A 1.6 TB SSD Drive by BitMicro !!

As you all know the 64GB SSD option on current portables can be as much as 1000$ so this 3.5 drive ,announced by BiTMICRO is currently targeting Enterprise systems rather than us (the consumer), but it gives a glimpse on future Hard Drives as they will tend to be faster smaller and more efficient enough to play on my PS3 mini with built in 1080HD projector in the future… !

via DailyTech

World of Warcraft – Wrath of the Lich King

As a big fan of the Warcraft world and lore, I had to post about the upcoming expansion to the most famous MMORPG in the world, after the success to the Burning Crusade expansion which was released in early 2007, this expansion was announced on August 3rd, 2007 that it’ll be released on 2008. Basically, the expansion will feature increased level cap to 80, new battlegrounds for pvp, new continent which is called Northrend, and a new profession called inscription, a hero class which is the Death Knight and many more details are to be announced later this year. Here’s a trailer to the upcoming expansion and a discussion and the first thoughts by Blizzard on the expansion in the Games Convention 2007.

The Official Trailer:

The Discussion Board at the Games Convention 2007:

More information about the upcoming expansion can be found at: http://www.wowwiki.com/World_of_Warcraft:_Wrath_of_the_Lich_King

Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-

It’s my 1st post here, so I would like to introduce one of my favourite games which I’m waiting for. Crisis Core basically serves as a prequel to the original Final Fantasy VII which was released on the PSX more than a decade ago, so even though the people who didn’t get the chance to play this awesome game on the PSX, they can still can play this one which will be released on the PSP in the US on March 25, 2008, the Japanese version has been already released on September 13, 2007. So even though I’ve completed the Japanese one, I’m still waiting for the US to be released, I may as well add that Nintendo DS in Japan was kicking the PSP’s butt there when talking about the sales, however, when Crisis Core was released, and due to having it’s own PSP Slim Edition, the week which the game was released on placed the PSP on top of the DS, so no wonder this game is going to be a big hit in the US after less than 2 months from now. On a last note, Square Enix recently announced Crisis Core was its best-selling game across all regions from last April through September with 710,000 copies sold in Japan and here’s a trailer for those who are interested, it’s Japanese voiced with English subtitles, enjoy.

What Did My Professor Say !?

Don’t worry if you are just to slow to write everything the professor said, LiveScripe Smartpen can save your day by just tapping on what you wrote so far then the built-in audio recorder will take you back to that part you missed, this will only work on the special livescribe dotted paper.

Via I4U

ARCHOS TV+ DVR & Media Extender

Check-out the review by PC Magazine of the featured new Media Extender with better features than currently existing ones. Available for 350$-250$ depending on the capacity (250GB or 80GB). PC Magazine Summarizes the review with "It certainly takes some effort to set up, and extra money to customize with plug-ins you may want, but the bottom line is: It works. Is it always a seamless process? No. Is there HD support? Not yet. Is the user interface a bit annoying? Yes. Is there another DVR-media extender combo on the market that could be described as reliable? No. So, get over the drawbacks and embrace a feature set that Apple fanboys can only dream of".

Via PC Magazine

Amazon Mp3 Goes International

DRM free mp3′s will be available sometime this year with a collection of 3.3 million songs at $0.99 max.

via endgadget

Dual GPU ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

ATI just released the Graphic card with a calculation rate of 1+ Tera-FLOPS, and on AnandTech review it outperformed all Nvidia’s single Graphics cards (with single GPU that is…). Let’s wait for Nvidia’s respond … !? I like the competition.

via AnandTech

Microsoft Insider: Latest Models of Xbox360’s Failure Rate is 10% !

8BitJoystick.com published an interview with the insider and it was interesting to know the new 10% failure rate, is still considerably high. The insider recommended to "keep the console vertical and well-ventilated, because many failures are heat-related" specially the early models. 

This makes you wonder what are Microsoft’s quality standards !?

via Tech Report

Skype Video Vulnerability

InfoWorld have posted the flaw caused by Skype’s integrated IE component used to view html web pages by opening any link in Skype (i.e. video added to chat), below is a demonstration of how an embedded code in a video launched windows calculator.

"The flaw affects the latest version of Skype — version 3.6.0.244 –. Older versions of the software may also be at risk. Until the Skype guys fix this vulnerability, I recommend that you stop searching for videos in Skype," Said the security researcher Aviv Raff who reported the flaw.

via TechReport

My Phone Is A 3D Mouse …

A group of UK developers/researchers created a prototype software enables a camera-phone, with a Bluetooth connectivity, to become a 3D mouse. COOOL

The software will not be available as its been refined.

via New Scientist Tech & Phone Scoop