Archive for category CrunchGear

Razer announces drivers for the Mac

Razer announced today that they are going to be releasing Mac drivers for all of their future products. This comes on the heels of the announcement that Steam is coming to the Macintosh as well.

Razer specifically mentioned the upcoming line of StarCraft II peripherals, which makes sense in light of the fact that Blizzard [...]

The Pokemon return: HeartGold and SoulSilver

So I got a random delivery today, and I was quite surprised to see it was from Nintendo. Even more surprising was when I opened the box and saw they had sent me the two latest Pokemon games, HeartGold and SoulSilver. What was even more interesting was when I started to read the enclosed literature [...]

Verizon officially launches the rugged, text-friendly Casio G’zOne Brigade

Just yesterday we were saying that Casio’s built-to-be-beaten G’zOne Brigade would be launching today — and sure enough, it just went live on Verizon’s web site.
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Daily Crunch: Pixeled Edition

Video: Pixel-bots to the rescue!
Even as tiny blocks, you’ll recognize Super Mario Bros. in this Arduino project
Aw, iPhone app fridge magnets
Move over Humping USB Dogs. Here comes the Dodobongo USB Dog.
NES game harmonicas let you blow on your cartridges for fun and profit

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Dell stumbles, almost drops to #3 in the top PC manufacturers

Bad news for Dell. Despite the fact that it’s looking like IT spending is increasing, Dell is still suffering from lackluster sales. iSuppli, the company that tracks worldwide PC shipping, reports that in the ongoing battle for dominance in the PC marketshare, Dell has staggered, and almost slipped down to number three.
The news isn’t all [...]

Bill Gates’ hurricane-busting tubeships are real, people

Last year, I wrote that Bill had this (let’s be honest) evil-genius style plan to weaken hurricanes before they make landfall. Sounded a bit fantastical at the time, but as it turns out, there are real scientists ready to rock and roll with these things. They’re so serious they even put together a video.
The idea [...]

Apple’s Magic Mouse: fixed at last

I handle a lot of mice in this job (right now I’m using the Mionix Naos 5000) and I have to say that if a mouse were, like the Magic Mouse, shaped completely wrong for human hands, I would throw it away and never speak of it again. Others, while perhaps more crafty, are far [...]

ARM guy: 50 tablet computers coming out in 2010

Man oh man. This is going to be like the netbooksplosion that happened after the EeePC hit. Roy Chen, a big man at ARM, said at a press meeting that they expect perhaps 50 tablet computers to be made available worldwide in 2010. Of course, in the US, we’ll only see a fraction of them [...]

Another Hourtime Episode for your pleasure

In this episode the boys talk about the upcoming Basel show and offer some tips on collecting.
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Ring of Honor figures out the Internet, launches video download store to discourage BitTorrent piracy

Credit to Ring of Honor, the professional wrestling promotion, for embracing the Internet era. The promotion has launched a new download store that makes its extensive video library only a $10 download away. A legal download, mind you. It’s all a fan could ever ask for.
The process is pretty easy. You visit the Web site, [...]