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Cooliris: Try it out now!

Thursday, August 14th, 2008 Posted in Gadgets, Reviews | 2 Comments »

Mihoko has come across a new little app that plugs in to your browser and provides a new way to search.  One of the many new visual search engines, Cooliris gets a lot of things right.

Acer Gemstone Blue 8920g

Monday, August 11th, 2008 Posted in Gadgets | Comments Off

OK, I've had this PC for long enough now to know what I like and what I don't like, so I decided to write up a quick little review of it... I gave a quick overview a little while back, ...

A new toy cometh

Monday, July 28th, 2008 Posted in Gadgets, Personal | 2 Comments »

Yes, soon a new toy will be delivered, and I will finally be free from the constraints of a crap computer. So that you all know and can empathise, I have until now been using an HP Omnibook 6000 -- ...

Mygazines — digital distribution of magazines

Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in Gadgets | 1 Comment »

How's this for a great idea?? Mygazines.com (arguably a terrible name) is a somewhat new website where users upload magazine scans, and other users can digitally flick through them. It's only in beta, but I've tested it out, and it's ...

New Xbox Dashboard

Thursday, July 17th, 2008 Posted in Gadgets, Games | No Comments »

It's a major overhaul to the basic look and feel of the Xbox dashboard, so as soon as I found and watched this video, I knew it would interest those of you with an Xbox ...

E3 ‘08 — it begins

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Gadgets, Games | No Comments »

Well, you are probably well aware, but E3 is here. Info has been coming thick and fast, and it's all pretty much repeated all over the shop. In my limited coverage, I will link back to my favourite source, which ...

More Rock Band 2 news… Sigh.

Sunday, July 13th, 2008 Posted in Gadgets, Games | No Comments »

They just won't stop, will they? Absolute prostitute jerks. I won't be able to make up my mind until both Rock Band2 and Guitar Hero World Tour are out, especially considering that every week there's ...

Google launches Lively

Thursday, July 10th, 2008 Posted in Gadgets | No Comments »

Mihoko has been doing a little freelance translation work, and she recently pointed me in the direction of Google's new chat app 'Lively.' Essentially an attempt to be PlayStation Home at its own game, Lively is a Second Life-esque chat ...

Using PS3 controller as PC game controller

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Gadgets, Games | 1 Comment »

I have been using my old man's puty this week while he has gone up north to visit my brother and his family. It's a better computer than mine (although my dad had some pretty strange programs running that slowed ...

Media Servers…

Saturday, June 28th, 2008 Posted in Gadgets | No Comments »

I was rooting around online and i came across this article at iTWire, mentioning that Google Media Server is now available in Beta form for all your media server needs. The reason it made me post here is that I ...

TV coming to PlayStation 3

Friday, June 27th, 2008 Posted in Gadgets, Games | No Comments »

I've been out of Oz for some time now, and as a result, I am not much of a TV watcher anymore. In Japan, I watched most of my favourite shows streaming online -- not the most legitimate of methods, ...

Lego Follow-up

Friday, June 27th, 2008 Posted in Gadgets | No Comments »

Following the very recent Lego post, I found yet another Lego post at Gizmodo that I just had to pop a link to. Prior to this post, the blogger asked for readers to send him questions they wanted him to ...

Touchsmart PC… Interesting

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Gadgets | No Comments »

I came across a story related to this new HP Touchsmart PC at Gizmodo. With all the talk about the Nintendo DS, the iPhone, and, in future, the Microsoft Surface, this new touchscreen PC has me intrigued. Not only that, ...