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Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 DG OS for Sony & Pentax

Sigma Japan has announced the availability of its 70-300mm F4-5.6 DG OS image-stabilized telephoto zoom lens in Sony and Pentax mounts. The lens is suitable for use on both APS-C and full frame DSLRs. Priced at 59,000 yen, the Sony version will start shipping from November 27, 2009 followed by the P... More...

Pre iTunes Sync: Is Palm Getting Ready to Cry Uncle?

I'm shocked. Shocked . Once again, Apple has updated iTunes , and once again , the update disables the ability of Palm's Pre to sync directly with iTunes via the Pre's Media Sync feature . If I'm keeping track correctly, this is the third time Apple has blocked the Pre. I would have guessed tha... More...

iPhone Halloween Costumes

Why do so many people want to dress up as an iPhone for Halloween? Can't nerds dress up as something normal like Steve Jobs or the Lin Artwork: Chip Taylor ux Penguin? In recent years more and more Halloween party goers are choosing to dress up like an iPhone . What would possess someone to d... More...

Leica to unveil new products on 9.9.09

Pre-IFA 2009 : Leica has today revealed that we will know about 'the next generation of Leica Cameras' in just over a weeks time. According to an official video (presented by Rudi Spiller, CEO) there will be a live webcast at 9.00 AM EST on 09/09/09, there could be some numerical hint there. We wil... More...

Sony unveils DSLR-A550 and DSLR-A500

Pre-IFA 2009: Sony has also added to its consumer-level DSLR range, with the A500 and A550 taking the count to five cameras. The DSLR-A550 and DSLR-A500 digital SLRs are based around new CMOS sensors and add a manual focus confirmation live view mode using the main imaging sensor, in addition to So... More...

Canon unveils PowerShot G11

Pre-IFA 2009: Canon has announced a handful of compact cameras including models aimed squarely at keen photographers. Top of the line is the PowerShot G11, successor to its flagship PowerShot G10 compact released last year. The G11 replaces the G10's 14.7MP sensor with what it describes as a high s... More...

Pundits Defend Apple Against iPhone Critics

Illustration: Michelle K. Maher Lately Apple has been the pi帽ata at a kids' party, getting battered around by a mob of overexcited pundits critical of the company's iPhone and its App Store policies. Bloggers have denounced Apple's authoritarian style, which they view as arrogant, anti-competit... More...

World Tech Update: Hackers, the myTouch 3G, and Taylor Swift Gets Scanned

In this week鈥檚 show: Defcon attendees hack their badges, Google's CEO resigns from Apple's board, Nissan intros an electric vehicle, T-Mobile's myTouch 3G touches down in San Francisco, and Taylor Swift lends her body to Activision. More...

Valkyria Chronicles 2 Website Opens with New Screens

Check out what the strategy sequel looks like on the PSP. By Kris Pigna , 07/18/2009 Valkyria Chronicles 2 was announced for the PSP in the pages of Famitsu earlier this week , and now, the game's official (Japanese) site is open for your viewing pleasure. Of course, you won't get mu... More...

3 sells Nokia N97 with Skype

3 sells Nokia N97 with Skype 26 June 2009 N-Series powerhouse phone comes with Skype on 3 application pre-embedded From today 3 is selling the N97, Nokia's new flagship smartphone that sports both a touch-screen and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. While other operators have already begun shipping... More...

IPhone 3G S: What You Need to Know

If the calendar is about to flip over to summer, it must be time for Apple to roll out another smartphone. Just as summer 2007 saw the release of the original iPhone and last summer brought us the iPhone 3G, this year, we've got a new model to obsess over -- the iPhone 3G S . And we won't have l... More...

Creator Wants To Turn Tetris Into A Cyber Sport

It's the definition of a virtual sport, says Tetris Company co-founder. By Kat Bailey , 06/12/2009 Competitive Tetris ? It's out there. A quick Google search turned up Competitive Tetris Association of Portland, for instance. But creator Alexey Pajitnov and Tetris Company co-founder Henk Ro... More...

T-Mobile Netherlands Spills Beans on IPhone 3G S Specs

Ever since the introduction of the iPhone 3G S last Monday, there has been a lot of discussion on the Internet about what might be powering this significantly faster and more responsive phone. Even before the phone had been launched, in fact, the Internet had been abuzz with rumors that the new iPho... More...

T-Mobile G2 to Come In July

Image credit: HTC T-Mobile is spreading word that the launch of the Android G2 is "early this summer." The carrier isn't mentioning which device will actually carry the T-Mobile G2 name-tag. Speculation has the HTC Magic as the best competitor for this position. After giving T-Mobile G1 ... More...

Olympus marks 50 years of Pen Series

Olympus has published the third installment of its video series celebrating the 50th anniversary of its Pen cameras. The compact, cropped-format cameras evolved into the Pen-F, one of the smallest mass-market interchangeable lens cameras ever made. The site says there will be another installment ne... More...

Keep Tabs on IPhone Rumors With Top-Tens App

With Internet access just a Wi-Fi or 3G/EDGE connection away, the iPhone has established itself as a great tool for tracking information. And that now includes tracking information about itself. If that sounds like the chilling first step toward sentient iPhones overthrowing their human masters, re... More...

Turbine Confirms Console MMO in the Works

Whether title will be existing IP or something new remains a mystery. By Mark Whiting , 06/11/2008 Turbine Studios recently confirmed that the company has officially begun work on a console-centric MMORPG -- though at the moment nobody is saying precisely what the new property might be. In an i... More...

Sony Ericsson S312 arrives with video at its core

Sony Ericsson S312 arrives with video at its core 07 April 2009 Dedicated video camera key means you're one click away from shooting your very own film It's been a busy day for Sony Ericsson and it's not even 11am. First we had the Sony Ericsson W205 and the MS410 Snap-on Speaker Stand and no... More...

Daily Show's Rob Corddry to Host MI6 Awards

Game marketing conference to welcome a variety of panelists and keynote speakers. By Steve Watts , 04/01/2009 The MI6 Video Game Marketing Conference has announced that actor and former Daily Show correspondent Rob Corddry will emcee this year's awards. He's known for his work on the Comedy Cen... More...

Casting Call Seeks Punch-Out Lookalikes

By Earnest Cavalli March 31, 2009 | 2:34:35 PM Categories: Culture    "EDP Casting is currently looking for Real People to portray characters from the classic video game PUNCH-OUT," read a recent craigslist ad from the New York City area. Thoug... More...
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