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Commodore 64 Revived with New Powers and Performance

by Jay Garrett on March 19, 2010

Every geek of a certain age will remember the now classic Commodore 64.

It was at the height of 8 bit technology when it appeared in 1982 and over the following 12 years 17 million of the them were sold!

The new C64 will be sporting Intel’s 64-bit quad-core microprocessors and 3D graphics capabilities upto 500GB of hard drive storage and 4GB of RAM. Also included are a DVD-RW drive, a touchpad, four USB ports, a Gigabit Ethernet port and a DVI (Digital Visual Interface) port to connect monitors – all this is squeezed into the all-in-one’s keyboard that measures 17.5 inches (44 cm) wide and 2 inches (0.5 cm) tall.

Commodore said. “It’s designed to take up far less room — and use far less energy — than any other desktop computer,” Commodore USA said. The PC will run the Linux, Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.

Commodore USA’s online store is due to open June 1 offering the new edition. Obviously they’re hoping that trading on the licensed Commodore name will envoke all those fond memories.

Is it working for you?

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Star Wars AT-AT Reissued – Even More Awesomer

by Jay Garrett on February 15, 2010

If, like me, you never had an AT-AT of your own.

Well, now’s your chance – and this one is sooooooo much better!

To help mark the glorious 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, Hasbro have reissued the saga’s most awesome vehicles.

Costing $100 this AT-AT measures over 2 foot tall and is almost 28 inches long, and 12 inches wide.

The new AT-AT can actually hold up to 20 Star Wars figures – half-a-dozen of those in the head alone!

It also comes with the zip-line in its body as well as LED lights and authentic movie sounds and phrases.

Just to clinch that deal it includes a 3 ¾ inch AT-AT driver action figure and a pop-out speeder bike.

Now, where’s my Snow Speeder and credit card!!???!!

Find yours then head here.

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iPad Emulator for iPhone for Those That Can’t Wait a Few Months

February 1, 2010 Click to read more →
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Hey Apple Fanpeople!
Have you already decided which model iPad you’re going to get?
Made the decision whether or not to add £130 to the price and get it with 3G?
Can’t wait for that shot of new, shiny Geekahol?
Well, you’ve probably got an iPhone right?
If it happens to be a jailbroken handset then you can make your [...]

Sony’s New PlayStation 3 Motion Controller Called ‘Gem’ – Perhaps Definitely / Maybe

December 12, 2009 Click to read more →
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EA’s CEO,John Riccitiello, accidentally let slip that Sony has been referring to the motion-sensing accessory as the “Gem” at a media conference in New York. Ooopsy!
During his speech Riccitiello said: “Natal [Microsoft's motion sensing game solution] and Gem, these are likely to bring new consumers into the marketplace”.
Sony Computer Entertainment of America director of [...]

O2 Opens Phone Tattoo Parlours in London and Manchester – Free Art This Month

December 7, 2009 Click to read more →
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I have a few tats and I feel that it’s a way of self-expression. All the ink on my body means something to me.
O2 has opened some phone tattoo parlours in London and Manchester so you can personailse your new blower.
New and upgrading customers can get their new phone tattooed for no extra cost [...]

HTC Releasing Another 20 Google Phones – Leak

December 6, 2009 Click to read more →
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It seems that HTC are refusing to rest on their laurels even though the HTC HD2 (pictured) seems to be pretty impressive.
Word has slipped out that the Taiwanese mobile manufacturer could be planning to launch 20 more Android-powered handsets.
The names of the new devices appear to have been written inside a thread from the recently [...]

Would You Pay for Online Magazines? iTunes for Glossy Mags

November 26, 2009 Click to read more →
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Time Inc, Condé Nast and Hearst are the big hitting publisher that are planning to create “iTunes for magazines” – an online store where you’d be able to buy and download digital editions of their biggest magazine titles.
The obvious hope is that the online store would provide a bolster to the endangered and often overpriced [...]

Apple iPod Touch 64GB Lands Without a Camera and Nano Can’t Take Stills – Here’s Why

September 10, 2009 Click to read more →
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Yup – There’s now a 64GB iPod Touch!
Yay!!
Notice the pic with the free engraving service?
As Mr Schiller said last night :”There’s something for everyone” on the Touch and iPhone, Schiller says, with over 21,000 titles for games and entertainment in the App Store.
He went on to say:
“$199 is a magic price point in the iPod [...]

Hear What Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures Cover Sounds Like – Peter Saville

August 5, 2009 Click to read more →
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I’m a Joy Division fan.
I love their music and the legacy left behind by Ian Curtis.
I love the fact that Peter Saville designed the cover for the Unknown Pleasures album.
And now you can watch the music being played across the album cover
Have a looksee and listen to it right here!
If you fancy having a [...]

Wikipedia to Add Videos

July 13, 2009 Click to read more →
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Most of you will have used Wikipedia at some point – and generally the information is correct.
As a resource it is actually quite handy as it contains easy-to-get-at text and pics, but it’s lacking when it comes to videos.
This is all going to change in a couple of months, as Wikipedia has plans for video [...]

New Microsoft Xbox With Built-In Natal Controller For Next Year

June 19, 2009 Click to read more →
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More Microsoft Natal news!
It sounds like the Microsoft Xbox 360 will be arriving with built-in Project Natal motion-sensing camera and voice-recognition technology from 2010 – Could this be a reply to Sony’s Motion Contol release?
Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer was speaking to The Executive’s Club Of Chicago and stated that the new Xbox 360 hardware would provide a [...]

Olympus PEN E-P1 Get’s Fondled, Filmed and Then Totally Used

June 17, 2009 Click to read more →
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Ah, Olympus E-P1, you are a beautiful retro camera aren’t you?
I’ve been stalking admiring you from afar since September.
And now I catch you being groped by young ladies whilst being videoed!
Excellent!
The PEN E-P1 get’s an image stabilised (sensor-shift) 12.3 megapixel Live MOS sensor with TruePic V image processing, ISO 100-6400 sensitivity, a [...]

Microsoft xYz Portable – Zune and XBox Combo in a Pocketable Device

May 17, 2009 Click to read more →
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Now, I’m not sure if this is gonna be the fabled “Pink” Zune Phone is unclear, but Team Xbox claims to have sources inside Microsoft who are working on a new device that “sits somewhere in-between the Xbox and Zune platforms.”
Codenamed the “xYz” during discussions, this device will feature a WVGA touchscreen and a series [...]

Big Screen Kindle on way to UK

May 4, 2009 Click to read more →
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Word is spreading throughout the interweblogosphere stating that Amazon is about to release yet another, larger screened version of the Kindle as early as this week.
Although not currently available in the UK,the New York Times says that the book e-tailer “will introduce a larger version of its Kindle wireless device tailored for displaying newspapers, magazines [...]

iPhone v3 / 4G / 2009 Could be iPhone HD!

April 20, 2009 Click to read more →
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I’m still not bored with all these iPhone rumours and this one is no exception!
It looks like the next gen iPhone will not be outdone by the new Zune and will also feature HD playback.
According to PhoneNews Apple is having its retailers clear out the Apple Composite AV Cable and Apple Component AV Cable becuase these [...]

Tweenbot Proves People Care – Heartwarming Fuzziness For Easter

April 12, 2009 Click to read more →
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Get ready for the most touching story ever involving humans and a little robot called ‘tweenbot’.
The smiley faced cardboard-bodied happy-go-lucky bot has a flag stating its intended destination but the cute lil’ fella can only move forward so it relies on the kindness of strangers to guide it and help it out of tricky situations.
Tisch [...]

Pirate Bay Goes Anonymous With IPREDator – 100,000 Already Signed Up

April 8, 2009 Click to read more →
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The Pirate Bay’s (TPB) new anonymity service, IPREDator, is designed to hide IP addresses from the authorities, according to the Bay’s spokesman.
Last Wednesday, the snooptastic Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED) became law in Sweden.
The main goal of IPRED is to enable copyright holders to acquire data identifying people linked to illegal file sharing which, [...]

T-Mobile Shoving Android Into Your Homes

April 6, 2009 Click to read more →
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The New Yoik Times  reports that T-Mobile is planning what’s being described as an “aggressive push deep into the home” with a range of Android-based devices.
This is all based on “confidential documents obtained from one of the company’s partners” and all apparently points towards an Android-based home phone and a tablet PC launching State-side during the first [...]

Last Day For Updates Here – Next Stop GadgetyNews.com!

March 27, 2009 Click to read more →

Yup, even though I’m still tweaking the new place I think it’s time I moved in.
I wont be updating this site anymore after today but all the latest gadgety news will be appearing at http://gadgetynews.com
You’ll be best off by updating your bookmarks, RSS feeds and email subscriptions from now.
I will be (once my guru tells me [...]

GadgetyNews Going .Com!

March 23, 2009 Click to read more →

Hello fellow lovers of all that is gadgety!
As this little corner of the interweb is going from strength to strength I thought it only righteous for it to have its own name in its own glorious URL.
So, to that end – over the next few days everything will be moved over to GadgetyNews.com [...]

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