Apparently thin (and vertical orientation) are in this year. Nintendo is set to release its next-generation console today, named Revolution.
USAToday has released what is possibly the first image of the new gaming system, showing a sleek console with a slot-loading drive in the front. It will also apparently offer support for current titles available for [...]

Jason Kottke has compiled a list of 50 hacks, tips, tricks and other fun stuff that you can do with your iPod. A pretty amazing list for something that is just about 4 years old.
A few of my favorites:

#1 - Make your own pirate radio station
#11 - Get it a tatoo
#23 - Read your favorite [...]

Lockergnome is reporting that NewsGator has purchased FeedDemon, which is probably one of the more popular RSS readers for the Windows platform.
They have an interview up with Nick Bradbury of FeedDemon and Greg Reinacker of NewsGator.
Q: How does FeedDemon fit into NewsGator’s plans?
Greg: …What NewsGator lacked was a downloadable desktop product. FeedDemon, as the leading [...]

Earlier today, Sony officially unveiled their next-generation Playstation console, the PS3.
From all appearances, the console is very similar in size to the PS2, with a bit more of a rounded look. It will also be available in 3 colors: silver, black and white.
The also talked about the new processor technology they are using, which is [...]

Really need to get some work done, but you’re stuck in a cubicle near the office “freeway”? You might just need a room defender then. The awesome gadget has a motion sensor that rapid-fire shoots fifteen foam disks when triggered.

If your office space needs a sentinel, you’d better hurry as the item has [...]

Do you like to play pointless games that frustrate the hell out of you and make you leave your computer only to come back and try to beat them again? Well 9rules Member William has found 3 games that seem to have mostly everyone perplexed.
What is it with a geek’s sick fascination of not giving [...]

Well you knew it was going to happen. Revenge of the Sith is now making its rounds on the bittorrent networks. If you don’t know how to find, don’t even ask in the comments. All I can tell you is that it is around. Go see the movie anyways in theaters.
Also does anyone know the [...]

Well this is certainly something different. Mountain Dew (in many circles considered the geeks drink of choice) is having a beta test for their new beverage Mountain Dew X.
They require that you put in a company name and title, which seems a little absurd to me, but names can be quickly made up. After signup [...]

The Internet Explorer team has made another post to their blog teasing us with more information about what is in store for IE7.
Now they are saying it will have tabs. Congratulations guys. You have finally caught up with what everyone else has been doing for about 3 or 4 years now. Does this mean we [...]

File this one in the “What Took So Long” category. The movie that many geeks consider to be a classic telling of the rise of Microsoft and Apple, Pirates of Silicon Valley is finally coming to DVD.
Slated for release on August 30, 2005, you can already pre-order it at Amazon for only $14.
If you haven’t [...]

A couple of months ago we reported about the rumors that Bungie was hard at work on Halo 3 to have it ready on the same launch day as Sony’s Playstation 3. Brilliant marketing strategy? Who knows, but it will make for an interesting week whenever that occurs.
Well the rumors are no more and this [...]

Ever wonder what happened to the TechTV crew now that G4 has gobbled them up and made a monstrosity of a decent network? This page gives insight into what your favorite TechTV people are doing today.
None of it is really exciting as the majority of them seem to be simply running blogs. Is that what [...]

A California company has figured out how to use two simple materials — water and salt — to create a solution that wipes out single-celled organisms, and which appears to speed healing of burns, wounds and diabetic ulcers.
The solution looks, smells and tastes like water, but carries an ion imbalance that makes short work of [...]

Fake or not, it’s very well done. I won’t say more, see and judge it for yourself.

Before I really started using RSS like I do now (250+ feeds and growing), I used blo.gs to keep track of when the blogs I read were updated.
Well, Blo.gs has been sold to an unnamed individual and will transfer ownership, including account information and user data, sometime on or around June 13.
According to the current [...]

Wow, who knew there were so many different ways to take notes? We’ve covered the Cornell system before, but EnglishCompanion.com has quite the exhaustive list. Seriously, I think my hand is cramping just reading the list.

Among the systems listed:

Cluster notes
Episodic notes
Inference notes
Process notes
Q notes