Archive for December 10, 2006

Wii hardware mod: pulsing disc slot light

While many of us were disappointed upon learning the disc slot lights would not act as we had hoped, some were so much so that they went ahead and modded the light to work all the time. With several different settings, some just pulsating slowly, others reacting to sound, these folk have managed to make the Wii more visually appealing…

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IGN Guide for Early ‘07 Wii Games

Everyone’s heard enough about the Wii launch day titles, so IGN looks at the next wave of Wii games and gives you a bit of info on each. Notable titles include Battalion Wars II, Metroid Prime 3, WarioWare Smooth Moves, Super Paper Mario (previously a GC game,) and Mario Party 8.

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EA only using 20% of PS3 power!

“Was it more complex than we were expecting? Yes, probably; there were some challenges that we didn’t expect. We’ve got tremendous confidence long-term that it’s going to be a phenomenal games machine.”

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OS X Leopard TextEdit to support Office 2007?

“Is this true? Will the TextEdit application included with OS X Leopard support Office 2007 documents? That
’s what the above screenshot is boasting. Credit to Mark for sending the link to the full size image. Does anyone with the latest seed of Leopard care to comment? The font looks a little questionable in the screenshot…” Continued at source.

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Top 10 Games to get for the Wii in 2007

“2007 is looking like a really hot year for the Wii. Many Nintendo published titles are on their way and although more titles are still yet to be announced, for now here are the Top 10 games to get next year!” If you own a Wii, or plan on getting one, look through this list and start saving your money to get these top notch games.

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The iTunes playlist app, Tangerine 1.0 released

The iTunes plug-in that automatically creates playlists for you according to the tempo of songs in your library has reached 1.0. Tangerine 1.0 is now available for download!

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Blu-Ray: Losing the Popularity Contest

We should all microwave some popcorn, get comfortable, and watch Blu-Ray die a slow, agonizing death. According to Cymfony, a marketing demographics and statistics group, HD-DVD has a more positive “buzz” than Sony’s Blu-Ray, because of the string of failed formats.

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Mac “Quicken-Killer” Receives Impressive GUI Update

Cha-Ching, the infamous so-called Quicken killer application for Mac has received a large update today putting it at beta 0.4. Most of the new features are with the GUI, which has really improved a lot since the last update. This version also includes several bug fixes. Along with the update they have added a lot of content to the website.

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Picture of a 5MB Hard Disk in 1956

Look how a 5MB Hard Disk was like 50 years ago!!!!

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