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EA Price Cuts
Posted by Brandon Gribin Categories: Corporate News, Nintendo Gamecube, PlayStation 2, Sports, Xbox,
Just recently, EA announced a number of price cuts for recently released games. The Street reports that prices on games ranging from Madden ‘06 to NBA Live ‘06 to Need For Speed: Most Wanted have all be cut $10 or $20. Of course, the price cuts are only for games on current generation consoles, so you’ll still have to pay $60 if you’d like to get an EA game on Xbox 360. Otherwise though, the price cuts are good news - if you’ve been holding off on getting Need For Speed: Most Wanted, or any other EA game, now might be the time to run out and spend that gift card you received for the holidays.
Madden NFL 06, NBA Live 06, FIFA 06, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, and PC versions are all now going for $29.99. Furthermore, Need for Speed Most Wanted is now $39.99 and Medal of Honor: European Assault is a low $19.99.
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| The Street
Have a nefarious
reason to know the whereabouts of your spouse, teenager, or wayward employee? Introducing the WorldTracker SMS by Security Concepts. The WorldTracker SMS is a small GPS device powered by the SiRFstarIII chipset (which includes WAAS for signal correction/accuracy) and includes a built-in tri-band GSM module for sending tracking messages via SMS to as many as seven cell phones or PDA’s. With Security Concepts’ monthly service offerings, you can also track your target using Google Earth – a first in the industry for real-time trackers. The device can run for up to 24 hours on its own internal lithium-ion battery, or with the inclusion of an external battery pack anywhere from 4 to 15 days. For those extended tracking sessions the GPS can also be hardwired to any 12-volt power source. Street level pricing appears to be $600-700 depending on where you shop.
Read More | WorldTracker SMS Product Page
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Mobile Phones Don’t Cause Cancer, Brain Tumors, or Glioma
Posted by Edwin Soto Categories: Smartphones,
Finally, I can tell my mother that I don’t need a special filtered ear patch to talk on my cell phone. According to the Institute of Cancer Research of London, there is no link to cancer and cell phones.
“Using a mobile phone does not increase the risk of developing the most common type of brain tumor, according to a study on Friday. After a four-year survey, scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research in London and three British universities found no link between regular, long-term use of cell phones and glioma. “Overall, we found no raised risk of glioma associated with regular mobile phone use and no association with time since first use, lifetime years of use, cumulative hours of use, or number of calls,” said Professor Patricia McKinney, of the University of Leeds, in a report in the British Medical Journal. She added that the results were consistent with the findings of most studies done in the United States and Europe.”
Unfortunately, there is still no cure in sight for obnoxious ring tones.
Read More | Pocket PC Thoughts
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Normally we like to keep you interested in reading news about the latest gadgets and gizmos strolling about the town. However, sometimes something in the software world comes along that piques our interest. Today we decided to share this unique new twist on an old idea. If you are an RSS fiend - like most of us at Gear Live - you may have literally hundreds of feeds coming which you couldn’t possibly attempt to read on any given day. Greg Reinacker has come up with a way to “help” you decide on what entries to read based on what images are included in the feed. This “image only” aggregator will consecutively post images embedded in your RSS feeds and you can pick and choose what you want to read based solely on the images you see. It’s not perfect yet, but a good idea nonetheless. You will have to have a Newsgator account if you want to try it.
Read More | Greg Reinaker’s Weblog
We knew the 360 hasn’t been doing well in Japan, but we were still surprised to find out that there are already used consoles for sale over there. I honestly laughed a little when I first read details of the news, but in all seriousness, this is very bad news for Microsoft. The company has been working really hard to expand its market share in Japan and honestly, it looks like it needs to do something different, and fast, if it really wants to get more people playing XBoxes over there.
Read More | I Wonder Too via Kotaku
This weekend, 60 Minutes on CBS featured an interview with professional gamer Fatal1ty. In case you missed it, the full interview is online over at CBS’s website. In case you haven’t heard of Fatal1ty, he’s a ‘cyber althlete’ who wins tons of money by competeing in tournaments and such. I recall seeing an MTV special on him once and was just floored by how much video games consumed him, along with the amount of time he spent practicing. While his “career” wouldn’t be an ideal one for me, you have to respect him and what he does.
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Well, after the tremendous successes of The Sims 1 and 2, it’s only expected that EA would release another sequel in the franchise. Details are still very slim on the new game, but according to Kotaku, the game is coming. Hopefully the game will see some big changes so it grabs our attention. Look for more soon hopefully; otherwise, we’ll hope for a blowout at E3.
Read More | Kotaku
The SD-502 GPS dongle supersedes it predecessor SD-501 by including 512 MB of built-in memory, allowing for tracking signals and storing data. This is a good way to keep the memory on your PDA free, using the onboard memory GPS for storing maps and such. The device works on Pocket PC 2003, Win CE.Net, and Windows Mobile 2003 operating systems. On a normal day it will cost you about $150 USD.
Read More | GlobalSat
The first of 3 new GPS Technologies released by GlobalSat - known for their receivers - is the BC-337 SiRF Star III. A Compact Flash or PCMCIA based GPS, the BC-377 is designed to fit into you PDA and such fulfilling your GPS needs. It features voice prompted turn-by-turn mapping. It’ll cost you about $90 for this navigational peace of mind.
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Oregon Scientific iBall Speaker System Impressions
Posted by Jesse Easley Categories: Features, Home Entertainment, Portable Audio / Video, Product Reviews,
We recently got our hands on the Oregon Scientific iBall Speaker System for the iPod. The iBall is a wireless speaker that is about the size of a bowling ball which features an LCD screen and iPod controls. Read our impressions and check out more images, after the jump.
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