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You Fit, I Fit, Wii Fit

16. May 2008

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You Fit, I Fit, Wii Fit

Keeping fit while having fun! If you own a Wii, here comes the motivation to do some exercises. Wii Fit is a new game that works with the new Wii Balance Board. The Wii Balance Board is a wireless pressure-sensing device, that is able to calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI) and your center of [...]

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Nokia Recalls 300 Million Batteries. Is Yours OK?

15. August 2007

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Nokia Recalls 300 Million Batteries. Is Yours OK?

Nokia has announced a recall of 300 million of its batteries, which are manufactured by Matsushita between December 2005 and November 2006. This is due to over 100 overheating reports from around the world. Fret not, HipTech readers never get cellphones exploding on them. Affected model: Nokia BL-5C battery This battery is used in the following Nokia handsets: Nokia [...]

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Sony PSP Slim Coming In September

14. July 2007

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Sony PSP Slim Coming In September

It may look like the good old PSP, but the new PSP Slim slated to launch in September this year is 30% lighter and 19% slimmer. Other improvements include faster game-loading and a TV-out feature to output your favorite games, photos, and movies to your big bad HDTV. It comes in three different colors: Piano Black, Ceramic [...]

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Who Else Wants A Zune Tattoo?

12. June 2007

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Zune seems to be fairing pretty well in terms of cult fans compared to other Microsoft products. You don’t see people tattooing Windows logo do you? Well, this is mszunefan from ZuneScene’s Forum, showing off his new Zune tattoo which took 3 hours to complete. I hope he doesn’t start regretting when Zune gets phased out [...]

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Parallels 3.0 To Support 3D Gaming

3. June 2007

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There are two reasons why Mac users still uses Boot Camp to play their games instead of using Parallels Desktop for Mac. One, the performance is much better. Two, Parallels simply can’t do OpenGL and DirectX 3D gaming. But with the upcoming Parallels 3.0, the latter is no longer true! You can finally do 3D [...]

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Microsoft Zune: Halo 3 Edition

18. May 2007

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Halo 3 fans sit tight, ’cause Microsoft has announced the launch of a special Halo 3 edition of its Zune portable music player! Available for pre-order now exclusively from GameStop, the player will cost $249 and ship from June 15, 2007. The Halo 3 Zune comes with: Videos: Halo 3 “Starry Night” advertisement Halo 3 E3 2006 announcement trailer Halo [...]

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Black Xbox 360 Elite Ships And Already Sold Out

1. May 2007

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The sleek black Xbox 360 Elite is finally shipping. But if you had been slow in pre-ordering, it looks like you will have a bit of waiting to do as most online retailers already ran out of stock. The Xbox 360 Elite sports a HDMI port and a 120GB HDD and will retail at US$479.99. Microsoft [...]

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Black Xbox 360 Is Coming?

21. March 2007

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Yes, April’s coming. But according to Game Informer magazine, a black Xbox 360 is in the making and it is no April Fool’s joke. The new Xbox 360 will feature a larger 120GB hard drive, HDMI output, and includes a HDMI cable. It is expected to retail for approximately US$479.

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Sony Releases Champagne Gold PSP

14. January 2007

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The Champagne Gold Sony PSP will launch in Japan only, unfortunately. So you bling-lovers should start watching eBay from February 22, 2007. The new color will sell at 20,790 YEN (~US$172), which is similar to what the other colors go for.

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Sony PSP To Get Some Samsung 60GB Love?

2. January 2007

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During a PowerPoint presentation for Samsung’s latest 1.8-inch 60GB hard drive, one of the slides contained a picture of something that looks exactly like a PSP. Does it mean the Sony PSP will be getting some of those 60GB love? PSP has been out for a while and probably due for an upgrade soon. But, discussions in [...]

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