Entries for June, 2009

New HTC Hero to run Flash Player

Introducing the new HTC Hero android phone that is going to give the G3 Iphone and the Palm Pre a new challenger. The Hero features a 5 megapixel camera,  it runs on a 528-MHz Qualcomm MSM7200A processor, a 3.2-inch glass capacitive multitouch 320×480 screen,  MicroSD memory card slot, GPS, compass, gravity sensor, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and […]

Windows 7 Upgrades Now Available for Pre-Order!

That’s right. Head over to Microsoft’s web site, where you can score a pre-order of Windows 7 Home for just $50 or Windows 7 Professional for $100. You have to be using a previous version of Windows to qualify for the upgrade, but the upgrade versions are complete and can be used to do a […]

Episode 24: The pause.com Entertainment Podcast

Episode 24 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live! NOTE: To subscribe to the pause.com Entertainment Podcast on iTunes Click here to open iTunes to our podcast, then click the SUBSCRIBE button. So, this week is our special Listener Appreciation Episode, and as such, I’m not writing the usual synopses of each section, so as not […]

How to Get Your Samsung DLP Light Tunnel Issue Fixed for Free

I’m a big Samsung fan. I think they make some really great products. So about six months ago, when I started to notice a little “shadow” on the left side of our Samsung DLP in the family room, I was a bit disappointed. After all, the TV was only a few years old, so it […]

Best Buy Selling Non-Existent TVs…Get Yours While They Last!

Popping onto Best Buy’s web site tonight to look at some DECT phones, I saw the above on their home page, including that there picture of an impossible TV. Yes, that screen has an aspect ratio of 2:1. I can understand the reason for a little Photoshopery from time to time to spruce up a […]

Academy adding 5 more best picture nominees

The AMPAS announced today that there will a total of ten nominees up for best picture next year. Not since 1943 has there been this many up for the nomination, this could add a bit more interest in the award show but it could add a bunch of movies that really don’t deserve to be in […]

Episode 23: The pause.com Entertainment Podcast

Episode 23 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live! NOTE: To subscribe to the pause.com Entertainment Podcast on iTunes Click here to open iTunes to our podcast, then click the SUBSCRIBE button. In this episode: In Video Games, Tony talks about Burnout Paradise’s Big Surf Island on the 360. Lou adds a little to that conversation, then […]

New console for Microsoft?…

Ok well this is just a long long shot, but in a recent interview about the new Project Natal. It was rumored that Microsoft may need to use a new console for the Natal to work. Here’s what Xbox director of product management Aaron Greenberg had to say: “I think part of the excitement about this announcement is that in […]

Carbon Motors reservations hits 10,000

If you don’t know what Carbon Motors is, its the first car company that designs and manufactures police cars right off the production line. Everything a police officer needs is built right in, including an all digital touchscreen that takes the image from the license plate from the car in front of it and scans it into […]

Valve’s Gabe Newell Talks About Not Talking About Half-Life 2 Ep 3 to G4

I’m one of the many people who’s waiting very impatiently for news on the forthcoming (at some point) Episode 3 for Half-Life 2. G4’s Billy Berghammer sat down with Gabe Newell and Doug Lombardi to talk about Left 4 Dead 2, Portal 2 and Half-Life 2 Episode 3. Unfortunately, although Newell himself was willing to […]