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Our good buddy Russ Frushtick of MTV Multiplayer (formerly of UGO) comes onto the show today to talk shop and give us the inside scoop on Project Natal, “Ghostbusters,” and the Nintendo Wii Motion Plus.

Russ of MTV Multiplayer

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We’re always stoked when Russ Frushtick drops into the studio because he always brings us the best news, and today is no different. Russ recently accepted an offer to work at MTV Multiplayer as the only guy covering video games! Now that he’s the head honcho, we feel extra special that he’s willing to talk with us about E3. Granted, E3 was awhile ago, but Russ gives us his take on Project Natal and how he thinks it will effect the industry as a whole. Believe it or not, I’m actually kind of psyched to play the handball game despite how weird I’ll probably looking flailing my arms around like a maniac in that 3-foot square. Russ also talks about the Milo demo, where you apparently have to establish a relationship and “connect” with a young boy in order to win the game? Maybe they should’ve called it “Project Wilson Tang.”

After the break, we jump right back into more video game talk. We chat about the a game called Scribblenauts for the Nintendo DS. From how Russ described it, it sounds pretty cool: you just wander around and when you encounter a problem, all you have to do is write in what you’d need to get out of it and the object appears onscreen. And the game has 10,000 words you can write in! Listen in for more details about Prototype and a hilarious rant about the Wii MotionPlus.

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T-Mobile will soon drop its second Android phone. Big deal. I’ve dropped my iPhone a hundred times and thank God it still works.

1. Kodak might not be making Kodachrome anymore, but it’s still making excellent compact digital cameras. If you head over to OfficeDepot.com, you can pick up a Kodak EasyShare M1063 for a low $99.99. This is a 10.3megapixel camera with image stabilization, 3x optical zoom, face detection, and 16MB of internal memory. Sing it with me: “Mama don’t take my EasyShare away.” See, it even scans.

2. Maybe you can’t afford an iPod–hey, the economy’s rough right now–but even a kid with an allowance can afford this no-name iPod Shuffle knock-off from Froobi.com. It’s Froobi’s deal of the day, so hurry. Get a 4GB clip-style music player in black for $14.99, with shipping. It plays both MP3 and WMA tracks. If your friends don’t look closely, they’ll think you have an iPod, so that’s almost as good, right?

3. If you’re treating yourself to a new HDTV, don’t forget the cables. Buy.com has the Belkin HDTV Cable Kit for $14.99 with free shipping, and it includes a six-foot HDMI cable, a six-foot component video cable, a six-foot RCA audio cable, a six-foot digital optical cable, a six-foot S-video cable, a six-foot RCA AV cable, and an HDMI to DVI adapter. You’ll have your entire home theater set up in minutes with this kit.

Kodachroooome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don’t take my Kodachrome away

Kodak estimates supplies of existing stock will run out sometime in early fall. Don’t forget to hum that cool acoustic guitar riff in between the verses. You’re welcome.

Continue reading Kodak ending KODACHROME run after 74 years, still can’t get that Paul Simon song out of its head

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Kodak ending KODACHROME run after 74 years, still can’t get that Paul Simon song out of its head originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony’s finally throwing US consumers a bone by offering its VAIO P with a faster “1.6GHz Atom” processor we presume to be the Z530. Model VGN-P698E also adds a 128GB SSD to the mix along with a Verizon WWAN module and GPS radio. Problem is, the US Version doesn’t have an XP option like the VAIO P in Japan let alone the 1.86GHz Atom Z540 option. That means you’ll be stuck watching Vista Home Premium overwhelm that Atom processor and integrated GMA500 graphics when Windows 7 and those new Tegra-based smartbooks (running CE or Android) arrive in October. Come on, don’t you want a glorified $1,500 netbook?

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Vaio P with updated 1.6GHz Atom and 128GB SSD is still weak-sauce originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on April 17, 2008 by CyberNet.

It seems as though Apple has been getting a lot of good publicity lately, and it’s definitely got to be helping their sales. The latest example is a benchmark and usability test done by the reputable Popular Mechanics lab. They tested two laptops and two desktops where half were Mac’s running Leopard and the other half were PC’s running Vista. Here are some of the specs they mention on the machines:

The Gateway One PC had a processor that runs 400 MHz slower than its iMac competitor (not a heck of a difference in this age of dual-core chips), but it also had two extra gigabytes of DDR2 memory. In the laptop category, our Asus M51 had a 2.2 GHz processor, compared to 2.4 GHz for our MacBook. But the Asus had a larger screen, a more sophisticated graphics card and an extra gig of RAM.

When it came to usability they received user feedback from both operating systems regarding design, ergonomics, and more. In the end both operating systems came out nearly equal in terms of usability, with only a slide edge being given to Mac OS X. When it came to performance, however, Mac’s seemed to dominate the board:

* This was a stress test where three video sources (a YouTube clip, a DVD and an .avi file), DivX encoding, instant messaging, Word, Adobe Acrobat and a spyware scan were simultaneously running when trying to launch Photoshop.

I would say that the comparisons are pretty fair since they are judging a consumer’s out-of-box experience, but I don’t know that this could be viewed as an accurate Vista vs. Mac comparison. It’s very likely that both the Gateway and the Asus came loaded with all kinds of bloatware that slowed down the PC horribly… particularly the startup and shutdown times. Looking at the Gateway One homepage I can see that it comes preinstalled with the entire McAfee Internet Suite, which isn’t exactly known as the speediest program.

Popular Mechanics took the correct route in their review though. They never really considered it a Mac vs. Vista matchup, but instead a Mac vs. PC. I do recommend checking out their entire review, which includes a lot more detailed benchmarks than those listed above.

Thanks for the tip Omar!

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