like; a one way street where content goes out but nothing comes in, which can be damning because you no longer are writing for the reader but are now focusing on yourself.

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Google's Nexus One recieves Multi-Touch

Google's Nexus One has received numerous complaints over lack of integrated multi-touch, 3G cycling, and its soft-key buttons. With the inundation of Google Help Forums something had to be done. As promised by the multi-billion dollar corporation, the Nexus One is due to receive an update later this week. -- Bonus points to Google for releasing it in the time frame they allocated.

We all knew that this update was coming, however, most didn't know that the company intended to enable multi-touch. That's right your Nexus One will now feature allocated multi-touch (guess Cyanogen's multi-touch hack is now obsolete).

List of updates after the break

Final Fantasy 13 to Ship on Three Discs on 360

Alex Tretrop Feb 3, 2010 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Gaming, News

"Players will only have to swap discs twice during their entire game," according to an anonymous Square Enix rep. Disc swaps have always been a big pet peeve to me and I usually can't stand it - It's a good thing then that the PS3 version of the game is still using only one Blu-Ray disc. 

As a gamer, do you care about disc swapping? I guess we'll find out when the game releases worldwide on March 9th.

Power your iPod/iPhone with the WallDock

Ricardo Trejo Feb 3, 2010 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Apple, Gadgets, Minimalism

The one thing I hate about Apple music products is that there isn't a standard for how to charge your device; Some come with varying sized docks, a few come with an AC plug, and the rest come packaged only with a 30 pin connector usb cable. That's hardly what I'd call productive, especially when plugging these guys into your usb ports to start charging.

Well, I recently dug up a simple device, called the Walldock, that is compatible with nearly every single iPod and iPhone. And it's not only small and convenient, but it also charges your devices faster than on a 30 pin connector plugged into your computer. Plug the unit into an AC outlet of your choice, adjust the pivoting dock and rest your iPod against the wall for a quick charge.

For $24.99 it's not that bad of a deal. Check back for a possible review of this minimalist's dream.

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Bioshock 2 Special Edition Unboxing with a Special Surprise at the End

Alex Tretrop Feb 2, 2010 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Gaming, News

The great folks over at 2K games just made a video showing off the things you'll find in Bioshock 2's Special Edition. For $100 on consoles and $90 on PC, you will receive 3 advertisement posters in the same vein that you see posted all over Rapture, a Vinyl 180g LP soundtrack of the original Bioshock, a CD with Bioshock 2's musical score and a huge 164 page artbook. You'll also receive the game in a metallic case, making it very noticeable when you display it on your shelf. Put simply, this is a very special edition!

Also, detailed in the trailer is the company's super secret Uber Edition, which contains... well, I'll just let the video speak for itself but let me just say that it would be awesome if anyone receives the contents of this super awesome and, quite frankly, Uber Edition.

Official T3ch H3lp Google Chrome Extension Available

Hey there! We have been hard at work bashing keyboards and drinking coffee and now we give you this, T3ch H3lp for Google Chrome! Now you can take T3ch H3lp wherever your travels take you!

This shiny new fancy extension allows you to read any posts you'd like, along with the ability to sort them by category. You will also be able to watch the latest podcasts and view them on either Vimeo or Youtube. You can also view who's talking T3ch H3lp in the Twitter-verse and follow any of the T3ch H3lp team members tweets. You will also be able to quickly send news and videos to our editors to publish on T3ch H3lp's main blog for everyone to see!

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Video: Real life or CG - Can you tell the difference?

Ricardo Trejo Feb 2, 2010 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us

A friend of mine who majors in Animation sent me this link late last night, and I was floored at how realistic and beautiful this CG work looked. The Third & the Seventh - Watch it HERE