The Elements of Gadgets and Gaming
Supposedly vinyl is making a comeback. At least that’s according to CTV News in a report exploring the decline in CD sales. According to them, the CD may simply be this generation’s 8-track. I wouldn’t go that far. The CD has been the dominant form of audio recording for more than 20 years now. In…
It seems to be bad days for the hardcore gamers out there, as now Microsoft is targeting the elusive casual gamer market after the Wii’s flyaway success. This Year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is not really offering much to that crowd. In fact, the gaming industry seems to be in a slump. Only Nintendo is…
There’s a story floating around in the TV news about a man who had his ear drums blown out from wearing an iPod out in a lightening storm. Apparently, lightening hit a tree, then bounced to the man’s iPod, traveled up the earphone wires, and gave him the shock of his life. Scientists are now…
It sure has been a week of Sony contradicting itself. After declaring that they would not redesign the PSP, Sony says it is redesigning the PSP. Well, sort of. The new PSP will be 33% lighter and 19% thinner than the current model. Sony is also promising to bring high quality video output to the…
Yes, it’s possible thanks to this neat little utility I found. It’s called RSS Streaming Tools. It works by exploiting the PSP’s built in RSS 2.0 capabilities. All that’s required it any desktop or laptop PC running Windows and a wireless network router. Right now, the program allows you to access only MP3 music files…
As I reported in the article about ways to improve the PSP, I mentioned MSD storage was limited to 4gb. Seems I was wrong. I’ve noticed that Sony branded 8gb Memory Stick Duo cards are now available. However, these memory cards are priced at a hefty $200 and are not worth the price in my…
This is strange. Sony announced last week that rumored price cuts for the PS3 were just that, rumors. Today, Sony has changed their tune and is now announcing that the price will in fact be cut by $100. This reduced the price for the 60gb model from $599 US to $499 US. This puts it…
Updated Review: October 2008 to reflect new prices More on this week’s looks at the ups and downs of console gaming. Today, we’ll look at the Xbox 360. I briefly owned one of these consoles back in February. Needless to say, I bought it on a whim and realized it was a mistake, so I…
Sony’s Playstation 3. Supposedly the ultimate game console on the market right now, although Sony likes to down play that. The PS3 is truly an all in one media center offering true HD movies, music, photos, games, and even Linux. The only thing the PS3 can’t do is cure cancer. Oh wait, it does cure…