Archive for May, 2008

PSP Hacked For Use With DualShock Controller

It’s not the first time we’ve seen a controller hacked for use with the PSP, but this mod by Acidmods member Blizzrad takes things a bit further than most, with it relying entirely on hardware modifications in order to work, meaning it can be done on any PSP regardless of the firmware. It’s also one [...]

TurboGrafx-16 Emulation Hits The iPhone

Finally, the ultimate dream of all iPhone owners has come to pass: TurboGrafx-16 emulation. Thanks once again to the massive talents at ZodTTD, Apple’s phone has gotten another piece of the emulator puzzle in the form of Temper4iphone, a fully functioning recreation of everyone’s favorite under-performing game console. The app can play both TurboGrafx and [...]

The AP No Likey The Sony Rolly

We’ve always been skeptical of Rolly’s purpose, but Associated Press business writer Rachel Metz isn’t pulling any punches when it comes to reviewing Sony’s MP3-playing dance-bot. She calls it a mere conversation-starter “if your dancing hamster has run off”, notes that the $400 toy lacks a headphone jack, and scoffs at the 2GB of storage. [...]

ASUS Eee Stick Motion Controller Brings Wii To The Eee

ASUS seems to be bringing a lot of new toys out to play at Computex, but we’re suddenly most intrigued by the Eee Stick, a pair of motion-sensing game controllers that looks like nothing more than a pair of Wii nunchuks. We’re hearing that the left nunchuck can also work as a 3D mouse, but [...]

PrimoPDF 4.0.2

PrimoPDF is a free PDF creator with no ads, no nagging, and simple to use interface and installer. Convert to PDF from any application by simply ‘printing’ to the PrimoPDF printer - it couldn’t be easier. Within minutes, you can create high-quality PDFs by converting from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and virtually any other printable file [...]

VMware Player 2.0.4-93057

VMware Player is free software that enables PC users to easily run any virtual machine on a Windows or Linux PC. VMware Player runs virtual machines created by VMware Workstation, GSX Server or ESX Server and also supports Microsoft virtual machines and Symantec LiveState Recovery disk formats.

WinRAR 3.80 Beta 1

RAR is a general purpose archiving and compression program competing with/replacing programs such as PKZip, ARJ, and others. It offers significantly improved compression ratios, easier use and a cheaper price as well as supporting long file names, disk spanning, and self-extracting file creation.
You can also try RAR for Mac OS X, Linux, or FreeBSD.

New NEC N706ie Clamshell Announced

NEC Corporation recently unveiled the future availability of a new mobile phone, the N706ie . As most of the handsets coming from NEC, the N706ie is a clamshel l created to answer the needs of Japanese users.
NEC N706ie has a simple overall look and it’s probably very easy to use. Its features include: a 3.0 [...]

MSI’s MS-5654 GPS Unit Finds The FCC

MSI’s been making a lot of noise with the Wind lately, but we’d heard the company was going to be bringing personal navigators and PMPs to the US back at CES, and it looks like the first one has hit the FCC – say hello to the MS-5654. As always, the gov’s photographers don’t exactly [...]

Alienware’s More Modestly-priced Area-51 7500 Gets Reviewed

Alienware’s Area-51 7500 series of desktops can reach some pretty lofty prices, but the folks at Computer Shopper recently got their hands on one of the company’s recent, more modestly-priced configurations, and they’ve awarded it some considerably higher marks than its pricer predecessors. Of course, at $1,499, it’s still not exactly a budget PC, but [...]