Caskets and cremation are old hat — in today’s world members of the Body Worlds donor program have signed over plastination rights to their body upon death, which means the corpse will likely enjoy a long shelf life as bodily fluids are replaced with plastic. Most donors feel as though they’re giving back to humankind by allowing others to study their material remains. But, critics worry that some of the bodies on display may have been procured through “questionable means”.

Motorola, now B-list handset manufacturer that once gave us the all-powerful Razor, doesn’t want to be left off the touchscreen handset gravy train. For that reason, Motorola has created the Blaze, a smart-looking little handset, all decked out in red, for all the CDMA fans over at Verizon.

Sony on their blog just released a two part video demonstration of Firmware 2.40 and it looks to be one whopper of a firmware. Delivering what fans have been asking for in-game XMB, in-game custom tracks, in-game [...]

Games consoles can often live and die by the exclusive games available for them, and while Rock [...]

Unicycle’s require balance and coordination.  Monocycle’s require agility and balance.   Like the Unicycle there is one wheel and one seat, but there the similarity ends.  Amazingly enough a new type of pedaled riding vehicle has been invented for those that were bored with only the trillion or so types of bicycles and unicycles available.

The Nintendo DS and Sony PSP are the two current-gen hand-held games consoles around at the moment. But there could soon be a third contender, as the iPhone starts to build momentum as a viable platform for games. One man who has seen the potential of the iPhone, and mobile phone gaming as a whole is Neil Young, who has left his job as head of Electronic Arts Los Angeles studio to set up his own company called Ngmoco.

China cellphone users are still waiting for their iPhones, but the Aussies can rejoice with Telstra’s iPhone announcement.

The potential success of a product can often be measured by the amount of buzz it receives before its launch. It can also be measured in pre-sales metrics. How many people pre-order an item or sign up to be notified when an item is ready for purchase is an example of a pre-sales metric. Apple’s iPhone 3G pre-sales metrics and buzz levels are off the charts.

As the online community mourns the official death of XP, one site is already preparing for Vista making way to Windows 7.
The Infoworld website is offering a free tool which claims to assess whether or not your PC is capable of running Windows 7.
It runs via the Windows Sentinel scheme. That’s an ongoing joint [...]

Mercedes Benz has announced the official end of their gas car manufacturing within seven years. That’s right, Mercedes Benz, maker of some of the world’s best, most reliable cars, has declared they will move their automobile focus away from the fossil fuel powered automobile.

Blizzard’s officially got most PC gamers in its thrall by announcing Diablo III.

Google inked a deal with “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlance in what might be a big gamble on the search engine’s side.

Real Networks launched its new Rhapsody MP3 store, free from digital rights management (DRM).

Perhaps Rhapsody’s taking a cue from Amazon and Napster. Neither of the two have DRM, in contrast to iTunes’s protected format that requires ‘authorizing’ machines and devices to play. CNet had the goods on Rhapsody’s move in its column MP3 Insider.

After much procrastination, the Federal Communications Commission has finally opened the floor for discussion into the embedded ad debate. Several public interest groups and congress members have been pressuring the company to address concerns with placing ads in programs. Although the main purpose behind the hearings will be more investigation and questioning, there is a possibility that it will impact in children’s programming more immediately.

Since the beginning of time.. okay not quite that long, but for many years there have been speculation that Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots will in fact come to the Xbox 360. Even EGM had several [...]