Cooler Master is breaking new maketing ground this time around with a "Gamer Xtreme" PSU at 650 watts. Marketing aside, it is packing a 60 amp single rail and a 5 year warranty, so maybe all is not lost on kitschy sales speak. Gag me with a spoon.
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Swastikas Get You Banned From Xbox Live
Is there a reason this has to be explained to anyone? Seriously? This really should be common sense by now, shouldn't it? Tonight I got asked one of those questions that only my job can apparently engender, namely "Hey, I'm not a genocidal hater of Jews but I really love the design of the swastika because its actually used by numerous religions, can I use it as my Call Of Duty: Black Ops logo? SWASTIKAS ARE AWESOME.No really, someone asked me this as a serious question on twitter. So I of course replied, "no, of course you can't, we'll ban you." Comments
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Walmart To Offer Price-Matching On Black Friday
What's this? Walmart is offering price-matching on Black Friday deals? I'm not a big Walmart shopper but price-matching BF deals from all your competitors like this is unheard of. According to a statement from Walmart, customers bring in competitors' ads and the store will match the price of any identical product at the register. The price-matching offer is only good for items purchased at Walmart stores and not on Walmart.com. Comments
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Netflix Raises Prices for Some Subscription Plans
In addition to Nextflix's new $7.99 a month streaming-only plan, the company has also announced price hikes in a few areas as well. Existing members will incur the price increases in January, while people who are new sign-ups will face the higher prices immediately. Netflix has more than 16 million members in the U.S. and Canada and predicted in October that it would gain another 2.1 million to 2.9 million customers by year's end. That means Netflix could enter 2011 with more than 19 million subscribers, doubling the service's size in two years. Comments
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Official S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clothing?
Official S.T.A.L.K.E.R. clothing? I don't know about you but I think some of this stuff is awesome. Obviously it would depend on the price and quality of the clothing but I could see more than a few of you buying this stuff. Comments
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Viacom Blocks Google TV
Viacom has joined the other major networks that are currently blocking Google TV. How pissed would you be if you bought a Google TV device only to have all the content you want to watch end up being blocked? Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, and Nickelodeon are just a few of the Viacom owned networks that bring up the dreaded "sorry, this content is unavailable for your device" when attempting to stream a full episode from their websites. Comments
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Kinect Hack Turns You Into a Jedi
These Kinect hacks are just getting better and better, aren't they? This light saber hack is pretty damn slick, only you and Obi Wan really know that is only a broom stick. Comments
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DIY Marble Madness
And I thought installing shelves in my kids room was hard, check this thing out! The sound of that thing would drive you crazy after about three loops but you know the kid doesn't mind. Comments
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Cyberthieves Still Rely on Human Foot Soldiers
The Associated Press has an interesting article posted today that talks about cyberthieves' use of "human foot soldiers." Money mules? That just seems so low-tech, doesn't it? One mule was an immigrant from Moldova who within a few months of her arrival in New York this year had opened at least six bank accounts using a trio of names. Another mule, a Russian national, opened eight accounts at three different banks using five different aliases. Comments
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MSI Gears Up for DreamHack Winter 2010
Team Fnaticmsi, goodies, gaming competitions, special offers, gaming, more gaming and of course booth babes; MSI will have it all at DreamHack Winter - November 2010 in Jönköping, Sweden. Visitors of DreamHack can experience the latest gaming hardware such as the MSI GT663 gaming notebooks, the MSI Big Bang gaming motherboards and the MSI Lightning Series graphics cards. MSI will also host a variety of gaming contests such as a Fnaticmsi Counter Strike shootout and Starcraft 2 Challenge, where the professional gaming team Fnaticmsi will compete and be, sponsored by MSI. Comments
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Social Network Sites Lead To Infidelity
Social network sites like Facebook lead to infidelity! Not only that, according to this article, it also leads to threesomes! Hell no, I ain't deleting my Facebook account now! A pastor who said Facebook was a "portal to infidelity" and told married church leaders to delete their accounts or resign once testified that he had a three-way sexual relationship with his wife and a male church assistant. Comments
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Beer Keg Case Mod
This custom case combines two things that go great together, beer and modding. Thanks to Ben Lzicar for the photos. Comments
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ASRock Vision 3D NetTop
The ASRock Vision 3D NetTop just got a little review lovin' from the folks at Phoronix today. The specs are pretty impressive, even if the price is a bit high: The ASRock Vision 3D NetTop series packs in an ASRock HM55-based motherboard, an Intel Core i3 370M mobile processor, 4GB of DDR3-1066MHz system memory, a 500GB 7200RPM Serial ATA hard drive, Blu-ray disc combo drive, 7.1 channel HD audio with THX TruStudio Pro, USB 3.0 support, NVIDIA GeForce GT425M graphics, HDMI 1.4a support, Gigabit Ethernet, and integrated 802.11n WiFi support. Comments
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