After the first Pong cabinet was placed in Andy Capp’s Cavern in 1972, video games exploded, reaching their full stride by the late ’70s. Here are some of the notable games/systems you played (or would have played) back then: Duck Hunt (1976) Before Duck Hunt hit the NES as part of the most famous (and arguably most successful) gaming bundle of all time, Nintendo released a version of the game as a standalone toy. A revamp of their IR-based Laser Clay …See more here: Gizmodo

After the first Pong cabinet was placed in Andy Capp’s Cavern in 1972, video games exploded, reaching their full stride by the late ’70s. Here are some of the notable games/systems you played (or would have played) back then: Duck Hunt (1976) Before Duck Hunt hit the NES as part of the most famous (and arguably most successful) gaming bundle of all time, Nintendo released a version of the game as a standalone toy.

For some inexplicable reason the Xbox 360 lacks integrated wifi, an oversight i can’t quite comprehend. I understand how the design team might have underestimated the importance of wifi for getting your console online back in 2005 when the Xbox 360 was originally released, but the fact that it hasn’t been added in one of the following revisions completely baffles me. The only plausible explanation would be that Microsoft’s wifi adapter sells like crazy, which is something i find hard to believe given its completely outrageous pricing – $100 for a glorified wifi usb dongle.

I’ve oftentimes wonderwed what would be the next major feature to show up in consumer-level point-and-shoot digital cameras. We’ve already seen things like face and smile recognition, HD video recording, and integrated geotagging. Now, Fuji is going beyond the second dimension with a 3D digital camera. The appropriately named Fuji FinePix Real 3D is equipped with a pair of lenses and image sensors, as you can see in the picture provided, allowing you to shoot three-dimensional photos.

The Finish: The Pegasus Open 50 sailboat just set the Transpac record of 7 days, 19 hours, 38 minutes and 35 seconds for a double handed monohull ship. Previous Read More Related posts: Pegasus Open 50 Raceboat Log: IPhone Video, Endless Fog [Sun Powered Fun] Here’s a clip, uploaded moments ago from the Pegasus… Pegasus Open 50 Sailboat Log: A Brief History of the Transpac Race [Sun Powered Fun] What’s this sailing race about ? The Transpac isn’t…

Copyright © 2009 PatrickJ . Visit the original article at http://justanotheriphoneblog.com/wordpress/general/lovely-ironic-headline-of-the-day/ . Smartphone users just don’t know what they want. One of the biggest, loudest complaints about all-touchscreen phones like the iPhone is its lack of a hardware keyboard, and now a survey shows Pre users most want a soft keyboard. LOL.  Shouldn’t you have maybe bought a … agh, nevermind. Via: Gizmodo © PatrickJ for Just Another iPhone Blog , 2009.

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brylog : Bill Gates Patent Could Save Us From Another Hurricane Katrina (via Gizmodo) Along with ex-Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, Gates has applied for five patents that call for a fleet of specially equipped vessels to be deployed in a hurricane’s path—vessels that are capable of reducing the surface temperature of the ocean by mixing in colder water from greater depths. This would reduce the heat-driven condensation that fuels hurricanes.

It’s back. The Quanta assembled Apple netbook rumor that kicked off in March with a Commercial Times report calling for a Wintek-supplied touchscreen has returned… with a fever. China Times has now stepped in with a claim of a 9.7-inch touchscreen netbook to debut in October. CT claims that Wintek, and Dynapack have all received orders direct from Apple while Foxconn (not Quanta) will be the main manufacturer.

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