Archive for April, 2011

Black Ops Escalation DLC leaked

Posted in Games by Conner Flynn on April 5th, 2011

In case you aren’t tired of Black Ops yet, some details of the new Black Ops Escalation DLC have been leaked by Game in Australia who accidentally published a new flyer for the content, which is supposed to be released on May 3rd. Oops.

This latest Black Ops DLC will be hitting the Xbox first as usual, then hit the PC and PS3 soon after. Black Ops Escalation will include 5 new maps, including one zombie game. Are you going to get this or have you had enough Black Ops now?

Lensbaby announces Composer Pro

Posted in Cameras by Conner Flynn on April 5th, 2011

Lensbaby has announced a brand new version of its Composer accessory for DSLR cameras, the Lensbaby Composer Pro. It comes in a few different versions. There’s a double glass version and a 35 Optic version. They each retail between $300 to $400.

They have upgraded the swivel ball and focus mechanism for professional performance and it is also compatible with the Optic Swap System. You can still pick up the regular Composer for $250 with double glass.

Bell & Ross Red Radar Limited Edition Watch

Posted in Watches by Conner Flynn on April 5th, 2011

That is one good looking watch. The Bell & Ross Red Radar watch is made to look like a radar screen, the kind in air traffic control towers, submarines and other military vehicles. This timepiece uses a disc system mounted to a traditional ETA movement. That’s what gives it it’s unique look.

Just be prepared to drain your bank account, as the Bell & Ross Red Radar watch will cost you $5500 and only 999 pieces will be produced.

Audiology Samurai AU-100 Over Ear Headphones

Posted in Headphones by Conner Flynn on April 5th, 2011

If you want to be an audio Samurai, you are going to need the right gear. The Audiology Samurai AU-100 over ear headphones will surely help. They are available right now at Amazon. These headphones will play nice with iPods, MP3 players, portable DVD players and PMPs of your choice.

The Audiology Samurai AU-100 produces a 20-20000Hz of frequency response, features 32-Ohm of impedance, 102dB of sensitivity, a max input power of 50mW and a 3.5mm audio jack.

Seagate GoFlex Slim Drive

Posted in Seagate by Conner Flynn on April 5th, 2011

Want to rock the slimmest drive that money can buy? Well, you are in luck. The Seagate GoFlex is about the thickness of a #2 pencil. You’ll barely even know it’s there. It features a fast 7200 RPM internal drive and USB 3.0 plug-and-play connectivity to deliver up to 10x faster transfer speeds.

Other features include backup software with encryption technology and the ability to restore previous file versions from your backups easily. The drive will play nice with either PC or Mac. Just $99.

Microsoft may announce Silverlight for Xbox next week

Posted in Microsoft by Conner Flynn on April 5th, 2011

It looks like Microsoft may announce plans to introduce Silverlight for the Xbox 360. The company will apparently detail its plans at the MIX11 conference next week in Las Vegas. This has been planned for months and Microsoft had already revealed that it was planning to bring Silverlight to the Xbox.

This seems like a good plan for Microsoft, to bridge the gap between it’s mobile, PC and Xbox platforms. It ties in with their plans for Windows 8 as well.

Cassette Mate Cassette Tape to MP3 Converter

Posted in MP3 by Conner Flynn on April 5th, 2011

If you are old enough to remember listening to music on cassette tapes, then chances are you still have a lot of cassettes laying around. Why not listen to some of that old music again and convert those tapes to MP3s. Thanko’s cassette tape to MP3 converter, called Cassette Mate will help.

The Cassette Mate connects to your computer through a USB port and the software lets users save the music and recordings as MP3 files. It will even identify the breaks between songs and saves them as separate tracks.

Pioneer VMS-700-K Wireless Speaker for seniors

Posted in Speakers by Conner Flynn on April 5th, 2011

One look at this wireless speaker and you just know it is for the elderly. It looks like luggage more than a speaker. Pioneer has introduced this new Wireless TV Speaker for Japan that will boost your TV sound output and allow the elderly to better hear music without having to turn their TV volume up and bother the rest of us.

This VMS-700-K will be available in Japan in May for around 20,000 Yen. It features two 50mm diameter speakers with a 1Wx2Ch total output on a 100Hz-20kHz bandwidth. The internal nickel hydrogen battery offers 13 hours of battery life and it has a wireless range of 30m max.

GameBoy resurrected from the dead, with the power of the sun

Posted in DIY by Conner Flynn on April 5th, 2011

When is a dead Gameboy not a dead Gameboy? When this guy gets hold of it. Andrew had a damaged GameBoy and much like Dr, Frankenstein, he didn’t just give up. He laid his monster on a table one dark and stormy night, opened a solar powered garden lamp and used the photovoltaic cells on the GameBoy.

The storm subsided and the clouds parted. This was followed by shouts of “It’s alive!” The GameBoy now soaks up the sun’s rays and stays on forever, without running out of energy, as long as the sun shines. It uses two AA rechargeable batteries that store all the energy it gets from the sun.

Sony Bloggie Duo HD camcorder shipping this week for $170

Posted in Camcorders by Reuben Drake on April 5th, 2011

Sony has kept uncharacteristically quiet about its Bloggie Duo HD, but now we have word that the camcorder will ship tomorrow. The news comes from a status update on Sony’s very own website.

To refresh your memory, for $169.99 you get a pocket-sized camcorder that will deliver two hours of HD video, 5 megapixel stills, a 2.7-inch LCD and an HDMI output. It comes in violet, pink and green colors. Decisions decisions. I guess I would go with the violet.

First images of the Nikon D5100

Posted in Nikon by Conner Flynn on April 4th, 2011

We can thank the guys over at Nikon Rumors for the first pictures of the Nikon D5100, which is the successor to the Nikon D5000. The Nikon D5100 will be officially announced tomorrow, but right now we can tell you that the LCD display will swivel to the side and there are new special effects during video including selective colors and miniature effects.

Other features include Full HD video 1920×1080p at 30p, a Stereo mic input, 4 fps, EXPEED 2 processor and an EN-EL14 battery.

PS3 overtakes Xbox 360 sales worldwide

Posted in PS3 by Conner Flynn on April 4th, 2011

While the Xbox 360 is still outselling the PS3 in the US, new data from Strategy Analytics shows that globally, Sony’s console reached 43.4 million at the end of 2010, compared to 42.9 million for Microsoft’s system. Take that Xbox.

In comparison, the Wii’s worldwide installed base was 75.5 million at the end of last year. If you have been paying attention, global demand for Sony’s PS3 has exceeded that of the Xbox 360 for the past two years, and there’s no reason to think it will stop this year. Microsoft needs to keep innovating and build on the success of the Kinect to compete.

PSN suffers an outage, Anonymous claims responsibility

Posted in Sony by Conner Flynn on April 4th, 2011

We reported earlier that “Anonymous” was not very happy with Sony and now we have word that the PlayStation Network and other Sony websites are having problems. A widespread outage, which started in Europe last night has now spread to North America.

On one hand Anonymous is claiming responsibility for the attacks, but Sony says that “sporadic maintenance” may cause PSN service to be interrupted throughout the day. Has the group already started their campaign against Sony, or is this just actual maintenance? Have you had trouble?

Anonymous targets Sony over PS3 jailbreak suit

Posted in Sony by Conner Flynn on April 4th, 2011

The hacking group known as “Anonymous” has announced that it will turn its attention toward Sony for the legal action it has taken against hackers for hacking the PS3 console. Not good news for Sony as we saw what this group was willing to do a few months back over Julian Assange and Wikileaks.

Anonymous wrote to Sony, “your recent legal action against our fellow hackers, Geohot and Graf_Chokolo has not only alarmed us, it has been deemed wholly unforgivable.”

Legotron Medium Format Camera

Posted in DIY by Conner Flynn on April 4th, 2011

Cary Norton has been working on and has now completed a Lego camera called the ‘Legotron’. Yes, it is made with Legos as the name implies. He created a few prototypes first and soon after, the Lego Legotron was born.

The camera measures 7″ x 6.5″ x 7″ and features a 127mm ƒ4.7. The focus comes from sliding the internal box section back and forth with a focus range of about 3 feet to 18 inches. He’s already planning the next model and hopes to produce plans using the Lego modeling app. It looks awesome.