Archive for November 13th, 2009
Brando, home of the odd USB device, finally has a product I want to order. No no, it’s not a heated slipper or a spy camera, it’s a Transformers USB drive. How cool is that?
- In: Tek Oh!
- Tags: Brando, Headline, Transformers, usb
Modders hard at work circumventing Xbox banning
13, Nov 2009
Were you one of the 1 million Xbox live users that got banned yesterday? Well, you might not want to go buy that new Xbox quite yet. Some of the modders (you know, the ones who got you banned in the first place) are working on a solution that returns the firmware to an almost stock configuration, which would allow you to actually use your console again.
- In: Tek Oh!
- Tags: CrunchArcade, Headline, mods, XBox
Giger Walks, Guns To Follow
13, Nov 2009Andrew Alter’s monstrous Mech Warrior “Hagetaka” that we previewed before RoboGames back in April ended up being just to monstrous for its own good. Andrew scaled things back a bit (but not too much) with Giger, a 5 kg, 24 servo (including 16 of those terrifying RX-64s), ten thousand dollar completely custom walking humanoid. The [...]
- In: Robots and such
- Tags: Competitive, diy, Hobby, Trossen
A while back I went to a fun overclocking event held by AMD, where there was a lot of vapor, some exploding burritos, and some overclocking that got tantalizingly close to 7GHz. It was just an arbitrary number, and they broke a bunch of other records, but they couldn’t quite hit that last target. But a few months and I can only guess how much liquid helium later, they nailed it.
Steam has yet another great weekend sale going on right now. Both Crysis and Crysis Warhead are $15 each this weekend and let me just say, they are totally worth it.
Long before Fallout 3 there was Fallout 2. And before that, Fallout. Interplay made the two first games, while Bethesda made the third one under some sort of licensing deal that would allow Interplay to create new Fallout games not connected to Fallout 3. Then Bethesda sued Interplay, which puts a game it was working on, a Fallout MMO, in jeopardy. These are screenshots of that game, to be used as evidence during the legal proceedings.
CrunchDeals: HP MediaSmart LX195 for $199
13, Nov 2009
You better act quick. This deal ends today. But if you really need a smaller WHS for, lets say, backup purchases only, the HP MediaSmart LX195 is perfect and Newegg has it on sale just for you.
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- Tags: CrunchDeals, Headline, HP, MediaSmart, whs
CrunchDeals: HP MediaSmart LX195 for $199
13, Nov 2009You better act quick. This deal ends today. But if you really need a smaller WHS for, lets say, backup purchases only, the HP MediaSmart LX195 is perfect and Newegg has it on sale just for you.
- In: Tek Oh!
- Tags: CrunchDeals, Headline, HP, MediaSmart, whs
Xbox Europe hits 10 million consoles in sales
13, Nov 2009
You’ve got to admit, Microsoft is having a good month. First, they release Windows 7. Now, they hit a rather remarkable milestone of 10 million consoles shipped in Europe.
CrunchDeal: Wii for $99 at Toys “R” Us
13, Nov 2009
You might not want to wait until the day after Thanksgiving to pick up that Wii. Toys “R” Us is running a deal this coming weekend where you can pick up a Wii system and a Ready for Play Wii Pack for $249.
- In: Tek Oh!
- Tags: CrunchDeal, Headline, wii