Archive for October, 2008

Examining the Role of Video Games In the US Election

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Gamasutra is running an article discussing the influence of games and gamers on the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections. The connection, while minor, is continuing to strengthen, from allowing people to register to vote through their consoles, to in-game advertising, to games about and involving the candidates. However, it may still be an uphill climb […]

ASUS rolls out Eee PC 1002HA, still mum about next week’s model

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Filed under: Laptops

Still haven’t found an Eee PC to your liking? Then perhaps ASUS’s new 10-inch Eee PC 1002HA model will be more to your liking, with it bringing some of the S101’s stylings to the company’s standard 1000 series. Otherwise, you can expect most of the usual specs that now haunt our dreams, including […]

Game Makers Accusing Innocent People of Piracy in the UK

Friday, October 31st, 2008

eldavojohn writes “It’s a topic that a lot of game makers like Atari don’t want the public hearing. Game makers wrongfully accusing clearly innocent people of piracy. From the article, ‘According to Michael Coyle, an intellectual property solicitor with law firm Lawdit, more and more people are being wrongly identified as file-sharers. He is pursuing […]

HP’s Compaq Mini 700 thinks he’s a Mini 1000, only better

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Filed under: Laptops

Without a single official peep on the matter from HP (that we can find), its Compaq division has apparently announced a Mini 700 netbook in the UK that is a near spec-for-spec equivalent to HP’s Mini 1000 already available in the US. Only get this, it will feature a 10.2-inch, 1,024 x 600 […]

Japanese iPhone gets official 1-Seg WiFi tuner and battery extender from SoftBank

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones

Japan does love ‘em some mobile TV. Now that 1-Seg digital goodness has been announced for iPhone users. The 80-gram tuner provides a TV fix over WiFi and doubles as a battery extender when plugged into the iPhone 3G’s dock connector. Trendy sidewalk zombies, the streets are yours. We’ll update you with prices […]

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