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Bought Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2? Activision says Thanks 310 Million Times! CoD

by Jay Garrett on November 14, 2009

codmw2You can’t have gotten through this week without hearing about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

I’ve not bothered mentioning it as everyone seemed to be doing that.

But I can’t fail mentioning this.

The latest episode of the popular shooty-shooty-death-kill game has experienced the biggest launch of an entertainment product in history!

It has managed to haul a huge $310 million in the space of 24 hours in the UK and US alone!

Remember that little Batman film – Dark Knight? PAH!

That only managed $158 million in the same period of time.

This amount was generated by 4.7 million units sold which is especially fantastic when you know that the market has been in decline in the last year.

In the UK 1.2 million copies were sold in the 24 hours following its release, twice the amount Grand Theft Auto IV sold in its first day.

Analysts predict that by Christmas, Activision will have sold around 12 million copies of the game.

Since its release, the game has been plagued with online difficulties. PC gamers were disappointed with the initial lack of online support, while the PlayStation Network struggled to deal with the sudden flood of online games.

Meanwhile Xbox Live experienced relatively few problems, and even achieved a landmark 2 million users online at the same time.

Is it all that it’s cracked up to be?

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below :)

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Need to Take Meds? Get The Drugs to Text You When It’s Time

by Jay Garrett on October 11, 2009

Intelligent_Bottle_CapsHere’s a tech way of reminding you to take your meds – get the drugs to text you.

These bottle tops will fire of an SMS to remind you that it’s time for you to take your pills.

Word is that these caps will also play jingles to coax you to get up and swallow your medicine.

If the bottle isn’t opened at the appointed time, the cap and night light start blinking to remind the owner to take the medication. If that doesn’t serve as enough of a hint, they start playing jingles as well. If the bottle stays unopened, the night light will send a message to Vitality’s system, which can then place an automated phone call or send a text message with a reminder.

A price for the new system hasn’t been disclosed. Vitality hopes insurance and drug companies will get on board with the system and cover the cost.

This system has already been given the support of AT&T and such so it looks like it’ll soon be bugging pill-poppers in the States.

So, no word on price yet but can you think of any other uses for these tops?

Share in the comment box below ;)

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HTC Touch Pro 2 – 2009 Boardroom Must Have

February 16, 2009 Click to read more →

Here’s a business phone that looks pretty nice.
It’s the HTC Touch Pro 2.
It has shrugged off its wraps at the Mobile World Congress.
With the Touch Pro2 you get a nicely proportioned 3.6 inch screen, a touch-sensitive zoom bar, the expected accellerometers and an added bonus.
Flip the phone over during a call, and it’ll automatically turn [...]

Star Trek VoIP Skype Communicator

February 5, 2009 Click to read more →

Just in time for the new Star Trek flick here’s a replica communicator complete with an added bonus.
You can actually use it to call over long-distances, perhaps to be beamed-up or to announce that “there’s life, but not as we know it…”
All over VoIP - why not use it with the all-new Skype 4.0?
Dream Cheeky will be releasing this fab [...]

Top 25 Skype Tips.

July 2, 2008 Click to read more →

VoIP News has listed some well groovy things that I never knew that Skype could do!
These range from LastFM plug-ins to language translation and getting the caller to pop-up on your telebox.
If you’re a Skype user I reckon that these details could prove very useful indeedy!
Go here for the low-down my lovelies!

Alarmed By Humiliation – Tyrant Clock

July 1, 2008 Click to read more →

There are 2 things that are a constant.

We very rarely want to get up at a set time in the morning
We fear being embarrassed

To this end the Tyrant Alarm Clock brings both of these facts together for its own devilish purpose.
For every three minutes that the alarm sounds, the Tyrant Clock, designed by the evil [...]

Logitech Launch Mac Webcam

June 24, 2008 Click to read more →

For all you Mac lovers here’s some web-cam news!
Logitech are launching their first ever Mac-compatible webcam today.  Rah! 
The snappily titled QuickCam Vision Pro for Mac claims to deliver “image perfect detail and exceptional video calling” through iChat and Skype.
It will also produce VGA-quality video at up to 30 frames per second – which is “four times as sharp [...]

Thankfully 93% of UK Drivers are Aware of the Handset Law

May 15, 2008 Click to read more →

Some rather interesting facts have just been released from Jabra research today.
On the plus side first; apparently 93% of UK drivers realise that you can end up in the slammer for 2 years if you’re caught using your mobile phone handset whilst driving and that 68% think that the penalty should be even stronger.
I [...]