The Nintendo DS Lite is a prime example of a success story when it comes to portable gaming consoles, easily moving more than a 100,000 units each week in Japan alone, crushing all competitors in terms of sales. Part of the reason behind this handheld would be the vast library of engaging games, and here we have a brand new bundle that packs in a brand new DS Lite color scheme and the highly anticipated Brain Age 2 software. This new DS Lite looks pretty spiffy with a two-tone body (crimson and onyx) and comes with a matching black travel case with red trim. Those who want to pick up this bundle will have to set aside 149 clams. You won’t go wrong with Brain Age 2 is the original title was anything to go by. I’m still playing my Brain Age to this day and have not gotten sick of it yet.

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I’m surprised that so many writers still care about the HD-DVD & Blu-Ray format. Several manufacturers such as Samsung and LG are preparing, or already have, dual-format drives. It is only a matter of time before dual-technology players flood the market and prices will go down dramatically (just look at the DVD player market today).

That’s what happens to any “fixed-function” technology. Once you have a device that can play a movie with a decent image quality, there are not a lot of things that can be improved - at least not a lot of things that consumers are willing to pay premium money for.

What do you think?

Update (8/21):

In a recent Business Week article, Andy Parson from Pioneer (pro Blu-Ray) says: “Either a single format wins, or nobody wins”.

That can’t be farther from reality. Right now, we have many DVD formats (DVD, DVD-R, DVD+, DVD RW, DVD DL) and quite frankly it’s a little confusing, but not to the point that users can’t deal with it. Multi-format drives are fulfilling their roles perfectly: users don’t really care about formats if they can read/write all of them.

Of course, having multiple standards makes adoption slower, but it will eventually catch on. And who’s complaining? It’s the very people who can’t agree on a single standard, because they want to keep all the licensing royalties for themselves.

Check out the business week article from Catherine Holahan to get more details on everyone’s stance in the industry.

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Here is the synopsis and the team of Chak De India from the official Chak De Website: 
Jo nahin ho sakta hai, wahi to karna hai…

Kabir Khan (Shahrukh Khan) knows what it’s like to come back from the dead. The ex Indian Captain has now come back in the avatar of […]

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Filed under: Audio/Video, Car Tech, Cell Phones, Google

If you’ve seen a VW Tourag television commercial lately, you probably got the impression that the German sport-ute is the real star of ‘The Bourne Ultimatum,’ with Matt Damon just along for the ride. If you actually go see the film, you’ll learn that Matt Damon really is the lead, but will also discover that the (likely) final story in the ‘Bourne’ trilogy is a bit heavy with product placements, particularly those of a tech orientation, which is what has lead Tech Digest to catalog them. The site came up with 13 ads throughout the 114 minute film, meaning you won’t have to wait more than 10 minutes on average between someone talking into a Motorola RAZR2 or running a Norton Antivirus search.

Other products include CTX monitors (used by the C.I.A.), a Nokia N93 phone, a copy of ‘The Guardian‘ newspaper, and a rather blatant Google search. Just how much all these placements helped to finance the film is, of course, a closely guarded secret, but given that the latest ‘Bourne’ installment brought in $70 million in its opening weekend, we’re thinking perhaps the director could have cut just a few of those hot new products.

See the whole list at Tech Digest

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• RAZR2 Phone Now Available for All U.S. Carriers
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• Elvis Is Reborn — As a Robot Head!

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Filed under: Business, News

Korea is full of developers that desperately want to make a mark on the console world. While neither were fantastic, look at the impressive graphics that graced the ambitious, but ultimately shallow and annoying, Magna Carta for the PS2, or the broken remake of Astonishia Story for the PSP. Korean developers want to get involved in consoles, since people seem more and more interested in buying them. Korea gets the brunt of their attention from their PC endeavors, so we’ve got to ask: is Korea going to show a stronger market share with the PS3 and maintain the popularity of the PSP, or not?

Since Gamasutra posted a pretty lengthy look at the history of consoles in Korea, we’re going to give the abridged conclusions here. By all means, check out the full article since it’s really quite entertaining. As far as the PSP goes, it’s still fairly popular, but mainly used for watching movies while on subways, etc. It’s not much of the “short burst” gaming system, which is why the DS has gained a lot of ground there.

The PlayStation 3 has hit a wall in Korea, since most of the “hardcore” crowd have already put their money on the 360. All the negative pre-launch press didn’t help, either. The system’s still selling, but until the big titles hit, it’s not going to have any remarkable sales numbers. The PS3 may, in time, ride on the success of the PS2 in Korea, but until that time, there’s nothing fantastic going on. In short, Sony’s got to step up to the plate and deliver some good marketing strategies in Korea or else even those Korean console developers will stop trying and that would be a shame, stamping out potential.

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The Full Code Press site-in-a-day web olympics is on this weekend in Sydney — but you can stay up to date as the competition progresses no matter where you are in the world.

The two teams (Australia and New Zealand) will be building their web sites online, and you can watch the progress of their respective sites in real time. The web addresses of the non-profit organisations that will each be receiving a site at the end of the 24 hours will be announced at 9.30am on Saturday (Australian EST).

There’s also going to be plenty of photo coverage, video action and live blogging from both sides.

Photo and video action:

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/fullcodepress/
• http://www.flickr.com/groups/fullcodepress/pool/
• http://picasaweb.google.com/FullCodePress
• http://www.youtube.com/fullcodepress

Live blogging:

• http://www.fullcodepress.com/
• http://www.codeblacks.co.nz/
• http://wipa.org.au/

The trash talk is getting heated between the two teams, so I imagine that, despite the philanthropic nature of the event, it will be seriously competitive.

Should be fun to watch!

This article provided by sitepoint.com.

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So this is old news. Like, oooollllddd news. The internet has moved on past it. And yet…the fact that it hasn’t appeared here at SayNoToCrack, bothers me a little.

And the fact that it’s here now, can bother you a little. Because I cannot move on with my life until I’m sure every one of you guys has seen…

THE DRAMATIC CHIPMUNK.

I know it’s not a chipmunk…I’m pretty sure it’s a prairie dog, although other websites have called it a “marmot.” I don’t know. BUT LOOK HOW DRAMATIC IT IS. And, much like with the Dear Sister affair, it was only a matter of time before the internet responded with an entire ton of dramatic chipmunk parodies. A few worth mentioning:

Go ahead and look more up, if you choose…there are more of these than stars in the sky. Or…more of them than there are of other videos.

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Wind to light: when the wind blows, the turbines produce light. Sweet!

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Filed under: Television/Film, On the Blogs, Real Kitchens

Have you ever looked at a meal you’ve made and thought, “I really wish I could make a video of this and put it in a place where other people could see it.” Well, maybe you haven’t had that particular thought, but possibly you’ve had ones along those lines. The video sharing site Viddler has created running series called MealToday, where they invite people to take video of their meals and share it with the Viddler community. It’s actually sort of fun, if slightly voyeuristic, to see the things that other people eat.

The other cool thing about the MealToday project is that for every video you submit of the things you’ve eaten and drunk, you will be entered into their contest* to win either an iPhone or a Canon TX1 HD Camcorder. Not a bad deal. So go forth and record your meals! Fame and fortune could follow.

*In the interest of full disclosure, I should say that I know some of the folks at Viddler and will be participating in the podcast on September 1st during which the winner will be chosen. But it’s still a pretty cool project and contest.

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