Archive for November 19, 2007

EXCLUSIVE: Apple Secretly Tracking iPhone IMEI and Usage (with proof)

Hidden in the code of the “Stocks” and “Weather” widgets is a string that sends the IMEI of your phone to a specialized URL that Apple collects. Time to put on the tinfoil hats.

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Wii Production at 1.8M Per Month but still can’t keep em in stores

We all know that Nintendo’s little white wunderkind, Wii, is in high demand and short supply. How short that supply is, exactly, has been the product of guesswork and estimation, but the company’s outgoing marketing head George Harrison has finally given a definitive answer.

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Gamers use PS3s to do biomedical research

In the latest volunteer scientist program, called PS3GRID, anyone who owns a Sony PlayStation3 can donate their system´s downtime to compute enzymatic reactions and ion conductivity to help an international team of biomedical researchers.

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Zune Citron Shots Reveal 16GB Capacity

The Microsoft-employee only Zune Citron has turned up in Flickr, and it’s got a really nice engraving on back “Welcome to the Social”. Oh, and a 16GB tag. I like the black Squircle on citron color scheme a lot more than the pink or green

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Assassin’s Creed on the PS3 is Freezing

This problem plagues my game too. You would think that a game that has been in development for 4 or 5 years wouldn’t have a massive bug like this. I dont own a 360, but so far i have heard it freezes on it also. Jade Raymond, we are disappointed, but you are still hot.

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Wal-mart’s “Secret Sale” on PS3, 15 free Blu-Ray Movies !

On 11/24 at 8:00am (running through 11:59pm on 11/25), the 80GB PS3 ($499) will come with 10 FREE Blu-ray movies instantly. You choose any 10 BD titles under $30 within the store and they will override the prices to zero. For those stores that carry BD already, additional titles are being sent in for the sale.

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