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8 Reasons the PSP Will NEVER, EVER Overtake the DS

Our own pantsing expert Jason Chen recently wrote up 8 Reasons Why The PSP Might Overtake the DS. It was a fascinating article with some worthwhile arguments. But alas, he was completely, entirely wrong. Jason’s logic is the consumer electronic equivalent of Zeno’s Paradox, perfect in theory…but clearly fallible in real world testing. So here…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Dec 2

Wii Fit Unboxed and Groped

Japan native CheapyD from gaming deals site Cheapassgamer got his hands on Nintendo’s new exercise game Wii Fit and undressed it for the world to see. Verdict: We forget how thin the board is. While the concept resembles step aerobics, nothing about the experience does (from the brief trade show hands-on we had). So despite…

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 2

The Wii is MORE Expensive This Year Than Last

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 $250, in 2006 they had to settle for a $476.11 pricetag for just the Wii system. This year, that number has inflated to $538.80…or become $60 more…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Dec 1

EA Chief Says Black Friday Completed Next-Gen Console Transition

Two years after the Xbox 360 kick-started the next-gen console race on a Black Friday week, EA chief John Riccitello says this year’s Black Friday completed the transition to the (now) current-gen consoles: “It’s been the longest, hardest transition in the history of the industry…Last Friday marked one of those points where you can say…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Nov 30

Is It a Soccer Ball or a Remote? Actually, It’s Both

Soccer may not be the most popular sport in the US—but don’t tell that to millions of minivan-driving suburban mothers. Chances are, the kids they are constantly hauling back and forth to practice would love this soccer ball remote. Not only will it handle your TV, DVD and satellite controls, it is also a full-size,…

Television Sean Fallon Nov 30

The FCC Cuts Comcast Off at the Knees

Comcast is pissed. Per the FCC’s latest vote, it can’t provide cable to more than 30 percent of the country. It has a 27 percent market share right now with 26.2 million subscribers. With the FCC’s 30 percent market cap, it can add fewer than 3 million new subscribers before it hits the wall, pretty…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Nov 30

PS3 HD Video on Demand Service Crashes Into Japan Next Year

The PS3’s still got a long ways to go to catch up to the Xbox 360 in the online space, and their next step toward it with an HD VOD service seems kind of lackluster. It’s launching next year in Japan only. And the launch content seems pretty anemic unless you’re into cars and racing:…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Nov 30

Hack a Neuros to Play Nice With TiVo: $3500 and Simultaneous Mobile Recording Will Be Your Reward

This isn’t the first time someone has offered a bounty to hack the Linux-based Neuros OSD, but if successful, this hack could have some very interesting implications. The goal is to get the Neuros to piggyback on the TiVo’s recording schedule and make MPEG-4 recordings that can be simultaneously transferred onto a portable device like…

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 30

Pepsi and Amazon Giving Away 1 Billion MP3s

The Great Pepsi MP3 Giveaway returns, but this time with…Amazon? Yup. Starting Superbowl Sunday (Feb. 3), Pepsi’s stuffing 5 billion bottles of Coke soda with download codes, but you need five of ’em to get a free song. That’s right, there will be no casual Pepsi drinkers getting free songs on Pepsi/Amazon’s dime—which is about…

Commerce Matt Buchanan Nov 30

$250 Flat Fee Producers Offer Writers Guild for Internet Distribution Is Way Lame, Still Screws Writers

The Writers Guild strike languishes on: Heroes ends for the year next week. In a bid to end our suffering, the producers’ trade group has made a “groundbreaking” offer to the Writers Guild, grandiosely titled the “New Economic Partnership.” The deal’s a mind-blowing less-than $250 flat fee for an hour-long show to be re-broadcast on…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Nov 30

Japanese Aquarium Bathroom Makes You Feel Like a Mermaid While You Go #2

You think your bathroom is awesome? It’s not. Check out this Japanese bathroom that’s built into an aquarium, featuring a peeping tom of a turtle and a bunch of fish with no dignity. It’s a ladies’ room, so there are no dudes allowed, unfortunately. It cost $270,000 to build, which is a lot for a…

Tech News Adam Frucci Nov 30

Guitar Hero on the Commodore 64 Make So Little Sense to Me

Looking to make Guitar Hero a little crappier? Great! Just play it on a Commodore 64. That’s what Toni Westbrook is doing for some insane reason with his Shredz64 project. The game isn’t done yet, but when complete it should provide a rudimentary facsimile of the popular game using the squawking beeps that the Commodore…

Tech News Adam Frucci Nov 30

Sphäron Excalibur Speakers May Cost $380,700, But At Least They’re Huge

Straight outta Germany, the colossal Acapella Sphäron Excalibur speakers look like a couple of tubas attached to a piece of wood. The cabinets feature four 15-inch woofers and weigh a herniating 1,364 pounds each. Acapella only recommends these behemoths for living rooms that are at least 131 square feet (the size of many entire apartments…

Tech News Hook Nov 30

Every Episode of South Park Ever Being Put Online for Free Next Year

Earlier this year, Viacom put every Daily Show episode online for free, and it was awesome. Now, they’re following suit with South Park, with plans to put every episode of the animated series online for free next year. https://gizmodo.com/viacom-putting-all-of-daily-show-online-297809 It’s a ballsier move than putting The Daily Show online, as South Park sells lots of…

Tech News Adam Frucci Nov 30

Optoma’s Cheap 1080p HD803 Projector and its 720p Friends, the HD65 and HD71

Optoma’s got a new 1080p projector coming out in December, dubbed the HD803. It’s new but it sits right below Optoma’s HD80, one of the first to break the $3000/1080p barrier, in price and performance. The crib sheet on the HD803 reads as follows: 8000:1 contrast ratio, 1200 lumens of output, and a DLP DMD…

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 29

Comic Mocking Universal Music CEO Sadly Not Far From Reality

This webcomic’s almost more like a webtragedy. Why? Its depiction of Wired’s conversation with the confused CEO of the world’s largest record label, Universal, isn’t all that exaggerated. I mean, sometimes it seems like they’re still searching for this whole “internet” thing. [Hijinks Ensue via Boing Boing]

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Nov 29

Comcast Getting 100Mbps Cable Modems Next Year, Fiber Scared?

Comcast confirms we’ll see the rollout of DOCSIS 3.0—the next-gen data over cable standard allowing bandwidth of 160Mbps down and 120Mbps up—starting next year, with 20 percent of its footprint expected to be blanketed in bandwidth goodness by the end of 2008. Even though Comcast isn’t saying where it’ll fall, markets where there’s FiOS are…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Nov 29

Bicycles With Mega Soundsystems Need Mega Bikelocks

You may have seen some bicycles tricked out with huge soundsystems before, but probably not all in one place. Today the NY Times ran an article examining this extremely confusing and expensive hobby—complete with about 10 sweet photos and a video. One of the examples featured a 5000-watt system that cost in the neighborhood of…

Tech News Sean Fallon Nov 29

NBC Hooks Up With Netflix to Deliver More TV on Your PC

NBC has become quite the digital distribution whore, like they broke up with their longtime lover and are slutting it up to make them jealous or something. Their latest partner is Netflix.com, where subscribers can watch Heroes eps the day after they air—the release curiously avoids the word “stream”—as well as past eps of 30…

Television Matt Buchanan Nov 29

Patent Office Re-Koshers TiVo’s Time Warp Patent Over EchoStar

TiVo already stomped EchoStar out in court a year and a half ago in a patent dispute over TiVo’s “multimedia time warping system.” Refresher: EchoStar cobbled together its own DVR setup, TiVo sued and won. EchoStar appeals to the US patent office for a review of TiVo’s patent. Today: The PTO finds TiVo’s patent to…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Nov 29

8 Reasons the PSP Will NEVER, EVER Overtake the DS

Wii Fit Unboxed and Groped

The Wii is MORE Expensive This Year Than Last

EA Chief Says Black Friday Completed Next-Gen Console Transition

Is It a Soccer Ball or a Remote? Actually, It’s Both

The FCC Cuts Comcast Off at the Knees

PS3 HD Video on Demand Service Crashes Into Japan Next Year

Hack a Neuros to Play Nice With TiVo: $3500 and Simultaneous Mobile Recording Will Be Your Reward

Pepsi and Amazon Giving Away 1 Billion MP3s

$250 Flat Fee Producers Offer Writers Guild for Internet Distribution Is Way Lame, Still Screws Writers

Japanese Aquarium Bathroom Makes You Feel Like a Mermaid While You Go #2

Guitar Hero on the Commodore 64 Make So Little Sense to Me

Sphäron Excalibur Speakers May Cost $380,700, But At Least They’re Huge

Every Episode of South Park Ever Being Put Online for Free Next Year

Optoma’s Cheap 1080p HD803 Projector and its 720p Friends, the HD65 and HD71

Comic Mocking Universal Music CEO Sadly Not Far From Reality

Comcast Getting 100Mbps Cable Modems Next Year, Fiber Scared?

Bicycles With Mega Soundsystems Need Mega Bikelocks

NBC Hooks Up With Netflix to Deliver More TV on Your PC

Patent Office Re-Koshers TiVo’s Time Warp Patent Over EchoStar

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