iControlPad Physical iPhone Game Controller to Use Bluetooth

The iControlPad, a device nearing production that will bring physical gaming controls to the iPhone, has been delayed due to being forced to use Bluetooth rather than the dock connector. The device is a snap-on game controller that you’ll place your iPhone inside, and thus provide it with PlayStation controller style controls complete with two analogue sticks, a D-Pad, and rear mounted triggers. It’s undeniably large and bulky, but does contain its own battery to help boost gameplay time and...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab - First Look

Many people have been waiting with bated breath for the launch of a tablet device to rival the much vaunted Apple iPad and the prime candidate has been the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Today it finally officially launched and we got our hands on one to give it our first impressions. The first thing that strikes you about the Tab is that it's much smaller than the Apple iPad, which is of course a given considering it's a 7in device and the iPad is 9in. Nonetheless, while the iPad feels large and...

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Belgian brewery brewing mystical ‘full moon’ beer

Full moons are often associated with tides, insanity and creatures like werewolves, but it turns out they’re also good for brewing beer. In Peruwelz, a small, sleepy town in southern Belgium, a ­family-owned brewery has produced its first batch of specialist beer brewed by the light of a full autumnal moon. It isn’t so much a nod to mythology as a recognition of nature’s impact on the science of brewing. “We made several tests and noticed that the fermentation was more vigorous, more active,” said Roger Caulier, the owner of Brewery Caulier,...

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Wine industry blossoms in Hong Kong

In 2004 a businessman named Jim Thompson leased a set of old munitions bunkers in Hong Kong and converted them into wine cellars. It was a bold move. Few East Asians then had a taste for fine wine, and Thompson’s firm, Crown Worldwide Group, was accustomed to the steadier business of shipping expatriates’ furniture around the globe. But Crown made strenuous efforts to seduce potential customers with lavish tastings and other jolly social events. The venture grew steadily until, four years later, the bunkers had 100,000 bottles in store....

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Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro

The Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro is a handset that requires many caveats before recommendation. If you're looking for a powerful and feature rich phone with as small a footprint as possible that has a physical keyboard then it is without equal. However, if you're simply looking for a good budget smartphone then there are other handsets we'd recomm...

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HTC SPARK PICTURE LEAKED

The launch of Windows Phone 7 is just around the corner so we'll soon be knee deep in brand new handsets from all the major players. For the time being, though, we have to make do with sneak peaks from the lucky few working behind the scenes, and the latest phone to drop is the HTC Spark. Appearing in Egypt of all places, snaps of the handset were caught by the user 'Fishawy', a senior member of the XDA-Developers forums. He writes, "Today I met a friend who has a Windows 7 HTC Spark phone...

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Sky and Microsoft Announce Xbox Kinect Integration

Sky and Microsoft have announced that users will be able to control the Xbox 360 Sky Player service using the upcoming Kinect motion control system. Owners will be able to move through channels just using hand gestures or via voice control. “Selecting a favourite show, changing live channels, or easily scrolling forward and back through on-demand content is all made possible by a simple wave of a hand”, Sky said in a statement. Sky Player offers on demand TV and movies via a computer and...

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Top 5 Greatest Video Game Weapons of All Time

The world of video games is inundated with weapons. Sports games aside, most games have them; from Mario Kart to Halo, to play games weapons are the core game mechanic. They let you interact with the world, and in a lot of cases are the only way to interact with the environment around you. So here`s a look back at some of the greatest givers of death the world of make believe has to produce. 5. Cerebral Bore - Turok 2, N64 The Cerebral Bore gets in on any top weapons list for two reasons:...

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Adidas and Xbox Team Up

An exercise shoe company is teaming up with a company that prevents kids from getting any exercise. Why not? For a limited time, Adidas Originals and Xbox are teaming up to bring Adidas Original into you gaming experience. Here's how it works: From now through October 15, customers who purchase a pair of Adidas Originals from Foot Locker will receive a code that will dress your avatar in a Superstar outfit on Xbox Live. That person will also be entered for a chance to win prizes, including...

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A History of Zombies in Video Games

In light of Capcom's Dead Rising 2 releasing this week for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC, we look back at notable video games featuring the undead over the past 25 years, including absolute trainwrecks like Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green and ground-breaking horror games like Resident Evil.Zombies are some of the most common -- some would even say generic -- enemies in video games. And while "zombie themed" games didn't really exist until 1996's landmark horror title Resident Evil,...

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ReverbNation Partners with APM Music to Bring Exclusive TV, Movie, and Video Game Licensing Opportunity to Independent Bands

ReverbNation, the leading Marketing and Promotion Platform for over 850,000 Musicians, Labels, Managers and Venues, and APM Music, a joint venture of EMI Music Publishing and Universal Music Publishing and the largest production library and music services company in North America, have partnered to launch an exclusive “ReverbNation Music” library that APM Music will license into TV, Movies, Trailers, Video Games and other types of productions. Tens of thousands of qualified ReverbNation artists have already received invitations to audition...

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New game releases for week of October 4, 2010 (US); Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Enslaved, Wii Party, Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, more

Hope you have your time, money, or holiday wish list set aside. This week brings many great new games, with plenty of variety to choose from. Highlights include Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Wii Party, Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light, and many more! New videogame releases in stores, for week of October 4, 2010: (subject to change) PlayStation 3Ben 10: Ultimate Alien ($10 credit with pre-order) Castlevania: Lords of ShadowCastlevania: Lords of Shadow Limited...

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Marvelous May Bring Wii Title to the 3DS

Muramasa: The Demon Blade may soon be playable in 3D. In a recent Siliconera interview with Marvelous Entertainment, it was revealed that the company would like to bring Muramasa: The Demon Blade to another dimension with the Nintendo 3DS. When the Group Manager of Marvelous Entertainment, Tomio Kanazawa, was questioned about what he thought of bringing Muramasa: The Demon Blade to the Nintendo 3DS, he responded by saying, "That’s a pretty good idea! That is one of the many things we think...

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Vote For The Best Video Games in the 2010 Golden Joystick Awards

The biggest and best video game releases of the last 12 months are fighting it out to be recognised by gamers in the Golden Joystick Awards – the world’s most popular video game awards event, as verified by Guinness World Records. Will favourite ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’ triumph in the Best Shooter category battle against other blockbusters ‘Battlefield: Bad Company’ and ‘Halo 3: ODST’? Will ‘Command & Conquer’ overthrow ‘Napoleon: Total War’ and ‘Plants vs. Zombies’ in the Strategy Game of the Year category? And will the all-conquering...

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Breast cancer in young women 'increases risk' of disease in relatives

Study suggests genetic link of disease between female patients under 35 and family members of both sexes. Male and female relatives of young women with breast cancer are at greater risk of developing cancer themselves, according to research published today.Scientists studied parents and siblings of 504 women diagnosed with the disease before the age of 35 and found they were at a 1.5 to two-fold increased risk of prostate, lung, brain and urinary cancers. The risk was little changed among the relatives...

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Alcohol influences breast cancer recurrence

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Americans More Addicted to Coffee Than Mobile Phones, Study Reveals

In celebrating National Coffee Day on Sept. 29, Filterfresh Coffee Service, Inc released their nationwide survey into the coffee habits of Americans. The results indicate that most people are more addicted to their daily shot of caffeine than they are to their mobile phone. The 2010 Filterfresh Coffee Report has concluded that 54 per cent of respondents would rather give up their cell phone than their daily cup of coffee. According to the study, coffee makes up an important part of many people’s...

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Why Kiwi wine is ahead of Australia

The right varieties in the right regions help the Kiwis stay a step ahead of Australian wines. Those pesky Kiwis have done it again. They have trounced us in the Tri Nations. Not at rugby but wine. It's becoming a regular thing in the Tri Nations Wine Challenge. They were the most successful nation last year and this year. But what really hurts is they've won the coveted shiraz trophy three years out of the past four and last year South Africa won. This year, New Zealand won six trophies to Australia's five (and South Africa's two), along with...

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Washington wines hold their own in price and quality

These are challenging times for wineries, which are facing increased global competition and rapidly falling prices for their wines. California brands that once commanded $100 and more a bottle are now being dumped for $35 or $40. And at the most affordable level – $6 to $8 wines for everyday enjoyment – the corporate California wines have the advantage of cheap and abundant fruit. Yet Washington not only can compete, it can excel at both ends of the price spectrum. In fact, a look at the annual “Top 100” lists published by Wine Spectator,...

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Understanding of beer proteins 'could improve flavour' - Beer - 2010

The identification of new proteins in beer could help brewers refine the flavour and aroma of their drinks, the authors of new beer industry research have said. Published in the Journal of Proteome Research, the Italian study sought to broaden scientists' understanding of the proteins able to survive the brewing process. Researchers found that proteins which remain in beer throughout its development play an important role in the formation, texture and stability of its foam 'head'. In addition,...

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California's late grape harvest of 2010: What it could mean

Days after record-breaking, triple-digit temperatures across much of the state, the 2010 wine grape harvest has officially lurched into gear, weeks later than normal, kicking off the final acts of one of the strangest California vintages in recent memory. Just a little more than a week ago, the day before the autumnal equinox, Sonoma winemaker Merry Edwards had her harvest staff stuffing envelopes for a fall mailing and once again taking a mop to the floors of her barely used crushpad. Morgan Twain-Peterson,...

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People in the US are drinking more than they did earlier

People in the US are drinking more than they did 20 years ago. Researchers are attributing a variety of factors, including social, economic and ethnic influences and pressures, to this increase. Researchers from the UT Southwestern School of Health Professions compared data of 1992 (with 42,862 respondents) and 2002 (43,093 respondents) across both sexes and three major ethnic groups, and noticed an increase in consumption of alcohol. There was also a rise in drinking five or more drinks in a day...

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Lithuanian blonde island plan raises eyebrows

A Lithuanian company plans to set up a holiday island in the Maldives run entirely by blondes - the latest project in a growing blonde movement in the Baltics. But how legitimate is this latest sign of Baltic blonde ambition?What do you call a blonde who runs a business? A dab hand at marketing, if she comes from Lithuania.Blondes in the Baltics have had enough of the jokes about being dumb. Now they want to show they are smarter than the gags make out, with a growing blonde business empire.The...

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