By Tim Hage on Nov 23rd, 2009 at 1:58PM
In my travels across the Internets, I find many disturbing and beautiful things. Luckily, today’s post is to inform you of the latter. An impressively creative gamer has designed a set of Christmas tree ornaments in the shape of everyone’s favorite gaming controllers. For $25 (USD), you can get yourself a set of these babies in a range of different colors, although many of the choices are now out of stock.
via [Geekologie]
By Craig Lloyd on Nov 23rd, 2009 at 12:16PM
We had so much fun at the Modern Warfare 2 party, that we decided to hold another get-together, and this time we’re using Christmas as an excuse to party.
Who: Tech Olive staff and friends.
What: TBD, but definitely some N64 Perfect Dark, GoldenEye 007, Mario Kart, and Super Smash Bros.
Where: Steve’s house (Let us know if you need directions).
When: December 19, 2009, all night.
If you happen to be in the area, feel free to stop by and hang out!
By Craig Lloyd on Nov 23rd, 2009 at 8:44AM
While AT&T still has exclusivity here in the US, France and the UK are about to see the iPhone on Orange’s network and on Vodafone UK’s network next year. This is a good move on Apple’s part seeing that they’re expanding the market for the iPhone, which will obviously boost sales.
On top of the European release, the iPhone is also coming to South Korea on carrier KT’s network. It will launch November 28th. It’ll be interesting to see the response of the launch both in Europe and South Korea
via [Electronista, Yahoo]
By Craig Lloyd on Nov 22nd, 2009 at 9:19PM
This seemed like another week full of notable releases. We had Left 4 Dead 2, a new Xbox Live update, and Google Chrome OS. Plus, don’t forget about our uber-awesome action photos from the MW2 party!
By Andrew Kershaw on Nov 22nd, 2009 at 6:41PM
Blizzard executive Rob Pardo has confirmed that Diablo III will be delayed and won’t be released until after next year. He also announced that Blizzard apparently has an issue with releasing games too early.
We always announce all of our games too early. We realize that and go, ‘You know what? Next time we’re not going to do that.’ And then we always fail at that.
We think what he says is pretty funny and it’s a good thing that they’re delaying a game to polish it off rather than rush it.
By Craig Lloyd on Nov 21st, 2009 at 6:58PM
Thanks to some clever hackery, you can now use the Magic Mouse on your very own Windows PC. The drivers were taken from the latest Bluetooth update for Mac users running Boot Camp. The drivers are available in both 32- and 64-bit and work with XP, Vista and 7. If you’ve taken on this venture or will be, let us know if it was truly magical.
via [Uneasy Silence]
By Tim Hage on Nov 21st, 2009 at 6:22PM
Calm down, it’s not as amazing as you think. However, it is as free as you think. Well, nearly. Razer is offering a free (you pay shipping) pack of goodies from their online store. Follow the break for the pack’s contents and how to go about claiming your own pack!
By Craig Lloyd on Nov 21st, 2009 at 10:24AM
Yeah, we’re not kidding. The console that you’ve been kicking ass and taking names with since 2000 has just now been released in Brazil for a price of 799 Brazilian Real, which converts to $461 USD. With this kind of trend, we should see the PS3 arrive in Brazil around 2015. Yay!
via [Joystiq]
By Josh Stump on Nov 21st, 2009 at 9:56AM
Although Windows 7 was just released, Microsoft has published a tentative roadmap which states Windows 8 will be released 3 years from now in 2012, although the world is supposed to end then obviously, so we might not ever see it. View the roadmap after the break. Continue Reading »
By Josh Stump on Nov 21st, 2009 at 9:51AM
Well at least one person has. His name is Evan Ratliff, a writer for Wired magazine, and he made it a personal challenge for himself to vanish, leaving no trace of himself behind and to start a new life for 30 days. You may think it would be easy, but think again. With the digital age surrounding us, most of us are interacting with technology every second we are awake, be it credit card transactions, traffic cameras, the internet, cell phones, the list is never ending, making it impossible to stay off the radar. The true test for Evan was to offer a reward of $5,000 to anyone who could find him. Just say the code word “fluke” and take his picture. To find out how he did it and if he succeeded check out the source link blow. Do you think you could do it? And what would you do differently?
via [Wired]
