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Football is officially in swing, and this week we’ve got a couple of big college matchups with LSU taking on Auburn and Michigan vs. Notre Dame. Thursday is also one to keep an eye out for with Cam Newton taking on the Giants in prime time, NBC rolling out its usual slate of shows and a few season finales from FX. Look below for the highlights this week, followed after the break by our weekly listing of what to look out for in TV, Blu-ray and videogames.

Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventure
After Star Wars last year, Lucasfilm is back with another restored series in HD, this time Indiana Jones. Consisting of all three movies and another, completely unrelated flick plus lots of extras, it should be quite an experience for the fans. Check out the announce post here for more details on the enhancements, or check out the trailer embedded after the break..
($65 on Amazon)

The Mob Doctor
Coming in tonight after the season premiere of Bones, we’re not sure if this show will stick around any longer than The Chicago Code did, but we’ll give it a shot. Centered around a surgeon who somehow ends up paying off a mob debt with some off the books surgery, we’re just happy to see PJ from My Boys back on TV — if Jim Gaffigan drops by we’re in for the duration.
(September 17th, Fox, 9PM)

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Nintendo‘s incoming Wii U has only been up for pre-order for a few days, but already it seems that some retailers are having issues keeping the console in stock. This is immediately reminiscent of the original Wii, which was a rare find for quite some time after release. Could the Wii U be headed for the same post-launch stock issues? That’s hard to say for sure, but it certainly seems that way.

At the time of this writing, retailers like Best Buy, GameStop, and Sears have all sold out of the Deluxe Wii bundle, which costs $349.99 and comes packed with a 32GB hard drive. GameStop and Best Buy still have the basic version – $299.99 with a 8GB hard drive – in stock, but those will probably go quickly as well. It’s also worth pointing out that Walmart is offering a “Wii U solution bundle” for $400 that allows consumers to pick which version of the Wii U they want (choosing the Deluxe edition adds $50 to the price of the bundle), one of 13 Wii U launch titles, and a Wii remote for some multiplayer action. Those bundles are still in stock, and it looks like that’s the only way to get a Wii U console from Walmart (at least online).

So, it would appear that the Wii U is pretty popular with consumers, but the question now becomes: is this an artificial shortage implemented by Nintendo to increase demand, or are customers truly going crazy over the Wii U? With that question posed, other questions inevitably pop up – just how much stock will retailers have to work with? If the console really is this popular, will Nintendo be able to keep up with demand? Does this mean that the Wii U will become as popular as the original Wii?

Of course, it’s far too early to answer most of those questions, but the Wii U does seem to be on the right track. Nintendo has an excellent launch line up going for it, and the Wii U houses some solid hardware, so it’s very likely that some core gamers who felt a little alienated by the original Wii have returned for the Wii U. Whether Nintendo can get both the core group and casual group to go nuts over the Wii U remains to be seen, but it will be very interesting to see how this pre-order shortage plays out in the lead up to the Wii U’s launch. Stay tuned.

[via IGN]

Wii U pre-orders going fast at most online retailers is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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This is last year’s Chromebook. We wonder how the new one will look like

Last year’s Chromebook launch may have failed to set the laptop world on fire, but at least one manufacturer is coming out with new models. DigiTimes is reporting that Acer is prepping a second-generation laptop that runs on Google’s browser-based operating system to be released in mid-October. The sources that tipped DigiTimes speculate that the decision is a bit of a passive-aggressive response to Microsoft, whose Windows 8-based Surface is coming out around the same time. Acer is also hoping that Chromebooks can bolster their declining netbook business.

Last year’s Acer Cromia came with a dual-core 1.66GHz Atom processor, an 11.6-inch display, 2GB of RAM, a 16GB SSD, and a front 1.3-megapixel webcam. You can expect this year’s model to feature a better processor, and possibly more storage space. Acer is hoping to sell up to 200,000 Chromebooks a month, which seems like a lot, but keep in mind that’s how many iPhone 5 pre-orders sold in two hours.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Acer Iconia W510 and W700 Windows 8 tablets shown off at Computex, Acer Aspire 7600U and Aspire 5600U all-in-one PCs are Windows 8 machines,

There’s nothing more annoying that going for a run or on errands and constantly having to pop  your earphones back into your ears because they fall out. It just gets ridiculous sometimes. Luckily, there are plenty of companies working hard so that this won’t happen to you ever again. These Marshall earphones are one of the latest batch of buds to solve this problem.

The Marshall Minor Pitch Black earphones have a feature called EarClick, that secures the earbud into your ear so that it won’t pop out anymore. A set of four interchangeable earpads ensure they’ll fit no matter what size or shape your ears are. They earphones come with a tangle-free cord, a mic and a remote, so that you can still talk while listening to tunes on your phone.

Of course, they’re designed to provide high quality sound, in keeping with the legacy of the Marshall brand. Frequency response is rated at 20 – 20kHz, with a sensitivity of 115 ± 3dB AT 1kHz 1mW. The Minor Pitch Black is available now, and retails for $65(USD).

[via Gadget Flow]

Back in the halcyon days of the dotcom boom, we did a lot of crazy things. We spent millions of dollars on extravagant nerd parties. We lavished mountains of funding and cocaine on startups selling diapers to puppies. And, eventually, we skinvertised ads on the backs and arms and faces of human beings. And then those people had to go on living their lives. More »