This week on preGAME we build our very own racetrack and then give it a spin live on the show! Today we’re giving you a double dose of racing action with ModNation Racers and Split/Second. Joining us to talk about ModNation Racers will be Dan Sochan, producer on the project.
Ah, Mimo. It has been far, far too long since you’ve tossed out another product to appease our need for more pixels in every situation, and frankly, we couldn’t be happier to see that you’re back. Today, the aforesaid company is tossing out a variant of the 710-S that emerged last August, but this one’s tailor made to work on VESA mounts. The company claims that the 720-F was born from requests to have a 7-inch touchscreen that could be mounted on VESA brackets, enabling easy installs in cars, server rooms, dashboards, etc. You’ll still get an 800 x 480 resolution, 400:1 contrast ratio and a USB-driven design, though you’ll be asked to shed $199 from your savings account in order to bring one home. Betcha can’t buy just one.
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Mimo’s 720-F USB-driven touchscreen monitor gets down with VESA mounts originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 May 2010 10:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
It’s one thing to have to choose between an ultra-capacious, relatively sluggish hard drive and a cramped, relatively speedy solid state drive, but it’s another thing entirely to get the best of both worlds. OCZ Technology is finally pushing laptop SSDs to the 400GB+ range, giving road warriors a fair chance at swapping out their existing HDD without taking a hit in the capacity department. Both the 2.5-inch Agility 2 and Vertex 2 lines are seeing 400GB and 480GB models added, with 250MB/sec read and 240MB/sec write rates promised. The new spinners are slated to hit shelves any moment now, and frankly, we’re terrified to even look for pricing.
OCZ pushes Agility 2 and Vertex 2 SSD families to 480GB, us further from HDDs originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 May 2010 10:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Samsung has whipped out what could be the world’s first 19-inch see-through AMOLED display that has 30 percent partial transparency.
While LaCie has certainly created some fanciful product designs over the years, its product naming is often quite succinct. Take the Rugged series, the drop-proof external storage solution, which is now welcoming the Rugged Safe model into the family. This version adds a fingerprint scanner recessed into its armor-plated case, which encapsulates either 500GB or 1TB of storage that is now also cloaked in 128-bit AES encryption. Up to 10 registered users can be added, who can access files via USB or FireWire, but sadly neither USB 3.0 nor eSATA are on offer. Despite the limited connectivity you’ll naturally be paying a more for the added security, with the 500GB model costing $189 and the 1TB version jumping to $299. Compare that to $119 and $159 for the biometric-free versions and you can see just how much that little fingerprint of yours can cost you.
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LaCie’s Rugged Safe external HDD is rugged, safe originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 May 2010 09:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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If you’ve got 30 seconds and a wire hanger to spare, you’ve got the makings of a sturdy (and free) DIY stand. pOriginally posted at a href=”http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31747_7-20005985-243.html” class=”origPostedBlog”iPad Atlas/a/p
You’ve been biding your time, enduring the evils of Firefox, Safari, Opera and perhaps even Internet Explorer (dare we speak its name), slowly summoning your courage to give Google’s alternative a try. Well, kiddo, we’ve got good news and bad. The good news is that if your box lovingly depicts fruit or a well-dressed penguin, you’ll no longer get short shrift: Chrome 5 is out of beta and stable across Mac and Linux for the first time, with browser sync and a host of new HTML5 functionality to boot. The bad news is that Chrome has some quirks of its own… but hey, let’s not spoil the experience — no matter what platform you try it on, the WebKit browser is definitely speedy. Those flyin’ french fries aren’t just for show.
Google Chrome hits version 5, brings stability to Mac and Linux originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 May 2010 09:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We’ve had the megahertz and megapixels races, now how about a megabits per second contest? A Comcast customer has posted a note from his latest bill online, showing a new Extreme 105 service that will puportedly be launching on June 1. You’ll need to obtain an Arris WBM760 cable modem to make it work, while also ponying up $249 for installation and $200 each month thereafter, but such is the price for sailing in the mostly unexplored 105Mbps downstream and 10Mbps upstream currents. Guess that will have to do until Google rolls out that gigabit fiber network later this year.
Comcast to offer Extreme 105Mbps broadband package starting in June? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 May 2010 08:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
The HTC EVO, “America’s first 4G Android Phone”, is getting an HDMI dock. The dock, which will let you hook up the cellphone to watch hi-def video the same way you hook up an iPhone to play music, will be on sale “soon” in Best Buy.
Don’t get too excited, though. The folks at PC Mag were “quite disappointed with the HDMI experience on the Sprint EVO 4G” when they tested the output straight through the cable: A Viewsonic TV only saw the a 480p signal instead of the EVO’s actual 720p output, and an H.264 clip watched on a Samsung TV “displayed horrible artifacting in any scene with much movement.” Ouch.
Still, if you plan on watching a lot of video piped from the EVO to the big screen, a dock is certainly convenient. The price is to be confirmed, but as a cable alone will cost $17 up, don’t expect it to be cheap.
Micro HDMI dock for Sprint EVO coming to Best Buy [Android and Me via Engadget]
Hands On: HTC EVO 4G’s HDMI Cable [PC Mag]
When we first heard about Zer01 it was set to launch at a time when other MVNOs were disappearing. (Remember Amp’d Mobile, or Helio?) Zer01 was pledging unlimited voice and data for just $69.99 a month, before most other carriers had their $99 plans, but ultimately never delivered a thing. Apparently Global Verge was similarly left in the dark, but unlike the rest of us it had invested $170,000 in Zer01 in exchange for selling wireless services as part of its multi-level marketing company. Global Verge had been allowing its “e-associates” (people who pay for the right to hawk Global Verge’s wares) to shill for Zer01 wireless, which of course never delivered a single call. There are accusations flying fast and frantic about which of the two companies is the worst offender here, but the District Court in Clark County, Nevada at least believes that it’s Zer01 reneging on its promises, awarding $43 million to Global Verge for breach of contract and various other legal wrongdoings. Congrats, GV, and good luck collecting.
Global Verge wins $43 million lawsuit against mystery MVNO Zer01 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 May 2010 08:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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