Greenpeace Clashes With The Consoles December 20, 2007
READ MORE Consoles , Games , Gizmodo UK , PS3 , Wii , Xbox
I’m sure that the last thing anyone will be worried about when they unwrap their precious console this Christmas is the potential environmental damage associated with them. I know I never have.
Still, Greenpeace has decided that the best way to educate the masses is to do its own little game-like video featuring the leading heroes of the Wii, Xbox and Playstation consoles - Mario, Master Chief and Kratos - teaming up to battle the greatest danger the planet has ever known. OK, maybe not. The group says:
“In gamespace, everybody wants to save the world. But back here on planet Earth, your favourite games console contains deadly agents of real destruction: toxic chemicals that shouldn't be there and may be contributing to mountains of e-waste when thrown away. Clash of the Consoles is the website where you can check out how your favourite game heroes stand up against their rivals, and how you can help battle the boss monsters to green their game.”
Despite the crappy animation, Greenpeace gets a point or two across and Mario drops a load.
To find out more about Clash Of The Consoles, go here.-Martin Lynch
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Luxury Glass Speakers Mean No More Parties December 20, 2007
READ MORE Entertainment , Gizmodo UK , Hi-fi , Home Cinema , Music
These new speakers from French audio specialists, Waterfall Audio, are certainly a departure from your typical wooden enclosures.
Made entirely from glass, the stunning looking Victoria EVO and Iguasçu EVO speakers [famous African/South American waterfalls, even if the second one is unpronounceable], make it look like the drivers are floating in the air. The Victoria speakers stand 40in tall [Iguasçu 34ins] and both are just 10in wide.
“The Victoria EVO, is a three-way/four-driver design, includes Waterfall's proprietary, downfiring, 8-1/2-inch passive woofer, the Iguasçu employs identical drivers (including the passive woofer) in a two-way/three-driver arrangement. Both models use a key Waterfall technology: the Acoustic Damping Tube (ADT), which performs near-total damping of mid- and low-frequency 'back-wave- artifacts, and precise damping control of midrange reflections, allowing the speakers to produce superbly accurate, high-end performance within their effectively undamped glass enclosures.”
The Victoria EVO come in at a steep £3,700 a pair and the Iguasçu Evo at just under £2,000 per pair.
Feel free to beat any friend who leaves his bottle of beer on top of them to death.-Martin Lynch
Creative’s Launches First 32GB Zen December 20, 2007
READ MORE Digital Audio , Gadgets , Gizmodo UK , MP3 , Mobile Devices , Music , Portable Media , iPod
There has been some excited talk of this rumoured 'uber-Zen' player for some time and for once, it's true, and more importantly, in time - just about - for Christmas.
This is Creative's new Zen, with a whopping 32GB of Flash memory storage crammed into a device the same size as a fat credit card. Compared to the relevant iPod models, it kicks ass but be warned there are only around 50 up for sale right now in the UK for £285.
The unit’s 2.5in screen has a resolution of 320x240 and is capable of playing back a wide variety of video formats, including WMV, DivX and XviD. There’s also a very useful SD Card slot for those that need even more memory, or a quick way to get new stuff onto the player.
Audio formats supported include MP3, WMA and AAC and there’s even an FM radio. Video playback time is rated at 5 hours and music at 25 hours from the rechargeable battery.
You can find it here, for now.-Martin Lynch
Digital Photo Frames Flying Off The Shelves December 20, 2007
READ MORE Digital cameras , Gadgets , Gizmodo UK , Peripherals , Portable Media
Sales of digital photo frames are up 900% this year over 2006 and PC World are selling them at a rate of 10 per minute as Christmas hurtles closer.
Volumes sold are doubling each week the retailer said, as people finally go mad for digital frames – which have become a lot more affordable and numerous this year. The news has been trundled out with the premise that they could lead to a decline in the traditional postcard – even the saucy seaside cartoon ones – which is doubtful.
Niall O’Keeffe from PC World said: “If you’re on holiday or for that matter at a party – wherever you are really – you can send digital pictures direct to the frame via an Internet connection. We suspect that this will lead to a decline in the postcard as this digital alternative emerges, though whether or not we’ll see a similar level of sauciness in the pictures is anyone’s guess!”
Shopping site Kelkoo has confirmed that the UK has gone digital photo frame bonkers, saying the most popular search right now is not – shock/horror - the elusive Wii – but 'digital picture frame'.
Still, on Christmas morning, I guarantee that ‘little Johnny’ will kick you in the balls if you give him one of these to make up for the Wii you failed to order early enough.-Martin Lynch
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