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Dell have updated their notebook lineup with different coloured models. Dell Australia says its new multi-coloured laptop line is just the first step in a plan to sell computers unique to each buyer. Jeff Morris, Dell's client and computing strategist, said in an interview that customers would soon be able to upload a photograph or logo to Dell, which could then be embedded into their laptop's lid.
CNet have posted some pictures and info on the current worlds tallest building in Dubai which seems to be home for a lot of the worlds amazing engineering feats. On July 21, construction reached 1,680 feet on the 141st floor of the Burj Dubai tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, making it the largest building in the world. The skyscraper is now 13 feet above the former record holder, Tapei 101 in Taiwan, which is 1,667 feet above the ground.
PS3 firmware 1.90 has been released however June sales numbers still show Nintendo on top. NPD has released the U.S June sales figures for video game hardware and software. In what looks to be the biggest year yet for the industry, the Nintendo gaming company is still reaping the largest pie slice. Gamedaily.biz has given us Junes NPD supplied sales data in the video gaming industry. Nintendo is sill heading the bunch with nearly 562,000 Nintendo DS units offloaded during the month.
Some Dell and Lenovo notebooks are set to be the first with wireless USB as they have been the first to be certified. Wireless USB finally comes to Dell and Lenovo notebooks. It’s been announced today that Dell’s Inspiron 1720 notebook and Lenovo’s ThinkPad T61 and T61p models are the first PCs to be certified for Wireless USB. Wireless USB is compelling indeed. Imagine being able to break free of the wiring clutter that links our USB devices to your PC. With Wireless USB this will be possible.
BFM spotted this gigantic gaming news roundup on The Inquirer, it is sorted by different gaming systems. FINALLY E3 HAS passed us by, but the news glut doesn't seem to have stopped clogging the interwibble just yet. Plenty of PSP news this week, unsurprisingly considering the PSP slim announcement at E3 last week......
PCWorld posted 10 things we hate about Microsoft, thanks Fester2001. t's easy to complain about specific Microsoft products--heck, we've probably written a million words on our gripes about Windows alone. But for this list, we dug deeper into the things about Microsoft the company that just push us over the edge. For instance, the Blue Screen of Death isn't here--because it's already spoken for in our companion piece, "10 Things We Love About Microsoft."
IGN have posted a summary of E3. Australia, July 23, 2007 - Bennett: My eardrums are still ringing from the wall-shaking sound systems, my retinas are still pulsing from the hot booth-babe action and massive video displays, and my fingers are still trembling from getting hands on with the hottest upcoming games. And then I wake up, and realise I've been dreaming about 2006's Electronic Entertainment Expo. As you've no doubt heard, this year's E3 was a very different experience to the giant gaming nightclub that the show used to be - and I'm still unsure if it's for better or worse.
The Commsec iPod index is showing us as the 8th cheapest country. Australian iPod prices are among the cheapest in the world, but few of the gains from the stampeding Australian dollar are being passed on to consumers, the latest CommSec iPod index shows. The index, which tracks worldwide prices for the 2GB iPod Nano, shows Australians can save around $30 by buying the music player from the U.S., Japan or Hong Kong, but would pay around $30 more picking one up in Europe and Britain.
YouGamers have interviewed some guys behind Black Mesa, the updated remake of Half Life in the source engine. In 1998, one of the finest games ever to grace the PC, made its debut. Created by a newly formed development house called Valve, Half-Life set so many standards for others to follow that the creators themselves took six years to create the sequel. Sporting a brand new engine, known as Source, Half-Life 2 also provided fans with the tools and features necessary to create a whole range of modifications for the game.
Daztay spotted this website where this guy is collecting and displaying old computers and dated peripherals with snippits of history and information about them. His friend and fellow Homebrew Computer Club member Steve Jobs loved it, but had a few improvement in mind. He also wanted to see if they could sell some and make a few dollars.
Fester2001 sent in todays timewaster, this funny little baseball game.
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