
Filed under: Gaming Sony has pulled the 2.40 firmware update from both its in-console update and website after some users reported that the firmware has bricked their system. SCEA PR director Patrick Seybold told Joystiq that Sony is “looking into it right now and will work with those customers directly to address any issues they [...]
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals, Storage Nyko’s got a knack for delivering some of the ugliest, most preposterous third-party peripherals on the planet, yet — for whatever reason — we can’t help but love ‘em. The latest abomination from the outfit that begins to grow on you almost immediately is the Media Hub for PlayStation 3. [...]
Filed under: Displays, Gaming It’s never clear how a company plans on implementing a given patent, but Sony’s patent application for a haptic touchscreen composed of “tactile pixels” lists former Sony Personal Entertainment chief Phil Harrison as the inventor and makes several references to potential use in “a game device” and to “game events,” so [...]
Filed under: Gaming It’s here kids, in-game XMB demonstrated on a firmware 2.40 PS3 for the first time. Yup, that’s the clock and date displayed upper-right with a quick hit of the PlayStation button. Sony also reveals that the 2.40 firmware update will deliver the Google search bar (like the PSP update last week) and [...]
Filed under: Gaming, GPS An enterprising nerd and Portal fan by the name of Ryan VanMiddlesworth has cobbled together an installable GLaDOS-simulating voice pack for Garmin N Popularity: unranked [?]
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Posted on 03 July 2008
Filed under: MPG, Legislation and Policy, USA Though BMW was the first automaker to contact the Bush Administration with concerns about the latest CAFE rules, it didn’t take long for more to speak up. As represented by the Alliance of Car Manufacturers, the Detroit 3, Toyota, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and others have banded together to proclaim the [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 03 July 2008
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Filed under: Transportation Okay, so maybe Hope’s forthcoming Aeris isn’t that bad, but it is somewhat hard to believe that sensors were installed in the handlebars to “prevent accidents” if some demented designer didn’t fully anticipate this thing to be a vehicle magnet. Designed for the urban tools hipsters in attendance, this bike is reportedly constructed [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 03 July 2008
Filed under: Digital Cameras Hold up! Polaroid may not be dead just yet! A trusty reader was nice enough to give us some hands-on time with his new Polaroid Pogo Zink-based printer. The diminutive device is clearly meant to give us that old-school insta-print social feeling with its 2 x 3-inch photos, but results were [...] Continue Reading