So this kid on a Gamespot forum starts talking smack about how he has played an XBox360 at his house. Then, he backs it up with pics.

Now, he is begging the forum admins to take the thread down. Apparently, his dad worked for Microsoft and was able to bring a development unit home. Unfortunately, […]

According to many online sources, Apple has been in talks with the major music labels about offering music video downloads through the iTunes Music Store for $1.99.
Also thrown in with that bit of news is the rumor that Apple plans to release a Video iPod by September.
Negotiations are an indication that Apple is moving to […]

As the production date approaches for the new (and last?) X-Men movie so do details and and rumors, so I decided to do a little digging and see what I could come up with.
From a reliable source (playback magazine) we hear that production will begin in the 2nd of August and will be done with […]

Philips has put up the first street lamps that use light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which last four times longer than normal street lighting, the Dutch electronics group said on Friday. With 50,000 light hours, LED lamps do not have to be changed for 12 years when lit for an average 11 to 12 hours a day.
Until […]

Finally the Xbox 360 will be coming out for the general public. In under 112 days, it will be released.
The first Xbox 360’s will be on retailers shelves by November 4th, or atleast so says Xbox365.com. I don’t know how they obtained that information, so I also do not know how reliable it is, but […]

Toshiba has decided to invested in Optware, which is only one of the companies that Optware is talking to as it tried to gain more US venture capital.
Optware is currently working to finish development of its HVD (Holographic Versatile Disc) technology that would enable DVD sized discs or blocks to store upwards of 1TB […]

It looks like Time Warner has jumped on the IPTV bandwagon with their new offering in a limited area.
“Time Warner Cable is letting its customers in Mira Mesa and Tierrasanta watch television over their home computer’s high-speed Internet connection.”
Basically they get around 75 channels of content that has the same channels as their Advantage service, […]

Tourists visiting Disney theme parks in Central Florida must now provide their index and middle fingers to be scanned before entering the front gates.
The scans were formerly for season pass holders but now everyone must provide their fingers. They have reportedly been phased in for all ticket holders during the past six months, according to […]

Sharp has unveiled it’s new TV which allows two different viewers to watch totally different content depending on whether they are sat on the left or the right of the screen. The affect is created by sending two different pictures out from the backlight, one projected towards the right and the other to the left. […]

Here’s the e-mail from Juergen Zeller that started it all:

Date: Fri, 14 July 1995 12:29:49 +0200
Reference: Endings for Layer3: mp3
Hello,_according to the overwhelming opinion of all asking: the ending for ISO MPEG audio Layer 3 is mp3.
i.e. we should for coming www sides, Shareware,_Demos, etc. on it respect that no more bit endings rausgehen.
It has […]

Microsoft and Marvel are teaming up to bring some cool new games for the Xbox 360.
Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it won exclusive rights to develop and publish multiplayer online games starring Marvel Enterprises Inc.’s super heroes, including Spider-man, the X-men and the Hulk.
The deal covers massively multiplayer online (MMO) game titles developed for […]

One of the things I like about the Mozilla group a lot is that when they are about to release an update, or a new software, they give you dozens of earlier builds for you to keep track of the improvements and slowly get used to them. With their alpha version of Firefox 1.1, code-named […]

Not only did I leave, but I decided it would be cool to break comments for the last two days. Word of advice for everyone out there…never use “http:” as one of your blacklist strings.
Sorry about that.

Both Samsung and LG have announced that they will be ignoring the traditional methods of networking and designing their initial attempts at dual-mode handsets, ones which offer the ability to use both traditional cellphone operators and internet telephony providers like skype in a single handset, for a voice over Wi-Fi protocol. The two companies are […]

I performed a search at google for php htmlentities and the results were returned in a different format than usual. The same search moments later returned the results on the original google design. I guess someone at the google factory jumped the gun.

Just a quick note to say that Firefox 1.0.5 has been taken out of beta and is now available for download. In addition to that, the Firefox Download Counter over at SpreadFirefox.com reached 70 Million yesterday.
Now if they would just push that 1.1 out the door.