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Mamiya DM22 & DM28 medium format cameras

Mamiya has announced the price and availability of its new DM22 and DM28 medium format cameras. Priced at $9,995, for the body and 80mm f/2.8 lens D series lens, DM22 is one of the cheapest medium format camera around. The 22 MP camera has a 48 x 36 mm sensor and features true 16 bit/channel RAW fi... More...

Nikon Coolpix S1000pj Digital Camera Includes a Projector

Nikon's new Coolpix S1000pj includes a mini projector in addition to the conventional LCD screen. The projector can produce a VGA-resolution image equivalent to a 10-inch screen over just under 20 inches or a 40-inch screen over 6.5 feet. More...

Toshiba working on fuel cell charger

Toshiba working on fuel cell charger 07 August 2009 ...and a 64GB SDXC memory card Toshiba is busy developing a range of new and enhanced technologies such as Direct Methanol fuel cell charger and a large, 64GB, memory card.   The Japanese company said that the new battery charger d... More...

Virgin Media launches 慤nlimited?monthly tariff

Virgin Media launches 慤nlimited?monthly tariff 30 July 2009 £65 a month on 18 month contract with a free Nokia N86 and Samsung Jet Wow! Virgin Media has unveiled a new monthly tariff that entitles you to unlimited text, talk and internet all for £65 a month on an 18 month c... More...

Kodak releases Z950, M381 & M341 digital compacts

Kodak has announced three 12 megapixel compact cameras. The Z950 offers 10x image stabilized lens, 3 inch LCD and HD video recording. No indication is given of the range of its Schneider-branded lens, leading us to suspect it has no wide-angle capability. The company has also refreshed its 'M' range... More...

June NPD Numbers: Wii Remains Dominant

PS3 growing pains continue pre-price cut. By Patrick Klepek , 07/23/2007 UPDATE: NPD Group has issued a statement there was an error in the original numbers -- PSP actually sold 290,100, not 230,000, as was originally listed. ORIGINAL STORY: It's that time again, folks, as the NPD Group ... More...

Santana Makes His Guitar Hero 5 Debut

The 62-year-old rocker offers his likeness to Activision's upcoming rhythm game. By Dustin Quillen , 07/20/2009 We've known for a while now that guitar legend and all-around rad senior citizen Carlos Santana would be lending some of his music to Guitar Hero 5 , but he'll be contributing t... More...

iPhone 3GS complete with diamonds and gold

iPhone 3GS complete with diamonds and gold 15 July 2009 A blinged up handset with a price tag that will only appeal to the elite We love a pimped up blinged up mobile phone we do. We may not be able to afford them but we love them all the same. A team in Liverpool has now designed the world's ... More...

Michael Jackson's Influence on Gaming

We look back at how Jackson influenced the videogame world. By 1UP Staff , 06/25/2009 When people sit back and reminisce about the late Michael Jackson (he passed away today at age 50), they will more than likely recall his musical career as the King of Pop, and rightly so. But he also had a ... More...

Yikes? -- MadWorld, GTA: Chinatown Wars Sales Revealed

These games may determine the future of mature content on Nintendo platforms. By Patrick Klepek , 04/17/2009 The News: The sales numbers are in for Sega's hyper-violent MadWorld and Take-Two's highly praised Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and the news isn't encouraging. The NPD Group to... More...

Seattle Center Develops Tech for Poor People

The first question many people asked when Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus proposed the Village Phone idea was: Who will they call? Village Phone is the project that turns primarily poor women in developing countries into entrepreneurs by offering them micro-loans to buy a cell phone that th... More...

Eye-Fi creates wireless SDHC card for pro market

Eye-Fi has developed a version of its wireless SDHC memory cards aimed at the pro market. The Eye-Fi pro supports RAW file transfer and allows the creation of ad hoc connections to a computer or mobile device (without the need for a wireless router or internet connection). It also incorporates a n... More...

Can Technology Help You Get Fit?

A new research project is hopes to discover whether technology such as Facebook and mobile phones can actually encourage consumers to lead healthier lives. The three year Charm Project, which will study 800 people and starts in September, will expand upon research by academics Richard Thaler and ... More...

Acer Tempo X960 review

General Review Smartphones Acer Philip Barker - 26 May 2009 - 1:23pm We鈥檝e been waiting to get our hands on one of Acer鈥檚 Tempo smartphones for a little while now, following on from the company鈥檚 acquisition of phone manufacturer E-Ten last year. The Acer X960 is the first Tempo mo... More...

THQ Sends Queen Elizabeth Gold-Plated Wii

Gift sent along to promote BIG Family Games. By Kat Bailey , 05/21/2009 While most people are still waiting for Nintendo to release the Wii in any color but white, the Queen of England apparently rates a new color all by herself -- gold. It was publisher THQ who passed along the gold-plated ... More...

Sony unveils four new lenses

Sony has announced four new lenses to accompany its new Alpha models. Aimed squarely at the first-time DSLR owners it's done so much to attract, all feature inexpensive construction (including plastic mounts) and a new in-lens autofocus system designated SAM (which stands for Smooth Autofocus Motor)... More...

WIN: Teufel 5.1 Speaker System

Alex Bentley - 8 May 2009 - 10:40am Renowned audio specialist Teufel offers a range of high-performance speakers and decoders ideal for use with your laptop or home PC and has teamed up with What Laptop to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a Decoderstation 5 integrated digital decoder and... More...

NCsoft Games Now Available on Steam

Discounts on games like Lineage and Guild Wars are being offered on the digital distribution service. By Dustin Quillen , 04/22/2009 Yet another publisher joined the ever-growing stable of content providers on Steam this morning. One of the premier names in the MMO business, NCsoft is no... More...

Valhalla Knights Comes to Wii, Is Very Brown

The PSP series makes the jump to consoles. By Kevin Gifford , 04/15/2009 In this week's issue of Famitsu magazine, Marvelous Entertainment unveiled a few more details on Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga , the first Wii game in an action RPG series that's been PSP-exclusive up to now. The title ... More...

Dungeons & Dragons Co-Creator Dead At 61

By Earnest Cavalli April 09, 2009 | 8:09:08 AM Categories: People    Dave Arneson, the man who first created the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game alongside Gary Gygax, passed Tuesday night, his family announced via email. It may not directly relate ... More...
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