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Entries from May 30, 2010 - June 5, 2010
Monday
May312010
Alex TretropFree Year of OnLive for Pre-Registrants!
Free Year of OnLive for Pre-Registrants!
Well, OnLive has definitely made a good move today, with the company announcing that instead of giving it’s early registrants a free three months, it’s going to give them a whole year!It’s also tossing in a free game, so that should make you early adopters very happy indeed!It seems like we’ll discover if OnLive can live up to the hype very soon. - Read More
Monday
May312010
ASUS Eee Tablet: the digital notepad
Remember back to the days of Apple’s Newton? Wouldn’t it be great if someone came out with a more modern, better equipped, 2010 model? That’s essentially what the ASUS Eee Tablet is (no not the Eee Pad, but the Eee Tablet). With an 8-inch 1024 x 768 TFT-LCD panel, the Eee Tablet sets out to offer the world’s best digital note taking experience. Should you get bored taking notes, the Eee Tablet comes equipped with a microSD slot (for all your ebooks. Yes, its also an ebook reader), as well as a 2-megapixel camera for the lazy man who can’t be bothered writing his lecture notes down. So it’s not E-Ink (thank god!) and it comes in 64-levels of grayscale, all-in-all it looks as though 23 years later the Newton (albeit sans PDA functionality) has some direct competition. Press release after the break.
Monday
May312010
MSI WindPad 110: An Android tablet done right?
Another day, another Android slate shown off at Taiwan’s Computex, but wait, this one’s got more on board than most of those uncivilised Chinese rip-offs. The unofficially announced MSI WindPad 110 is quite possibly the first Android-tablet “done right” — however, we’ll have to wait till the reviews roll in to be 100% sure. Unlike most 10-inch slates, the WindPad 110 runs Android 2.1 with a capacitive touchscreen display (yes!). It also has a couple of USB ports, a microSD slot thrown in for good measure, and video out capabilities. Oh, and in case you’ve got some major gripes over this thing running stock Android, just remember: “plain vanilla updates quicka.” While there’s currently some confusion as to whether the WP 110 is actually coming to market, should it be released we’re hearing that MSI plans to sell it for around $399. While we clear that up, how about watching the video after the break?
Monday
May312010
Video - What if the Mouse was Invented Before the Computer?
Video - What if the Mouse was Invented Before the Computer?
“…observe its secret” - “A ball?” - “Yes, a ball my lord, which allows this device to track minutely and accurately every movement of ones hand!”
This is what it would have been like to invent the mouse before the computer. Not being able to understand what the heck you’ve even invented, is a major roadblock, and the fact that this guy already created the windshield wiper and the “Sky Digi Box” before electricity is also a set back.
I guess we could have run before we walked…
Monday
May312010
ASUS Eee Pad line gets official, runs Windows 7 in the process
Today’s shaping up to be a wild one down in the depths of Computex 2010 as ASUS has unwrapped its latest line (well first line) of Eee Pads. When they ship — which currently isn’t planned until the first quarter of 2011 — ASUS’ Eee Pads will come in both 10 and 12-inch variants. The latter size has piqued our interest substantially, especially since its running Intel’s Core 2 Duo CULV processor. Their currently claiming that you’ll be able to get about 10-hours of battery life from the 12-inch model — however, running Windows 7 we’re still slightly sceptical on that little tid bit. Oh, if you’re not fond of the “1-foot” slate, as we’ve mentioned there’s a slightly smaller 10-inch model [featured above] — sadly all we know at this point is that it runs Windows Embedded Compact 7, a la Windows CE.
If you’re still not sold on the ASUS Eee Pad think of them as laptops sans a keyboard (similar to the recently scrapped Lenovo U1 Hybrid or even an iPad in Apple’s docking station, but less ridiculous). Ranging from $399 - $499 you’ll be able to pick one of these up as we’ve already mentioned, early next year (sigh). Video and press release after the break.
Monday
May312010
Twitter launches new 'Help Center'
Twitter launches new 'Help Center'
For those of you who are new to Twitter, or are stumbling through the motions of using it, you are in luck.
Twitter has now launched a much more advanced “Help Center”, with the aim of it being focused attention on specific issues that users have. The Help Center is run by a large group of support staff, and is available in a multitude of languages and seems to adapt to your specific needs.
Good move Twitter - Read more
Monday
May312010
PS3 Review - Red Dead Redemption
Seldom comes the times when there’s a game that needs two people to review it just so all its bases are covered. Read Dead Redemption is that game; Rockstar first gave us a glimpse into this “Old West project” back in 2005 when everyone associated it with its spiritual predecessor, Red Dead Revolver. However, after years of development and a couple of delays later its finally launched, and with it has come a response that’s been more than positive - including us. We’re not going to tease you: we love this game.
Full review after the break!
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