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A Look at the New Wacom Fun Pen & Touch Tablet

November 5, 2009November 6, 2009 kingpinlei draw, editing, input, mouse, multitouch, nonlinear, replacement, tablet, Wacom23 Comments

Okay, so I recently picked up the new Wacom Bamboo Fun (Pen & Touch) Tablet to see if it holds up to what Wacom’s been promising about offering multitouch and pen tablet experience on both a Mac and a Windows-based computer. I know what you’re thinking, why don’t I wait for one of the new multi-touch monitors coming out? Well, for starters I’m impatient; I want multi-touch NOW! Second, I really like using a pen for some of the drawings and Photoshop touchups I like to do. Thirdly, I have…

Bell / Telus HSPA Network launches

November 4, 2009 Doug Groves Bell, HSPA, iPhone, Samsung Omnia II, Telus, Windows Mobile10 Comments

It’s been a long time coming, but as we covered before, the new high speed wireless network from Bell and Telus officially launches today. The HSPA+ network supports speeds up to 42Mbit down and 22Mbit up, although the fastest phones being launched support 7.2Mbit. It’s a new standard, which means it’s not backwards compatible with their CDMA network (which will stay online for some time to come). It’s a two day announcement, with Bell going public today, and Telus tomorrow. Though it means a lot a new phone options, don’t…

Alice sequel teased, twisted

November 2, 2009November 4, 2009 Doug Groves Alice, American McGee, PS3, Return Of Alice, sequel, Xbox 3603 Comments

American McGee’s Alice, the nicely twisted third person game that put an extra dose of creepiness into the Alice In Wonderland world back in 2000, finally had a sequel announced by EA back in February of 2009. Now the first teaser trailer, courtesy of developers Spicy Horse has been put online at the teaser Return Of Alice site (the main URL is showing black at the moment). Given the capabilities of hardware these days, I’m hoping that the game itself will have the same creepy stop motion style as the…

Left 4 Dead 2 Demo impressions

October 29, 2009October 29, 2009 Doug Groves L4D2, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, PC games, Xbox 3604 Comments

After some minor delays, the PC version of the Left 4 Dead 2 demo was finally available yesterday evening to those who’ve pre-orderd the game. The Xbox 360 demo was also available, it’ll be another week or more before it’s available for those who haven’t pre-ordered. I fired up a local server so Dr Squid and myself, along with a friend, could give the two map co-op experience a whirl or two. Some of the points mentioned in here were originally made by Dr. Squid during gameplay. Right off the…

Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 trumps GPS for anything else. Pricewise, at least.

October 28, 2009October 28, 2009 Danny X 4 Comments

You hear that? On the wind? That’s the sound of a million TomTom, Garmin, and Magellan owners saying “aw, crap.” It’s because Google today announced their own turn-by-turn navigation application, dubbed Google Maps Navigation. The buyer’s remorse for anyone who bought a standalone GPS will set in when they hear the price, which is significantly less then any other GPS nav system on the market. 100% less, to be precise. In true Google fashion, Google Maps Navigation is available on the Android 2.0 mobile OS and is absolutely free.

Assassin’s Creed: Lineage Part 1 short film online

October 27, 2009 Doug Groves Assassin's Creed II, Hybride, PC games, PS3, Ubisoft, Xbox 3601 Comment

Remember when Ubisoft bought Hybride, the Montreal based studio that did effects work for Sin City, 300 and other films? Besides continuing work on film effects, one of the fruits of that purchase is now available to watch online, in the form of Assassin’s Creed: Lineage. There’s also a good interview with Ubisoft’s UK marketing director talking about the convergence of games and film… “So the beauty of something like Lineage is that it allows us to take a lot of the assets developed for the in-game engine and create…

Awesome trailer for a game I have never heard of until today

October 27, 2009October 27, 2009 drsquid FPS, Futuremark, PC, Steam12 Comments

Futuremark, creators of the industry standard benchmarking tools 3D Mark and PC Mark, apparently have be working on a game, something that many people would hope they would do, given the quality of the ‘demos’ in their tools. I for one however was totally unaware that this dream had actually become a reality until today, when I saw this trailer. Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor. Shattered Horizon is a zero G online only FPS. This is a PC only title, and with graphics like…

Telus Officially Announces HSPA and iPhone Launch Date: Nov 5th

October 27, 2009October 27, 2009 drsquid Android, Hero, HSPA, HTC, iPhone, Telus2 Comments

After many months of internet fed rumours, which most of time should be taken with a grain of salt, Telus and Bell let the news drop that they would start selling the iPhone on their new HSPA network in November. Today Telus finally clarified the exact date, November 5th. They also announced the other handsets that they would be launching, since the iPhone isn’t the end all and be all for everyone. One of them is the (exclusive to Telus) HTC Hero, the hotly anticipated Android phone running HTC’s slick…

Play Left 4 Dead 2 demo tomorrow if you preorder

October 26, 2009 Doug Groves demo, L4D, L4D2, Left 4 Dead0 comment

There’s no secret that some of us here are huge fans of the zombie-blasting multi-player game Left 4 Dead, proving an exception to the Max Brooks rule. You can see why this is of some import to those of us who just don’t want to wait until November 17th to get our melee-style zombie smashing on. There’s been a couple of noteworthy items, the first being… Those who have pre-purchased Left 4 Dead 2 via Steam may now pre-load the game demo, which is due to launch for early access…

CRTC decision already having effect?

October 26, 2009 Doug Groves Bell, CRTC, net neutrality, throttling7 Comments

Last week, the CRTC released it’s initial net neutrality decision, which was quickly followed by a wide range of opinions, from pie-in-the-sky to “The sky is falling“. More reasonable responses suggested that the ruling wasn’t bad, and the head of a 3rd party ISP or two even said it was pretty good overall, with some problems. That being said, one of the major issues was bandwidth throttling, and there were guidelines put in place that would restrict how and when ISPs could do so. Less than a week after the…

HULU might start charging for content.

October 26, 2009October 26, 2009 Danny X Hulu2 Comments

HULU, the online ad-supported content provider that provides streaming content from FOX, NBC and Disney for free, may start charging for content as early as next year. Chase Carey, deputy chairman of HULU’s parent company News Corp., discussed the future of the company’s model at the B&C OnScreen Summit recently, saying “It’s time to start getting paid for broadcast content online”.

Toronto Zombie Walk and Hallowe’en Closing In

October 23, 2009 Doug Groves event, Halloween, make up, tip, zombie walk4 Comments

The Toronto Zombie Walk is only a day away (Saturday Oct 24, 2009), and Hallowe’en -the best holiday of the year! – is just around the corner, so for anyone thinking of really ghouling it up for the events, I thought I’d pass on some most excellent make-up tips I’ve run across via Instuctables … don’t worry, no gory picture until you click on…