We’ve heard about the 40 gb PS3 hitting Japan, but until today, we didn’t know it was white…or that it was coming with a DualShock3 controller. The new PS3 is set for a Nov. 11th launch – but it’s coming without a memory card slot and SACD reading function…so no backwards compatibility. Also it’s coming with 2 USB ports instead of 4 like previousl PS3 models. It will cost about $341. Crunchgear believes that we’ll be seeing this same PS3 in the US on Nov. 2nd for $399. Read more »

4x certainly isn’t lighting fast, but it’s getting better. The new BWU-200S can burn a 50 gb Blu-Ray disk in about 45 minutes. It can also burn to BD-RE at 2x, DVD±R at 16x, dual-layer DVD±R at 8x, CD-R at 40x and CD-RW at 24x. The unit also features a SATA interface and comes with the “CyberLink BD Solution” – which is, of course, software to handle the capture, encoding, and recording of all your Blu-Ray content. via Engadget Read more »

Yeah…I’m not making that up. This BBC article points us toward foreign exchange company Travelex, who is really thinking ahead. They hired a group of scientists from the National Space Centre and the University of Leicester to create “space money”. Why? Well…let’s let them explain it. “None of the existing payment systems we use on earth – like cash, credit or debit cards – could be used in space,” said Professor George Fraser from the University of Leicester. “Anything with sharp edges, like coins, would be a risk to astronauts while the chips and magnetic strips used in our cards on Earth would be damaged beyond repair by cosmic radiation,” Read more »

Microsoft announced the holiday bundle editions of the Xbox 360 today. Starting at the end of October, the Xbox 360 Premium and Elite systems will come bundled with Forza 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance for no additional cost. Those are two very odd choices to me, but I did really enjoy Ultimate Alliance last year…so, will this help sell Xbox 360s? Probably so…it certainly adds some value to those $350 and $450 price tags. This holiday is going to be very interesting when it comes to the console wars. I can’t wait to see how it turns out. Read more »

I’m a huge Futurama fan…and I truly think it’s the one thing missing from Fox’s Sunday night to make it the best night on television. How “American Dad” is still on television, while Futurama is canceled is beyond me…but…FINALLY…we’re getting Futurama back! First as a feature length film, then as all-new episodes on Comedy Central! Check out the trailer below. Read more »

Let’s get the really boring on out of the way first… The Looj is designed to clean out your gutters. You put it in your gutters, it cleans them out, tank style, spitting the debris over the side…then it comes back to you. It’s $99 – and if you have gutters…you probably want one…if you don’t…you couldn’t care less. The other robot, however, is the ConnectR…and it’s something else entirely. From the Engadget article: You can “virtually visit” friends and family by controlling the WiFi-connected bot remotely, with live video, audio, controls and sensor data. The camera tilts and zooms, and has a zoom mode high resolution enough for reading Read more »

While the number is nowhere near the Nintendo DS numbers of 13 million units, Sony execs have to be EXTREMELY excited to see that in the last two week’s their new slim PSP has sold over 500,000 units…which is more than the original PSP has EVER SOLD. EVER. One more time…EVER. That’s amazing. The new slim PSP is going to be a hot item this year, and it looks like Sony is finally going to have a hit on their hands with the new slim PSP. via crunchgear Read more »

George Takei will now live forever. At least, that’s what some people will say since he now has a heavenly body named after him. The former helmsman of the USS Enterprise has had asteroid 1994 GT9, a large rock located somewhere between Mars and Jupiter renamed in his honor as 7307 Takei. The asteroid was originally discovered in 1994 by Japanese scientists. The name change has been approved by International Astronomical Union’s Committee On Small Body Nomenclature. Read more »

RESISTANCE (Star Trek: The Next Generation) By J.M. Dillard Mass Market Paperback Publication Date: August 28, 2007 This year is the 20th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation – and we’re finally starting to see some attention getting paid to the TNG crew this year. First in the form of the complete series in one boxed set on DVD, and also – FINALLY – with a new regular schedule of books set in the TNG universe, that pick up the story after the last Trek feature film “Nemesis”. There have been a few TNG related books set Post-Nemesis that have been published. At least two adventures of Captain William Read more »

What the hell is this? Engadget posted these images, but has no information on the sure-to-be-sued “Vii”. It’s a cheaper, crappier, complete knock-off of the Wii. I have no idea who is supposed to buy this…or even who is going to sell it…but if anyone does….shame on them. Read more »