There are a few rarefied moments in the conscious of the world that unify us all. For nerds of a certain age, it’s that point in 1996 when we first heard those hideous but oft-quoted one-liners spilling out of Duke Nukem’s pixellated mouth. Thanks to MachineWorks NorthWest and Tapjoy, very soon you’ll be able to relive those moments over and over again on your Android device (running version 2.1 or above). As it’s a port of the iOS edition, we can expect pricing to remain around the same $1 mark — so, you can decide if you’d rather kick some ass or chew some gum.
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We’re getting reports today that Dennis Ritchie, the man who created the C programming language and spearheaded the development of Unix, has died at the age of 70. The sad news was first reported by Rob Pike, a Google engineer and former colleague of Ritchie’s, who confirmed via Google+ that the computer scientist passed away over the weekend, after a long battle with an unspecified illness. Ritchie’s illustrious career began in 1967, when he joined Bell Labs just one year before receiving a PhD in physics from Harvard University. It didn’t take long, however, for the Bronxville, NY native to have a major impact upon computer science. In 1969, he helped develop the Unix operating system alongside Ken Thompson, Brian Kernighan and other Bell colleagues. At around the same time, he began laying the groundwork for what would become the C programming language — a framework he and co-author Thompson would later explain in their seminal 1978 book, The C Programming Language. Ritchie went on to earn several awards on the strength of these accomplishments, including the Turing Award in 1983, election to the National Academy of Engineering in 1988, and the National Medal of Technology in 1999. The precise circumstances surrounding his death are unclear at the moment, though news of his passing has already elicited an outpouring of tributes and remembrance for the man known to many as dmr (his e-mail address at Bell Labs). “He was a quiet and mostly private man,” Pike wrote his brief post, “but he was also my friend, colleague, and collaborator, and the world has lost a truly great mind.”
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Revo’s K2 can pull in FM, DAB and DAB+ broadcasts, stream internet radio and tunes from Last.fm. Not enough? Well you can hook up your iPod, iPhone or iPad too, and pull in music wirelessly from the library on you computer. It pumps out a total of 40-watts of “room-filling” audio using four drivers powered by a pair of Class-D amps. But let’s be honest — you want’ it cause it’s pretty. The hidden-until-activated OLED screen, aluminum body, and black rubber accents are the real draw here. Sure the iOS remote apps and DLNA compatibility are nice to have, but this
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The new Xbox 360 wireless headset has a form factor that ought prove familiar to anyone who has ever watched a businessman chew out his secretary while ordering at latte at Starbucks. The peripheral connects wirelessly to the console via its standard radio frequencies — its similarities to a non-gaming Bluetooth headset are more than just skin deep, however, with the earpiece doubling as just that, making it compatible with Bluetooth-ready phones and PCs. This one says “Xbox 360″ on it, however, to help you avoid accidentally being mistaken for a stock trader. The headset will go on sale in November for $60. Also newly announced is the Xbox 360 Media Remote, which controls streaming content, CD / DVD playback, and live TV viewed through the console. The remote will be available for $20 around the same time as the headset.
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We haven’t even seen an official announcement yet regarding Samsung’s Series 3 laptops and, already, one has popped up for pre-order at J&R. When we manhandled the 12.1-inch model at Digital Experience we were pretty impressed by the build quality, light weight, and the promise of a low price. Well, this wallet-friendly ultraportable is officially pegged at $750 with a reasonably powerful 2.3GHz Core i5, 4GB of RAM, and 500GB hard drive inside. The downtown Manhattan staple also happens to have one of those 11.6-inch Series 9s listed for $999. Sure, it only packs a 1.3GHz Core i3 and 2GB of RAM, but the 64GB SSD should compensate for some of its performance shortcomings. Besides, the price premium almost seems worth it when you feel the sub 2.4-pound weight and Duralumin body. The Series 9 should still be shipping in August, and we imagine the Series 3 will launch around the same time — right on schedule to catch the back to school scramble. More specs and the all important pre-order buttons can be found at the source links.
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Your windshield is good for more than just keeping bugs out of your mouth. It’s also a big blank canvas waiting to display helpful info like directions, traffic notifications, and safety information. A number big name manufacturers like GM and Pioneer have offered up heads-up display concepts over the past few years, but what makes MVS California’s Volumetric Head Up Display really neat is its impressive implementation of the volumetric aspect, using lasers to project images on the windshield in a such a way that gives the illusion of depth. So, if the system is being used to give driving direction via GPS — its main application, at present — it can make a turn arrow appear lined up with an exit half a mile down the road. The prototype showcased at this week’s Augmented Reality Event 2011 projected in red only, though the company says it’s capable of full color. How long do we have to wait for the future? MVS is hoping to get the thing into cars as a premium option in the next few years for around the same price of current high-end navigation systems. Surprisingly dull video of reality augmenting 3D lasers after the break.
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Kiosk movie rental giant Redbox is finally officially expanding into the games category, announcing today it will offer videogames nationwide starting June 17th. The $2/day game rentals will include selections for PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii (two of which even have a working online service right now). This may be old hat to some since it’s been in testing at about 5,000 locations since around the same time it kicked off nationwide Blu-ray rentals, but for 21,000+ other locations there’s now a whole new reason to stand behind someone that wants to check each and every title available when all you want to do is return a disc. Seriously, express return slots Redbox — get on it.
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The tweet above just about says it all for this one — well, in German, anyway. According to O2 Germany, the HP Veer will be launching on the carrier sometime in May, which presumably means it will also be available elsewhere in Europe around the same time, and likely in the US as well — we’ve previously only heard “this spring” for a launch date. Unfortunately, there’s still no word on any US carriers for the Pixi successor, though surely someone will be able to pick it up. It is rather light, after all.
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History remembers how the Nissan GT-R got to be named “Godzilla” by Australian newspapers, reporting on the car that was making Holden drivers pull over and hyperventilate. Around the same time, a band from Long Island had a hit. The band was Blue Oyster Cult, and the song was a tribute to the Japanese movie monster. “Godzilla,” off the 1977 Spectres album, turned the prog-rock unit directly into the maw of heavy metal, anchored by the refrain “Go, Go Godzilla!”
Today, it was Doinker who took the obvious reference and turned it into a tragicomic parable for the modern age of cars and sledding and danger. Take it, Doinker.
♪…With a child unattended and nothing going down, Tie ‘em to the bumper and drive around.
Helpless child on a sled today, sees license numbers heading his way.
Oh no! Driver said he had to go! Go-go Godzilla! Woo-oooh-oooh!…♪
Go, go indeed.
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Although many think that a fun car means that it costs a lot, it simply isn’t true. We all know fun can be had in cars of all price ranges. Today, let’s look at $5000 or less.
Children have expensive taste in cars. The cars that covered my walls as a kid were the most expensive, exotic, and rare cars that could be found. It could be because they didn’t mass produce posters of old finned Chrysler products but it was more likely because at the time I truly believed that I would have a Lamborghini Countach sitting next to a Ferrari Testarossa in my driveway someday.
As these children who dream of supercars grow up and mature their love of cars usually changes and progress with our understanding of reality. Many of us discover we will not all be the first President who walked on the moon around the same we realize that our driveways may not be filled with Lamborghinis and Ferraris and over time modify our dreams accordingly.
Just because you don’t have a 20 car garage full of poster worthy super cars, or even if you do, it doesn’t mean you can’t have fun in a cheaper car. A car doesn’t need to have a huge price tag to be a lot of fun. What makes a car fun varies greatly with every person you talk to, so what do you think? What is the most fun car you can buy for $5000?
Although I’m tempted to pick a couple cars just to weed out an obvious choice, I have to go with what I know. The car I would buy is actually an archaic SUV, my very own 1967 Scout. Having owned a decent variety of different vehicles, I haven’t owned one yet that comes close to the fun factor I have driving this vehicle. The top comes off for the summer, the 4 speed with the 266 V8 are a great combination, and the dual exhaust makes it sound much faster than it actually is. Not nearly as nice as the above picture suggests, it’s a solid old truck that puts a smile on my face almost every time I drive it, that makes the budget with ease.
So I ask you, Given a strict budget of $5000, What is the most fun car (or truck) that you can buy?
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