Recent Comments:
BeamBox outs MiLi Evolution Mini Power Projector for iPhone, iPod touch {Engadget}
Jun 27th 2009 9:22AM At least it looks like they actually thought about it rather than just made a black brick.
Might be cool for presentations.
How would you change HP's MediaSmart Server ex485 / ex487? {Engadget}
Apr 11th 2009 3:52AM Sell it in the UK.
WHS v2 is murmured to have media centre streaming of some type but I'd guess some nerfing will be required.
BTW, Exchange and Sharepoint will load on it, but performance may suffer a touch.
Steam-powered vehicle looks to scald world record {Engadget}
Apr 9th 2009 3:59PM It looks like something out of Thunderbirds, they even ot the green paint just right. Once that steam blasts out the back it'll look fantastic!
How would you change Dell's Inspiron Mini 10? {Engadget}
Apr 4th 2009 2:44AM Just bought one and the HDMI out to my 720p Samsung is horrible. Also the XP drivers won't let me run Boxee or XBMC yet (duel booting soon then) so either make Intel supply decent drivers or go with another chipset.
That's not what I got it for though so as an ultraportable it's doing the job nicely.
Screen Grabs: '24' offers up OQO, Mac mini BOGO special {Engadget}
Mar 11th 2009 4:00PM Maybe he's an Evil Genius?
Thieves steal $10,000 of gear from an Apple Store {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jan 1st 2009 4:56AM Exactly, I read the headline and thought "they must have gone for the one with more RAM and the bigger HDD".
Defense cap defined {WoW}
Mar 24th 2008 5:39AM I'm one of those recently turned 70 tanks, just joined a small guild and we're just working through it, but as I'm going to be main tank, I'm lapping all this stuff up.
I hate the maths (well I didn't roll a priest did I?) so guides like this, and the excellent follow ups, do take a fair old bit of the pain out of it for me.
The shock of when a DPS warrior gets to 70 then realises what respeccing prot has let them in for cannot be overstated. The game has hardly begun it seems.
Toshiba claims "no decision" on HD DVD strategy as desertions continue {Engadget HD}
Feb 18th 2008 8:35AM The vitriol of this site against HD DVD is becoming quite tiresome.
So, your prediction that it was going to be announced by Toshiba that it was over today was flat wrong wasn't it?
Admit it, you're staggeringly biased and just plain nasty.
/unsubscribe
The Care and Feeding of Warriors: When tanks aren't tanking {WoW}
Jan 26th 2008 4:26AM I'm a casual player but prot specced too early and as a result I'm pretty much in limbo with my main.
I can't DPS for toffee at the moment, so questing takes forever. No guilds want a tank that has lousy kit, but I've no real way to get that kit as the level 70 quests have a nasty habit of chewing me up and spitting me out.
I do still tank in groups now and again and it's always a buzz, but I spend most of my time with my alts now and have finally given in and started a palladin on another server to let me level when I'm soloing and tank when friends are around. But it isn't the same.
I think the problem for me then is that you CAN'T (or maybe I just mean shouldn't) be a causual warrior tank. I should have rolled something else at the start and waiting for TBC to let me have the Belf pally. If I get lots of DPS after the prot warrior lovefest that comes along then it's fair enough but is probably too much to ask, it won't seem fair.
It may well be that Death Knights will be the way to go for me, but again I'm wary of it being all too easy. I've got the pally when I want it to be easy.
Skype coming to Sony's PSP? {Engadget}
Jan 2nd 2008 11:50AM That's the problem the PSP has had from day 1. It's MEANT to be a discounted games console (in the mould of the Gillette Razor - cheap or loss leading basics, overpriced consumables = profit) so Sony can sell you more games. The more neat things it does, the less likely people are to buy it to buy it for the games.
If it wasn't for that, it would have shipped with a USB keyboard, external HDD via USB and a mouse from day 1. They can do that stuff easily, but they won't as it interferes with Sony Games profit margins.
The flip side is that the more hardware they sell, the more casual gamers they will get but I admit I never buy games for mine any more, the games aren't generally that great compared to full size console or PC games and I don't need the portability these days. I bought mine when they came out fully expecting a keyboard to give me a decent web browsing and email client and it's just not happened.
Skype is nice though, turning it into an IP phone is long overdue, didn't BT announce a deal for the UK about a year ago now? All gone a bit quiet on that front...
