Sony yesterday announced that, effective immediately, it is cutting the price of the PS3 by $50. The price cut, unveiled at Sony’s Gamescom 2011 keynote, means the 160GB PS3 will now retail for $249.99 in the U.S., €249.99 in Europe and ¥24,980 in Japan. The 320GB model is now going for $299. Sony’s Jack Tretton…
QuakeCon: Rage Coming to iPhone, Seven More
For old school gamers–and possibly a new generation of PC gamers as well–QuakeCon is causing quite a buzz, especially with the release of the new Rage trailer. While many believe that the event’s days are numbered, its still thrilling to see new id Software-based titles make their debut, or plans for upcoming games bust into…
Hohrizontal 51 Shelf Doubles as iPod/iPhone Dock
Most iPod docks are pretty one-dimensional. Once you turn it on and insert an iPod, you’re all set. But finite elemente wants to provide a really useful alternative: an iPod dock that also doubles as a shelf. Like all freestanding shelves, the Hohrizontal 51 attaches to a wall. With 12 mounts laid out in the…
Europe, Australia Getting White PS3 in November
European and Australian Sony fans envious ofwill be pleased to hear that the console is making its way to Europe and Australia just in time for the holiday spending season. Available exclusively through GameStop, both the UK and German branches of the retailer are now taking web preorders for the console, which is available in…
Best Buy: We Don’t Want Your PS3 Consoles!
With reports of PlayStation 3 Slim consoles showing up on retail shelves already rolling in, naturally Sony fans are considering packing up the older model and heading down to their local GameStop or Best Buy for a little trade-in love. Unfortunately, the latter company isn’t too keen on the idea of receiving all those older…
VReal Could Change Twitch Streaming Forever
Playingis generally a blast. Watching other people enjoy VR on the web? Not so much, as viewers are often stuck looking at disembodied hands and a shaky first-person headset feed. Fortunately, the folks at VReal are out to change that. A livestreaming platform for, VReal allows broadcasters to immerse their viewers in their VR livestreams,…
The R2-D2 MP4 Player with C-3PO Earbuds
Usually, we’re exactly the kind of people when it comes to R2-D2 anything,or, we’d probably be up for pretty much anything, if it’s done right. We just can’t make decide if this music player from Toys R Us has been done right. Boasting 2GB of storage, this little guy also has a little color display…
New Malware Takes Over Your Mac: Here’s What to Do
HandBrake is an often-used free tool for editing and converting video files onmachines, but anyone who downloaded it last week may have unwittingly infected their Macs with malware. Online criminals replaced the HandBrake installer with the Proton remote-access Trojan (RAT), which gains complete control of your system and can also steal passwords stored on your…
Apple Tries to Silence Owner of Exploding iPod
Recently, an iPod belonging to an 11-year-old Liverpudlian girl was dropped. The reports that the girl’s father, Ken Stanborough, dropped the device, which then emitted a hissing noise. Stanborough picked up the device and, upon feeling the iPod getting hotter in his hand, threw it out into the back yard where within 30 seconds, the…
Rumor: WinMo 7 ‘Zune Phones’ From HTC and LG
Not too long ago, when everyone was getting all worked up about the Zune HD, there were some rumors that the device might actually be a Zune phone as opposed to just a PMP-only Zune HD. With the leaked images and specs doing the rounds at the time, we were really keen on the whole…