Flash Tools for Developers: Announced for RIM

These days getting the best Internet experience from your handset is a huge consideration that manufacturers have to attempt to deliver when developing new handsets, one major technology which is becoming a must for handset web browsers is Flash support. Read more

Xbox 360: Midnight Club: Los Angeles DLC info leaked

We have some details for you on upcoming DLC vehicle packs for Midnight Club: LA on the Xbox 360, after an Xbox Marketplace RRS feed accidently posted the info displaying 2 new vehicle packs. Read more

GTA IV: The Lost and Damned breaks Xbox 360 Live Record

General Manager of Xbox LIVE, Marc Whitten, has said today that the new downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned has set a new figure for Xbox Live. The exclusive content for the Xbox 360 has gone on to earn more revenue than any other DLC to date. Read more

CDMA Palm Treo receives FCC approval ahead of Pre

A Palm handset has just been given FCC approval, and the guys at Engadget Mobile assumed that is was for the upcoming Palm Pre. Upon closer inspection, the approval was for a CDMA version of the Palm Treo, which is rumored to be heading to Sprint. Read more

Sony PS3 lead over Wii in Japan and Nintendo’s larger audience

This recent PS3 lead over Wii in Japan may be partly due to saturation of the Japanese market. Almost everyone probably has a Wii already. Another reason is probably inclusion of a blu-ray player in the PS3 and consumers playing catch-up now that the format war is over. Why not get a gaming console along with your new blu-ray player?

However, in the much larger U.S. market, Wii is still trouncing PS3 sales almost 3 to 1! Read more

Ford Mustang 2008 Motorist Choice Award Winner

The Ford Mustang is the winner of the 2008 Motorist Choice Award, Sporty Car segment. The awards are based on cost of ownership data from IntelliChoice.com and vehicle owner satisfaction information from AutoPacific.

The Mustang outranked the Volkswagon Eos, Hyundai Tiburon, Mitsubishi Eclipse and last year’s winner, the Scion tC, in 17 categories, including Image, Vehicle Reputation, Power & Acceleration, Reliability, and Fun to Drive. Read more

IBM says Windows free computing by 2009

IBM have said that they want Windows free computing, this is something that they are working on with three major Linux distributors, Canonical/Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat.

They aim to achieve a Vole-free personal computing world by 2009 however; this is a tall order. All four of these companies are in collaboration with each other and are working on the development of a PC which will come pre-loaded with Linux, IBM’s Open Collaboration Client Solution (OCCS), Lotus Notes, Symphony and Sametime.

Consumers as well as independent software vendors will then be encouraged to develop applications that will run on this new PC. This will be done via Lotus Expeditor; this is a software framework which is based on the open source Eclipse programming model.

IBM Lotus Software vice president, Kevin Cavanaugh has said “The slow adoption of Vista among businesses, coupled with the proven success of a new type of Microsoft-free PC in every region, provides an extraordinary window of opportunity for Linux.”

It seems that more and more PC customers are asking for a computer that does not have any Microsoft software in it. It looks as though IBM has listened to them; let us hope that this collaboration works and all four companies can come up with something that consumers have been waiting for.

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Metal Gear Solid 4: video review for Sony PS3

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, is the story of snake, who has become one of the most popular characters in the industry, is about to come to a close. We have all been teased with a number of trailers, but now we players can finally get to see how great this game is. MGS4 is both impressive and uncompromising, it’s sure to inspire just as much love, hate, discussion, and debate as any other game in the series. The genetically modified super snake has now been transformed into old Snake, this is due to a rapidly accelerated aging process, while battling this condition, Snake has to travel the globe in pursuit of his brother, Liquid.

The game starts of in the Middle East; it then moves to Latin America and then arrives at a key location in Metal Gear history. While wrestling with some heavy themes as well as following an old man trying to save the world before he bails out of it for good, Guns of the Patriots, lays every last card the series has left on the table. The game takes on questions from past titles as well as calling in every last character still standing to play their role in the game. It is so much to take in, even if you do enjoy the cut scenes, it is sometimes too much. The sometimes bloaty and messy effort to sort out the back story can completely eclipse the immediate plot as a result the games flow and urgency is damaged.

Metal Gear Solid 4 is a beast in terms of design, but it can still be described as a linear stealth action experience design, divided into several acts, and spanning about 5 different environments. Your objective in the game is to move from point-to-point in a pre-determined path in order to trigger your nest objective, in order to advance in the story. Maps are large, but yet still restrictive to the players movement. When you reach an objective marker, the odds are that something significant is about to happen.

You will make it through the game with the help of a few allies, most important being your friend and tech support guy Otacon. In addition to loaning out the mark two robots, which is capable of scouting out enemy positions and sometimes delivering the occasional electric shock, Otacon also hooks you up with the Solid Eye Imaging Device, and the user friendly Octo camo system, this automaticilly changes your camouflage pattern to your surrounding.

For a full video review, check out the video below.

Eclipse AVN2210p MK II with detachable TomTom portable GPS

Since car head units started to feature built-in GPS systems it has simplified our planning of journeys, but what can top this kind of technology…that’s right a head unit with a portable GPS system.

TomTom is one of the most well known GPS systems and this product is the Eclipse AVN2210p MK II with a detachable TomTom portable GPS. This means you can get navigation in your car and while mobile. The AVN2210p MK II also features built-in Bluetooth and USB, 50W x 4 power, a low-pass filter for adding a subwoofer, sleek blue illumination, a double-DIN design, a CD player with support for MP3 and WMA discs.

The $600 price tag seems pretty good considering all you get in the small package.

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Last 30 News & Products: 03-06-2008

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Mitsubishi Concept-RA: see it at Detroit 2008 Auto Show

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Fresh and Eclipse PMP from Packard Bell

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Need for Speed ProStreets For PS3 Wii and Xbox 360

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Saitek Eclipse 2 Keyboard

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NASA Total Lunar Eclipse: Past, Present, and Future Eclipses

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