Gamertell

Once the promised Blu-Ray-to-memory-card feature kicks in for the PS3 and PSP, the space on your memory card will dwindle pretty fast. Each movie will take up about 1 GB which would fill up a pricey 4 GB card with a simply movie trilogy, leaving a little room for game saves, music and photos.

The 16 GB memory card (14.9 GB usable) will be available in march 2008 for approximately $300 (ouch!). The retail price of the 4 GB model was $240 when it was released in March 2006, so the price per GB is dropping.

This will be the largest capacity card in the Memory Stick Pro Duo series. The card’s speed has gotten a Mark 2 boost but what it really needs is a price adjustment. The good news is that it means the price of the 2 and 4 GB models will likely drop a little.

You can use the card in more devices than the PSP including digital cameras, but it’s primarily only used in Sony products. Sony announced the 16 GB Memory Stick Pro Duo at CES 2008.

Read [DPReview] Site [Memory Stick Pro Duo ]

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PNY Technologies, makers of professional grade graphics boards and consumer graphics cards, today (January 7, 2008) announced its upcoming release of the XLR8 Chilled Edition high-end graphics card systems. Each system will be complete, pre-assembled and fit standard size home computer cases.

Screw crazy wiring or complicated hardware reconfiguration to fit all the tubing. According to a PNY, the design incorporates what it calls a “Rad Box” (aka a Radiator Box) that houses the fans, radiator and pump in a metal box that fits into two drive bay slots on the front of a standard PC case. (Cooler system = less drive bays). A tube will connect the radiator to the cooling block mounted to the graphics card.

The liquid-cooled cards were developed by CoolIT and PNY and will include the Dual Drive Bay VGA Cooler for extra cool oomph and, according to PNY press release, cool an overclocked system up to 40 percent more than the average cooling system.

The XLR8 Chilled Edition graphics card systems will be available Q1 2008 from most retailers beginning at $599 (and more depending on the model and configuration) and will include a three-year warranty.

Site [CoolIt] Site [PNY] Site [XLR8 Gaming]

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WizKids recently sent me samples of their latest Trading Card Game, Star Wars PocketModel TCG, released this past week (late June 2007).

Each game pack, which retails for $4.99, includes 4-8 pocket models (on two plastic cards), 6 game cards, an instruction/rules sheet and a pair of really tiny dice. The unique, and rather unusual, aspect of this game is that the “pocket models” are actually miniature ships. A free sample coupons is available on the WizKids’ web site where you type in your zip code and print the resulting page to pick two free cards and three ships (an X-Wing and two TIE Fighters) at a local shop. The coupon expires July 30, 2007.

Each plastic card in a game pack contains glossy, full-color precut ship parts that you pop out and piece together referencing a tiny wireframe diagram and itty, bitty guide letters on each connection point.

Click through to get more information as well as images of cards and completed ships…

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