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EU3C has showcased their new film scanner during Computex 2009. Dubbed as the Filmscan35 II-2.4-TV Out, this compact and stylish device offers a 2.4-inch wide preview color LCD, a 5MP stand alone film scanner, an easy One-Touch button scanning, an auto exposure/auto color balance, a microSD card slot and TV out function. Unfortunately, there’s no word on pricing and availability yet. More
VisionRacer has launched another of its affordable racing simulator system known as the VR3. This Aston Martin branded VisionRacer units features a fully adjustable race bred seat so you can enjoy your virtual drive for as long as you want to. With its ergonomic design the VR3 will set you on an incredible driving experience like never before. The system itself is compatible with PlayStation, Xbox and PC. Available in two models: the base model retails for $1,211, while the higher-end model complete with PS3, LCD screen and sound system retails for $2,278. [Bornrich]
As we promised yesterday, here’s the announcement for the Nintendo DSi. Instead of from Japan, this announcement comes straight from Nintendo America, from the chief himself, Mr. Reggie Fils-Aimé. And the announcements is.. drum rolls.. that the DSi launch date in North America has been delayed until next year. Reggie also said that the strong US sales of the current hardware model, DS Lite, is the main reason for the delay. Boo-f-*beep*-hoo!! [Joystiq via Video Game Blog]
Apparently Nintendo is about to announce their next-gen Nintendo DS console. According to MCV’s sources in Japan, Satoru Iwata will make a press release at 9pm PST tomorrow. Not sure what time that is in Japan but this is exciting news. We learned very little details about the new console except that it will sport MP3 playing and some camera functions. [Gizmodo via the Video Games Blog]
According to Impress, Sony will build a new Sony PlayStation 4 with a faster Cell chip (up to 3.2GHz) and a small size Chip (from a 90 nanometer process down to 45 nanometers). The Chip is also expected to have a higher cores from 8 to 12. The company has also decided to upgrade the memory from the very fast but expensive Rambus XDR memory in the PS3 to low-power DDR3. [Electronista via Video Game Blog]
Bungie has unveiled the new teaser trailer for Halo 3 video game entitled “Keep It Clean.” The video shows a large and futuristic city that is being destroyed. The Halo 3 logo and the words “Prepare to Drop” appear at the end of the video. Watch the trailer after the jump. [Kotaku via Video Games Blog] More
HP offers the new accessory for your gaming experience. The HP Laser Gaming Mouse is a gaming-oriented mouse that comes equipped with on-the-fly DPI switching (400 to 2,400), a maximum 50Hz polling rate, adjustable profile settings, and five programmable macro buttons. This fingerprint magnet mouse is priced at only $60. [CruchGear via Video Game Blog]
Here is a new limited edition gaming mouse from Razer in the form of the Razer Team Serious DeathAdder. The mouse was specially designed to honor Quake 3 champion Alexey “Cypher†Yanusheuski who was a winner at the ESWC 2008 in San Jose, California. Only 20 units of this special edition gaming peripheral that will be released in November 2008. I am curious about its price tag. Sadly, there is no word on pricing at this time. [FarEastGizmos via Video Game Blog]
MSI has recently come up with a more efficient way to cool its N280GTX line-up. Introducing micro-channel water cooling technology that uses massive contact surface, enabling MSI N280GTX OC HydroGen series to successfully runs the world highest core clock setting at 700MHz, at 10℃ lower temperature, even at full workload. MSI also reveal N280GTX-T2D1G Super OC with improved fan cooling and tune the model up into the highest clocked GeForce® GTX 200 series in the world. Both new models will have as much as 17% performance increase compare to standard GTX 200 series, and at least 7% to the previous MSI over-clocked N280GTX-T2D1G-OC – at significantly lower temperature. [MSI VIA Upcoming Videogames]
Scan has unveiled their Dream custom PC equipped with the most desirable components – Intel CPUs, Corsair Dominator memory, and Triple SLI NVIDIA overclocked graphics to name but a few. The 3XS Great White features an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.00Ghz overclocked to 4.4GHz, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, nVIDIA GTX 280 graphic card with 1GB of memory, three 1TB hard drives and two 64GB SSDs. It also come with a few dozen other components and accessories, among them; Panasonic DVD Writer and Blu-ray writer, Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Gaming Network Card, KillerNIC M1 Network Card with 400Mhz Processing Unit, 24″ Zalman ZM-M240W Trimon 3D Monitor, Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard, Logitech G9 Laser Mouse – 3200dpi, Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Speakers Digital THX/Dolby/DTS Hardware Decoder 500W RMS, and Speed-Link MEDUSA 5.1 Vibrating ProGamer Headphones. The specs may look less than perfect, but the overall combination of the components that make 3XS Great White made it the fastest commercially available PC ever. Ofcourse the system is not made for the weak Bank account, as it will set you back for a staggering £11,171 (equivalent to approx. $20,000). [ScanUK VIA Upcoming Videogames]
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