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Altec Lansing AHP712i Headphones Review
Posted by Edwin Soto Categories: Accessories, Features, Portable Audio / Video, Product Reviews,
Altec Lansing is known for giving audiophiles the quality in detail that they seek. The AHP712i headphones were designed with those of us that love ear-cupped style headphones and refuse to migrate to the possibly more comfortable and stylish earbuds. Considering you can get a semi-decent pair of headphones for about $30 these days, we decided to put these through a rigorous amount of testing to determine whether or not they are truly worth $150. Check out the review after the jump.
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See that box art to the right? What on earth were the guys behind it thinking? Of cours,e I have no idea what the game’s called since I can’t read Japanese, but what are we supposed to infer from the image? One guy with his arm around another, pointing either up to the sky or to the PlayStation logo. Huh?
If you’d like to see more box art, check out Rules of the Bone, and feel free to comment below if there’s any art you think should be included on the linked page.
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Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Released to Public
Posted by John Goulden Categories: Internet, Microsoft, Software,
With Firefox running rampant over what used to be Microsoft’s hallowed ground - the Internet browser, the boys (and girls) at Redmond are trying to play catch-up. Today they released the newest public beta of Internet Explorer 7.0, dubbed “beta 2” (imagine that). Internet Explorer 7 promises to deliver increased security through protection against phishing and malware, tabbed browsing for easier navigation, RSS capability, improved CSS (cascading style sheets) support, and tools for deploying/managing IE7 in enterprise environments. Microsoft had taken a hiatus with the release of IE6, and had stated that there would be no new releases of Internet Explorer until Vista shipped. With Firefox rapidly eating away at their market share, Microsoft had little choice but to accelerate their browser development time frame. So, if you’re a loyal IE user, or just curious, get your groove on by downloading the latest beta, but keep in mind that it’s only compatible with Windows XP running SP2.
Read More | Microsoft via IEBlog (MSDN)
How’s this for nostalgic? 8-bit character key chain with controllers that make noises attached.
NCSX says:
The next time you’re at a Miyamoto signing, bring one of the Dot Graphics Sound Keychains and press it continuously while you’re queuing up to make a complete nuisance of yourself. Once you’ve reached the head of the line, press it once more as if signaling victory and have Miyamoto sign the back of the joypad to increase its value ten-fold. Or something like that.
Each keychain features an old school character motif and a Famicom controller attached to a ring. Press the “A” button on the controller and a jingle will sound off. Just one jingle. You’d think with the technology available to manufacturers nowadays, a few more jingles wouldn’t exactly kill their bottom line. Click on the links below to listen to each sound (WAV file).
These puppies retail for $13.50 each - not bad at all. I’d probably buy one or two if I wasn’t spending so much money on the retro Xbox Live Arcade games.
Read More | NCSX
Guitar Hero Meets Karaoke Revolution
Posted by Brandon Gribin Categories: Culture, Mods/Hacks, PlayStation 2,
Brian Crecente has put up an entertaining feature on how to “rock two games at once.” That is, how to play Guitar Hero and Karaoke Revolution simultaneously. Brian figured that since both games feature the hit “I Love Rock and Roll”, he’d be able to play them together. What’s linked is a lengthy description of how Brian went about his endeavor as well as a video of the concept in action. Unfortunately, as he says, the songs don’t sync perfectly between the games but it sounds like it’s close enough.
We applaud Crecente for trying this out. While it looks like it takes some time to set up - as well as a good amount of equipment - we’d personally really like to play both games at once too.
Read More | Kotaku
Motorola SLVR L7 iTunes Phone Available On Cingular
Posted by Frank Bisono Categories: Apple, Smartphones, Portable Audio / Video,
Motorola today announced the new Moto SLVR L7 iTunes Phone. The 2nd generation iTunes phone is sleeker and slimmer with an all new ad campaign from Cingular to boot. The new Bluetooth, quad band (GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz) phone features international support and is currently only available from Cingular. Motorola is claiming the phone measures 4.5 inches tall by 1.9 inches wide by .45 inches thick and weighs just 3.5 ounces. It features talk time of “up to 6 hours” and standby time of “up to 17 days.” Pretty nifty if I do say so myself.
Other features and extras include iTunes software (same 100 song capacity - ugh), integrated hands-free speakerphone, illuminated etched keypad, VGA camera with 4x digital zoom, 262,000 “vivid color” TFT display, built-in stereo speakers, and video capture and playback. Nice. Very nice. Moto is also throwing in some additional ring tones and the typical Java software with AIM/Yahoo/ICQ messaging. SMS/MMS capabilities are included as always.
Expect to pay about $199 and commit to a 2 year contract for the pleasure of owning this sexy beast.
Read More | Cingular Sleek
Although I don’t play World of Warcraft, and have never gotten pulled into it, I know there are millions of people out there who do. As such, I’m certain we have some readers who play the game and are curious as to what updates will be included in the 1.1 patch.
1Up has an interview with the game’s lead developer that covers features that will be in the update. What follows is a summary from 1Up. If you’d like to read the full review, be sure to make the jump.
The first of the upcoming changes is the redesign and reset of the Priest talent tree. As Paladins were reset recently, so too can priests reallocate their talent points to whatever branch or combination of that they wish. The second adjustment is the ability to upgrade your “blue” dungeon armor sets. The screenshots we’ve gathered highlight the tooltips that pop when you mouse over the gear, revealing the stat upgrades and bonuses you get from having complete armor sets. Each of these blue armor sets can be upgraded by completing a series of soloable and raid-sized party (5 people) quests. The last new feature the patch will introduce is the addition of weather effects.
Yep, Weather Effects! 1Up’s got pictures.
Read More | 1Up
It is no secret that search engines have earned their way into the very core of Internet usage. Everyone has used Google, Yahoo!, or MSN Search. Sure, between those three and the virtual unending hoard of others out there, search results might be different, logos might be different, as might a few other small features. However, I have been thinking more and more about something I have started referring to as “predictive search” over the last couple of weeks.
Knowing that there are obviously a lot of limitations to the approach, wouldn’t it be convenient if, say, in the sidebar of a search results page, MSN Search predicted the result of the search you might perform next?
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It’s the stuff of movies and science fiction the world over - the ability to get in your automobile and let it do all of the driving for you. Although we’re not quite there yet, Honda has a new Accord model called the ADAS which will handle
of the mundane driving for you. ADAS, which stands for Advanced Driver Assist System, will steer your car and control speed/braking with the help of a wave radar system. The system does require the driver to touch the steering wheel every ten seconds, so that the car knows a human is still “paying attention”, but will handle the rest beyond that. There are some limitations though, a few of which are - the car must be traveling between 20MPH and 112MPHh (wow!), the lane dividing lines must be visible, and there should be no sharp curves in the road. Honda expects all of their vehicles to have this feature no later than 2016. Currently only available in the UK, the car retails for approximately $46,500 - so it’s not an inexpensive alternative to paying attention to what’s going on around you.
Read More | NewsFactor
