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Micro S’mores Brings S’mores Out Of The Stone Age

Zaiaku — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:10:14 +0000

S’mores: they’re the most efficient way of getting chocolate and marshmallow and graham crackers into your mouth. And I’m all for efficiency (and chocolate and marshmallows and graham crackers).

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Origami Toilet Paper

Zaiaku — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:09:12 +0000

When you’re in the bathroom, taking care of ‘business’, you really should be concentrating on the task at hand. But occasionally you do have time to kill, which is when this roll of toilet paper covered in origami instructions would come in handy.

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Datel sues Microsoft over Xbox 360 memory unit crackdown

Zaiaku — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:50:37 +0000

The suit seeks an injunction to prevent Microsoft from "disabling or erecting technological barriers to Datel accessories," in current and future game consoles. It also seeks unspecified monetary damages.

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Upcoming Free Xbox LIVE Weekends

Zaiaku — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:13:33 +0000

During the free LIVE Weekends, all Xbox LIVE Silver members can enjoy: online multiplayer, Facebook, Twitter, Last.FM, Netflix, Sky Player, Halo Waypoint and 1 v 100 (Some features are only available in specific regions)

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Analysis: Microsoft’s Plan to Ban 360s was Poorly Planned

Zaiaku — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:28:59 +0000

The customer was worried that if her child downloaded any kind of content through the X-Box 360 that this might constitute a reason for a banning for her son's system. She was confused, so she decided to purchase a PS3 instead.

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Microsoft Banning more than just Pirates?

Zaiaku — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:47:22 +0000

So by now we have all heard that Microsoft has recently been banning consoles from connecting to the Xbox Live Service for violating its terms of service. In Microsofts efforts to combat piracy, the banhammer has cracked as many as 1,000,000 users. I think we can effectively call this a ban nuking.

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What happens to my Xbox 360 when its banned?

Zaiaku — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:24:01 +0000

What does this mean for you and what can you do about it? Firstly, and most obviously, you cannot connect to Xbox Live on this console any more. This means no more game updates (aka title updates), XBLA games, marketplace content, netflix/sky player and so on. There is no way around this, all online capabilities are now disabled PERMANENTLY.

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Gran Turismo Finally

Zaiaku — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:04:49 +0000

Developed exclusively for PSP by the internal team of designers and engineers at Polyphony Digital, Gran Turismo is built for optimal performance and fun racing excitement on the portable platform. Consistently setting the bar in terms of quality of design and physics technology with every product release,

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After 4 Years, Has MS Finally Solved the Xbox RRoD Problem?

Zaiaku — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:35:38 +0000

FairTrade, the company that's making this claim, bases their little theory on failure rates correlated with purchase date. Before the Jasper chipset, they were atrocious. But after? Not too bad!

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12 Bugs We’ve Found In iPhone OS 3.0

zaiaku — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:48:48 +0000

Multimedia messaging does not support sculpture, macrame, or interpretive dance.
Voice memo recordings totally don’t sound like me. I don’t sound like that, do I? Seriously?
Turned on adult content filter but everybody in my videos still has their clothes on.
Adding a task to calendar did not result in task getting done.
Clicked this blue “compass” icon but kept getting some stupid web browser.
Still no apps to cure the nagging feeling that I should’ve bought a Palm ...
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Panasonic’s 103-inch plasma repurposed as multitouch air hockey table

zaiaku — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:01:03 +0000

With VIZIO and Pioneer jumping out of the plasma game, we can totally foresee sales of Panasonic's 103-inch PDP skyrocketing. All kidding aside, a startup arcade would be ludicrous to not shove one of these into the center of the action.

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