K60 Gaming Keyboard

GADGET--Gamers really look into their gaming equipment seriously. The avid ones are particularly quite careful of using gaming keyboards instead of just those ordinary ones. For gamers who years for gaming keyboards with faster response times, there are special ones available like the Corsair Vengeance K60.

The Corsair Vengeance K60 Gaming Keyboard is designed more specially for gamers who are into FPS (first person shooter) games. The keys that are usually used in such games, notably the WASD and the 1 to 6 keys, are colored red and come with mechanical key switches to provide better sensitivity and low operating force needed which professional gamers look for. This translates to faster response times and quicker double or triple taps on the keys.

The Corsair Vengeance K60 Gaming Keyboard also features full key matrix anti-ghosting features with switches with their own individual diodes so that each press of the key gives input results even when pressing multiple keys at once. This gaming keyboard also comes with an ergonomic wrist rest to allow comfort even with prolonged use in gaming. The Corsair Vengeance K60 Gaming Keyboard is now available at Corsair for US$110.

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New Xbox 360 250GB S hacked with video

New Xbox 360 250GB S hacked with video

It’s no secret the older version of the Xbox 360 was being exploited as you could look on Craigslist and find hacked consoles and “backup” games, quite frequently. When the new Xbox 360 “Slim” was released, first thoughts I had was that Microsoft was permanently addressing the “Red Ring of Death” (known to MS as the “overheating”) issue. In the back of my head, I also thought, maybe they’re also tackling the piracy concern, as well.

We’ve seen companies go under and piracy plays a huge part in this, as many “backup” games float around. On that note, this video was spotted by a team that is already claiming that they have indeed hacked the new Xbox 360 250GB “Slim” console.

I can’t wait until Microsoft starts their next wave of bans and hopefully permanently ban these gamer tags.

Here is the video of the team claiming to have patched the DVD Rom to allow for the play of backups.

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Facebook will partner with to bring a music service

Dutch entrepreneur and developer Yvo Schaap took a look at the HTML for all the major music services and found that several had references in meta tags to what appears to be a custom Facebook format.
Specifically, Schaap found Spotify, MOG, Rhapsody, Soundcloud, Rdio, Deezer (France), and VEVO all seem to be tagging their songs to be Facebook-compatible.
Among the notable services absent from the list are Pandora and Napster. Pandora has been thought to be among Facebook's most likely partners for adding music streaming to its network.
Schaap explained briefly on his blog what he thinks he's found:

The undocumented mentioned audio type audio/vnd.facebook.bridge seems to refer to a format that bridges audio between the streaming services and the Facebook platform.

It seems all the partners are ready: free streaming, link between the music service and Facebook, all we need is to wait few more days.

(Credit: Screen capture by Eric Mack/CNET)

 

Facebook is widely expected to announce the details of a new music service at its F8 conference on Thursday. There have also been reports that some sort of stronger relationship between Facebook and Hulu will be announced at the gathering of developers.

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