Archive for October, 2009

HTC HD2 fulfills its unboxing obligations on video

You’ve already seen the HD2 that HTC would have you see, but now it’s time to take the obligatory journey to


REPORT: Mini ‘Countryman’ crossover skipping Detroit for Geneva?

Mini Countryman concept — Click above for high-res image gallery

Everyone is getting ready for the Mini Countryman — including, perhaps, the WRC — but everyone is going to have to wait, according to a report by those Mini-mad folks at Motoring File.


iPhone 3GS coming to Orange UK on November 10

So you’ve been lusting after that spit-shined touchy-swipey device from Apple, huh? If you’re in the UK,


Novatel MiFi 2200 gets new firmware, now stays on even when you don’t need it

If you’re using one of the various MiFi incarnations, you may have been slightly annoyed at the thing shutting itself down after a few minutes of inactivity.


Champions Online going free-to-play on Halloween weekend

If you’ve yet to acquire plans for this Halloween weekend to go along with your totally rad costume, Cryptic Studios has a pretty great diversion you may want to sign up for. Starting October 30, you’ll be able to download Champions Online at no cost, and take on the mantle of the superhero of your […]


Japanese hardware sales, Oct. 12 - Oct. 18: Almost pure evil edition

We place equal amounts of stock in the practices of numerology and demonology — that amount being very little, mind you — but even we were perturbed by the digits which appeared in this week’s Japanese hardware sales chart. From what we know of the teachings of Iron Maiden, six-hundred and sixty-six is like, the […]


Kohjinsha PA series tablet ships in November, value not guaranteed

Kohjinsha had a slew of portables on display at CEATEC earlier this month, including the classification-bending PA. Its design fits in somewhere between a MID and a tablet netbook, with its 4.8-inch,


NintendoWare Weekly: Zombies Axed My PictureBook

Of course Nintendo of America didn’t release Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth today. That would have been far too obvious. However, rather than disappointing us with this week’s selections,


ASUS P7P55D-E Premium with SATA 6.0/USB 3.0 pictured

ASUS has claimed that the company has introduced worlds first motherboard with support for SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0,named P7P55D-E Premium.According to ASUS,this P55 board expects to show up in late October

Seen below, it follows P7P55D Deluxes features


Unigine annouces first DX11 DEMO and screenshots

Unigine Engine has announced release of the first DirectX 11 benchmark “Heaven” that is based on its proprietary Unigineâ„¢ engine. The company has already made a name among the overclockers and gaming