And now for something completely different:
“I’m recording this message so that if I don’t make it, at least somebody- anybody who finds it will have an idea of what the hell they’ll face getting through this nightmare. Our original party was four: Bill, Francis, Zoey, and me, Louis. We were trying to make it to the top of Mercy Hospital, but I’m the only one left, and I don’t know if I can do this alone. Bill was the first to go. We had just cleared a horde of zombies and he stopped to patch himself up while the rest of us went ahead a bit to scout...a muffled scream was the only warning we had. By the time I blew the smoker’s head off its tongue had already crushed his windpipe. Zoey was next...she was a cute little thing. A boomer threw up nasty green liquid all over her and a hunter shredded her before Francis and I could clear the mass of Infected from around her. We made it into the subway tunnels alright, but Francis ran off into the dark when he heard a woman sobbing...thought it might be another survivor. I heard the Witch scream, but I didn’t turn around. Wait, I can see a heavy metal door at the top of this room...it’s a safehouse! I might actually.*thud thud thud thud*..wait...what’s that rumbli- Oh God noit’saTanknonoNONONO *ROOOOOOOOAR* *gunfire* *crunch crunch crunch*” - Audio recovered from a mangled tape recorder by unidentifiable remains.
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Today Microsoft announced that the prices for their Xbox 360 consoles in Europe will drop.
The Arcade pack will have a recommended retail price of £159.99 (down £ 40), the Premium pack will be £199.99 (down £ 60), and the Elite £259.99 (down £40). Seems like the Premium will have the biggest price cut. These new prices go into effect on Friday March 14th 2008.
Microsoft said the price cut is business as usual, but one has to wonder if the success the PS3 has had of late is a major factor in their decision, and claimed the Xbox 360 is the biggest selling console in Europe.
This isn’t a rant about Air India’s service, because that’s already a given that they suck; but I’m trying to track a flight right now which took off one hour late because 15 people apparently didn’t show up on time, and it’s been 2 hours and their site still shows the OLD flight data (i.e. flight supposedly left on time). India is supposed to be really tech savvy—get your airlines up to speed will ya!
Last week, Microsoft announced UltimatePC.com, a website where people could go to learn about various computing scenarios and learn what products would suit them best to work in that scenario.
They also introduced Ultimate Exclusives, a bitch slap of sorts to Windows Vista Ultimate Customers.
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Nick White, one of the coolest product managers at Microsoft will be packing his bags and leaving Microsoft at the end of this month.
Nick White ran the WindowsVistaBlog.com and was in charge of the Featured Communities, something we here at HardwareGeeks.com are a part of.
Apple’s approach to enter the sub-notebook market, the Macbook Air, is a great competitor to existing products. I am lucky enough to have one to play with this weekend, and even to use one to write my first HWG blog post.
Let’s start with the obvious. As expected from Apple, the Macbook Air has a great, appealing design. It’s extremely portable and lightweight, and definitely very thin. It’s something I could put into my bag full of books, not notice the extra weight and have plenty of space left for those extra exciting maths books. (Yes, we are right. Math does have an ‘s’.)
A couple of weeks ago I ordered an OQO Model 01+, and it arrived shortly after. I made a post about it on the forums, and promised to follow up with a review of the system, so here is is, along with my original post:
http://www.hardwaregeeks.com/board/showthread.php?t=35950
If you purchased an HD DVD player from Circuit City with in the past 90 days, return it.
Circuit City has instructed its stores to accept returns of HD DVD players purchased with-in the past 90 days from their customers, and give them a store credit for the full purchase amount. However if you purchased HD DVD movies you will not be able to get store credit on those.
Circuit City is having a big sale this week (3/09/2008 - 3/18/2008).
Users on the hunt for a new Television for March Madness can save up to $800 dollars on some HDTVs, and up to 50% off on Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players. Some of the sales are web sales only so you must order from the Circuit City website to take advantage of the sale. Those sales are marked Web-Only.
I’m sure you’ve read by now that Google complied with the Pentagon’s request to remove several street-view imagery from it’s database.
People are arguing a breech of freedom whilst others are arguing that this is a matter of national security. Google states that the street-view images are taken from public areas, meaning anyone can go to the same spot and take the same picture(s). Do you think Google should have fought back or did they make the right decision?
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