Nikon Updates D300, D80, and other DSLR firmware with new features and fixes

Rumoured for several months, the Nikon D300 finally gets an overdue firmware update including better AF, contrast dection, and copyright embedding:"One of the best features of DSLRs is the ability to get more features or extended capabilities through firmware upgrades. I had...

TDU VS Prostreet (PSP)

Mee and I went to Colindale yesterday and as usual, I needed to waitabout 2 hours while Mee got her face done. While waiting, I wouldnormally play my PSP games. I had two games with me yesterday;Test Drive: Unlimited and Need for Speed: Prostreet. Well, where’sRidge...

PS3 firmware version 2.10 coming 18th Dec - DivX included!!!

Stright from the UK PS3 site: An update to the PS3 system software was released on December 18, 2007. If you update your PS3 system, the system software version will be 2.10 and the following features will be updated. In order to download PS3 system software version 2.10, you...

Ubuntu is NOT causing aggressive power management

"Ubuntu is NOT causing aggressive power management settings!The following things might instead cause aggressive power management settings :    * your (laptop) harddrive firmware might have aggressive power management defaults (operating system...

Phoenix Technologies launches failsafe for laptops

""According to the FBI, fewer than five percent of stolen laptops are ever recovered, which is why the embedded protection of Phoenix FailSafe is so critical," said Woody Hobbs, President & CEO of Phoenix Technologies. "With more than 25 years of BIOS and core firmware...

iNDependence Day: Ten steps (actually 11) to unlock your “bricked” iPhone

For anyone who has unlocked their iPhone, only to find it completely useless after downloading the latest firmware update from Apple, there is still hope:"If you’ve downloaded the latest iPhone firmware on to your previously unlocked iPhone, you have a course of action...

New iPhone Firmware Out, Hacked iPhones Being Disabled?

"Apple warned us this might happen. Might, apparently, has become fact, based on early reports surfacing from iPhone owners and gadget blogs. The newly released iPhone 1.1.1 firmware is apparently wreaking havoc with iPhones that are running third-party applications or were...

Hackers Liberate PSP

I love stories like this. Sony has released a product which is inherently flawed: users can't take advantage of its full potential, because Sony wants users to only use Sony movies and Sony games in their handheld. This is silly, because Sony does not distribute that wide a...

Zune firmware 1.2 - fixes? not much…

"Zune firmware 1.2 - fixes? not much… Microsoft has released their first firmware update for the Zune, version 1.2. So what’s new? Nothing really. No web browsing, native DivX support, or gapless playback. The update “…will help enhance stability and performance.”...