Filed under: Gaming

Japan’s Nikkei is reporting what we’ve been hearing Stateside for weeks: Xbox 360 price cuts across the board. Expected to go official sometime later today, the Japanese Xbox 360 Arcade will drop to just ¥19,800 or about $182 (tax inclusive, presumably) in hopes of boosting sales. The new pricing represents a near 30% drop from its previous ¥27,800 (about $256) price and undercuts the Wii sold locally for ¥25,000. Nikkei’s sources also claim that Microsoft will cut the prices on all three Xbox 360 models without going into specifics. If true then this bodes well for the US price cuts expected on September 7th.

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Filed under: Gaming

Japan’s Nikkei is reporting what we’ve been hearing Stateside for weeks: Xbox 360 price cuts across the board. Expected to go official sometime later today, the Japanese Xbox 360 Arcade will drop to just ¥19,800 or about $182 (tax inclusive, presumably) in hopes of boosting sales. The new pricing represents a near 30% drop from its previous ¥27,800 (about $256) price and undercuts the Wii sold locally for ¥25,000. Nikkei’s sources also claim that Microsoft will cut the prices on all three Xbox 360 models without going into specifics. If true then this bodes well for the US price cuts expected on September 7th.

Update: It’s official. Microsoft also announced a new ¥29,800 (about $277) price for the Xbox 360 with 60GB hard disk. The new price goes into effect on September 11th.

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One of the best things about Supernatural every year, besides the show, is the gag reel! There is just something so cute about Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles together and to see them in action is just so hysterical.
If you want see more fun things from the season that sent Dean to hell then you can pick up season 3 of Supernatural on DVD this Tuesday. There are some special editions coming out of DVD at Best Buy has a die-cast ’67 Chevy Impala inspired by Supernatural that is packaged with the DVD and at Target has a full-color 2009 locker calendar featuring Jared and Jensen. What girl doesn’t want that calendar to look at at every day of the year?
BTW Sam and Dean’s adventure continue on season 4th of Supernatural on September 18th on The CW I don’t about you, but I can’t wait to see if and how Dean gets out of hell.

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Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

While Apple’s App Store was far from being the first of its kind, we’re now seeing a job posting over in the Redmond area that suggests that Microsoft is looking to produce something similar for its Windows Mobile platform. The news comes hot on the heels of Google’s own Android Market announcement, and if the Product Manager position writeup is to be believed, said platform will be christened Skymarket. Described as a “marketplace service for Windows Mobile,” Skymarket could seemingly be a critical part of WinMo 7. But don’t take our word for it, the proof is the pudding — or in the read link, in this instance.

[Via The Raw Feed]

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Filed under: Laptops

There are two kinds of Dell rumors: sure things, and ones that aren’t sure things. This one falls in the latter camp, so proceed with caution. We’ve got a tipster who says a friend of his from Dell handed him this shot of what is purportedly a new XPS M1330 / M1530 design. As you can see, pretty much the same old fare… but what’s this? A large glossy touchpad? Here’s our hunch: Dell is tired of drawing inspiration from Apple after the fact, and decided to turn the tables by capitalizing on one of the most persisten (and outlandish) Apple rumors in existence. A good capacitive touchscreen for the trackpad on a laptop would undoubtedly be a blast if it was done right, with the right software support, and at least seems like a good gimmick. Or maybe it’d just be lame. We won’t go further than that, this could just as easily be a Photoshop, but we will be keeping an eye out.

Update: False alarm, turns out this is just a still from an NVIDIA Tegra demo on YouTube. Thanks, shiv, for pointing this out in comments. Boo, tipster, boo.

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Filed under: Cellphones

After what feels like centuries of waiting (and suffering through that painful CeBIT demo), we finally get to see the Meizu M8’s OS in action… and it’s not as bad as you think. Sure, the interface is totally derivative of the iPhone, and there is that pesky cursor floating around, but all-in-all it looks like the company has managed to knock out a decent — if incredibly familiar — UI for its long-delayed phone. Still, there’s some low rent hilarity in this video. Our favorites? The smattering of soft porn pictures and video, and Meizu CEO and all-around bon vivant Jack Wong revealed in a reflection… wearing a face mask! Don’t believe it? Check the clip after the break (and freeze frame of Mr. Wong).

[Thanks, Patrick P.]

Continue reading A functional Meizu M8 UI, CEO Jack Wong finally caught on video

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Early raves have begun to roll in for Sonya Kitchell’s latest This Storm, out Tuesday, September 2nd on Decca/Velour.

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Josh Rouse started out on Rykodisc where he released five albums and two EPs of literate and engaging guitar pop. During his early years with the label, the singer/songwriter

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British rockers Duran Duran took a 20-year break from the music industry following a disastrous performance at 1985’s Live Aid concert.

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Filed under: Gaming

You know how it goes with Sony and PS3-related peripherals. A big introduction, followed by a slight delay, followed by a longer delay, followed by a little something to take the sting off. Here we have word from Noam Rimon, senior development manager at SCEA R&D, that the news-blasting (and uncomfortably named) Life with PlayStation will once again be delayed. According to Noam, Sony is “still pushing some paperwork” on the service, though he gave no expected time frame for the actual launch. Nevertheless, he softened the blow by announcing once and for all that it will indeed be free (and accessible directly from the XMB) whenever it finally goes live. Gotta take the good with the bad, we guess.

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Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher confesses he feels sick every time he sings the band’s smash hit “Wonderwall.” The rocker is bored of the hit and believes the band’s new album, Dig Out Your Soul, offers better tracks.

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Columbia Records will release No Bull: The Directors Cut, a newly edited, comprehensive DVD of AC/DC’s famed July 1996 Plaza De Toros De Las Ventas concert in Madrid, Spain, on September 9, 2008. No Bull: The Directors Cut,

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As many of you have read I had a great time finally seeing Band From TV at Gene Autry that was sponsored by Netflix! Well now Netflix put up the cut feed of some of the performances from that awesome show and I had to share it with you because what I shot wasn’t nearly as good!
BTW I can’t wait to see Band From TV again because they were so good. So if you have a chance to see them I highly suggest it because I promise you won’t be disappointed!

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British comedian Ricky Gervais got the fright of his life when publicity for his new movie was ruined by paranormal activity in a Hollywood hotel. Office star Gervais was recently hosting a series of press junkets for his new movie, Ghost Town,

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This is a really amazing looking sectional sofa that you and anyone else in your household will love. The design is very simple and yet the leather makes everything extremely beautiful and nice looking.

The sectional is with lots of space that will allow for entertainment and nights when you have lots of friends over to enjoy yourself. The sofa is comfortable and will match with any home decor so do not hesitate to buy it and see how it works out for you.

You will love it and you will not feel sorry for giving the money on it.

Delta Spirit will share songs from their much-anticipated debut Ode to Sunshine with music fans across the nation this fall with Dr. Dog. After recently finishing a highly successful tour with Matt Costa and performing on KCRW’s acclaimed

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Filed under: Desktops

CTL, the same cats who brought us the 2go PC laptop, are apparently working up an equally cheap and not-exactly-flashy nettop PC. The 2go PC Nettop will reportedly range in price from $149 to $299 depending on specifications, and the baseline model will feature Intel’s DG945GCLF motherboard, Intel’s Atom 230 processor, 1GB of Kingston DDR2 RAM, a GMA 950 graphics accelerator, support for one HDD and one optical drive, six USB 2.0 ports and an Ethernet jack. The Essential Plus Edition ($199) adds in Ubuntu and an 80GB 7,200RPM hard drive (while slashing RAM to 512MB); the $299 Essential Performance Edition comes with Windows XP Home, a 160GB hard drive and 1GB of memory. There’s no word just yet on when the 4.5-pound boxes will be released, but we’d expect ‘em to surface pretty quietly.

[Thanks, Nate]

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British supermodel Naomi Campbell has denied reports she accepted an expensive gift from boyfriend Vladimir Doronin - a new home in Brazil. The catwalk star shot down rumors she was offered the luxurious flat

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Filed under: Cellphones, Gaming, Peripherals

For better or worse, it looks like the so-called iControlPad is edging closer to reality — or at least something really similar. According to a new image (and our limited Spanish translation skills), Belkin is actually looking to produce an App Store gaming controller, though we’re still not entirely convinced that what we’re seeing is legitimate. Whatever the case, the JoyPod would somehow, someway provide users who purchased Super Monkey Ball to play it using a bona fide game pad, though we can’t figure out if the iPod touch / iPhone slips in behind the controller or if it just morphs to fit the JoyPod’s space constraints. Guess we’ll see (or not) soon enough.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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In 2006, D2G Records contemporary gospel and inspirational vocalist Niyoki (pronounced Nie-yo-kee), came on the gospel scene with her debut release, My Everything. The project independently sold more than 15,000

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