Techie Topia

The Bug Labs Open Source Gadget Store is now open, and it’s waiting for you.

[Bug Labs]

This release of zAlternator allows the Zune to sync it’s library with WMP11, Winamp, Media Monkey, and even iTunes, although it’s still untested.

[ZuneBoards]

The Xbox 360 has no doubt earned the reputation of a very unreliable console. Microsoft has acknowledged these issues by extending warranties and such, but Bill Gates has recently said warranty support isn’t enough, and Microsoft is aiming to make the 360 more reliable than the competitors’.

We’ve got incredible reliability on the new work we’ve done…Our commitment is that it will be the most reliable video game box out there. People really love the Xbox because of the content, but we’ve got to make sure that the hardware never stands in the way of that.

Gates is most likely refering to the new Falcon chipsets placed into the second edition of 360s, which have been better about RRoDs, but can the 360 be more reliable than the 360?, which Sony stated only has a .02% failure rating. Probably not since Microsoft contracts 360 production to various low-bidding third parties.

[Kotaku]

The wonderful find by the guys over at Destructoid have uncovered the Rock Band Stage Kit, bringing you even nearer to your Rockstar Dreams. Refer to Nickelback’s new song. The not-yet-launched peripheral kit was spotted on Gamestop’s website, selling for $99.99. Right now all we know is that it includes an interactive light show and smoke show. Most of you are probably thinking right now that this is completely unnecessary, and a waste of money, but you could be wrong, like about that “chick” you were dating turning out to be a transvestite. What could be greater than being that much closer to achieveing your rock’n'roll dream? You did stop to notice that you are dishing out riffs on a plastic guitar thats connected to a console, right? Anyways, the kit will be available, for true rockers, on June 23rd. Just watch your smoke alarms.

[Destructoid]

Sorry for the short two posts everyday. Midterms are coming up, and I’ve been giving a million reviews on top on projects that I need to get done. It’s literally a mountain, and unfortunately school has to come first. So again, sorry for the limited amount of posting. Hope to be going back to the normal six posts a day. Wish me luck for now with this stuff :D.

No doubt Guitar Hero is a really popular game amongst all ages, so it’s not surprising that many companies are coming up with custom guitars of their own. It’s also not surprising they suck. Take a look at the Shredmaster Jr.

[Gizmodo]

This must be the most stupidest or most brilliant take on the CES. A guy trying to rap with a mouthful of champagne is pretty hilarious. Full lyrics to the video.

CES is flashy, it’s the crème de la crème No other converntion can nerd it up like them Camcorders, digital cams, and cell phones galore Let me be your gadget guide, let me take you to the floor

I gots a Canon HV30 that shoots 24P
And here’s a Sony SR12, it’s an H-Double-D
Panasonic’s SD9, the smallest HD cam
Widescreen in my pocket is how I like to jam

Here’s the EX-F1, the fastest double shot
60 images per second, I gots to say that’s hot
This baby captures video, 300fps, G
Casio’s the Jeff Gordon of technology

Now Reviewed.com is the better of the best
Scientific testing is the treasure in our chest
We take these hot new toys and in the grinder we toss them
Then we jam out hot reviews like a factory of awesome

The desert, in the pressroom, I want the latest gimmick
Hook me up with waterproofing and dust detect this limerick
In Las Vegas girls be jonesin’ for that 50x optical zoom
Let’s test its focal legnth in my Bellagio room

Face Detection, OIS, GSM, and DPI
You got so much gadget glam, it be maklin’ me want to cry
Get the Puffs Magic Lotion, I want pixel commotion
That Backlight Compensation is like coconut lotion

Reviewed.com
Drop the scientific bomb

Reviewed.com
Drop the scientific bomb

Reviewed.com
Drop the scientific bomb

Reviewed.com
We’re hotter than your mom

All you manufacturers better know what’s up
Reviewed.com spills Cristal and then laps it up
We’re the most comprehensive, the illest in pensive
Our reviews are so in-depth they’ll make you super hypertensive

So now I gots to go, my Ford Focus is waitin’
It’s chock full of booth babes who want some datin’
CES is magic, it’s where dreams are made
Peace and love to you on your gadget crusade
Reviewed.com
Drop the scientific bomb

Reviewed.com
Drop the scientific bomb

Reviewed.com
Drop the scientific bomb

Reviewed.com
We’re hotter than your mom

[Reviewed]

Sony has officially annoucned Blu-Ray to PSP movie transfers at CES today. Load a Blu-Ray movie into your PS3, plug in your PSP, and download it to the memory stick. It’s like pre-ripped iPod movies, but by Sony.

[Kotaku]

The guys at Slacker said that they have offered trial test units to people who have pre-ordered.

[Slacker]

Fans of the word “free,” who just happen to have a phone line and are too lazy to manually dial GOOG-411, will be excited with GE’s updated lineup of DECT 6.0 phones. By the partnership of Thomson and Google, over a dozen of these new phones will have one-button access to Google’s free 411 voice-activated business directory. Prices will range from $50-$100, when the line is out this April.

[PressRelease]