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  • LEGO IN SPAAAAACE 8 CommentsPosted by on January 27, 2012 under General News, Hardware News, Technology News
    Lets be honest manned space flight by the human race is rubbish at this point in time, but that doesnt stop brave/daft/comical/ingenious attempts from people to get near the big dark. This is a amusingly fantastically brilliant (murdering grammar here) effort by two Canadian school lads Matthew Ho and Asad Muhammad who used a weather balloon and foam box construct lined with cameras sent floating ... more.
  • Wireless and Wired Headsets 4 CommentsPosted by on January 18, 2012 under General News, Hardware News, Technology News
    I thought this might be something worth chatting about as I have owned both kinds during my stewardship of a PS3. So, firstly, how have they both faired, is one superior to the other, do you look stupid wearing one? Very likely. Please be aware that this isn’t a true scientific comparison between the two, I don’t have access to wads of equipment to compare, so it’s going to be a ... more.
  • The New Scalextric? Wipeout FOR REAL! 0 CommentsPosted by on January 4, 2012 under General News, Hardware News, Playstation, Videos
    I know Science Fiction has promised us a billion times that the cars of the future will hover or fly. The Sony exclusive Wipeout Games gave us a glimpse of what that might look like for Racing. Now the Japanese Institute of Technology might not be able to make our dreams come true, not yet anyway, but for boys, and men! who like Scalextric, that dream could be closer than ever. Check out this ... more.
  • Sony HMZ-T1 VR Headset 0 CommentsPosted by on December 28, 2011 under General News, Hardware News, Highlights2
    Virtual Reality. 15 years ago it was a major buzz, it helped drive the PC industry forward by light years, I even worked for Beatties toy shop in their "Virtual Reality" games department selling of all things... video games. Everyone wanted it, but few actually knew what it was. It basically means a reality similar to and based on the current reality. If you catch my drift. The term wa... more.
  • A4 Apple iPod, iPad, and iPhone 5.01 Jailbreak Is LIVE! 0 CommentsPosted by on December 27, 2011 under Apple, General News, Hardware News, Mobile Phone News, Technology News
      Pod2g has finally released the software to Chronic Dev Team and they have finished testing and tweaking the Jailbreak. The blog entry (Below) contain all the links you need to jailbreak your device, everything except iPad 2 has now been hijacked and ready for Cydia.   BE WARNED, THIS IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.   A4 release   Hello, as expected, the Chronic D... more.
  • 5 Tricks a new iDevice user needs to now: 0 CommentsPosted by on under Apple, Hardware News
      Once upon a time, the iPhone was a simple thing. You flipped it on, slid the unlock switch, and what you saw was what you got. Since then, things have gotten a bit more… layered. That’s not to say they’ve gotten any harder to use; iOS just has a ridiculous number of hidden bonus features now that are in no way immediately obvious to the untrained eye. Given that ... more.
  • iPad helps recover items stolen in burglary 0 CommentsPosted by on under Apple, General News, Hardware News
    A stolen iPad helped the owner track down all the items stolen in a recent burglary, including 2 flat screen TV's a laptop and more than 40 Christmas gifts for their children. The application "track my iPhone", which also works on iPads and iPods helped San Diego police track the numpty that loved gadgets but obviously doesn't how to use them. The owner then called the police ... more.
  • Sony PlayStation 3D TV DiRT Cheap 0 CommentsPosted by on December 19, 2011 under General News, Hardware, Hardware News, Playstation
      Best Buy USA are selling this lovely kit for a staggeringly cheap $299, YES $299 No doubt us Brits will have to pay £399 just for the TV /gripe!   Description: Take your gaming to the next level with the PlayStation 3D Display Bundle. Featuring a 3D Display, PlayStation 3D glasses, Motorstorm Apocalypse game and HDMI cable, this bundle has everything you need for 3D gamepl... more.
  • PS Vita doomed to die? 0 CommentsPosted by on December 15, 2011 under Hardware, Hardware News, New Releases, Playstation
    PlayStation Vita is about to launch in Japan and it'll be launching in the West in February. While there are some who are skeptical about it and dedicated portables in general, some of the harshest commentary we've seen yet comes from Bossa Studios head Henrique Olifiers who stated that Vita will "die a horrible premature death." Why does Olifiers bash Vita? Well, he b... more.
  • PS Vita Memory Card “Required” To Play Certain Games 0 CommentsPosted by on December 13, 2011 under Hardware News, Playstation
      Sony is a sneaky company aren’t they? It turns out a good handful of the PS Vita’s games will require you to purchase one of Sony’s proprietary Memory Cards in order to even save the game, basically making them unplayable! Because who wants to play a game for no reason? So you can take that $249.99 price tag and raise it to about $274.98 (and that’s before tax... more.
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