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June 30, 2008 09:32  by Kris Abel
The new James Bond movie teaser has hit the internet, first appearing on AOL before being quickly pulled. Now it has turned up on YouTube, watch it below before it disappears. The Quantum Of Solace brings back Daniel Craig as James Bond and will hit theatres November 7th. Check out the touchscreen table half way through. I've had to shrink the video slightly to put it on the front page here, click "continue" to see it at the proper size.

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June 30, 2008 08:00  by Kris Abel

”SansaEasily the most attractive digital media player created by Sandisk, the Sansa Fuze sports a dazzling automotive finish in a bright choice of colours. Like the iPod nano it imitates in controls and petite squarish body, the Fuze plays music, photos, and videos, but moves a step further with an FM Radio and voice recorder. The new twist not found amongst others mp3 players is the inclusion of a microSD slot for memory cards, but what will draw attention from PC users (sorry, Macs not supported) will be the low, low price. [More]

June 30, 2008 07:58  by Kris Abel

”!0More gnome-hunting fun from Mateusz Skutnik who says that Part 6: The Hall is the biggest installment yet. As always you have just ten minutes to find ten gnomes. Use your mouse to click about the hall. Click to zoom in and click on the bottom of the page to zoom back out. When you find a gnome, click on him to collect him. [More]

June 30, 2008 07:45  by Kris Abel

”OrihouseKnotology is the art of folding long strips of paper over and over each other to form complicated 3D shapes. Paula’s Orihouse offers downloadable instructions for making a wide range of different paper sculptures including Sphere94 (pictured).Several of the sculptures, such as the wall of cubes and the Stampmachine, are designed to move once you complete them. [More]

June 30, 2008 07:10  by Kris Abel

”RockAt Rock Your Look webcam users can create their own karaoke music video. Just sing into the camera and then use the web tools supplied to add visual effects. If you don't have a webcam check out the online gallery where everyone's clip is posted. Song choices include Don't You by Simple Minds, Ballroom Blitz by Sweet, and I Ran by Flock of Seagulls amongst other 80's hits. [More]

June 27, 2008 11:51  by Kris Abel

”iPhone Rogers Wireless has posted the rates for their voice and data plans as they will be offered for the iPhone 3G when it launches on July 11th. The rates apply both to Rogers and Fido customers and combine voice and data together. The packages range from $60 a month for 150 minutes of voice and 400 MB of data to $115 a month for 800 minutes and 2GB of data. Continue on for the details. Update: Three-year contracts only, data overage alert system in place. [More]

June 27, 2008 08:37  by Kris Abel

”Evolution It was 36 years ago today, on June 27th, 1972 that Atari was registered as a business, giving birth to the global, multi-billion dollar video game industry as we know it today. So it is only fitting that Microsoft Canada has chosen today (although I'm not sure if they are aware of the significance) to launch a special retrospective here in Toronto called Evolution: 30 Years Of Computer Games. The temporary showcase is only open to the public today and tomorrow between 12pm - 5pm and is located inside the InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre at 9 Ossington Avenue. As you might expect, it begins with an early Microsoft text adventure and ends with titles from their Games For Windows line, but also includes seventeen retro classics from a wide variety of genres, all playable on pristine computers supplied by the Personal Computer Museum. There's a different computer running each game, from early Texas Instruments and Commodore systems to Mattel's Aquarius and Atari 800, it's a bevy of beige flashbacks as much as it is a pixel daydream of past childhoods. As the showcase will disappear in a blink of an eye and many of you won't get the chance to see, let alone play, the displays, here's a photo gallery I've assembled. [More]

June 27, 2008 08:25  by Kris Abel

”Evolution Here's part two of my photo gallery of Microsoft Canada's temporary video game retrospective. Evolution: 30 Years Of Computer Games is only open to the public today and tomorrow between 12pm - 5pm and is located inside the InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre at 9 Ossington Avenue. Computers were supplied by the Personal Computer Museum. Click here for Part One [More]

June 27, 2008 07:04  by Kris Abel

”Switch"This week's puzzle room is the latest from Neutral (RGB, Sphere) and it promises to be an easy, but satisfying one. Once again, in Switch you find yourself trapped inside a room, this time the kid's Orange Dim room. Using your mouse and your wits you must click and explore every inch, locate the hidden items, and use them to solve the puzzle and find the exit. You can save your game, so feel free to leave it and come back later if you get stuck. [More]

June 27, 2008 06:52  by Kris Abel

”DeliciouslyIn Deliciously Ugly Wrestling, a viral for an Australian candy bar, you can create your own custom ugly wrestler and send him into the ring to take on other players online. With each round in the ring, you'll have the choice to Whack, Charge or Throw your opponent. Choose correctly and you'll win. Do that three times in a row to watch your strength go up, lose three times in a row and your strength will go down. If challenge players from different regions of the world or who are using different browsers, you'll earn a higher score. [More]