OnLive Game Service to launch on June 17 in the US for $15 a month
It’s been a long time coming, but it looks like the wait for OnLive is finally coming to an end: the service is now officially slated to launch on June 17 in the 48 contiguous states. The game streaming service will run users $14.95 a month, though buying or renting games is an additional cost (it’s unclear exactly what that cost might be). Luckily there will be lower prices available for multi-month buys, and the first 25,000 people to sign up will get their first three months free. Service includes free instant-play demos, multiplayer and an “instant video-based social network,” whatever that means. At the outset the service will run on Mac and PC as a browser plugin, but the MicroConsole TV adapter will be released later this year, with other devices to be added “over time.” Initially the service will run at 720p, but 1080p / 60 fps will be added once the bandwidth becomes available. Out of the gate there will be somewhere between 12 and 25 titles available, including Mass Effect 2, Borderlands, Assassin’s Creed II, Dragon Age Origins, and Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands. There are five different data centers set up to serve up the games, strategically placed to reduce lag… let’s hope they work!
OnLive Game Service to launch on June 17 in the US for $15 a month originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink 
Joystiq | 
OnLive Blog | Email this | Comments
Casio Exilim G EX-G1 review
Casio’s Exilim G EX-G1 camera made a solid enough first impression with us when we got our hands on it in January, but we’ve now had a chance to use it a fair bit more both indoors and out, and reach some firmer conclusions about it. The short verdict is that the camera, like any other rugged device, comes with its fair share of compromises. If you value ruggedness over everything else, the Exilim G definitely deserves some serious consideration (especially in this price range). On the other hand, if you’re looking for an all-around, everyday point-and-shoot that just so happens to be a bit more durable than the rest, you may well find yourself disappointed. Read on for our full review.
Gallery: Casio Exilim G EX-G1 hands-on
Continue reading Casio Exilim G EX-G1 review
Casio Exilim G EX-G1 review originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | | Email this | Comments
Combustible carbon nanotubes give off electricity, make really tiny fires (video)
Need a more efficient heat sink? Try a carbon nanotube. Artificial muscle? Nanotubes. Space Ladder? Self-cleaning windows? Incredibly small bowl of soup? You get the picture. What can’t carbon nanotubes do? We’re not sure just yet, but even power generation is not beyond their grasp. Apparently when you coat the wee straws in butane and light one end on fire it creates a thermal wave, propelling electrons along to create a current. It’s not a lot of current on a single smoldering tube, but scale things up and the potential is said to be 100 times greater than an equivalent weight lithium-ion battery. Of course, you don’t have to light a LiOn cell on fire to get the juice out of it (usually), but we’re guessing scientists will create a way to make that happen in a safe, controlled manner. Until then, check out one burning in super slow-motion after the break, and remember: only you can prevent nanofires.
Continue reading Combustible carbon nanotubes give off electricity, make really tiny fires (video)
Combustible carbon nanotubes give off electricity, make really tiny fires (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | 
MITnews | Email this | Comments
CE-Oh no he didn’t!: Katzenberg says ‘beautifully styled’ 3D glasses won’t make you look like a dweeb
Another day, another CEO with more lip gloss than brain matter. Jeffrey Katzenberg has been talking to USA Today on what seems to be his favorite topic these days, 3D, and telling us that the glasses ain’t no big deal. After all, “many many many people” wear glasses — that’s three lots of many for those keeping count at home — and the new and improved 3D appendages are so “beautifully styled” that he expects them to start popping up at your local optometrist right next to the sunglasses and designer eyewear isles. In fact, this dude’s sipping the corporate firewater so hard, we half-expect him to tell us that 3D offers “very high value” for money or … wait, he said that too? Alright, we give up.
CE-Oh no he didn’t!: Katzenberg says ‘beautifully styled’ 3D glasses won’t make you look like a dweeb originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink 
I4U | 
USA Today | Email this | Comments
