Team17 details Alien Breed episodes structure

At the Eurogamer Expo -- in Europe! -- Team17 has revealed its plans for the episodic structure of its upcoming downloadable title, Alien Breed Evolution. It was previously revealed that the game would be released in three separate episodes, and now Team17's John Dennis explains that each episode will contain a prologue and five levels that are "much larger than they should have been." In addition, each episode contains two major "set pieces" -- large scripted events -- as well as two bossSource: Xbox 360 Fanboy RSS Feed

VHS lives: JVC announces VHS/DVD/Blu-ray recorder for Japan

It seems VHS will never die, and this is generally welcome, as a lot of good movies aren’t still available on optical discs. In summer 2008, Panasonic released a VHS/Blu-ray combo, followed by Sharp’s Aquos BD-HDV22 that was pretty much the same thing. And today, over one year later, JVC anounced the DR-BH250 [JP], which is a VHS recorder, Blu-Ray Recorder and 250GB HDD rolled into one.

JVC also threw in 1080/60p/24p support, BD-Live and BONUSVIEW support, AVCHD support, a USBSource: CrunchGear RSS Feed

Interview: Spike Jonze Talks About His New Short Film We Were Once a Fairytale

It was only a few weeks ago that I flew out to Los Angeles to talk with filmmaker Spike Jonze about his adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are. I really wasn’t expecting to hear back from Spike until the next film, probably a couple years down the line. Last week, Jonze’s new short film We Were Once a Fairytale leaked online, and the filmmaker wanted to touch base again and talk about the new project. So I got on the phone with the man himself, on his birthday no less, to talk about theSource: SlashFilm RSS Feed

Motorola DROID Event: Browser and Google Navigation

We hit up Verizon’s Motorola DROID event a bit earlier and finally got a chance to check out the DROID in person. Ok, seriously though, Verizon and Motorola engineers were on hand to answer any questions and gave us a quick walkthrough of the handset’s browser and amazingly cool Google Navigation application. We’re pounding away on our own full review with video, but in the meantime you can check out this quick one after the jump.

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Nokia unveils TD-SCDMA 6788 handset for China Mobile

Mobile phone makers like Apple and many others are falling over themselves trying to get in the Chinese mobile phone market. The China market is booming and the country has more mobile subscribers than some countries have population. Nokia has announced a new mobile phone called the 6788 that is designed specifically for the China Mobile network.

The handset supports the China Mobile TD-SCDMA 3G network. The device is optimized for the Chinese user on the world’s largest mobileSource: SlashGear RSS Feed

SkyShutter Helicam RC Helicopter Is Pretty Sweet

Over the summer I saw a bunch of cool expensive looking RC jets and helicopters.  This one dude was even flying his RC helicopter upside down and doing all these cool stunts.

The “not a toy” SkyShutter Helicam RC Helicopter will allow you to capture some seriously sick aerial footage and is quite the technological marvel.  Two people are required to control this thing properly, as one person flies the copter and the other controls the camera.  The electric powered helicopterSource: Gadget Review RSS Feed

inPulse Smartwatch for BlackBerry up for pre-order, ships in February 2010

Just as we'd heard, RIM decided to outsource the production of the planet's first BlackBerry watch, but that doesn't mean that devoted BB Messenger users won't be hankerin' for one. The inPulse Smartwatch for BlackBerry is being produced by Allerta, and now that it's official, we can safely say that it'll rely on Bluetooth in order to bring incoming emails, text messages and other alerts from your handset to your wrist (or your ankle, if you roll like that). As for specs, you're looking at aSource: Engadget RSS Feed

Get the upcoming MAKE, Volume 20, for $14.99, shipped!

You know how, on those reality romance shows, every week, they say: "Get ready for the most exciting rose ceremony, ever!" Yeah, we don't know anything about that either, but that's what we hear they say.

Anyhoo... we probably sound the same, heralding each issue of MAKE as the best, most exciting issue EVER! But this upcoming issue (due on newsstands middle of Nov) REALLY is. I mean, look, it's got Adam Freakin' Savage on the cover! It's the "Kids of All Ages" issue, and who among us Source: MAKE: Blog RSS Feed

How Do You Overcome Bloggers Block?

It hits every blogger at some point in their blogging – bloggers block.

Whether it’s not being able to come up with a topic or whether it strikes midway through a post in which you just can’t seem to find a way to express yourself – bloggers block sucks.

So how do you over come it?

I once wrote a series of tips on the topic of battling bloggers block – but I’m interested to hear your own techniques for getting through these tough patches on a blog – whatSource: ProBlogger RSS Feed

Girls With Cars: Photographs By Phillip Hall [Pinups]

We learned last year that most of you prefer hot rod pinups to European Booth Professionals, so here's a selection of Alameda photographer Phillip Hall's "Girls With Cars" work for you.

I spotted Mr. Hall's photography displayed in the windows of the abandoned Good Chevrolet building, downtown in the Island That Rust Forgot. Once you're done checking out these highlights, you can view many more from the Girls With Cars series here.

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Buffalo to release new line of flash drives for safety freaks

Buffalo has recently unveiled the RUF2-HSCL-U / 3 Series of flash drives which are aimed at providing top notch data safety. The upcoming drives measure 68 (L) x 23 (D) x 9 (H) mm with their USB connector slided out of the enclosure, weight 10 grams, are Plug & Play compatible, and will keep both your data and PC safe from malicious people and software by making use of two things - a built-in automatic hardware (AES 256bit) encryption feature, and the included Trend Micro USB Security for BizSource: TechConnect Magazine RSS Feed

NetSuite Inc. doubles its Philippine operations

When NetSuite established their office in January 2007 here in Manila, it was already the company’s largest office location outside the United States. Yesterday, NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson just announced that they will be doubling their Philippine operations at RCBC Tower in Makati which already house 300 employees.

NetSuite is a leading vendor of cloud computing business software suites which enables mid-market companies to manage core business operations in a singleSource: Pinoy Tech Blog RSS Feed

Alternate E-Book

I am a voracious reader but I must confess that I prefer paper to the E-Books. However I won’t let my bias get in the way of showcasing the Bibliofile Electronic Book Reader. This one’s a nifty reader that uses page-turning gestures to generate the power necessary to update an e-paper display. The display supports something called the Active Reading margin which features apps like dictionary and word games that make reading fun without distracting much.

Flip-side is that you still Source: Yanko Design RSS Feed

Breaking: Twitter In Bed With Bing [2nd update]

In a new blog post, Twitter  has confirmed what we have known all day: Bing and Twitter can be found in the same bed. In their own words:

“Twitter is providing Bing access to the overwhelming deluge of public, real-time tweets rushing in from all around the world so they can help you find those that make the most sense right now. While Twitter currently presents tweets based simply on timeliness, Bing is experimenting with new solutions such as “best match.” We hope more workingSource: The Next Web RSS Feed

Scoring Karaoke sniffs out Sinatras in hiding

For all those who secretly think of themselves as rock stars in the making, but are unsure of voicing that thought out loud, maybe you should hold the secret in a bit longer. And consider getting an honest opinion on your singing skills from this silent judge - the Scoring Karaoke Game system.

This karaoke machine has a built-in pitch detector that determines whether your singing is in sync with the song that is being played out, and accordingly gives out a score for your benefit. The Source: popgadget RSS Feed

Apple Magic Mouse Launched

Along with a big update to a number of Apple products yesterday, Apple [AAPL] have also launched the new Magic Mouse. The mouse is the worlds first multi touch mouse allowing you to use anywhere on it’s surface to click on.

To use the mouse you need to brush a finger along the surface of it to scroll in any direction along with the ability to pan a full 360 degrees. Various other gestures can be used with the mouse including the use of two fingers, swipe left or right that allowsSource: Gadget Venue RSS Feed

Daily Crunch: Weather Report Edition

In Communist Russia, air force makes snow fall on outskirts of town
The Flurry Alarm Clock is a luddite’s Chumby
Mega Man Drum Kit=Awesome
Wait, wait, don’t tell me. NPR has its own radio.
An in-home foot tanner for just $230!

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Google Campaign Insights: Better measurement for display advertising

As we've previously posted, one of our aims is to improve display advertising on the web. Three simple principles guide our approach: simplify the system for buying and selling display ads; deliver better performance that advertisers and agencies can measure; open up the ecosystem by making it accessible to more participants.
So how can you better measure the impact of your display ad campaign? At the moment, you can measure how many clicks your display ads achieve, measure conversionsSource: Inside AdWords RSS Feed

Persona OST: Ironic Gloom Pop For That Morning Commute

Shoji Meguro, the celebrated music talent behind the Shin Megami Tensei series is the reason I purchased the UMD version instead of the digital of the PSP remake of Atlus sleeper Persona. It just wasn't included with the digital download and that to me is unacceptable especially when the music of Persona has become such an essential part of the game's experience. It is rare I will look for anything other than game-play when making a purchase decision for a video game but there is somethingSource: GayGamer.net RSS Feed

Kia Cadenza Like The Amanti But Attractive [New Cars]

Hyundai and Kia continue to snag more market share than any other U.S. automaker, and vehicles like this new Kia Amanti are the reason why. Based on the Kia VG Concept, this new Kia Cadenza will replace the forgettable Amanti.

Like the outgoing Amanti, the new Cadenza will be a FWD sedan powered by a fourbanger and, possibly a V6. Either way, it's a visual leap from the current Amanti even if it's not going to be an engineering one.

Kia Motors Corporation has taken the wrapsSource: Jalopnik RSS Feed

Autograph from Ten One Design – Quick Look

Autograph from Ten One Design is one of those Mac applications that you definitely don’t need but at just $6.95 it is definitely worth a look. For just a few dollars it adds some unique functionality to your MacBook Pro. Simply put, Autograph is a signature capture application for MacBook Pros and a variety of Waacom tablets. With it you can add a signature using one of the company’s Pogo Stylus or Sketch devices. While a finger will work, the Pogo “pens” allow you to actually addSource: Gear Diary RSS Feed

Win the HP MediaSmart Server EX490

The new MediaSmart Server EX490 acts as a digital safe, offering up to 17TB of storage and protection for all your photos, files, music and videos. It automatically backs up, stores and accesses content from all Macs and PCs on your home network, organizing all files, photos, music and videos in one location. In addition, you can remotely stream music and photos to your computer, keeping you connected to your digital media no matter where you may be. This system is a perfect solution forSource: Chip Chick RSS Feed

Verizon Motorola Droid promo sets iPhone firmly in its sights

Verizon have launched an offensive against the iPhone, with a new campaign called DroidDoes.com for their upcoming Motorola Droid Android smartphone.  The handset, previously known by its codenames of Tao and Sholes, is being promoted as offering everything the iPhone eschews: an open development platform, the ability to run background processes, a flexible, open App Store and replaceable batteries, among other things.  Verizon have also set up a countdown timer which suggests that theSource: SlashGear RSS Feed

Pixel Qi e-ink / LCD hybrid display to debut on tablet next month?

It's been far, far too long (read: four months) since we've heard a peep from the gentle souls over at Pixel Qi, but it looks like the long, heart-wrenching wait for the hybrid display that's bound to revolutionize Western civilization is nearing an end. According to the startup's CEO herself, Mary Lou Jepsen, the primetime-ready 3Qi display should make its glorious debut on an undisclosed tablet to be announced next month. For those out of the loop, this transflective displaySource: Engadget RSS Feed

New rogue: TRE AntiVirus

TRE AntiVirus is a new rogue application from WiniGuard family.
A few days ago this gang left a Hidden message in their code for Sunbelt.
Kara recently called this gang as lazy after watching a series of clones from this gang. (A total of 28 clones using the same GUI)
Now it looks like they have responded to Kara's post by pushing a new rogue with a new GUI.


This rogue also uses the same code below the hood but with a new GUI.
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Fittr Flickr Google Chrome Extension for Flickr

Fittr Flickr is a Google Chrome extension that is designed to enhance the user experience of Flickr using Google Chrome browser. Recently Flickr logo changed, it now includes a Yahoo logo along with it and immediately the most vocal fans of Flickr are up in arms. Fittr Flickr removes that Yahoo part of the logo and brings back the old flickr logo. That is not what it makes a must have extension for Google Chrome and Flickr fans, but it includes keyboard shortcuts for better Flickr browsingSource: Technology Bites RSS Feed

Prefab Solar-EV Charging Station Sprouts in Silicon Valley

A pre-engineered solar panel has popped up on the streets of San Jose, California, ready to charge any EV with instant, sustainable power.

The installation marks the first time SunPods’ SP-300 EV Plug-N-Go portable charging station for solar-electric cars has been put to a real-world test. Aside from needing an electrician to make the electrical connections, the technology is literally plug-and-play. After it’s delivered from the factory to the site, it can be set up with noSource: Autopia RSS Feed

Nate Drake's origins to be explored in Uncharted prequel motion comic

Ever wonder how Uncharted protagonist Nathan Drake got so darn pithy? Curious how he developed his Spider-Man-like acrobatic finesse? Want to know how he met up with his cigar-chomping partner in crime, Victor Sullivan? All these questions and more will (probably) be answered in the next piece of Uncharted errata coming from developer Naughty Dog: A motion comic set before the events of the first game, titled Uncharted: Eye of Indra.
The project was announced during yesterday'sSource: PS3 Fanboy RSS Feed

The Wikireader: Wikipedia Anywhere

Sometimes, you wish you could get access to shaky, variable quality information about just about any topic.  it’s times like these that we usually turn to the internet–but what if we’re away from the wireless internet or what have you?

That’s where the WikiReader device comes in.  It’s powered by two AAA batteries that are estimated to last a full year in this device, and comes with a monochrome touchscreen so you can scroll and track things.

I admit, it’s probablySource: Gadget Review RSS Feed

'Tweance' Lets You Talk to Dead Celebrities on Twitter!

Filed under: Celebrities, Web, Social Networking

This has been a tough year to be famous. The wildfire rash of celebrity deaths in 2009 left many fans too disillusioned, despondent, and depressed to consider a future without Michael Jackson or Billy Mays. This Halloween, though, we can all lay off the Prozac or barbituate cocktails for one night and huddle around the warm fire of Twitter, where a psychic will pretend to make contact with our deceased demi-gods.
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Personal Navigation Devices to Lose Their Way Among Smartphones?

Personal navigation device (PND) sales will grow “at an anemic rate” over the next five years before giving way to GPS-enabled phones, according to an In-Stat report published today. The total semiconductor market for PNDs will surpass $1 billion next year before beginning to decline, In-Stat said. Much of that growth is expected to be driven by connected PNDs that can deliver information such as gas prices and local weather, but manufacturers will have to lower their price points andSource: GigaOM RSS Feed

Epson unveils PM225 PictureMate Charm photo printer

Portable photo printers are great for those special occasions where you want to print photos right then to give out. They are also a great device for those who like to do their own scrap booking. Epson has announced a new printer called the PM225 PictureMate Charm that is portable and promises quality photos.

The small printer is designed to be mobile and has an optional rechargeable battery for prints away from an AC outlet. The printer produces 4 photos in about 36 seconds using inksSource: SlashGear RSS Feed

Just how many free games are in your future? Nexon’s Min Kim has answers

Slowly but surely, Asian online games with “freemium” business models are migrating westward. With each new title, the Asian companies are breaking into the U.S. market and getting better are creating games that appeal to Western tastes. They’re succeeding so well that their U.S. counterparts are adopting similar business models.

The Asian game makers argue that their “free to play” business model makes more sense in the recession. These games are free at the start, andSource: VentureBeat RSS Feed

HP Mini 311 set for spec bump, Windows 7 Professional

With the overdue passing of Windows XP into the next world comes the cheery note that Microsoft's ceiling on netbook specs will also be no more -- and the Mini 311 is among the first to get upgraded in time for the new king of Windowstan. The already competent performer will be getting the full (non-LE) ION treatment, max memory of 3GB, an 80GB SSD option or up to 320GB of the old school storage stuff, and a choice of Windows 7 flavors up to the Professional level. This info comes from theSource: Engadget RSS Feed

DOGN Watch By Cognitime

I just don’t understand why you’d buy a watch that you’d have to be constantly explaining how it worked.  Looking stunningly chiseled, the DOGN watch by Cognitime uses an innovative but convoluted figure 8 design to display hours (24 hour). with a circular dial showing minutes.

Priced at about $1200, the DOGN watch is available in brushed rose gold, polished steel, and high gloss black.  The Riddler would probably excited to rock one of these clocks, and he would be the onlySource: Gadget Review RSS Feed

2010 Acura RDX is a truly good sport

I am not sure just exactly who coined the phrase “sport utility vehicle” but I feel they were a bit remiss in the target segment they were identifying. Most of those giant grocery-getters of the past decade-and-a-half were anything BUT sporty.

Fast forward to the 21st century and we have seen an entire new breed of SUVs, yet most have been redefined as crossover utility vehicles given the nature of configuring some form of cargo box on top of a car-based platform.

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i.Tech unveils SolarVoice 908 solar power Bluetooth headset

One of the big problems for me with Bluetooth headsets isn’t comfort or call quality, it’s remembering to bring the headset inside from my car and charge it up. I end up getting in the car and the headset is out of power. i.Tech has announced a new Bluetooth headset that might make the days of forgetting to charge your headset a thing of the past called the SolarVoice 908.

As you can gather from the name of the device, the headset is able to charge from solar power. The headsetSource: SlashGear RSS Feed

Western Digital E-Ink HDD’s Launching

Western Digital have released a new set of external harddrives that include e-ink displays on the front to inform you of how much storage space you have available and how much you have used.

The great thing about e-ink is that it requires no power to stay in-state which means that when you switch the drive off, the e-ink label will still tell you how much drive space is available. E-Ink only requires a very small amount of power when changing state, so it makes an ideal display for anSource: Gadget Venue RSS Feed

W WatchPhone From Kempler And Strauss (video)

The watch phone has long been reemed between folk lore and the stuff made of dreams.  Last year LG garnered an endless array of headlines when they announced the first watch phone from a major consumer electronics company.  Unfortunately, its announcement was followed by the revealing of a hefty price tag that resulted in sour grapes.

Adding to the growing list is the W Watchphone from Kempler & Strauss, the world’s smallest full function GSM tri-band cellphone watch..  There’s Source: Gadget Review RSS Feed

Help write the Necronomicon

The Howard Phillips Lovecraft Historical Society, whose work I dearly love and have written about before, is compiling a complete prop edition of the Necronomicon from reader submissions! There was, apparently, a "Necronomicontest" of some sort to encourage submissions, the deadline of which has now passed, but they are still accepting "mad ramblings" here.

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Palm Pre Can Sync With iTunes Again Thanks to Latest Update

Palm is clearly very determined to encourage Apple to release updates for iTunes, because it keeps updating its own software for the Palm Pre to re-enable iTunes syncing. The latest update, 1.2.1, does indeed restore the device to the honored “Source List” in Apple media management software — this despite receiving a slap on the wrist from the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) only recently.

That appears to be the sole purpose of the incremental update, too, besides Source: The Apple Blog RSS Feed

Use TinEye to Find Source Images for Desktop Wallpaper [Image Search]

It turns out that TinEye, the image search engine, is good for more than simply finding carbon-copy matches of pictures. You can also use it to go from a screenshot of a desktop to the source image.

While reviewing the TinEye Firefox extension last week, we noted that results were rather precise in nature and that variations on an image were often excluded. While that is true to an extent, reader TheLostVikings pointed out a way he uses the database and that it wasn’t quite asSource: TechBlogger RSS Feed

Google Fixes That Pesky “Let’s Stop Facebook’s Growth In India” Bug

As expected, Google is calling new feature that blocked users from exporting their Orkut contacts a “bug.” An update today on the Data Liberation Blog (the group we specifically called out last night when wondering what was going on) notes that while Google was in the process of “adding additional security measures to Orkut Friends Export” it inadvertently broke the entire functionality.

If that’s actually the case, here’s what I love about this:

1) Google says itSource: TechCrunch.com RSS Feed

HTC Imagio gets previewed on video

You might not be able to get your hands on one until next Tuesday but we have a little treat this morning for Windows Mobile fans waiting impatiently for the HTC Imagio. Apparently a Verizon Wireless distributor has thrown caution to the wind and decided to preview the unreleased handset in great detail on YouTube. From front to back and top to bottom, the video walks you through just about everything you’ll need to see in order to decide whether or not this puppy is for you. So if waiting Source: The Boy Genius Report RSS Feed