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Lexus LS-460 – The Self Parking Car
A while back we tested the Lexus LS-460 – the first car that parallel parks itself. The video was lost in the jungle of Morten’s computer for a long time but now it’s finally available for everyone.
Parking using the automatic feature is really as simple and safe as it looks. It takes some time to get used to not turning the wheel but that’s a small price to pay for...
E3 Update – July 11
Reporting live here from E3, there are so many new titles coming your way, you better book some time off work/school/vacationing. Yup, even taking time off vacationing would be worth it.
Sony
PSP – A new lighter (by 33%) and slimmer (19%) version comes out in September of this year. Price is up to US$199 (base unit is now $169) but it will be bundled with a 1GB Memory Stick Duo and Ratchet...
E3 – Atari Announces Lineup
Atari, Inc. announced on July 9, 2007, the company’s product line-up for the E3 Media and Business Summit, taking place July 11 - 13 at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California.
Games spanning multiple genres and platforms will be on-hand at the Atari booth, and include Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 Wii and PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, The Witcher for Games for Windows,...
Amitech Homecenter – You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Norwegian hi-fi magazine Lyd & Bilde (Norwegian link) recently tested the Homecenter from Danish computer manufacturer Amitech – a sleek black and silver Media Center PC that gives the Mac Mini a run for it’s money. Only problem is it’s only available in Scandinavia – at least for now.
The Amitech Homecenter 500 is a small sleek PC with impressive features:
Intel® Core...
EA to WSJ: We’re boring people to death
Electronic Arts boss John Riccitiello sat down for an interview with the Wall Street Journal. In it he talks about how the gaming industry has painted itself into a corner by releasing ever more complicated sequels of successful games rather than coming up with new ideas. “We’re boring people to death and making games that are harder and harder to play” he says and cites the fact...
New PlayStation 3 (PS3). Now With 80GB.
Today, Sony Computer Entertainment America has announced a new 80GB PLAYSTATION3. The new model, which includes a copy of MotorStorm will be available this August for a suggested retail price of $659 CDN (US$599).
The price of the of the 60GB model has now been reduced to $549 CDN (US$499), effective immediately.
And those of you patient enough to wait buying your top end PS3 system will be...
Akash is going to E3
Just a warning: Akash is going to E3 next week to talk to amongst others Microsoft about upcoming releases. There will be videos, blog posts and hopefully photos so stay tuned.
In the meantime you can drool over all the things he will see and you won’t (and maybe even drop us a comment or two about what you want him to find out for you).
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Microsoft LiveStation to compete with Joost!
I guess it was inevitable that Microsoft would jump into the TV over broadband trend. With Joost and other projects nearing completion the software behemoth is in the final stages of their own service called LiveStation. The website is up and running but there’s nothing there… yet.
LiveStation is a collaboration between Microsoft Research and Skinkers and will allow you to watch TV shows...