We had the opportunity to attend a symposium at Pratt Institute as part of their "ReIGNITE!" series during alumni weekend. The event brought together a group of panelists from across a wide range of disciplines speaking on ideas related to redefining the good life and reconsidering creative value in the 21st century.
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RPG juggernaut Square Enix already has a handful of reliable internet protocols intellectual properties in Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and Kingdom Hearts -- however, the company is looking to expand its portfolio of best-selling franchises. In a recent interview with Reuters, Squeenix's Yoichi Wada explained that the developer is hoping to have eight flagship IPs, each installment in which will be capable of selling two million units. He added that with the company's average development timeSource: Houstonist RSS Feed
We've been waiting quite a while to hear pricing info for the much-anticipated TomTom car kit for the iPhone. The kit, which will be sold separately from the navigational iPhone app, will be available in October (that's almost now!!). While we still don't have full details on what the whole package will include, it's officially going to run you $119.95 (or 99.99 if you pay in Euros). Check out the teaser video after the break to tide you over until the awesome, GPS-infused release date isSource: Engadget RSS Feed
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Saddleback Leather Company bags are fantastic handmade rugged leather bags that will last a lifetime and now you can win a Saddleback Leather Laptop Bag to protect your laptop! Winning is easy, get the details after the jump. … [visit site to ]
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Hey, remember that totally wild, awesome looking "Atomic" Zune HD we spied evidence of in the source files a week or so ago? Well, we later saw an image or two of it, but now one's shown up in the flesh on ebay -- and for a starting bid of a mere 265 bones you might be able to snag it! This one's a 32GB model, and while we still don't know if it's going to be officially released or not, we get the feeling that it probably will. Regardless, we'd advise starting a bidding war anyway. Oh, andSource: Engadget RSS Feed
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A few months ago Gmail got some new buttons and keyboard shortcuts to make labeling easier, especially for those of you accustomed to that familiar folder feel. Now we're making some more changes to Gmail's labeling toolkit.
1) New location for labels
You'll notice your labels in a new location on the left of your inbox (or on the right, for those of you using the Arabic, Hebrew, or Urdu versions of Gmail). Instead of havingSource: Official Gmail Blog RSS Feed
If you are desperate for a new computer, but you want Windows 7 and you don’t want to have to upgrade after the purchase you may be thinking you have to wait until October 22. Apparently, small custom PC makers are being allowed to ship full machines with Windows 7 a bit early.
PC maker Puget Systems has a little blurb on their website that says when customers order a new PC and choose Windows 7 as the OS the computer may ship with OS installed as early as October 13. That is onlySource: SlashGear RSS Feed
TOKYO — I played Darksiders on the Tokyo Game Show floor just minutes after the high-flying skinny-dipping antics of Bayonetta, and the two third-person action games couldn’t have felt more different.
While Bayonetta is light on her feet as she dances and leaps around the screen, Darksiders‘ main character War is much more grounded, and moves slowly and deliberately. She uses guns and magical powers, he prefers a giant sword along with whatever junk he can get his oversized mittsSource: Game|Life RSS Feed
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We didn’t call Samsung B3210 a Corby look alike for nothing, when we spotted it posing at IFA Berlin earlier this month.
It turns out that Samsung Corby S3650 won’t be a single separate device. It will be a part of a whole Corby family – a line of cheap and colorful handsets aimed towards the youth market.
Two more Corby devices have been announced by Samsung at a launch event in Milan this evening. And one of them is none other then the same Samsung B3210, that fromSource: Unwired View RSS Feed
In case you’re an Apple user who isn’t on board with iPhoto ‘09, Google has just updated its own free image management software, Picasa, which shares its name with the web-based Flickr rival. Picasa 3.5 for Mac takes a lot of direction from iPhoto ‘09, borrowing at least two major features from Apple’s own software.
Picasa web users will recognize the “new” features for the desktop version, which haven’t previously been available on locally installedSource: The Apple Blog RSS Feed
Because the Space Shuttle occasionally has to use alternate landing places, NASA uses two heavily modified 747 aircraft to ferry them around the world. Check out how they mate the shuttle to the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft below.
Click “next” to scroll through the steps involved in dropping the giant space shuttle on the even larger cargo jet. Humorously, the technicians painted a note stating “Attach Orbiter Here” with the sarcastic note: “Black Side Down.”
Oh, Android -- it's obvious that someone out there wants to see it on tablets, netbooks, toaster ovens -- anything, really, that sports a processor and a display (OK, never mind the toaster oven). Now Teclast, fine purveyors of media players with such exciting features as "buttons" and "batteries," just might have a PMP in the works that sports the buzzworthy open source OS. The T58, whose existence is being reported by imp3.net, is said to sport the RK2808 chipset (with dual-core ARM9Source: Engadget RSS Feed
The battle of the console-exclusive peripheral-wielding weirdly-punctuated trivia games has come to an end ... with PlayStation the victor. WBIE is bringing Scene It?, the former 360-exclusive trivia game, to PS3 and Wii. While the 360 version was bundled with a set of special Scene It? controllers, the PS3 and Wii versions of the game will let you simply use your ol' fashioned DualShocks and Wii Remotes.
But what if you want to use a wacky peripheral? Don't fret, as you'll be able toSource: PS3 Fanboy RSS Feed
There’s an old Seinfeld episode where Jerry agrees to become a bootlegger. His skills at recording the screen with a tiny, hand-held camera are top-notch, so he’s roped into helping out the little kid on the street who can’t get into R rated movies. You know the episode I’m talking about, the one where Elaine dances all weird. (Here comes the horrible segue-way!) If this new technology is widely adopted, episodes like that won’t ever happen again.
This next item is sure to please HTC fanboys and Anglophiles alike: according to some well-crafted PR, Vodafone has confirmed that it will be launching the HTC Tattoo sometime next month. Indeed, if Android, resistive touchscreen, and FM Radio aren't enough to blow your mind, wait'll you hear this next bit of news: this one is available in black -- a UK exclusive! Maybe not worth moving overseas for, but possibly worth pre-registering for? If you think so, hit the read link and get started. Source: Engadget RSS Feed
Every once in a while, not often!, but sometimes, Yanko Design features a designer who’s more of an artist, more of a visionary looking in to a different dimension. This is one of those times. These particular bits of furniture were collected from the mind of Valentin Loellman, who looked deep inside his dreams, visions, and nightmares, then got some wood and nails and whipped up some neat stuff.
Mostly functional, too! Pick your way through this modge-podge of weirdness andSource: Yanko Design RSS Feed
Take one of the most iconic arcade games, mix it up with a classic real-world game, and you might be so lucky as to end up with Space Foosball. The DIY handiwork of Young J. Kim’s team at the Korean Ewha Women’s University Computer Graphics Lab, Space Foosball uses the familiar handle controls from a foosball table but encodes their movement digitally, with the university’s own Everyware physics engine used to power gameplay.
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Regular readers know that I couldn’t do without Skype. The voice over IP service has been a daily staple in my routine since early 2005. Since I use it so much, I’m a perfect candidate to test out new Skype accessories like the FREETALK Everyman USB headset I have on loan. I was initially skeptical because of the headset’s low, $22.88 price tag. But as they say, the proof is in the pudding. After using the Everyman headset for Skype over the past few weeks, it’s easily worthSource: jkOnTheRun RSS Feed
The Zune HD is sold out and backordered all over the place. Nicholas got the last one in his local Best Buy, and your favorite online retailer is probably waiting for their next shipment (32GB versions especially). Sure, it’s probably the result of retailers underestimating customer demand, but hey, I think Microsoft will take all the sold outs it can get.
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During GC Asia's Sony keynote, SCE Asia president Tetsuhiko Yasuda delivered a keynote on piracy and how it's affecting his region. Piracy has always been a big deal in Asia, but Yasuda says it's getting to the point where it's deterring the gradual development of the Asian games industry.
Yasuda said that the loss of sales due to software piracy has affected employees at almost every level of development, from the producer who hasn't been able to receive royalties to the youthSource: Houstonist RSS Feed
Nippon Ichi continues to crank out announcements for its new upcoming games -- though calling this one a "game" might be a bit of a stretch. Though Disgaea Infinite shares a name, setting and characters with the core Disgaea series, it's far from a strategy-RPG title. In fact, this installment is a PSP visual novel, starring a Prinny who's tasked with solving a murder by possessing other characters and reading their minds.
As you might be able to tell from the above description (andSource: PS3 Fanboy RSS Feed
The common perception of World of Warcraft is that the immensely popular online game is a haven for obsessive nerds — folks with no lives and little to contribute to society.
The new “Player Stories” section of the World of Warcraft community site aims to accentuate the positive. While most anecdotes about World of Warcraft lean to the juvenile and the negative — accounts of pranks, tales of addiction or public airings of shameful behavior – theseSource: Game|Life RSS Feed
It is pretty obvious to everyone that the newspaper industry is in a tiny bit of trouble. They have thus far failed to reach the rapidly changing landscape of news, online news at that. They must do something to keep our interests up, or end up flailing on the ground. Microsoft and Google among others have recently entered the picture with solutions to the problem and some fresh eyes from a digital perspective.
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In what will likely make Activision CEO Bobby Kotick say something disturbing, Microsoft is releasing a Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition version of the Xbox 360 with a 250GB hard drive.
For $400, you get a mildly cool “gun metal gray” Modern Warfare 2 colored Xbox 360, a 250GB hard drive, two wireless controllers (yet to be seen), and a copy of the standard version of the game.
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Is this really the first netbook to be officially announced with Windows 7? From Hercules? Yeah, we're miffed too. In fact, we forgot all about the outfit's eCAFlineup -- which briefly splashed down about this time last year -- but we suspect this bugger may have a bit more staying power. The eCAFEC-1000W is destined to ship at the tail end of October (you know, just after Win7 hits the streets), and while the 1.6GHz Atom N270 CPU, 1GB RAM module and 250GB hard drive are totallySource: Engadget RSS Feed
AJAX enables the use of network-side scripting enabled application delivery solutions to offload client-side functionality and improve capacity and performance of dynamic (Web 2.0/AJAX) applications.
In the last couple of weeks I’ve embarked on a home project to rewrite – from scratch – a couple of web applications that Don and I and friends use on a regular basis. Consider it a very restricted (in terms of users) social networking application, because that’s basicallySource: Lori MacVittie RSS Feed
Analysts have noted that the big festivals inaugurating this fall season have been slow to produce buys for films without distribution. Tom Ford’s film A Single Man (which has a beautiful trailer I posted yesterday) looked like it could be the first big buy of the Toronto Fest, and that almost turned out to be true.
A Single Man unspooled in Toronto last night and the screening set off one of those all-night bidding wars (driven by Ford’s agency, CAA) thatSource: SlashFilm RSS Feed
Imagine the next time you have friends over to dinner, you bring out a delicious chocolate cake on the table, then proceed to hack it apart with a hand saw.
Now you can slice and dice cakes and other tender foods with the Table Saw, a serrated kitchen knife that looks just like a hand saw. Designed by Winnif Pang for Fred & Friends, you can pre-order one over at Amazon for $7.99 (USD).
Or you could just head down to your neighborhood Home Depot, and
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You may not have realized it, but all of the cellphone calls you've been making have totally not been HD. While we may still be stuck with our old standard def calls for a while yet over here, it looks like the good citizens of Moldova have now finally vaulted into the future courtesy of Orange, which recently made the very first "HD Voice" call in the country (on 09/09/09, of course). Overused acronyms aside, the calls do indeed appear to be
