Taking pictures is about to get a whole lot more interesting, with the help of a new camera from Fujifilm. Using the new “Fujifilm Finepix Real 3D” system, you will soon be able to take pictures in real 3D.
Cameras using the Real 3D system will have two lenses that are between 6 and 7 inches [...]
Entries from September 30th, 2008
[News] New Fujifilm Camera Takes Eye-Popping Pictures
September 30th, 2008 · No Comments · News
[News] Two Online Games to Ship Without Online
September 29th, 2008 · No Comments · News
Were you looking forward to Fable II or LittleBigPlanet’s online modes? Well, you’re out of luck, as both of these games won’t ship with their highly anticipated online gameplay. Instead, the modes will be rolled out in a patch a few weeks after their respective games’ release.
Fable II, which was intended to have a co-op [...]
[Rumors] New Nintendo DS to make Waves in the Blue Ocean
September 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Rumors and Speculation
According to Nikkei Net, one of the biggest Japanese economic newspapers, Nintendo may be gearing up for a DS upgrade. In what Nikkei calls an effort to compete with more multi-functional devices such as cell phones, the new DS will feature some built-in extras that go beyond the needs of gaming.
Some of these upgrades will [...]
[News] Google Turns 10, 99 Zeroes to Go
September 27th, 2008 · No Comments · News
Google, the biggest internet search engine is turning ten this month, and they are celebrating with style. On their website, you can see a timeline of the history of Google, a look into the next ten years of technology, and learn about an initiative called Project 10100.
As part of Project 10100, Google is convincing people to come up with [...]
[News] 3,612,000,000 IP Addresses Down, 588,000,000 To Go
September 26th, 2008 · No Comments · News
The internet may run out of unique ways to identify computers, says Vint Cerf, who is considered to be one of the fathers of the internet. The current system of IP addresses, IPv4, or internet protocol version 4, provides 4.2 billion unique IP addresses. However, soon the list of unallocated numbers will shrink to zero, [...]
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[News] Jack Thompson Disbarred, Internet Explodes with Glee
September 25th, 2008 · No Comments · News
The Florida Supreme Court just issued a report that Miami lawyer Jack Thompson, scourge of the video game industry, will be disbarred starting October 25th, and will no longer be allowed to practice law. This is due to ten different counts of inappropriate behavior in a court of law, including, but not limited to:
respondent [Thompson] [...]
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[News] Best Buy Employee Impersonates Customer In Front of the Customer
September 24th, 2008 · No Comments · News
You think that you get bad customer service? Matt in Massachusetts was browsing Best Buy’s online store when he discovered that they were selling 2GB flash drives for only $2.49. When he ordered five of them for in-store pickup, his service was less than ideal. Not only did the assistant manager refuse to honor the [...]
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[News] Spore's DRM Evolves into a Class Action Lawsuit
September 24th, 2008 · No Comments · News
Feel cheated by Spore’s DRM? You may be entitled to a settlement, thanks to a class action lawsuit that Melissa Thomas of Maryland has filed on behalf of all owners of EA’s long-anticipated PC game (within the United States, of course). Claiming that the SecuROM digital rights management is permanently and unknowingly installed on a user’s computer, [...]
[News] Don't Miss It… Myst Turns 15
September 24th, 2008 · No Comments · News
Today is the 15th Anniversary of the launch of Myst, the point and click adventure that made the CD-ROM market explode. Though it is hard to imagine now, considering how common CD-ROMs are, if it weren’t for Myst, then it is possible that we would be using a different format entirely.
Wired has a great piece [...]
[News] Homestar Runner Gives One, Gets One
September 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · News
Strong Bad E-Mail just hit the 200 mark, and in celebration, the Poopsmith broke his vow of silence, Strong Bad hosted a sbemail with a live studio audience, and Homestar Runner stole Strong Bad’s thunder by announced that he, too, had been answering e-mails submitted by fans. And what laptop does he use to answer [...]
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