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Nokia E72, 5530 XpressMusic get official

You’d think that Nokia would want to do a better job of building up such important product announcements with a long, drawn-out series of frustratingly unhelpful teasers, viral videos, and global PR campaigns, but instead, it turns out that the rumored E72 and 5530 XpressMusic have been officially unveiled at the company’s Connection 09 event [...]

Next Microsoft XBox360 Console-Xbox Natal

Earlier this week gaming blog Kotaku quoted Microsoft’s Shane Kim as saying that the launch of Natal, Microsoft’s new controller-free motion control technology, would be as big as the launch of a console. Not surprising. That’s because Natal is going to be a new console. On this week’s Listen Up podcast we discussed Natal, and David [...]

MSI X-Slim X600 Full Specs

MSI’s flagship X-Slim series notebook, the MSI X600, has received specs for two of its variations today through a new leak. The company has previously only released teasers of the specifications for the notebook PC, which is meant to compete with the MacBook Air. The 15.6-inch notebook sports a 1366×768 resolution and is powered by [...]

GPS coordinates lead demolition crew to destroy wrong house

Tired of blaming GPS on petty mishaps like the destruction of cars, a demolition crew in Georgia has managed to accidentally destroy an entirely wrong house based on GPS coordinates. Oddly enough, it wasn’t even the first time they’d been by: the man who cuts the grass noticed that the power box was missing from [...]

Nokia N97 available today

Sorry, preorderers – you’ve once again gotten gamed by the quick-draw Nokia flagship stores in New York and Chicago who’ve received stock of the black version of the N97 today. You can’t buy the units just yet, but they’ll be available tomorrow morning — the only catch is that there are established waitlists at both locations, so you might [...]

Be Inspired by the Global Financial Crisis

If you haven’t heard of the GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS by now you must not have been living on the same planet as me. Do you get as upset as I do about the negativity of it all? All the doom and gloom the term implies attempts to destroy any optimism you otherwise might enjoy. I am [...]

Archos 9 pctablet resistive touchscreen

Archos attempt to resurrect the UMPC category of devices got off to a good start yesterday in Paris with the launch of its 16-mm thick Archos 9 pctablet – a 8.9-inch 1024×600 pixel tablet riding an 800MHz or 1.2GHz Atom Z515 processor, 1GB of memory, up to 120GB disk, webcam, Bluetooth 2.1, 802.11b/g WiFi, and SIM card [...]

iPhone 3G S Price: $199 16GB, $299 32GB, June 19th

As endlessly predicted, Apple’s unveiled a new iPhone today at WWDC, the iPhone 3G S — the “s” stands for speed. Although it looks almost exactly like the 3G, it’s much, much faster — some tasks are almost four times faster. Data speeds are upped to 7.2Mbps HSDPA, and the camera is now a 3 [...]

2010 Roush 427R raises bar for Mustang tuners

2010 Roush 427R – Click above for high-res image gallery During both our first drive and in our full review, we concluded that the 2010 Ford Mustang has raised the bar for modern day pony cars. The sculpted body, finely tuned suspension, higher quality interior and additional horsepower make it one of the best Stangs to [...]

Nikon’s D5000

Just in case our comparatively brief overview of the D5000 wasn’t enough to sway you either way, why not have a gander at DPReview’s astonishing 33 page critique of Nikon’s first-ever DSLR with an articulating display? Within, you’ll find oodles of sample shots, comparison to rival cameras and enough analysis to make you feel like [...]