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Alex Grahmann
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Blu-Ray May Deal Out “Punishment” to Hackers
According to Reuters, hackers or modders that tinker with their Blu-ray players may be subject to their devices being remotely disabled. The feature, operated through a required connection between the player and the internet, could monitor the device and shut it down if any changes are made to hardware or internal …
Posted on: September 05, 2005 at 10:42 am on Gear Live - 3 comments total -
Capcom Offers Limited Edition Resident Evil 4 Collector’s Pack
For anyone falling into the category of “extremely obsessed” when it comes to the PS2 version of Resident Evil 4, Capcom is now offering a special Collector’s Pack by way of their official homepage. The pack costs a measly $120 and includes the PS2 game, a 6-CD set of game music …
Posted on: September 05, 2005 at 10:37 am on Playfeed - 0 comments total -
64% of Brits Are Ignorant About Spyware
According to a recent survey by Blue Coast Systems, only 36% of British people have any idea what is meant by the term “spyware.” Of those surveyed, only 30% use software to check their office computers for spyware, and only 22% check their home computers. Even more frightening than any impact …
Posted on: August 19, 2005 at 10:59 pm on Gear Live - 8 comments total -
Majesco Cancels $1 Million Advent Rising Contest
Majesco Entertainment has officially put an end to the “Race to Save Humanity” contest associated with the Xbox game Advent Rising. The company is citing lack of a “technically feasible solution” to fairness issues as the reason for absolving itself from having to pay what had been a $1,000,000 prize. Anyone …
Posted on: August 19, 2005 at 8:22 pm on Playfeed - 0 comments total -
Former AOL Employee Gets Time for Selling 92 Million Screen Names
Jason Smathers, a 25-year-old ex-AOL employee, will spend 15 months in prison for stealing 92 million screen names and email addresses of AOL users and selling them to spammers. The spammers reportedly used the information to send up to 7 billion unsolicited advertisements for online gambling. Smathers got a lighter sentence …
Posted on: August 19, 2005 at 8:15 pm on Gear Live - 1 comments total -
Tux Stands Offer iPod Elegance
The Plasticsmith, a company specializing in Apple accessories, has begun selling its new tux line of iPod and iPod mini stands. The stands, made of clear acrylic, give your iPod a firm place to sit, with an added touch of here-to-fore unheard-of class. The stands leave both top and bottom connection …
Posted on: August 18, 2005 at 10:40 am on Gear Live - 1 comments total -
$2 LifeStraw Purifies Unsafe Drinking Water
After ten years of development, Denmark’s Vestergaard Frandsen Group has unveiled the LifeStraw, a small tube capable of purifying drinking water powered by the suction of the user. The straw costs only $2 USD to manufacture and can provide safe drinking water for one person for up to a year. Because …
Posted on: August 18, 2005 at 10:26 am on Gear Live - 4 comments total -
EA Researching the Use of Video Games in Schools
Four schools in the UK will play host to a £300,000 joint research venture between gaming company EA and an IT research firm NESTA Futurelab. The study will investigate the viability of video games as an educational tool. While the project is still in the phase of choosing which games will …
Posted on: August 18, 2005 at 10:21 am on Gear Live - 0 comments total -
Videogame Services Being Added to Hotel Amenities
Several upscale hotel companies are beginning to use the growing interest in gaming to round out their list of featured room amenities. Marriot International is pointing toward the rising numbers of guest traveling with their game consoles as a factor in the company’s installation of new hi-definition televisions in rooms across …
Posted on: August 17, 2005 at 10:08 pm on Playfeed - 0 comments total -
Fossil PDA SPOT Watches Are No More
Looks like Fossil’s line of PDA watches are going the way of the Tapwave. After several years of delays, underexposure, and just plain having a product that nobody wanted, “reliable sources” have told BargainPDA that Fossil is exiting the wrist-born PDA market. The Fossil watches came in several different wristband styles …
Posted on: August 17, 2005 at 5:40 pm on Gear Live - 1 comments total -
QR Codes to Be Used to Track Lost Japanese Children
The real-world usefulness of QR codes, the more powerful successor to bar codes, will be put to the test next week in a Japanese theme park. The park will use QR codes to track and assist children who get separated from their groups. Each child will have a personalized code attached …
Posted on: August 17, 2005 at 5:33 pm on Gear Live - 1 comments total -
Crowd Stampedes at $50 iBook Sale
As gates opened early this morning on the Richmond, Virginia, $50 iBook sale, the crowd of thousands of shoppers stampeded, causing several injuries. While none of the injuries appeared to have been serious, the crowd was described as “surly” and required some police intervention. The sale, put on by the local …
Posted on: August 16, 2005 at 11:44 am on Gear Live - 8 comments total -
Zelda: Twilight Princess Delayed Past March 2006
According to a press email sent by Perrin Kaplan, VP of Marketing and Corporate Affairs at Nintendo of America, Twilight Princess for the Gamecube will be pushed back past the end of the current fiscal year, which ends March 31st, 2006. The delay is brought on by the request of the …
Posted on: August 16, 2005 at 11:02 am on Playfeed - 0 comments total -
Nintendo Drops Price of DS
As of Sunday, August 21st, the day before Nintendo releases Nintendogs, its much-anticipated pet simulator, the Nintendo DS will begin selling in the US at the suggested retail price of $130, a $20 price drop. While the $20 drop may not seem like much up front, it does put the …
Posted on: August 16, 2005 at 10:41 am on Playfeed - 0 comments total -
iTunes Coming to Google?
Citing “market chatter,” TheStreet.com is reporting that a deal is in the works between Google and Apple to provide the iTunes Music Store through Google’s webpage. However, the details of how this might change the way users access the iTunes Music Store – which has traditionally been a standalone piece of …
Posted on: August 15, 2005 at 9:41 am on Gear Live - 0 comments total - Page 1 of 5 pages 1 2 3 > Last »
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