Mar 01

Red Xbox 360 Resident Evil Limited Edition spotted in the wild

Posted in: Today's Chili, xbox, xbox 360, Xbox360

New 360 SKUs always seem to land on Target shelves a bit early, and the new Resident Evil 5 red Xbox 360 Elite limited edition is no exception — there it is, hanging out in Pembroke Pines, Florida. We don’t know if these are just out behind the counter or if the staff is just ignoring that DO NOT SELL BEFORE 3.13.09 sticker, but we’re certain some kind soul will let us know soon.

[Thanks, Morgan]

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Red Xbox 360 Resident Evil Limited Edition spotted in the wild originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 01

Xbox 360 red ring of death problems (finally) solved?

Posted in: Microsoft, Today's Chili, xbox, xbox 360, Xbox360

Is your Xbox 360 red in the face? No, not that kind of red, but facing that painstakingly loathsome red ring of death? Well, if group product manager Aaron Greenberg knows anything about the situation — and we’d imagine he does — then it looks like the guys at Microsoft have finally found a solution to many gamers’ worst nightmares. In an interview with Edge Online, Greenberg said that through repairs they’ve done as well as updated technology, the guys in Redmond are pretty confident that afflicted consoles should be nonexistent in the not so distant future and that they’ve “put the worst behind us on this.” So, breathe easy obsessive gamers, you needn’t worry about getting an infected console any more — we hope.

[Via Yahoo! Games]

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Xbox 360 red ring of death problems (finally) solved? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 01

Microsoft’s December 2005 Patch Tuesday

Posted in: Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on December 13, 2005 by CyberNet.

Just like any other Patch Tuesday by Microsoft, more bugs have been fixed. One patch is for Internet Explorer and the other patch is for the Windows Kernel. Four CRITICAL vulnerabilities were fixed in Internet Explorer. The other Windows Kernel patch isn’t rated as important because the user has to be logged onto their Windows 2000 machine in order to take advantage of the system.

Some of these flaws have been known and existent since May of 2005, and they are now just getting fixed. Guess that is why Firefox is gaining so quickly in popularity.

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Mar 01

Pentax bridge digital camera image leaked ahead of PMA?

Posted in: camera, digital camera, DigitalCamera, dslr, Today's Chili

It appears the folks at Colorfoto.de have erred in our favor. In an article for the Olympus E-620, a seemingly random image has popped up of a currently unknown Pentax digital camera. What makes it especially interesting is the appearance of an EVF / LCD option — which so far the company has not use for any of their models. It also bears a striking resemblance to a DSLR-esque “bridge” camera, which would make it Penny’s first in that category. Looks like we’ve got another reason to anticipate next week’s PMA.

[Via 1001 Noisy Cameras]

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Pentax bridge digital camera image leaked ahead of PMA? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 01

Verizon’s LG VX9600 Versa hits store shelves today

Posted in: LG, Today's Chili, verizon, Verizon Wireless, VerizonWireless

Right on — well, the predicted — schedule, LG’s unique Versa handset hits Verizon Wireless stores nationwide. We’ve specced, reviewed, and generally fondled this set enough to give us a pretty warm fuzzy feeling about it and if you’ve about made up your mind by now, plonk that cash down. Pricing is set at $199 on a two-year, $269 on one-year (both after online $50 rebate), and a whopping $449 if month to month is more your thing. Admittedly, while cool and we’re really digging where it fits in the market, it is still a feature set and the off contract price is a bit heavy. If anybody has been dying to get their hands on this phone or picked one up today, do let us know what you think.

[Via Boy Genius Report]

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Verizon’s LG VX9600 Versa hits store shelves today originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 01

Dell’s Inspiron 1410 spec bump is too mild to notice

Posted in: laptop, Today's Chili, update, upgrade

Okay, so maybe the newest Inspiron 1410 internals are something to celebrate if you’re really looking for low-end, but you’ll be hard pressed to find a real tech enthusiast that’s jazzed about a 2GHz Core 2 Duo T6400 processor within a 14-inch laptop. At any rate, the aforementioned machine has been juiced (we’re being liberal here) with 2GB of DDR2 RAM, a 14.1-inch WXGA display, 250GB of hard drive space, a DVD burner, Intel’s GMA X3100 graphics, 802.11b/g WiFi and a sweet, colorful lid. Oddly enough, both the customize and buy links are currently dead, so it looks like you’ll need some patience in order to buy one without talking to an actual human.

[Thanks, jediclinto]

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Dell’s Inspiron 1410 spec bump is too mild to notice originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 01

Rumored AT&T trade-in program could provide easy alternative to eBay

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No question, you’ll totally score more for your old handset by listing it on eBay or Craigslist than turning it over to AT&T, but wouldn’t it be nice to have the option if you’re really in a bind? According to Boy Genius Report, the aforesaid carrier is mulling the idea of implementing a trade-in program that would allow existing subscribers to put a “used value” towards the purchase of a new phone. While none of this has yet to be confirmed, we’re told that any phone traded in must be less than two years old and in relatively good shape, and the new phone you’re after won’t have any subsidies attached; your trade-in value is the discount. Oh, and regardless of how awesome that shiny new whatever is, the maximum value of any trade is capped at $200. We’ll keep an ear to the ground for more, but we wouldn’t be shocked at all to see this go live sooner rather than later.

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Rumored AT&T trade-in program could provide easy alternative to eBay originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 01

Nokia NAM 5800 XpressMusic pulled from NYC flagship store, replaced with Euro edition

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While we did manage to eventually commandeer 3G on our Nokia flagship store-purchased NAM 5800 XpressMusic — albeit not first without leaving the Chicago area — The Nokia Blog went by the NYC store yesterday afternoon and found out the phone had been pulled from shelves. We put in a call to the store ourselves and confirmed that the NAM version is currently being eschewed in favor of the Euro-spec edition. No word on when it’ll return, but we’re still waiting anxiously for Nokia’s official statement on the matter.

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Nokia NAM 5800 XpressMusic pulled from NYC flagship store, replaced with Euro edition originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 01

LG recalls 30,000 830 Spyder handsets for crappy 911 connections

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While things like copy and paste, multimedia messaging and video calling are nice extras to have, there’s really only one thing that’s most important when it comes to a reliable cellphone: the 911 functionality. Evidently, around 30,000 LG 830 Spyder handsets aren’t having the easiest time dialing for help, with a product recall noting that a huge swath of ’em have “difficulty sustaining a connection or have poor voice quality on calls to emergency 911.” It should be noted, however, that LG’s actually being really, really proactive here, as it has only received a single report (and no injuries) to date. The Spyder phones affected have software versions T83LGV03 and T83LGV04, and you can hit the read link if you suspect yours is amongst that 30,000.

[Via textually]

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LG recalls 30,000 830 Spyder handsets for crappy 911 connections originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 01

IBM ThamesBlue supercomputer uncovers antediluvian English words

Posted in: research, science, Today's Chili, university

Granted, we could personally think of much more amazing ways to put supercomputers to work, but maybe there is some sort of benefit to humanity by knowing precisely what our ancestors’ first words were. All that aside, the IBM ThamesBlue supercomputer has been tapped by language masters at the University of Reading in order to find that ‘I,’ ‘we,’ ‘who’ and the numbers ‘1,’ ‘2’ and ‘3’ are amongst the most ancient across all Indo-European languages. Comically enough, it was also found that words like ‘squeeze,’ ‘guts,’ ‘stick,’ ‘throw’ and ‘dirty’ were also markedly archaic, which sure says a lot about how men in particular, um, don’t evolve. At any rate, these new computational powers have reportedly opened up another 25,000 years or so of language study, so we suspect the folks on this project will be occupied for some time to come.

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IBM ThamesBlue supercomputer uncovers antediluvian English words originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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