Archive for May, 2009

Philosopher Ponders The implications Of Robot Warfare, Life With A Degree in Philosophy

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

H+, our favorite transhumanist magazine, has just published a chat with Peter Asaro, the author of a paper titled “How Just Could a Robot War Be?” In this interview (co-authored by our old friend R.U. Sirius) the gentleman from Rutgers explores the philosophical implications of things like robot civil war, robots and just war theory, [...]

Komodo’s Retro Adapter Brings Your Dusty Old Gamepads To Your Dusty New Wii

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

While we hear Punch Out!! is quite good, it’s safe to say the Wii hasn’t exactly been flooded with great titles lately. The most enjoyable part of the system still comes from the Virtual Console and all the classic titles that populate it, and soon you’ll be able to pair those games with the classic [...]

LG’s 50PS70 And 60PS70 Plasmas Get 160GB Time Machine Functionality

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

The jury’s still out on whether inbuilt DVRs are good for HDTVs, but LG’s obviously hot to trot on the whole idea. Nearly a year after first introducing sets with an integrated Time Machine, the outfit is hitting back with two new big-screen plasmas that each posses a 160GB internal hard drive. The X Canvas [...]

Music Downloads Coming To PSN, PSP?

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Ready for some more PSP rumors? CNET’s got it on good word that Sony’s been talking to some of the big recording labels about putting their music on the PlayStation Network for download, specifically with the PSP in mind. It really isn’t much of a stretch, especially when you think about the service’s ever-growing library [...]

ASUS Delivers Full Specs On Eee PC 1005HA Seashell

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

ASUS’ Eee PC 1008HA hasn’t even had a moment to enjoy its spot in the limelight, and already the company is pushing out even more machines in the rapidly expanding Seashell range. The Eee PC 1005HA is slated to launch with Windows XP Home, a battery good for 10.5 hours (we’ll believe it when we [...]

Sony Ericsson Needs To Raise 100 Million Euros To Stay Afloat, Says CFO

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Things haven’t looked great for Sony Ericsson — which reported its sales were down 50% during the first quarter — for quite a piece of time now. Well, now Sony’s CFO has admitted that falling demand combined with a “gap” in its product portfolio has created problems for the company. He also acknowledged that the [...]

Best Buy Mobile To Skip Rebate, Sell Palm Pre For $199.99 Outright

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Best Buy may not be launching the Pre exclusively, but it’s probably the place to go if you’re scouting one come June 6th. Why? Pretty simple, really — you’ll leave the joint with an extra Benjamin in your purse. You see, those who waltz into a Sprint store will be forced to pay $299.99 up [...]

Dell’s Latitude 2100 Reviewed: Smart, But A Bit Heavy For Afterschool Use

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

We won’t deny it — a stroke of envy took us by storm when Dell introduced its durable, colorful new line of Latitude netbooks for the education market. Not only were we stuck with aged textbooks and school machines that were chained to a desk, but we never even had the chance to read up [...]

Pentax Gets Official With 14.6MP K-7 DSLR: HD Movies, HDR Mode

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

After digesting loads of scuttlebutt here lately, we’re elated to see that Pentax has finally come clean with its new K-7 DSLR. The 14.6 megapixel shooter packs a rugged magnesium alloy body and arrives with an HD movie mode that captures video at 640 x 416, 720p (1,280 x 720) or 1,536 x 1,024 — [...]

MSI Wind U200 Gets The Hands-on Video Treatment

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

We already got a pretty good look at MSI’s new 12-inch Wind U200 at its debut at Computex in Taipei, but the folks at NewGadgets.de have had a chance to spend a bit more quality time with the not-quite-a-netbook, and they’ve thankfully provided a hands-on video (in both English and German no less). While they [...]