Do you want a solid surface that also tells your guests that you're a huge gamer? Look no further: GameBoy bricks will fill your needs. Read More...
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Protect your data when travelling to the US
http://www.ghacks.netI personally think this is outrageous. Border Agents in the United States can not only search your laptop, mobile phone or any other electronic device that you might be carrying while traveling to the United States; They can also download computer contents or keep it for further examination. There are no written rules yet on the dos and don’ts of the process and while it is unlikely that they will confiscate or examine every single electronic device they might examine yours.
Read more »PAX 2008 to feature Ken Levine, Jonathan Coulton, MC Chris
http://arstechnica.comPAX 2008 is going to be an insane show: Ken Levine will be speaking, while Jonathan Coulton, MC Christ, MC Frontalot, Freezepop, The OneUps, The Minibosses, and more will be performing. Buy your tickets. NOW. Read More...
Read more »Sony announces Phil Harrison's successor: Shuhei Yoshida
http://arstechnica.comPhil Harrison stepped down from his position at Sony early this year, and now it has been announced that long time Sony executive Shuhei Yoshida will be filling quite a large pair of shoes as President of Sony Entertainment Worldwide Studios.Read More...
Read more »VIA talks up Isaiah dual-cores, 45nm transition
http://arstechnica.com2008 isn't even halfway over, but VIA is making long-term plans around its new Isaiah architecture. By 2009, the company plans to transition Isaiah to a dual-core design on a 45nm process.Read More...
Read more »Lockr: Access Control for Web 2.0
http://www.ghacks.netThe major difficulty that I see with all those Web 2.0 social networking websites is that there is no central administration but one for each website you are a member of. Want to share some private photos with friends at Flickr ? Then tell them they need access to Flickr so that you can add them. Want to share some stuff at Facebook ? Tell them they need a Facebook account. Want to Twitter ? Tell them.. You get the point.
Read more »EA cuts baseball games from lineup
http://arstechnica.comEA has decided not to renew its contract with NCAA baseball, and instead will not be making any baseball games at all.Read More...
Read more »PlayStation Store Update: Secret Agent Clank edition
http://arstechnica.comA Secret Agent Clank demo headlines this week's PlayStation Store update alongside downloadable golfers, songs, and wallpapers.Read More...
Read more »Nintendo Wii outsells 360, PS3, PS2, PSP combined in April
http://arstechnica.comNintendo remains high above Microsoft and Sony in hardware sales, and Mario Kart Wii proves a strong competitor to Grand Theft Auto on the sales charts.Read More...
Read more »$6,800 gets you thicker, heavier MacBook plus XO donation
http://arstechnica.comWhen is a MacBook worth $6,800? When you buy one that is uglified tricked out by a European company that also promises to donate an XO laptop in your honor to undisclosed "governmentally sponsored education programs." Read More...
Read more »Konami announces Rock Revolution, new Castlevania
http://arstechnica.comKonami has revealed two new games, including a new DS Castlevania and its very own Rock Band killer. Make room for a third set of plastic drums.Read More...
Read more »PlayStation 3 SDK gets YouTube API
http://arstechnica.comSony has announced that the YouTube API has been directly integrated into the PlayStation 3 SDK. Now any game can feature video capture and uploading. Sony welcomes you to the social.Read More...
Read more »MicroHoo 2.0: Icahn tries to revive a dead deal
http://arstechnica.comJust when we thought the MicroHoo saga was over, Carl Icahn steps in and stirs up some fresh excitement. The activist investor submitted an alternative slate of Yahoo directors and hopes to revive Microsoft's interest in a deal. Yahoo's current management remains skeptical.Read More...
Read more »Nintendo uses celebs to appeal to female gamers
http://arstechnica.comIn support of a new DS color, Nintendo will be rolling out a new series of commercials featuring celebrities like Live Tyler, Carrie Underwood, and America Ferrera.Read More...
Read more »Sony details first- and second-party line up for 2008
http://arstechnica.comSony has sent along a list of all its first- and second-party titles due by the end of the year, including a great breadth of PSP, PSN, and PS3 titles.Read More...
Read more »OLPC and Microsoft will make Windows available on XO
http://arstechnica.comThe OLPC project has announced plans to make Microsoft's Windows XP operating system available to government buyers of the XO laptop. This desperate last minute change will do little to help the project, which suffers from deployment problems and hardware failures.Read More...
Read more »Albatron GeForce 9600GT-512X Video Card Review
http://www.legitreviews.comBig on performance and easy on the wallet, the Albatron GeForce 9600GT-512X video card offers unheard of graphics processing power at a wallet friendly price point. Finally you can enjoy decent frame rates in the latest DirectX 10 games at resolutions that gamers actually want to use. Read on as we take a look at the Albatron GeForce 9600GT-512X and how it does when we game on it and then overclock it to the max.
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Email Address Extract
http://www.ghacks.netExtracting emails from files is probably something that most users will never even think of doing. It can however be interesting for some users who have them stored in a database with all kinds of information and want to extract all emails to mail every user in that database. It can be used for spamming users as well but I’m not advocating this falling victim to lots of spam emails each day.
Read more »Cubeecraft Papercraft Toys
http://www.ghacks.netFeels like Geek-day today. After the virtual girlfriend article I present you another article that falls into the geeky but cute category. This time it’s Papercraft Toys by Cubeecraft, a website that is offering free papercraft model downloads that can bring a smile on the old and young.
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