Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on drive drops to $50, still discontinued

As you may already know, Microsoft is dropping the Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on drive.
If you’re still interested in getting yourself one the price has been dropped to $49.99, so get it while you can.
Why bother getting one now?
There really isn’t a good reason that I can think of…even if you were looking for a [...]

Adobe officially releases Flex 3, AIR

RIA (Rich Internet Application) developers of the world rejoice! Adobe has released the final version of Flex Builder 3 which is available for purchase right now.
Using Flex Builder, developers are able to “create engaging, cross-platform rich Internet applications” that can be either web-based or desktop applications using AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) also released today.
“AIR takes [...]

TOASTERphone concept

Presumably tired of phones that look like phones, Brazilian designe Renata Quintela has created a new concept phone with a unique look–a toaster.
Here’s how it seems it would work (the designers portfolio doesn’t have a description):
The slice of bread/handset sets into the charging slots of the toaster-shaped base station. When a phone call comes in [...]

Judge gives Vista Capable lawsuit class-action status

A lawsuit filed against Microsoft claiming that they misled consumers into buying “Windows Vista Capable” computers only to find that the PC’s were unable to run some of the biggest features of Vista such as Aero Glass and Windows Media Center (among others) has been given class-action status by a federal judge.
As you may recall, [...]