Gran Turismo 5 Prologue for PS3 coming in April

Sony has announced that the highly anticipated Gran Turismo 5 Prologue title will be released in North America on April 17 for $39.99 and will be available as a Blu-ray disc and as a downloadable title from the Playstation Store.
Features of the game will include:

Fifty cars and five race tracks, including Fuji Speedway, Suzuka Circuit, [...]

MacBook Air now shipping

If you are one of those who pre-ordered a sleek, new MacBook Air right after it was announced and have been anxiously awaiting confirmation of it shipping, rejoice!
Word on the street is that if you ordered it right after the keynote it may be on its way to you right now, with delivery happening [...]

RIM fires back at Apple iPhone with BlackBerry Pearl in pink (no, really)

Jim Balsallie, co-Chief Executive at RIM (Research In Motion), makers of BlackBerry devices, sees how popular the Apple iPhone is in the consumer market.
He also sees sees that as of December 1, 2007, more than a third of RIM’s 12 million users are classified as non-corporate and non-government.
What can RIM do to grow even more [...]

Everex Cloudbook gets new release date [UPDATED]

The Everex Cloudbook, initially scheduled for release January 25, hit a little snag and the release had to be pushed of a bit for some last minute software tweaks.
At the time no new release date was given so, of course, people began to speculate what could be wrong and some guessed it might be a [...]

Nikon officially announces D60 consumer-level DSLR camera [UPDATED]

After some speculation and a leak or two, Nikon has finally announced the D60 DSLR camera–that’s it pictured on the left.
Something old, something new.
It’s very similar to the 10.2 megapixel Nikon D40x with a few new features thrown in, like a new image-stabilizing kit lens, auto-orienting screen (horizontal or vertical), built-in stop-motion moviemaker, and two [...]

New PS3 coming to the US market, 80GB AND 40GB going away?

Sony hasn’t officially killed off the 80GB Playstation 3 just yet, but signs seem to point to it going away soon.
Ars Technica has gotten in touch with their rumor mole and found out even more good stuff about the Playstation 3.
Its not JUST the 80GB version that is leaving us–the 40GB bundled with Spiderman 3 [...]

San Francisco security cameras have poor image quality, framerates

Like a lot of other large cities, San Francisco has a series of security cameras watching some of the tougher street corners.
If you’re going to spend tax-payer money on security cameras, knowing they won’t be the most popular thing you’ll do, at least make sure they work well.
How well do they work?
Very poorly, with sometimes [...]

HD DVD planning big Super Bowl ad

Jodi Sally, VP of Marketing at Toshiba, confirmed that Toshiba will be running a 30-second ad during the Super Bowl to try and reinvigorate support for its HD DVD high-definition disc format, with a focus on their HD-A3, HD-A30 and HD-A35 players which have recently received substantial price reductions.
It is estimated that the spot may [...]