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As I was browsing around Amazon, I came across an interesting entry when I searched for World of Warcraft. The page in question is a pre-order page for the WoW expansion Wrath Of The Lich King. Amazon says the shipping date is November 30th, 2008, with the game retailing for $39.99 on the online superstore. Now, we know Amazon sometimes ...

Here’s another cool new design hybrid, using old technology as the basis. VinylDisc is a dual sided format with one side featuring three-minutes of vinyl goodness, with the other side featuring a standard 70 minute CD. Other than posing a great way to compare digital and analog technologies, VinylDisc is a stroke of genius on the face of two endangered ...

Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo Wii console is playable with four-different types of controls. The first three are the standard nunchuck, classic controller, and game cube controller, though the new game adds a new method to the mayhem. Super Smash Bros. can also be controlled by turning your Wii Remote on its side, giving it a classic controller feel. ...

Samsung has announced plans to release a line of phones through KDDI Japan which will have AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode) displays. This technology has been in the works by various companies, yet this is the first of these phones being mass-produced, going beyond the concept stage. Japan always gets lucky with this cool new technology, though once ...

It was only a matter of time before Sony announced that the cheaper, stripped down European version of the PS3 would make its way to the States–and it appears that today was the day. Specifically, the official announcement revealed that a 40GB PS3 with half the USB ports, no multi-format card reader, and no backwards compatibility will be available in ...

The swiffer has been my saving grace the last few years. It just makes life so much easier. However, the Slipper Genie contains microfiber fingers that pick up dust, pet hair, and other dirtiness, as you shuffle around your home aimlessly as usual. The Slipper Genie is safe to use on tile, carpet, and food floors, as well as most ...

These toys made by Sang Won Sung (not to be confused with twin brother Sing Two Singing), are made from bits of other recycled toys (and some assorted household objects), creating odd, and sometimes eerie looking toy models. The two boys pictured above are aptly named “bull” and “elk”, both of their faces made with the recycled torso of a ...

The best way for us nerds to score chicks is to focus on ladies that have mobility problems. In other words, trouble running away from our squealing voices. Instead of focusing on paraplegics (as sexy as they are), this Life-sized Princess Leia model has nowhere to run, and couldn’t run even if she did have somewhere to run too. With ...

The second coolest thing than being an awesome guitarist, is being an awesome Guitar Hero player. This Guitar Hero Cabinet resembles a real guitar rig set-up, though with a added in display for the play of the popular video game. Only a matter of time before Guitar Hero 3 is being played on the Arcade Cab. Is the track list ...

Just when we thought Steve was trying to pull something over our eyes. Steve Jobs has announced that the iPhone SDK should be available to developers some time in February 2008. Jobs says that Apple would love to form a community of third-party developers around the iPhone, though have been trying to protect user security by making the SDK as ...