Archive for February, 2010

Viliv’s S10 Blade netvertible priced at $699 and up

There’s hardly a shortage of tablet news these days, but Viliv is managing to cut through somewhat with its relatively robust S10 Blade.


Is the Utah legislature moving to ban all aftermarket exhausts?

According the SEMA Action Network, a bill has been introduced in Utah that will “ban the use of aftermarket exhaust systems.” The organization is urging people to contact Utah Senators immediately to protest the substitute bill (S.B. 106), introduced by Senator


LG GW990 shows up on video, competes with HTC HD2 for camera’s attention

When people say the smartphone market is growing, they don’t usually mean literally, but looking at the massive popularity of HTC’s HD2 whopper, and the anticipation surrounding Dell’s Mini 5 and LG’s GW990, it’s pretty safe to say there is a market for oversized and overpowered (is there such a thing?) handsets.


Supreme Commander 2 demo now available on Steam

As if you didn’t have enough to play this week, RTS fans, with Starcraft II in beta and Command and Conquer 4 about to drop, here comes the Supreme Commander 2 demo, now available for download over on Steam. The demo features 4GB (!) of complex Gas Powered Games RTS goodness, in which you’ll be […]


Boxee Beta arrives on the Apple TV

Finally completing the circle again after the beta launch last month, Boxee has made its latest version available for the Apple TV. Available via an updated Launcher for those already running the Alpha version or ATVUSB-Creator for everyone else it should bring the facelifted UI and features Windows,


New ’skull and skin’ helmet sounds creepy cool

Have you heard the expression “break neck speeds?” This often overused tag has become the go-to hook line in many motorcycle crash stories on your local evening news. A new design concept called Super Skin from Industrial Design Consultancy, or IDC, looks to address the core issue.
Eighty percent of current motorcycle related deaths are a […]


UK retailer Game closing many of its stores

With all the layoffs and financial hits game publishers and developers have absorbed over the past year, it should come as no surprise that the retail branch of the industry is hurting too. In a statement to Edge today


GeForce GTX 400 Series Performance Expectations Hit the Web

A little earlier this month, NVIDIA  tweeted that it would formally unveil the GeForce GTX 400 series graphics cards, NVIDIAs DirectX 11 generation GPUs, at the PAX East gaming event in Boston (MA), United States, on the 26th of March. Thats a little under a months time from now. In its run up, sources that […]


Two PowerBooks spliced into one epic snowboard (video)

We don’t know that this requires much more explanation than the title. A couple of rad dudes from the German-speaking parts of Europe have taken up tools against their old titanium


RE5 Gold tops Japanese charts; Heavy Rain floods top ten

Even without the PlayStation Motion Controller to back it up, Resident Evil 5 has struck gold for a second time. The PS3 version of Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition (Alternative Edition in Japan) hit the top of the Media Create sales chart in Japan following its February 18 release, selling 143,339 copies. God Eater continues […]