Electronic Gadgets And Gizmos

Filed under: Gaming

Microsoft’s New Xbox Experience has been pored over and dated, but now that Major Nelson has revealed it requires “at least” 128MB storage available to work, where does that leave suckers Core and Arcade SKU Xbox 360 owners? Enter the Xbox 360 Memory Upgrade Program, doling out free 512MB MU’s or $20 20GB HDDs to Core owners, and a $30 20GB HDD + 3 months of Xbox Live package to Arcade owners looking to upgrade. November 19, Xbox Live becomes a storage-only affair (that goes for Netflix streams too, requiring 8MB of free space), so grab your serial number and console ID from the current Xbox 360 Dashboard and hit the registration website. Impressive customer service gesture to extend functionality for all, or more evidence of a short sighted and flawed dual-SKU launch plan that’s cost gamers and developers alike? All we know for sure is we’ve probably figured out where the profits from those $149 120GB HDDs are going.

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Filed under: Handhelds

Alright kids, it’s time for honesty. Here’s a tidbit your 3rd-grade teacher isn’t about to admit, but he / she and everyone else in the world crams for tests. Sorry, we know you totally believed that each and every noble student dutifully set aside hours per day to prepare for that big final, but in reality, every kid in your classroom just got on the study train a few hours ago. To that end, LeapFrog has concocted a perfectly named study aid dubbed the Crammer ($59.99; available now), which enables kids to “quickly navigate more than 16,000 mathematics, social studies and science quiz questions based on leading school textbooks.” Additionally, students can create customized digital flash cards for on-the-go cramming, and the built-in Spanish translator even gives you an edge in the foreign language department. Seriously, where was this at when we were using abacuses and carving English reports into stone tablets?

[Via PopGadget]

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Earlier this evening, something with the proposed price of $899 appeared on Apple’s product lists, causing certain parts of the internet to cry out that perhaps a low-end MacBook was in the works. Now, according to Macrumors and AppleInsider, it looks like the item will most likely be a 24-inch LED Apple Cinema Display, rather than a cheap lappie. I guess all will be revealed come 10am PST. [Macrumors]

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The poor kids at Joost—and their partners at Viacom—thought the future of TV on the computer would be a discrete app that blended a slick TV emulator with internets! power. They were wrong, Hulu and Google were right: It’s all about the browser. So that’s where Joost is going. Its Flash-based player officially launches full-throttle tonight. The early word from paidContent is that it’s still no Hulu—the best place for CBS content, maybe, but it’s got a lot of catching up to do. Though really, it’s not clear that it ever can. There’s a reason our internet TV remote is heavy on the Hulu. [Joost via paidContent]

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Filed under: Laptops

Toshiba’s never been one to really pump out laptops with oodles of sex appeal (a few Portégé machines notwithstanding), and its latest two are decidedly drab. Aimed squarely at business users, the 15.4-inch Satellite Pro S300 and the 14-inch Satellite Pro S300M (shown after the break) both include a 2-year warranty, support for docking, a business card reader, a USB Sleep-and-Charge / eSATA combo port and face recognition software. As for the S300, you can snag it with your choice of a Core 2 Duo CPU, up to 3GB of DDR2 RAM, a 160GB 5,400 RPM hard drive, dual-layer DVD burner, WiFi / Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, Intel’s GMA4500MHD graphics, a built-in webcam / microphone and a 9-cell battery pack; the S300M gives you pretty much the same options but with a smaller screen and chassis. Take your pick, as they’re both available to order right now starting at $899 / $829 in order of mention.

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