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Welcome to the third of the irregular series “Mamba Query”, where we ask you a question and we wait for people to come up with a decent response.
This weekend’s question is: Windows 7 is just around the corner, and people are being asked by Microsoft to host launch parties to spread the word. Are you excited at all about Windows 7? Are you going to an aforementioned launch party? Will you be using a camera?
My answers, in order: Mildly, if only so I can skip Vista. No, I’m not, no-one is hosting one near me as far as I am aware. Yes, if I ever get to go to one.
Feel free to leave your answer in the comments.
KontrolFreek has announced they have sponsored professional gamers Kelly Kelley, Jamal Nickens and Mark “Applesauce” Smith, all from the World Cyber Games (WCG).
Why are they sponsored? Because KontrolFreek want to hawk these adapters called FPS Freek and SpeedFreek that extends your joypad analog sticks to where it suddenly becomes far easier to aim and control, and since control means the difference between winning and losing, they wanted people who knew that difference to speak about them.
Take the wise words of Applesauce… Mark Smith… for example: adapters adaptors “When you’re playing to win, it’s important to be comfortable while taking advantage of products that are available on the market, and competing in gaming tournaments is about winning. The FPS Freek add-on’s for my controllers gives me more precision. Simply put, I wouldn’t play without it.”
I do have to wonder how much these plastic caps actually improve your accuracy. At least it beats buying a different controller.
Full PR after the jump.
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Amazon, thanks to the rest of the world’s e-book manufacturers, has decided to kick out the Kindle to the rest of the world for $279 from October 19th. It’s just like a normal Kindle in every way, but it actually works abroad. It’s about time, Amazon. About damn time.
Just like the US only version (which is being dropped to $259…), it holds 1,500 books, has a 6″ e-ink screen, lasts for up to a fortnight on one charge and lets you get the latest books from Amazon via 3G. Sadly you can only buy it in the US store for the moment, however notices are appearing in regional sites saying localized purchase options will be available soon.
Now if only I read books enough to warrant this…
The full press release is after the jump.
Boeing has released footage of their Advanced Tactical Laser (or ATL). You may be thinking that it’s a non story, but bear in mind that it’s being shot from a plane flying overhead…
Yes, someone is flying and aiming a “death ray” at the hood of a car, either to disable the vehicle by damaging it’s engine, or just making the paintwork look very scorched. And it’s not even the larger, megawatt-class laser either.
At least now we’re one step closer to having a viable laser-death-table for international spies to be laid on whilst an evil genius explains his/her plans and expecting them to die…
[via The Register]
Are you a backpacker who needs to keep their data safe from accidental deletion? Do you find yourself dropping computer peripherals repeatedly? Have you got a nasty habit of taking your hard disk with you when you wade into neck-deep water? Well, A-Data has something for you…
The A-Data SH93 has survived through “MIL-STD-810F 516.5 procedure IV” (which after some searching turns out to be a military standard along the lines of a 36″ drop on to each conceivable edge and corner with a functionality check after each impact), is waterproof to the tune of 1.5 metres, has a nice rubber coating and comes with storage sizes of up to 640GB.
A perfect gift for the Jack Bauer or Mr MaGoo of your family.
[via OhGizmo!]
The party is all on the fine land known as Gametactics last week, mostly because they went to X’09. Elsewhere, Blatantly Random had a minor overhaul, and we at TM discovered sexy computer cases…
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Good News – Honda’s Researchers and intelligent people at both Purdue University and the University of Louisville have worked out how to transmit electricity over long distances using everyone’s favourite science buzzword: Microscopic Carbon Nanotubes.
Of course, this technology will be useful for anything requiring very small parts. Such as (as per the press release) batteries, artificial muscles, electronics for hybrid vehicles and so on. Sadly, the rest of the press release starts talking about nanoparticles and other triple-word-score terms, and I just start to fall asleep at that point. So if you’re brave, go after the jump and read the… err… science…
[Honda]
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