Archive for September, 2009

Windows 7 OEM Pricing Revealed by Newegg

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Well, it’s not the fifty bucks that OEMs are said to be paying for a copy of Windows on the average PC, but the pricing for individual OEM copies of Windows 7 has now finally been revealed by the folks at Newegg and, as expected, it’s still a good deal cheaper than the full retail [...]

Motorola CLIQ Coming To T-Mobile Next Month For $200 on Contract

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Counting down the moments with your besties until T-Mobile USA opens up the pre-order page for Motorola’s first-ever Android device? Might as well do something more productive in the meanwhile, particularly since the aforesaid carrier has just announced plans to charge $199.99 for the CLIQ on a two-year agreement. Without a doubt, that’s quite a [...]

Microsoft Security Essentials Anti-virus Software is Now Live And Free

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

In a move that’s sure to please a few million Windows users and break the hearts of a handful of anti-virus companies, Microsoft has now finally made the non-beta version of its Security Essentials software available to the general public, and it’s not even asking that you throw a launch party to get it for [...]

T-Mobile’s Motorola CLIQ Presale Countdown Page is Up And Running

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

In a little over 19 days from now, you’ll be able to get your CLIQ… ah wait, no you won’t, but at least you’ll be able to express your interest in getting a CLIQ, which is a good first step, we suppose. T-Mobile has just thrown up its official CLIQ preorder countdown page, which we’re [...]

Chilean PS3 Ads Show Gamer Giving Blood Transfusion To A Nazi

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

You’d think Sony’s ad teams would have learned to stay away from needlessly controversial imagery after that whole “White is coming” PSP debacle or even those “Take a Running Jump Here” ads, but… they haven’t. Check out these Chilean PlayStation 3 ads, which show a modern-day gamer giving a heart transplant to Joan of Arc [...]

HTC Imagio With WinMo 6.5 Out October 6 on Verizon?

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

As you know, Verizon is one of the carriers participating in the worldwide WinMo 6.5 rollout extravaganza bonanza on October 6, and that Microsoft has said they’ll be ramping up to thirty smartphones for the OS by year’s end, so the chance is pretty good that the HTC Imagio XV6975 is one of the new [...]

New Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle And Wireless Controller Game Pack Announced

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

We’d been hearing that Microsoft had a new Xbox 360 holiday bundle in the works, and here we go: $299 will nab you an Elite, Lego Batman, and Pure. Not a bad deal — and if you already have a 360, you can score a new controller, Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2, Lumines LIVE!, Bomberman [...]

Garmin Nuvifone G60 Officially Coming to AT&T: October 4th For $299

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Can you believe it? No, seriously — can you believe it? Nearly two full years after its surprise introduction to the world, the nüvifone G60 is finally coming to US shores. In an official press release outed today, the Garmin nüvifone G60 has been blessed with an October 4th launch date on AT&T. Oddly enough, [...]

Panasonic Adds Windows 7 To Laptop Line, Unveils Let’s Note N8 And S8

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Oy vey! Today must be some industry-wide Windows 7 announcement day, as Panasonic is hot on the heels of Dell and Toshiba with no less than six lappies set to sport Vista’s agile younger sibling. The Let’s Note (ToughBook, to you and us) F8, R8, T8 and W8 models are likely to take on the [...]

Samsung’s 12 Megapixel SCH-W880 Made Official

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

We might still have debates over whether the SCH-W880 represents a cameraphone or our newly minted category of phonecamera, but there’s no doubt about this: the Samsung AMOLED 12M is now official and coming to (at least) Korea in October. The specs align closely to yesterday’s info, with a 3x optical zoom, 720p video recording, [...]