FIFA 10 coming to iPhone this Friday

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What's it going to take for us to get developers to release games for Apple products earlier than two years after the fact? The iPhone, apparently -- EA has announced that their soccer flagship FIFA 10 will be available for the iPhone this Friday, which is the same day the console game shows up in stores as well. The game will have everything the full versions have, including realSource: The Unofficial Apple Weblog RSS Feed

Critical Thoughts: Batman: Arkham Asylum

In one weekend, I both purchased and completed Batman: Arkham Asylum. I take my time with games, and am typically a chain-gamer, playing at any given time five or six games at once. This both says something about the game and about my interest in said game. Yes, it is very well-designed. Yes, it is entertaining. One might even call it a stellar game. Quite simply, as Chris Lewis puts it: It's the Bat!. The ability to play as Batman and do it well says much for the game and how it isSource: GayGamer.net RSS Feed

Game Crazy closing 200 locations in October

Joystiq has learned that retailer Game Crazy plans to close 200 of its approximately 680 locations at the end of October. Sources working at Game Crazy stores attached to Hollywood Video locations have told us that the movie rental chain will remain open after their stores' closures.
Game Crazy's official statement on the matter: "Movie Gallery, Inc. is currently operating in an unprecedented consumer/retail environment. In order for us to continue to best serve our millions ofSource: Houstonist RSS Feed

HTC Leo, First Phone With Snapdragon, Is a Screamer

I am entrenched in my evaluation of the HTC Hero Android phone, but another HTC phone is looking more interesting by the minute. The HTC Leo is slated to appear soon, and it will have the Snapdragon processor onboard, running at 1 GHz. This processor is believed to up the game on smartphone performance, and benchmarks have revealed the HTC Leo may be the fastest phone on the planet.

The benchmarks have shown the Leo to be more than 300 percent faster than the comparable HTC Touch HDSource: jkOnTheRun RSS Feed

Smart Water Systems Offers Colorful and Hi-Tech Water Filters

When you think about water coolers, trendy doesn’t usually come to mind. But Smart Water Systems has done just that, they have made systems that not only remove the harmful particles in our drinking water but they have also designed a unit that fits into our homes instead of it standing out as a sore thumb. Available in an array of colors, the Next Generation Compact Filter features a digital display with extra hot button, hot and cold temperature controls, and stainless steel tanks. TheSource: Chip Chick RSS Feed

How Important is a Removable Notebook Battery? [WebWorkerDaily]

Almost exactly a year ago, Apple introduced its unibody aluminum MacBooks. “Unibody” means that the case is a single piece, with the battery being sealed inside. My immediate reaction, shared by many road warriors and web workers, was horror: “They can’t do that!” Not only did Apple do it, but soon after, the range was expanded to include the 17” MacBooks as well. As of today, the only MacBook available with a removable battery is the legacy white 13” MacBook, whose days areSource: GigaOM Network RSS Feed

5 Reasons Why Mistakes Make Me Happy

A few months ago, I posted about the best way to handle a mistake when you mess up with your work. At the end of the day, after a blunder has been corrected and smoothed over, the learning potential from the mess up is immense. But only if you’re open to learning from it.

Some of the best lessons I’ve learned in business and in life have been precipitated by a mistake. Here are five of the biggest reasons why I value the mistakes I make and take time to learn from them.
1.Source: SitePoint Blogs RSS Feed

2009 Petit Le Mans – Day 1 Gallery

Photos by Zerin Dube

The S:S:L team of Jack Baruth, Nick Salvatore and Zerin Dube are hard at work in Atlanta for the cornerstone race of the American Le Mans series, Petit Le Mans.  We arrived at Road Atlanta yesterday and spent the day meeting folks, getting some paperwork taken care of, and enjoying the sights and sounds of the race.  Today, we get to work to bring you as much photographic coverage as we can, along with a couple of interviews with the Audi Sport team.  In theSource: Speed:Sport:Life RSS Feed

10 Geeky Car Mods and Must-Have Accessories

So, your Geek Squad application was turned down, and now your dreams of driving the ultimate Geek-Mobile have vanished like Minovsky particles in the wind? No worries, here are 10 geeky must-have car accessories–listed in order of increasing awesomeness–that will make you forget all about the blank space on your door where that flippin’ sweet GS decal should be.

10. WEDGE TECH: How To Break Into Your Car In Less Than a Minute

So, let’s just say that you’ve lockedSource: Geeks are Sexy RSS Feed

DEMO: Matt Marshall inherits Chris Shipley’s dancing shoes (video)

We smuggled this grainy police video out of the hotel at DEMOfall 09 today. It is proof positive that our fearless leader, Matt Marshall, can dance. Sort of. At the close of the presentations at the event in San Diego today, Chris Shipley, the executive director of DEMO for 13 years, handed the reins over to Matt. As part of the deal, Matt had to learn Chris’ signature dance. As awkward as it seemed at first, it does look like Matt’s ready to follow in Chris’ footsteps. [photo courtesySource: Venture Beat RSS Feed

R2-D2 console droid for all your retro gaming needs

(Credit: Brian De Vitis)

Behold! The retro gaming force is strong with this one-of-a-kind R2-D2 replica by PopSci reader Brian De Vitis. The Star Wars droid was meticulously built from a cooler and houses no less than seven discontinued game consoles, a sound system, and a projector.

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Jabra Stone Announced, Teased, Pics Leaked on Same Day

A lot of hullabaloo is being made about the Jabra Stone. The upcoming bluetooth headset from the popular manufacturer is being teased on its own official website with nothing but a countdown timer and silhouette of the mysterious device. From this site it only appears to be in the shape of a stone.

The mic will have noise cancellation, there will be no need for a boom mic, and will have soft rubber padding.

As you can tell from the countdown timer, the headset will be unveiledSource: Unwired View RSS Feed

Pentax Optio M85

The Pentax Optio M85 has been announced. It is a point and shoot camera that has a 12 megapixel CCD sensor, 3x optical zoom and a 3 inch LCD screen.

The camera measures 19mm in thickness and weighs 128g. The body of the Optio M85 is metal making it quite a sturdy pocket sized camera.

Pentax Optio M85 Specs

• 12,0-Megapixel-CCD
• 3x optical zoom lens (32 – 96 mm) f 2,9-5,2
• 3.0’’ inch large LCD-Display, 230.000 dots
• Sophisticated metal Source: Gadget Venue RSS Feed

Think of Your Savings Plan as a Bedroom Dresser [Money]

New data shows that more of us are cutting spending, shaving debt, and saving more. Many of us, though, don’t have a multi-location plan for that stashed cash. The Wall Street Journal suggests using a bedroom dresser metaphor for better saving.

Photo by goatling.

Why a dresser? Because each drawer contains clothing you always need, or only occasionally need, and each dresser serves a different purpose to get you dressed. Family money writer Karen Blumenthal explains a bitSource: TechBlogger RSS Feed

iPhone game ported to Zune HD in less than a day

Redmond Pie reports that developer Foundation42 has ported its iPhone game WordMonger -- which sits somewhere between Bejeweled and Scrabble -- to the Zune HD. While this is interesting in itself, it's actually very impressive given that the port was complete is only twelve hours. The game was written in C# using OpenGL, and ported to Zune HD with XNA Game Studio 3.1 using Visual Studio 2008. It really is an exceptional achievement.
At least, it would be if Microsoft had a firm stance Source: Houstonist RSS Feed

Arctic Cooling reveals the Arctic NC notebook cooler

As it has been doing for quite some time now, Arctic Cooling is preparing to introduce a new solution to blow away the heat generated by your favorite hardware. Pictured below, the Arctic NC is a notebook cooler (the first one from Arctic Cooling) that measures 278 (L) x 95.8 (W) x 31 (H) mm, weights 250 grams, and works with machines of various sizes - from 12" to 19".
The polycarbonate-made cooler comes in silver-grey and black, has four USB ports, and two (USB-powered) 60mm fans thatSource: TechConnect Magazine RSS Feed

Instructables build night tonight in San Francisco!

Randy at Instructables writes:

I am thrilled to announce that Instructables Build Nights have returned with a vengeance. And our amazing new friends at The reMake Lounge are going to help host them and a host of upcoming Instructables workshops.

We invite one and all to come and bring whatever it is you are working on or would like to swap. If you're not working on anything there will be a YUDU (silkscreen machine) there for people to experimentSource: MAKE: Blog RSS Feed

Samsung intros two 1GHz chips, 5MP SoC chip with 1080p HD video recording

During the Samsung Mobile Solutions Forum event held in Taipei, Samsung has announced the upcoming availability of S5PC110 and S5PV210 – two new 1GHz ARM CORTEX-A8 based application processors.

The Samsung S5PC110 chip is designed for “multimedia intensive smartphones” and other similar devices, while the Samsung S5PV210 is made for larger devices like nebtooks.

The S5PC110 and S5PV210 feature powerful built-in 3D graphics engines and built-in HDMI1.3Source: Unwired View RSS Feed

HTC Leo caught in wild

The first in-the-wild shots of the upcoming HTC Leo uber-smartphone have emerged, and it’s shaping up to be a monster.  Dwarfing both an HTC Touch Pro2 and a Touch HD, the Leo packs a vast 4.3-inch touchscreen, Windows Mobile 6.5 and a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU.

There’s also a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, and the touchscreen is expected – though not yet confirmed – to be a capacitive panel rather than the more traditional resistive.Source: SlashGear RSS Feed

SanDisk rolls out new line-up of speedy CompactFlash cards

Flash master blaster, SanDisk has now let loose the Extreme Pro family of CompactFlash memory cards designed for professional photographers. The fresh CF line comes in 16, 32 and 64GB capacities, it makes use of a new memory controller (the Power Core Controller), features a 42-bit ECC engine for enhanced data integrity, and delivers maximum read/write speeds of 90 MB/s.
"The new SanDisk Extreme Pro CompactFlash line is the direct result of SanDisk's passion, commitment, andSource: TechConnect Magazine RSS Feed

CLIQ: Motorola’s SMART Device Shows Interesting Potential

James Rickman submits: Motorola Inc. (MOT) announced it will release a new line of SMART mobile cell devices based on Google’s (GOOG) Android software. Over the past year, it’s been a bumpy ride for Motorola stock. However, the new Motorola CLIQ SMART networking device shows interesting potential with a wide range of productivity features built into a touch screen smart-phone set for release this holiday season. It will be introduced at about $350 each.
The CLIQ boasts a 5-megapixelSource: SeekingAlpha RSS Feed

Web Peformance Factors

Every web application requires satisfactory performance in order to be functional. Every web application has its own context that different factors influence performance differently. Since the beginning of the web, there have been many performance tuning endeavors responding to what the context calls for.

A good metric to gauge web performance is page loading time. Page loading time refers to the time from when browser issues the page URL request to the moment when the page isSource: Direct from Web 2.0 RSS Feed

Locking Google SafeSearch

Google tests a feature that will let you lock the SafeSearch settings on a computer. Currently, the SafeSearch settings can be easily changed from the preferences page, the advanced search page or by editing a Google search URL.
"Many users prefer not to have adult sites included in search results (especially if kids use the same computer). Google's SafeSearch screens for sites that contain explicit sexual content and deletes them from your search results. No filter is 100 percent

/Film’s Guide to Podcasting: Tips and Tricks on How to Create Your Own Podcast

[Photo from Flickr user zoomar]

/Film has had a podcast for a little bit over a year now and during that time, we’ve received dozens of e-mails from people asking what type of setup we use to record. Rather than go through the time-consuming process of replying to each one individually, I thought I’d put together the following:

/Film’s Podcasting Tips and Tricks: A Guide for How to Create Your Own Low-Rent, Low-Budget, Low-Quality,