Sony Debuts A Redesigned PS3, Due September 25th For $269

Not essentially a completely new PS3, the redesigned Fall 2012 system is thinner and lighter than before, available in two colors: in Charcoal Black and Classic White with a 250GB and 500GB version. The black console will be out in Japan on October 4th with the white console on November 22nd.

The American variants come out on September 25th and will be priced at $269.99 as a “limited edition” bundle that includes the “game of the year” edition ofUncharted 3: Drake’s Deception and a code for $30 worth of content for the game Dust 514. What’s more exciting is the 500GB version that will be available on October 30th for $299.99, and will also feature a limited bundle, coming packed with a copy of Assassin’s Creed 3.

And that’s all. Via: PlayStation Blog

Here’s An Epic Breakdown: Game Of Thrones Season 2 CGI

As popular Game Of Thrones is, and all of the majestic storylines combined with epics fight scenes, you can never get over that most of the show is actual CGI. HBO and the GoT actors (as well as everyone else involved) demonstrate how epic the show really is.

It can’t be helped that you wouldn’t even notice there’s a hint of CGI.

Twitter Announces iPad And Profile Page Refresh On The TODAY Show

Twitter’s CEO, Dick Costolo, had some great things to say about Twitter recently, mathematically speaking: 140 million users, with 340 million tweets per day, currently. The company also has an $8B valuation with an army of 900 employees in San Francisco alone. New features announced on the TODAY show this morning include a refreshed Twitter for iPad app, which has a much more impressive design that before, along with a redesign of their profile pages for users that allows the user to show more of their personality, including a header photo.

And best of all, everything announced goes live today for all Twitter users. Via: Twitter Blog

Check Out Usenet.nl!

Remember when we covered usenet? No? Very well, go check them out, and be sure to use their usenet search, which allows you to use this cloud storage/peer-to-peer communication network. The infrastructure piece on how Usenet operates is fascinating, mainly because it combines 8 server farms into one streamed download, which essentially just to browse for files.

Motorola RAZR i: It Has A 2GHz Intel Processor, For Glory

While Motorola took some time off with Google to display their newest handsets a few weeks ago in New York City, Motorola has saved the RAZR i for later. First off, the RAZR i is currently only planned for Latin America and Europe in October, so the rest of the North American continent will be left without the Razr i, at least for now.

Powered by a 2GHz Intel Atom “Medfield” processor, it’s Motorola’s first smartphone powered by Intel, along with a 4.3-inch “edge-to-edge” AMOLED display, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, 8-megapixel camera, Kevlar coating and large 2,000 mAh battery. Press release after the cut.

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Brevity Review: The GoRuck Radio Ruck

At what point can you stop and say a backpack is better than all the others? Possibly when it’s a GoRuck.

You see, this is the preferred backpack (or ruck), for the United States Army and Special Forces. Proof of that is the included MOLLE (Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment) system, which are those stripes that you may be familiar seeing in video games like Battlefield and Call of Duty, or on actual soldiers. It allows the user to attach addition field packs to store more on the backpack, while maintaining raw strength.

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This Is Unusual: Google Buys Snapseed, Now Owns Instagram Competitor

Google may have just killed two birds with one stone, with the purchase of imaging app developer Nik Software. While the company is known for pro photography apps like Capture NX and its Efex Pro series, the real gold is to be found in their simple app called Snapseed, which allows desktop iPad (essentially iOS users) to make simple edits to their photos. It doesn’t take a genius to see what Google aims to do with Snapseed — like Facebook buying Instagram, Google can buy Snapseed for Google+.

So, who up for a Googlegram? There isn’t much excitement in that, actually.

ViaNik SoftwareVic Gundotra (Google+)

Microsoft sends out press invites for an October 25th NYC Windows 8 launch event

Microsoft’s new press event will be based at Gotham (much like Motorola’s) in New York City. Their event is based around Windows 8, as a launch event on October 25th. It’s time to start counting the days, and watch them go by.

Apple and AT&T report record-breaking 2 million iPhone 5 pre-orders

AT&T, the first carrier to ever hold the iPhone, has not released exact numbers, but they are excited with the results of Apple’s iPhone 5 pre-orders, of which (and I quote):

AT&T set a sales record with iPhone 5 over the weekend, making it the fastest-selling iPhone the company has ever offered. Customers ordered more iPhones from AT&T than any previous model both on its first day of pre-orders and over the weekend.

iPhone 5 is still available for pre-order at www.att.com/iphone and will be available in AT&T retail stores beginning at 8am local time on Friday, September 21

The real shocker? Apple released some numbers. In the first 24 hours of availability, the iPhone 5 was pre-ordered 2 million times. According to Apple, a majority of those pre-orders will arrive in the mail by September 21st.

Impressive.

Via: AT&T (PR Newswire), Apple

G-Shock Aviation GW-40001A Review

Casio has always had a knack for creating great G-Shock watches. And their high-end, analog Aviation collection is no different. The GW-40001A is in fact the highest end of their collection, and looks the most impressive. Based on atomic time-keeping functions, solar power, resistant up to 15Gs, with shock and vibration resistance, and is waterproof to 200M, the GW 40001A has the guts to function in just about all the Earth’s environments.

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