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If Microsoft made a toaster... {Engadget}
Jul 21st 2009 5:46AM If Google made such a toaster, it would likely be in Beta for the next 5 years.
Finding Jasper: Shot of Xbox 360's 256MB internal storage {Joystiq}
Dec 2nd 2008 5:19AM I bought an Arcade at the weekend, turns out it's probably a falcon, August Manufacture date.
Not too bothered to be honest, Falcon Rev 3 doesn't really get RROD anymore.
Would have been nice to have the internal storage so that I don't have to have the memory card on me if I take it round to a friend's house... but whatever...
Engadget: now the Official Blog Partner of CES {Engadget}
Oct 14th 2008 10:35AM Funny how Boingboing Fadgets and TechCrunch are whining...
Microscopic microscope could fit on cellphones, cost just $10 {Engadget}
Jul 30th 2008 3:45AM It doesn't need to go in a phone per se, but it would be fun to have a cheap ish €50 microscope you could look at water, blood, cell samples with.
RV770-based AMD Radeon HD 4850 gets benchmarked {Engadget}
Jun 19th 2008 11:47AM So it's pretty much decided.
A little basic comparison...
HD 4850 < 9800GTX < GTX 260 < GTX 280
Lets see how the hd4970 fares. Hopefully better.
Telectroscope lets Londoners and New Yorkers gaze at one another in real-time {Engadget}
May 23rd 2008 12:17PM true dat
Ask Engadget: Which gaming mouse is superior? {Engadget}
May 22nd 2008 9:52PM Matt, I don't know how much you play games, but with regards to the side buttons, you're way off.
The side back thumb button is indispensable for reloading, the front most thumb button is for switching to pistol. I use this on COD4 and CSS and it's perfect.
For example, you're using W to walk forward, so if you need to switch to pistol pressing 2 means taking the finger off W so for that split second you stop walking. Same with strafe and R.
Middle (Wheel) Click is throw grenade and scroll down slashes the knife - - WAAAAY quicker than reaching for V on COD4!
Mice that come with triple-click hardware buttons are useful too and turn any automatic gun into single click rain of death.
Ask Engadget: Which gaming mouse is superior? {Engadget}
May 22nd 2008 8:58PM It all depends on the size of your hands.
I would certainly say go for a laser mouse since they're the standard these days. DPI doesn't really matter too much ( at least I never understood the fuss).
I have a 1800dpi mouse and it's great, but I don't understand why you'd want uber sensitivity, as you just can't get the hits precisely enough.
Many will probably say the Razer Lachesis, and I agree it feels nicely in the hand and the side buttons are essential to the FPS player.
The left-back side button is the ultimate reload weapon, add an M4 and Sleight of Hand and you're sorted.
So, what ever mouse you get, make sure you get nice side buttons, and ignore the whole high DPI is ubar malarky.
p.s. dont get me wrong, a 400 dpi mouse isn't nearly as good as one at 2000 dpi but over that, you're just being silly.
Atom-powered D945GCLF Mini-ITX motherboard now available {Engadget}
May 19th 2008 10:22AM OOOPSS!!! that's PCI-E ...
Atom-powered D945GCLF Mini-ITX motherboard now available {Engadget}
May 19th 2008 10:22AM ok granted it would make the thing larger than you'd want. It is possible to add an old graphics card with a DVI-D connector.
like http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129087
and it's cheap
