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Well, the game was version 1.1 on the PC, game was played using the Xbox360 controller, and honestly, my FRAPS isn't playing too well with Vista :( And no, the 1.1 trainer has not been released to the public and I don't play with trainers lol

Anyone encountered this bug before?

How cute, a colorful way to explain to your kids how terabytes work! 

If you're looking forward to play the latest games from FatCatLim's Orange Box but lack the processing requirements of Valve's latest package, fear not because you can be saved by = HL2: Portal in 2D Flash!!!! Check out the screens below if you don't believe them!

Instant LOL, more screens after the jump!

If you've got too much cash to spend, and you've seen enough of the babes, booze toys, why not create your own one? This Ferrari 360 Modena limo is just that - too bad the days of the dotcom boom was over decades ago, we would have gotten one and trashed it!

Not contended with their 1/60 scale Perfect-Grade Gundams, the Maru family from Japan got their paws on the 1/12 version of the iconic RX-78 Type II, which is over 3 feet tall, and assembled it! The whole kit costs a cool USD3000, and while its able to flash its eyes menacingly, and has over 14 moveable parts, it wont get around killing your entire family in the near future, not just yet. 

Check out the cool assembly pics here! 

Wireless N (IEEE 802.11n) is the latest WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) technology in the world today, but it only works at a maximum of 500Mbps.  With all the advent of HD (High-Definition), it would seem it won't be long before we'll be yearning for Gigabit Wireless to match our Gigabit (1Gbps) wired physical network, which will become a norm with the proliferation of Wireless N. So what's next?

Scientists in the U.S. have come up with the idea that it may be possible to get Gigabit Wireless by the end of this decade via the unused 60GHz radio frequency.

They have already achieved 15Gbps at one meter, 10Gbps at two meters and 5Gbps at five meters - so this isn't just hot air.  This is good stuff - it can lead to wireless hard drives (which will be faster than Wireless USB), Wireless Servers, and even Wireless DVD players!  Imagine being able to wirelessly send DVD to a TV screen!

They also plan to make it backward-compatible so it'll work with current WiFi, and there's no health risks even at 60GHz because that frequency is stopped by human skin and cannot penetrate the body.

The name for this Gigabit Wireless? IEEE 802.15.3C, but we prefer Wireless X no?

Source : Press Esc 

Taking all efforts to eschew the current trends of Core 2 computing, OC Team Italy, or more accurately, ThuG, has broken the record for world's fastest OC'ed CPU, a 'lowly' but golden P4 631. While they used a modified Asus P5B with slapped on copper pipes, liquid nitrogen and a line straight to a coal burning power station, (and 2GB of CellShock PC8000 RAM, if you're asking)  and several packets of ciggies, this is undoubtedly a feat to be reckoned with. Too bad they didn't run any from of benchmarks though, although we've got some pics! (all rights reserved to OC Team Italy. Forza Italia!)

And its not the R600!!!!

Although we would like to call the R600 a monster, judging from all the spy shots that we see from Vr-zone (wasn't the whole issue under NDA? boo hoo) this Asus 8800GTX takes the cake for size - its not as long, but once installed, you can't SLI your whole setup! Unless, of course, you extend the tubings to make 'em fit outside the case.

Oh yeah, the cooler is OEM-ed from Thermaltake if anyone's asking. That gives us somewhat of a clue on its thermal dissipation performance. 

The Apple iPhone brought the touchscreen technology to the average consumer - but what if that technology could be enhanced with a built-in scanner as well?

That's exactly what Sharp came up with - a touchscreen based on optical scanners instead of the typical touchscreen film used in touchscreen-based products. By using a scanning element instead, not only can the product recognise touch - it can also scan! Imagine the advantage of scanning business cards by just placing it on the device! It can also function as a biometric fingerprint scanner for personal security!

So when is this coming out? Sharp's optical scanning LCD touchscreen will be available next year. 

Sources : Japan Corporate News Network and New Launches

From Aving.net, this television is the cumilation of a custom mod job at A1display.com, which makes full HD TVs to your flavour. What this means is that you can now stick it to the major corporations and have your own, affordable 32" Full HD LCD TV with three digital tuners and the like. What they don't advertise is the fact that you'll be getting cabinet designs like the one shown above, which isn't like the lovely Samsung Bordeaux designs, and the fact that the menu is only available in Korean. 

In the era of increasingly-growing goliath technology companies, yet another acquisition spree is occurring between Acer and Lenovo.

Acer will buy that Cow Company, Gateway, for USD$710million, creating a deja-vu when HP bought over Compaq years ago. Why did Acer do this?

To help them move up to the 3rd spot in the PC market by blocking Lenovo from taking Packard Bell, and getting Gateway while they're at it.

All this because Gateway didn't want to take over Packard Bell, which Lenovo was eyeing.  Hence, now not only does Acer get Gateway, but Packard Bell as well. It would seem the market is heating up in Asia between an Acer and Lenovo battle.

On other news, Lenovo plans to buy Seagate. Sour grapes perhaps? We wonder.

That's right, the China company which took over IBM's desktops and notebooks now has interests in buying the hard drive maker, which earlier bought over Maxtor. Well I guess if you can't get Packard Bell, you might as well get Seagate?

It would seem it's a shopping spree going on in the technology industry, and it's not just the Merdeka Sales here. Don't get trampled under the feet of the giants.

Sources : Information World (Acer) and The New York Times (Lenovo)

(It is not mentioned which China company plans to buy Seagate, but that's because the original name Lenovo has been edited and removed - perhaps for reasons unknown to us, but anyway, which other China company could it be?)

Billy Chasen, an artist of sorts, has made the headlines this morning as he presented his masterpiece:

Yes, that's a 4th Gen iPod and it still works! thanks to a dock connector embedded into the whole 'contraption', you can still charge and swap tracks. No idea on how you're able to use the rest of the functions like say, skip tracks and such, though so this would be the world's biggest iPod shuffle! Note: the 4x2 LEGO bricks!

More pics after the jump!