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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HP is celebrating the 10 year anniversary of their online store, with a sale that will offer savings up to 50% off some products there are even offers of free paper and ink.
On select HP notebooks you will see savings of up to $369 USD, $278 USD on select Desktops with select printers seeing prices slashed 50%. For more information on the 10 year anniversary sale visit the HPs Online Store.
With notebook computers getting more powerful by the day, and gaming on notebook almost as common place as gaming on a desktop, the need for a notebook cooler is greater now than it was a few years ago.
But I personally never bought into the hyper of notebook coolers and never really used one but for the past 2 weeks I have been using both the HP HDX 18T and Toshiba P305, and both systems did generate a bit of heat. While not overpowering heat I figured it would be best to test the NZXT Cryo LX Notebook cooler with them.
HP has introduced two new special edition dv4 and dv5 series that feature new imprint design instead of a mirror like finish. The dv4 Special edition and dv5 Special edition notebooks have a nice look to them, be available at best buy.
Xavier over at Notebooks.com has a nice write up on them, check it ot here.
HardwareGeeks will be on hand covering Microsoft PDC 2008 conference where they’ll be lifting the veil for developers from Windows 7 and the next generation of development tools Visual Studio 2010.
The conference runs through the last week of October.
Yesterday I recieved the Toshiba Satellite U405-S2830 and today I finally took some time to unbox it, and I took some pictures. The U405-S2830 is powered by an Intel Core2 Duo T8100 processor, 3072MB of DDR2 Sdram,a 250GB HDD and wireless a/g/n, and a nice looking 13.3 inch screen.
I will probably have a review done on the system in the next two weeks, and I will also have a review on the U405’s big brother the P305, so check back soon for those two reviews, until then enjoy the pictures.
Last month HP announced the new HDX 16 and HDX 18, and since then I have been itching to get one for review, well we got one and are proud to bring you a review on the HDX 18.
I first saw the HDX 18 at a private press event. “Nice 17 inch screen”, I told Kevin Wentzel, HP’s Technical Marketing Manager. He looked at me and sternly said, “Michael, it’s an 18.4 inch full HD screen, 16:9, 1080p”. I was taken back; I didn’t believe the screen was 18.4 inches. I thought at most it was a 17 inch screen, and what blew my mind even more was how light it was. I lifted it with one hand-easily.
The 18.4 number couldn’t stick in my head. For some odd reason, I kept on thinking it was only 17 inches, even after Kevin reminded me many times during the meeting. I even wrote that it was 17 inches in the unboxing post (again, thanks Kevin for correcting me 
It is in fact 18.4 inches, and on a side note, the HDX16 has a 16 inch screen.
At the Nintendo Fall Press Conference, Nintendo announced the all “new” Nintendo DSi. Nintendo has opted to remove the GBA slot which in turn makes it thinner than the original DS. It also, oddly, sports a 0.3 megapixel camera as well as a SD slot to save the pictures to. The DSi will feature a built in browser which supports their new download service. Users will be able to download DSiWare from the new DSi Shop. Looks like the shop will include free games as well as games priced at 200, 500 and 800 points. New customers will get 1000 points with the purchase of a DSi. The DSi will be released in Japan on November for ￥18,900 or $180. No other territories have been announced.
Source: Kotaku
UPDATE: DSi to launch in Europe spring 2009
Western Digital today introduced ShareSpace a network attached storage system that allows small offices and even your home network to centralize storage, so that it can be accessed easily from with in the network or remotely via WD’s MioNet service.
Think of the WD ShareSpace device as your own personal YouTube/Flickr server, where you can share your videos, music, documents and pictures with everyone else on your network and with friends and family. This device is perfect for users who don’t want a Windows HomeServer and want something similar to the abandoned Maxtor Fusion Product.
Dell today has launchd Dell Movies, a movie services that will allow new Dell PC buyers to pre load their computers with movies. The first movie available will be Iron Man, dell pc buyers simply have to visit http://www.dell.com/movies and for 20 dollars can pre-load their PC with the movie, no DVD required.
“Dell continues to create ways to express an individual’s personal style through the devices they choose,” said Tim Bucher, Dell’s vice president of consumer content and services. “By teaming up with entertainment industry icons like Paramount Digital Entertainment to deliver pre-loaded entertainment content like Iron Man, we continue to raise the bar in offering unmatched choice, value and design that catches the eye as well as the imagination.”
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