Hasta La Gadget!

We’ve already seen Belkin’s ScreenCast TV Adapter at its most unflattering, stripped naked for all the FCC to see, so it was a welcome change spotting the streaming media device in a more flattering light on the floor of GDGT’s New York meetup. The set top box can stream 1080p video and Dolby Digital 5.1 sound from any WiDi-enabled laptop to your HDTV. It’s also got dual-band wireless technology (at 2.4 and 5GHz) and can also handle your Blu-ray collection. The ScreenCast will start hitting living rooms in mid-July for $130, including a bundled HDMI cable. Stream some press releasey goodness after the break.

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This week’s game demos are intended for mature audiences only. Viewer discretion is advised.

With Mark back in the preGame lineup, we’re set to demo two very dark and creepy titles on today’s show. First up is Shadows of the Damned, the collective offspring of an all-star Japanese development team. Talent from such series as Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and No More Heroes have collaborated to form a truly unique and remarkably odd tale of a man who must travel through hell to save his girlfriend.

Next up is the third title in the F.E.A.R. series. The tone in F.E.A.R. 3 is creepier than ever, but the game’s iconic mechanics–like distinctive slow-motion effects–are still well in tact. Players will be greeted (or terrified) by Alma over and over again as her dark presence still runs rampant through the universe.

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By simply taking a frontal image of a face and sending the image via the Internet, A*Star’s 3DFM Web server automatically maps it on a virtual avatar head.

Yesterday’s revelation that Verizon may soon be enforcing usage-based data plans came as a slap in the face to many, but there may be at least one speck of sunlight shining through the dark clouds above. Screenshots appeared today, purportedly from employee communications, that would go a long way toward assuaging our worst nightmares: Verizon is indeed planning to mirror AT&T’s policy of letting current customers hang onto their grandfathered data plans — even when renewing contracts. It’s probably best to keep your fingers crossed, but we understand if your hands are busy clutching those old plans as if your life depended on it.

Verizon’s tiered data plans won’t affect grandfathered customers after all? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Keith McMillen Instruments unveils the first device that enables controlling a computer using your feet.