GTA IV - Say bye to family and Friends

With the imminent release of GTA IV (April 29th) we can happily say that we’ll be locked in our homes in front of our TV’s and consoles for the months ahead. Reviews that are already running rampant through the internets, have clearly shown that this is a game not to be missed.

Current GTA IV Reviews:

Xbox World Mag UK 98 / 100
Official Xbox Magazine UK 10 / 10
IGN 10 / 10

IGN Video Review

How are you going to say bye to your family & friends?

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Cheap SSD’s for Everyone!

DIY Century Compact Flash is a SATA adapter that allows up to 3 CF cards to function as an SSD. The good news — Cheap SSD’s for everyone! The hidden truth — How reliable are CF cards? Regardless, this is a great option for nerds / people like me that aren’t willing to throw-down $1000 for a 64GB real SSD. DIYCCF is available now at Geek Stuff 4U for a reasonable $200 + shipping and CF cards.

If you want to pick one of these bad boys up, take a look here

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Ultimate Car Sounds III

If you like cars, you love the sound that they make. There’s something intoxicating about the sound that you can’t explain. To help with your undying addiction we present you with a compilation of the best of the best that will probably have you speeding the next time you are in your mom’s Camry.

Take a look / listen:

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Lenovo X61 - 4-month failure

After receiving the X61 as a gift, I was very pleased. I have always bought IBM’s and would never buy another brand. However, let’s take a look at the road-map of my IBM ownership, and the issues that I have faced. It may be time to pack it in and say sayonara to IBM / Lenovo.

Road Map to failure (Issues that required Warranty Service):

2004 - 2nd Year University IBM T40

• 6-Months after first turning this laptop on, the motherboard fails and is sent in to IBM free of charge.
• 13-Months - LCD is resembling a leper and is sent in to IBM
• 24-Months - Cracks formed on palm-rest & leper LCD is back, not sent in to IBM

2006 - The Real World - IBM T42

• 1-month after purchase, ethernet fails and has to be sent into IBM
• 9-months - Hard drive failure, sent in to IBM

2008 - Web Guru - IBM x61

• 4-Months after receiving the great gift, “Fan Error” is received when attempting to turn-on. Computer will not POST, which makes for a very expensive paperweight. Will be sent in to IBM…

Is this just bad luck with IBM/Lenovo or does there seem to be a deeper issue with QA. Maybe, it’s the nature of the beast and laptops have high-failure rates. Whatever it is, I think that it may be time to give another company my business. The hard part is going to be finding a laptop company that makes laptops that don’t feel plastic-like / cheap….

Any ideas?

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Nintendo’s Sales beat Microsoft & Sony combined

Market research company NPD Group released statistics yesterday, stating that Nintendo has sold more consoles in the month of March than both Microsoft & Sony combined.

March Sales (units):

Nintendo Wii - 721,000
Nintendo DS - 698,000
Microsoft Xbox 360 - 262,000
Sony PS3 - 257,000
Sony PS2 - 216,000

The popularity of Nintendo has sparked the competition to take action. Microsoft is said to be developing a “Wii” style controller that will allow 360 owners to interact with their games.

Way to go Microsoft, being all original and stuff….

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