Friday, October 21, 2005

Patent tussle could shut down BlackBerry service in U.S.



(REUTERS) - A U.S. District Court will be asked to reconfirm an injunction that could shut down Research In Motion Ltd.'s (RIM) BlackBerry service in the U.S. after a motion to stay the case was denied, NTP Inc. said today. NTP, which successfully sued RIM for patent infringement in 2002, said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied RIM's motion to stay or suspend the case, pending a request for a U.S. Supreme Court review. Earlier this month, the same U.S. appeals court refused to rehear and reconsider the patent-infringement ruling
(see "Court deals another blow to RIM's appeal hopes").

NTP said the case will move back to the District Court it was first heard in for reconfirmation of the injunction that could halt sales of the BlackBerry e-mail device and shut down RIM's service in the U.S. NTP first won the injunction in 2003, but it was stayed by the judge in the case pending the appeal process. RIM and NTP had reached an agreement in March to settle the dispute for $450 million. That deal fell apart in June, but RIM has said it would ask for court action to enforce the agreement.

Trading of RIM shares was halted pending the news.

Logitech



Logitech has been my brand of preferance for some time. I currently use the Logitech Mx Duo Wireless Mouse and Keyboard combo. It's the best wireless set I have had my hands on!

I use a Microsoft wireless combo at work and all-in-all, it doesn't compare to the range and capabilities of Logitech.

I just purchased the Logitech X 530 - PC Multimedia 5.1 Home Theater Speaker System



from buy.com and I should receive them in the next few days or so. I'll be sure and let you know what I think about them

New Cybershot



This good-looking Sony Cyber-shot DSC-M2 lets you take VHS quality video both before and after you snap a still image. Called a "hybrid imaging device," the M2 basically lets you buffer your photo with 5 seconds before it was taken and 3 seconds after. Kinda neat. It also includes a Pocket Album function, which converts captured images to VGA size and stores up to 1,100 images in the camera’s built-in memory—letting you create a picture album that can be sorted by day and month. The design is a kind of twist-and-turn that allows the LCD panel rotate 270 degrees. About the size of a small clamshell phone, the M2 weighs in at 210 grams and costs $899.

New Sony Cyber-shot Captures Stills and Videos with Style

Depth Charge: D You Know What I Mean?

Depth Charge: D You Know What I Mean?

(The following must be said in a deep voice)

"I'm easy to get along with, if you people would only learn too worship me."

This is too funny! I am going to have to memorize this one!

Halo + DoA 4 Screens



X05 set the stage for Tecmo and Bungie Studios to reveal a surprising collaboration between the two Xbox lovin' companies: a female Spartan would appear as a fighter in the upcoming Dead or Alive 4. It's not quite Halo 3, but hey, it's pretty close.

Unfortunately, imaginations were left unsatisfied until scans from Game Informer spread through the Internet like wildfire and our first glimpse at hand-to-hand Halo combat was unearthed.

High-resolution screen shots beat out grainy scans any day, though, so here you go. Xbox 360 fan site Xboxyde has unearthed our first, clean look at Dead or Alive 4's killer bonus. We'll be back with more soon.

Wikipedia's list of words and expressions from The Simpsons



Alcamahol:
Homer's mispronunciation of alcohol

Drunkening:
The process of becoming drunken, this would be gerund form of the the pseudo-verb "To Drunken". Moe tells Homer he's late for his drunkening.

Jerkass:
A combination of the words "jerk" and "jackass," used by Homer, in the episode "The Joy of Sect." This term is also used to describe Homer's behavior during some recent seasons, primarily during seasons 10-12, and rising up briefly in season 16.

USB 2.0 TV Tuner



Compro Technology announces its VideoMate U900 "world's smallest full functions USB 2.0 TV Box." The tuner itself is smaller than a credit card—albeit a thick one— and allows for TV viewing, recording and video/audio capture through the USB 2.0 port of your desktop or laptop. And of course, because it's small, there's the whole portable thing going for it.

Compro Announced the Smallest Full Functions USB 2.0 TV Tuner Box

Dodging the boss



I feel like I am in Office Space, I know the boss is going to ask me to work in the morning and I had every intention of being extra lazy this weekend. Everytime she walks by I'm on the phone and I stretch out the call so she walks off. Maybe I'll make it out of here and be able to enjoy my weekend.

Update:
DAMN DAMN DAMN
She called me in to her office and asked me to work at 6:00AM!
This sucks!

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

New Sony VAIO



Sony has just released a new all-in-one PC bundled with an LCD TV. The VAIO VA TV-PC is available in a couple models: the VGC-VA10G and the VGC-VA11G. You can watch live TV on the 20-inch LCD screen, or if you want, you could record those shows on to the 250GB/320GB hard drive via the included Windows XP Media Center edition. The PC also features an Intel Pentium 4 processor with 3 or 3.2 Ghz, 1GB of RAM, WiFi, a Radeon X700 video card, and a DVD+R double layer/DVD+-RW drive. It also comes with 2.1 channel speakers and an A/V and S-Video ports, which can be used for transferring your old VHS videos over to DVD. These kinds of TV/PC combos are nothing new in Japan but are only just starting to penetrate the US market. Which is great — these would be excellent in tiny apartments or college dorm rooms due to its space-saving size.

The units will be on sale later this month at national retailers and at the SonyStyle store, and you can also pre-order them now. The VGC-VA10G is $1,999.99 each, while the VGC-VA11G is $2,199.99 each.

Press Release [Sony]

VA TV-PC Series [Sony]

Windows....



Some Israeli guy did this.

Digital Living System



Sony is working their way into the media center market, but in Sony fashion they are too good of a company to just have a plain old "media center" so they are labeling their new device as a "digital living system." This machine features a Pentium D processor, only 512 MB of memory, a lowly 200 GB hard drive, no RAID, 802.11g WiFi, a GeForce 6200, and a dual-layer DVD burner. For the mediocre specs this machine it has a hefty price tag of $2,300. This machine does include a nifty keyboard/touchpad combo, has an integrated DVD changer and doesn’t look very PC-esque. So it could nicely blend into any ritzy home theatre setup.

Sony VAIO XL1 Digital Living System [PCmag]

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Xbox 360 Extender Demo



Jeff Henshaw on the Xbox team, sat down with the Channel 9 team and did a demo that shows how the Xbox 360 works with Media Center.

Watch the video here

A Flamethrowing Robosapien



How F-ing cool is this! I wish I had 4 of them to run around the office and torture people with!

Check it out

Media Center PC



Yet Another Small Form Factor PC (YASFFPC) has been announced by prolific German-based Shuttle in time for the holidays. The Shuttle XPC Media Center is, of course, small, but is also being marketed as a digital entertainment product. And most importantly, the product was developed to work with all new features from Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, including Away Mode, dual tuner support, and compatibility with new Media Center Extender devices and, of course, the Xbox 360. Also includes 2 digital or analog tuner cards, 7.1 high-definition surround sound, USB and FireWire connectors and fully integrated LAN and wireless networking.

The Shuttle XPC M1000 is Ready to Take Over Your Living Room

Mili Moto



Motorola is dropping a handheld device they claim is up to military specs. The HC700-L is rough and tumble and Jarhead ready, and could certainly come in handy in the event of any of the various disasters that seem to be looming. It rocks an "advanced omni-directional area imager for 1D/2D barcode imaging," which right there makes this one pretty cool toy to take on any adventure. Motorola stresses that the HC700- has civilian and commercial applications as well, with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Windows Mobile For Pocket PC and GPS/AGPS (with iDEN.)

Motorola launches handheld device with military specifications [MobileMag]

The New RAZR



The new Motorola RAZR, the company officially announced it as well as two more new 3G cellphones. Along with the RAZR V3x, look for the E1070, a clamshell phone and the E770v, a candybar design. The RAZR V3x weighs less then 130 grams and comes in liquorice black, ash silver and cosmic blue. It's got a 2 megapixel camera and allows real-time, 2-way video calling. Also has an externally accessible Transflash/Micro SD memory card.The E1070 only has a measly 1.3 megapixel camera with digital zoom, some sort of "enhanced" bluetooth support (whatever that means), and external memory card.

The E770v is being sold only by Vodaphone right now (so, we won't have any access for a while). This one seems to be the most powerful and includes all of the above features as well as mobile TV services.

Motorola Introduces Next Generation of 3G Handsets

GPS mobile thief caught red handed

Here's a pretty funny story

A Bulgarian customs official stole a mobile phone with GPS and was caught after its rightful owner pinpointed the device in the culprit's pocket!

US ambassador John Beyrle was en route from Varna to Hungary when he submitted his hand luggage for the usual x-ray inspection. His phone subsequently did a disappearing act, and an airport staff search for the missing mobile proved fruitless.

Beyrle, however, powered up his laptop, activated the phone's GPS which revealed its location aboard the light-fingered ne'er-do-well. The master criminal and an accomplice were cuffed and now face the sack plus malpractice and theft raps.

Xbox 360 to take games to a new level

The kinds of games to be available for the Xbox 360, shown on Tuesday at a preview event in San Francisco, have made for some impressive viewing. It seems clear that the new generation of hardware available for the console will have some startling results - much more detailed and vivid games than in the current Xbox or its existing rivals.

"If this were a current-generation game, this would be a flat ground -- one big smeary texture," said Blake Fischer, Xbox worldwide content planner, pointing to an elaborate field of individual grass blades waving in the wind in "Kameo," an action-adventure game from Microsoft's Rare game studio. "This is a living world."

Microsoft is certainly showing belief in the new console, claiming that it will deliver the best launch line-up in the history of the console industry. Whether this comes to pass or not remains to be seen.

Palm and RIM



Research in Motion, the company responsible for the Blackberry Connect email service has FINALLY finished the deal with Palm. The deal will bring Blackberry Connect email service to the Palm operating system, at the current time specifically with the Treo 650. The deal will add many features to the Treo 650 including the Blackberry Connect, support for Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus, wireless calendar syncing, corporate email directory access, email attachment viewing, and triple DES encryption. Expect to see this merger be fully underway by early 2006.

Palm gets RIM Blackberry Connect [MobileMag]

Palm, RIM ink licensing deal [Cnet News]

Monday, October 17, 2005

G4TV.com



Ok, so I may have a thing for Laura Foy a.k.a. Thug, but here is another great site (and show) to follow.

G4.com is consitent with every episode, bring you the best of gaming and technology.

Attack of the Show



G4's Attack of the Show is Awesome!

I watch every episode and love the info they put out there.

Check out their blog

Official Geek Merchandise



Remeber, nerds are nerds, Geeks get things done!

In the market for the newest Geek gear check out Jinx. I took some time to check out some of the appearal from here and I'm hell bent on getting some new Geek Ware!

Samsung 3Gb Hard-Disk Phone



Samsung has unveiled a hard-disk-based SPH-V7900 mobile phone which sports a staggering 3GB hard disk drive. Offering twice the capacity of its predecessor, the SPH-V7900 also boasts two cameras (one with 2-megapixel resolution), dual screens and twin speakers in a twist-flip housing, and the main TFT LCD screen has QVGA (240x320 pixels) resolution. There's also an MP3/video player onboard, and the whole thing measures 103x52x27.6mm and weighs 165g. Samsung claims 4.5 hours of talk and 200 hours standby.

I knew the Smurfs were terrorists!



In this photo of a poster provided by Unicef on Tuesday Oct. 11, 2005, the cartoon Smurfs and their village are seen being bombed by airplanes. The recent advertising campaign by Unicef, both in print and on television, is intended to teach schoolchildren about the horrors of war. The title in French at left bottom reads 'Don't let war deystroy the world of children'.

Loomia



As more and more audio and video make their way to the Internet, it has become increasingly difficult to find things that you like. Loomia is a podcast and videocast search engine plus much more. Our goal is to help you discover, share, and manage things of interest to you. We make use of the likes and dislikes of an ever-increasing community to filter through thousands of channels to help you find good stuff.

Check it out.

Streamload



Streamload is a service that enables you to send, receive, store and access Megafiles™ to any person and from any Internet connected device.

I use 2 128MB Thumdrives to transfer files to and from work, but what if you are working on a big project in a multilevel corporation and need to share it accross the net. Streamload is the answer. With packages ranging from a free membership (Downloads:10MB/file max, 100MB/month. Uploads: 10GB ) to a huge premium version that allows you to store an unlimited number of files and send/access up to 720GB's a month.

Check it out.

Saturday, October 15, 2005

Saturday football at it's best

What a day it has been for college football. I've watched it all day. Alabama beat Ole Miss at the last few seconds with a field goal. LSU beat the Florida gators with a. clock clenching showdown. Michigan defeated Penn ST with a touchdown pass with 1 second left on the clock. USC, at the final drive, manages to bring home a win over Notre Dame in a battle to the end and Auburn stomped Arkansas with little effort. UCLA scores in overtime to defeat Washington St. Boston college nearly loses at the hand of Wake Forest and I'm watching Florida St struggle with unranked UVA trailing by 16 points.

It's been good to sit and just enjoy a nice quiet day to myself with some really great football. It has been a long time since I have really sit down and watched football.
Sent wirelessly via BlackBerry from T-Mobile.

Thursday, October 13, 2005

Holy huge TV Batman!



LG's 102" Full HD PDP TV!

OH DEAR LORD! 102" of pure TV bliss. I'm not sure if this is for show or actually going to hit the market but here are a couple of links to read about it.

Gizmodo

LG’s 102” Full HD PDP TV [Akihabara]

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

BellSouth, Sprint Nextel to link national data network




(IDG NEWS SERVICE) - BellSouth Corp. has teamed up with Sprint Nextel Corp. to provide data services across the U.S. in a move that could help BellSouth compete with other carriers that are merging to create giant companies.

Sony's 990



P990i takes effective communications to new heights. You have everywhere access to the Internet, push e-mail to get your e-mail straight to your phone and video calling and messaging for effective communications. Utilize the fastest existing wireless networks and the most advanced network operator services. Take pictures to be proud of. The P990i has a 2 megapixel digital camera with video. Catch the moment and save it or send it. Show what your camera can do.

Symbian OS 9.1, the latest version of the most-used open smartphone operative system is now launched and P990i has it. Add innovative applications to your phone and make it a powerful and effective business tool.

Seagate Brings 500GB SATA To Market



Seagate has now entered into that elite ring of manufacturers offering an incredibly huge 500GB 3.5” HDD, spinning at the industry standard 7200RPM. These are the modifications to their existing Barracuda line, and will be available with the oft-left out NCQ feature in SATA drives. Aside from having a massive amount of space, these drives also sport one of the longest market warrantys, especially compared to typical HDD, with 5 years of protection. Though the most common method of getting larger disks is to stack more and more platters together, with 500GB of space who is going to complain?

Sunday, October 09, 2005

Bendable electronic color paper with Image memory from Fujitsu



Fujitsu debuted bendable color e-paper xtreme ultra at CEATEC. The screen/paper/whatever won’t break or anything when bent, thus making it the ideal replacement for paper. Lots of visions are in the works for this new e-paper such as advertising in transit, books, manuals, and other various paper replacements. One cool feature is the ability to transfer images from a mobile phone or the such, to a large e-paper display for possible image viewing or advertisement transfers.

Newlaunches.com

Palm Linux mobile phones



Palm will ship Linux-powered mobile phones this year, say sources claiming to be close to the company. The devices will be powered by Wind River Linux, and pending carrier reaction, may well be the first Linux-powered handsets distributed widely within the US.

So far, Linux mobile phones have proliferated primarily in Asia, where mobile network build-outs have been larger and arguably more advanced than in the US, in part because some Asian countries lack significant last-mile copper infrastructure. Strong sales of Linux handsets in Japan helped Linux surpass Windows Mobile in handset OS shipments earlier this year, according to Gartner. Still, Symbian remains the leader among "complex" phone OSes, and is expected to gain marketshare over the next several years, while Linux and Windows Mobile will also grow, studies from both IDC and Gartner suggest.

Full Story

Halo Kitty



This shirt was a clever idea from Threadless Shirts.

Nintendo-branded WiFi Dongle



Nintendo recently unveiled a new WiFi USB connector as part of their latest attempt to release a line of Nintendo-branded wireless products. As soon as you insert this dongle into your PC, a window will open to establish a link between it and your DS. After going through three option screens, you’ll be online. The dongle is jointly developed with Buffalo Technology, which will also release Nintendo WiFi Station access points to stores in Japan, to create instant DS “hot spots.”

The WiFi connector dongle will go on sale in Europe in November for about £30, though there’s no word on availability stateside.

Nintendo unveils Wi-Fi dongle

T-Mobile to provide mobile internet



T-Mobile has set its sights on providing broadband speeds to handsets next year. The 'Web'n'Walk' service (called 'Office in your pocket' for business users) will facilitate access to 2G, 3G and Wi-Fi services. The service also offers 40MB of data downloads. There will be five handsets available at launch, each coming preconfigured with internet access.

Since Google and T-Mobile announced a partnership, Google will be the default start page.

4GB Hard Drive for PSP



Datel, which also makes the X2 battery pack for the PSP, has come out with an integrated 4GB hard drive version, effectively making this an external hard drive for the PSP. The Datel MAX 4GB connects to the memory stick port of the PSP, and will utilize its built-in battery pack instead of sapping the PSP’s power. As for pricing, Lik-Sang is selling it for $249.99. Considering the price of a 2GB Memory Stick Pro DUO is more than $330, this is looking to be a must-have add-on for those PSP fans that like to pack on the multimedia in their handhelds (TV shows, for example). It will be available later this month.

Max 4GB HDD w/ X2 Battery

Franz Ferdinand: Official Site



Franz Ferdinand's blog is a good source for all of the fans out there.

Check it out.

Saturday, October 08, 2005

My Chem Concert



I took my niece to her first rock concert (I am so proud of her). She was on a Country kick there for a while and it just broke my heart. Now she's a little older and realizes that country music is crap. She didn't think her old "Unc" had it in him, but I've been rocking since she was wearing Osh Kosh. I took her and 4 of her friends to see My Chemical Romance with Reggie and the Full Effect, and the Alkaline Trio. It wasnt a bad show but I did manage to bodyslam some idiot for trying to crowd surf on his own.

I didn't know I had it in me. I flung him like a rag doll for jumping on a group of girls. My new slogan is "Stronger than a locomotive, faster than a speeding bullet, don't mess with my niece".

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

X-Prize man launches rocket race



Peter Diamandis, the man behind the $10m X-Prize for suborbital space travel, has brought forward his new initiative: the Rocket Racing League.

Check it out.

Fresh Blackberries Mmmm



Research in Motion (RIM) is preparing to update most of its BlackBerry lineup over the next 6 months, according to FCC documents and credible information that has surfaced over the past month. The BlackBerry 7100i (pictured) was just approved by the FCC, and brings the compact new 7100-series design to iDEN networks, including Nextel. The 7100i features Bluetooth, PTT, and an oversize speakerphone. The company is also preparing a BlackBerry 7130, which will bring the 7100 series to CDMA networks.

Meanwhile, the 7100 series for GSM is due for an update with the 7105 for T-Mobile, and there are persistent rumors of a next-generation BlackBerry 8700 series with EDGE high-speed data. RIM just last week announced a deal with Intel for chipsets with EDGE.

Full Story...

Sonic Alarm Grenade: Ear Shrapnel



The Sonic Alarm grenade. Complete with 3 separate noise levels, all you do is grab the grenade, pull the pin, and throw. 20 seconds later, anyone near the device will start to cry and squirm around on the floor due to it’s ultra-high noise making capabilities. Goes for $16—and is worth every penny.

Ear-splitting “sonic grenade” for waking oversleepers

Making of the Xbox



A GameSpot video on Google video. Check it out, it's pretty cool.

Accident-avoiding cars



Accident-avoiding cars are finally hitting the road. USA Today highlights some specific models, such as the 2006 Acura RL, which automatically stomps the brakes if it senses an impending collision. In the near future, look out for cars equipped with adaptive cruise control, lane-departure warnings, and more advanced versions of the Acura's pre-crash countermeasures.

[USA Today)]

TiVo to go



Nintendo has rebranded their Play-Yan multimedia device for the Gameboy Micro. It works by streaming data from an SD card through the Micro. The player supports MP3 and MPEG4, and comes bundled with Media Stage 4.2 and PC software for converting and organizing content, which will be rendered meaningless if you can’t read Japanese.

The big news though, is that with this $79.90 device, you can now convert TiVo ToGo video files to ASF MPEG4 and transfer them to the Micro, using the same software and methods that Dave Zatz used to transfer video to the PSP a few months ago.

TiVo To Go Unleashed

Tuesday, October 04, 2005

My Chem in Bham



Friday I'm headed down to Birmingham to see My Chemical Romance in concert. I need to let loose for a while. I'll be sure to take some pics and let you know how it goes.

I've another wedding to attend on Saturday. Seems I'm the last one of the "group" to be single.

It's been too vanilla around here for too long. Time to shake things up a bit.

Bro is BACK!!



It has been a long time since I have seen Bro floating around my place. But ever since I put a framed picture of this little girl on top of my entertainment center, it keeps getting moved. I'm big on bilateral symmetry so both sides of the wall have even pictures and the entertainment center has 2 pictures on each side. I keep them aligned a certain way, but for some reason Bro likes this picture about 3 inches more inward.

It has to be him. I saw him hanging around the other day and I've marked where I place the picture and check it to see if it has moved. A couple of days will pass and then she's moved.

I wouldn't mind it so much if he would just move the other pictures to match (if I wake up to all my pictures moved, I'm out of here). But if Bro is reading this......Where are my socks??

Monday, October 03, 2005

Just this once!



I didn't want to ever talk about politics on this site, however the news of former Chief Justice Roy Moore announcing his plans on running for governor has pissed me off. Not to mention the dickhead Bob Riley in office now.

For those of you who do not know who Roy Moore is, he is the Ten Commandment waving idiot that did it all for publicity. Don't get me wrong! I am a Christian (I try to be), and I believe in keeping the Ten Commandments, but here is where I draw the line. If I put a statue in your yard and I refused to move it, I would be breaking the law. It's that simple. Roy Moore refused to remove his monument from the courthouse (which is government property), so they removed both the statue and him from office.

To me, he was breaking the law. I don't care if it was a monument of any kind, he is not above the law.

My personal political description would be a Liberal Republican. I am not a hard ass conservative, I encourage change and feel like some of these "old timers" need to get up to date with society and make some progressive changes.

Now for the dickhead, Bob (stick it to his own people) Riley, has done nothing but bitch and moan like a kid that didn't get his way, when his ungodly high tax proposal was shot down by over 80%. He started cutting funding in some of the most critical areas such as public safety, education, social services, etc.

How do you convince Alabama voters to approve a $1.2 billion tax hike? "What's more important, prescription drugs or nursing home care? Because we're going to have to make some brutal decisions next week if this does not pass," said Riley.

And he did make brutal decisions, Governor Bob Riley proposed cutting the state's school budget by 6 percent and most other agencies more than18 percent. Just trying to make an example. Claiming it is because we the people did not vote for a killer hike in our taxes.

He needs to go!!!

Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story



In this exclusive 83 minute DVD premiere, featuring brand new, never before seen content, Stewie, the maniacal baby genius, is distracted from his plans for world domination when he sees a man who looks just like him on television. Convinced that this man must be his real father (after all, how could he possibly share genetic material with the dimwitted Peter?), Stewie sets off on a cross-country road trip to find him. But his incredible journey leads him to discoveries far more vile and shocking than anything found in his diaper.

Palm's embrace of Windows for Treo clouds future of Palm OS



(COMPUTERWORLD) - Palm Inc.'s announcement this week of a Treo smart phone that will run Windows Mobile provoked a debate among IT managers over whether Microsoft Corp.'s operating system or Palm OS is the better choice for users.

But 10 IT managers interviewed after the announcement agreed on one thing: They would prefer to deploy a single mobile operating system to help simplify support.

Sunday, October 02, 2005

Burnout Revenge



Battle racing ignited! Rule the road by dominating your rivals and laying waste to rush hour traffic.

The 4th installment of burnout has proved to be worth the money. The graphics are better, the gameplay is tighter and with new additions to the game like crashbreaker races and revenge rivals, it is one game you must play.

Logitech Cordless Precision Controller for Xbox



Experience the freedom to play anywhere you want and eliminate cable clutter in your living room. The second generation Logitech Cordless Precision Controller delivers the performance, convenience, and comfort you've been looking for. It's engineered to be small and light, yet it still uses Logitech's highly reliable 2.4 GHz radio frequency technology to deliver precise control with no lag.

My Duke has finally been retired. I hate the s-type controllers for the xbox and I refused to buy one after I noticed the Duke was wearing out. The Logitech xbox controller has been out a while and I really wasn't planning on getting a wireless controller because of the 360 coming soon but I had a gift certificate from Game Stop and decided to go ahead and pick it up.

It has a great feel and there is no lag. My only complaint is you have to press the buttons down a little further than normal to make contact, but all in all I like it.

Indigo Prophecy



A stranger has been stabbed to death. The killer is you.

Every choice, every action shifts and alters your journey, you might pay dearly for your crime or edge closer to the unbelievable secret of the prophecy.

After playing the demo, I decided to pick this one up. It's not a fast paced action game that I usually go for, but the story and gameplay grabs you like a real thriller movie. A step away from the norm as far as video games go, it is unique and well written. I suggest you give it a try.