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Posted Mar 1st 2008 5:40PM by Darren Murph
Filed under: Desktops
If you’ll recall, we already witnessed a pre-production Wolfdale CPU outpace its competition back in August of last year, but the real deal has finally arrived. Over at Hot Hardware, the folks were able to crack open a retail Core 2 Duo E8500 processor, which comes in at 3.16GHz and features 6MB of L2 cache, a 1,333MHz FSB speed and is built on 45-nanometer technology. When put to the test, reviewers found this luscious piece of silicon to be quite the performer, noting that it was probably a better choice for gamers than a low-end quad-core chip. Still, with an expected price of just under three bills, it wasn’t exactly seen as the greatest of values, but if you’ve got the coin and happen to fit the market, the “Recommended” badge tells you everything you need to know.

Posted Mar 1st 2008 8:54PM by Ryan Block
Filed under: Home Entertainment
Ruh ruh, Macworld ran one last test as the month of February expired yesterday and found that contrary to Apple’s claim that there would be over 1,000 movies for download by March, iTunes and the Apple TV have hundreds fewer flicks available than anticipated. The 91 (of 100 promised) HD movies and 399 total rental titles make up a fair chunk of the 770 some-odd rental and sale titles, which comparatively isn’t all that bad a number when you look at the other download services, but Cupertino clearly has a ways to go before we all trade in our Netflix and Blockbuster memberships.

[Thanks, Jimi]

Posted Mar 1st 2008 6:12PM by Darren Murph
Filed under: cellphones
Oh sure, Apple’s been offering up a couple of refurbished iPhones on its own web store for some time now, but actually finding one in stock has proven to be quite a challenge. Nevertheless, a purported internal memo has explained that select AT&T stores in the New England region (sorry, rest of the solar system) will be stocking refurbished iPhones for $199 (4GB) and $249 (8GB) — of course, the deal only applies to new activations. Has anyone actually seen this go down first hand? We wonder how quickly it’ll be before this offer bleeds out from the Northeast.

Posted Mar 2nd 2008 1:04AM by Darren Murph
Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
If you just so happen to have a spare 35mm slide viewer gathering all sorts of dust in your basement and one of Apple’s latest nanos, we’ve discovered a perfect way to spend your weekend and exercise your DIY muscle. Granted, the Nanoscope has been around the block a time or two, but that doesn’t weaken its geek factor one iota. Essentially, you simply modify said viewer to accommodate the nano, add in a set of speakers and kick back to enjoy your stored movie files in larger-than-originally-intended fashion. Really, it’s way cooler than it sounds — check out the video after the jump.

[Via RetroThing]

SkyBlades Hybrid Rocket

This rocket uses counter-roating foam blades to give a gyro-copter lift action launching the SkyBlades vertically to over 100 feet. FeaturesCounter-Spinning, Gyro-Copter Lift Action Spins and Soars over 100 Vertical Feet Extra Blades and Rubber Band Included Soft Nose Cone for Safety X-Lock System for “Targeted” Landings! Watch it Blast-off into Space! Colours may vary

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Remember the times of you wanting to game on your mobile phone and giving up out of sheer frustration at the lack of good game titles available. Nokia has just come to your rescue by launching an all new ngage gaming platform. The ngage mobile gaming service will work on all Nokia n-series phones and is backward compatible with all nokia phones with the s60 user interface. This year’s game developers conference held in Finland has seen Nokia launching The Dark Knight, Speed Racer and Super Slam Ping Pong by Glu Mobile DChoc Café Solitaire 12-Pack, DChoc Café Sudoku and DChoc Café Hold’ Em Poker by Digital Chocolate; and Worms World Party by THQ Wireless with many more titles like yamake,where you make your own game, to be released shortly.
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Clarion’s NAX973HD is one satellite navigation system that you can consider should you want to upgrade your car to cater for drivers who can’t seem to find their way around without help from an electronic apparatus of some sort. Features include the following :p

* 30GB hard drive
* 400MHz processor
* RDS-TMC tuner
* 12-channel GPS receiver
* On-board gyroscope
* Voice recognition and text-to-speech in 6 European languages

The Clarion NAX973HD won’t be easy on your pocket though as it retails for £795.
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LG is turning gold with their new L705iX shine gold cell phone. It comes with an average 2-megapixel camera, microSD card, 140 minutes of continuous calling time and 330 hours of standby time, and support for a 7.2Mbps HSDPA network. So far release info and pricing have not been unveiled, but it shouldn’t be too long. Check back for more updates.
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Nite MX50-201

You can have this for ?290.00

Dreamworks, who had been standing strong with their contract to Toshiba and their commitment to HD DVD have announced their exit plan. Their HD DVD movie shipments will end next week, but the exact release of upcoming titles on Blu-ray has not yet been announced.

A few titles that were set for release such as the Bee Movie, Sweeney Todd and There Will Be Blood have all been canceled, and will be released only as standard DVD’s. The last and final hd dvd titles will include next weeks release of Things We Lost in Fire and Into the Wild, somehow I cannot imagine either of them selling that well.

Via [EngadgetHD]

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