HALO 3 ODST  is a first-person shooter video game, developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft. It was released on the Xbox 360 video game console exclusively on September 22, 2009, nearly two years after the initial release of Halo 3. Players assume the roles of elite human United Nations Space Command soldiers known as Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (ODSTs) during the events of Halo 2 and Halo 3. After the alliance of alien races known as the Covenant attacks Earth, the player explores the ruined city of New Mombasa to discover what happened to their missing teammates, separated from each other as they entered the city. Read on for a bunch of  HALO 3 ODST game cheats. Read more »

What Is the Magic Jack?

The Magic Jack is an extremely small USB telephone adapter that allows you to make telephone calls through a regular phone for free. This includes local and long distance calling to the US. All you have to do is pay a one time fee of around $40 to get the Magic Jack USB adapter and then your first year of service is free. After that it costs just $19.95 per year to use their VoIP telephone network. This includes the Magic Jack features of free directory assistance, free caller ID, free call waiting, and free voicemail. At that price the Magic Jack appears to be an amazing deal at around $.05 per day for all of these services. Yep, that’s just a nickel a day and a lot less than you are probably use to paying for your land line. Magic Jack technology is simple it takes your traditional landline phone call and reroutes it over the Internet through a VoIP network with the end result being that it works just like a regular phone.

Does the Magic Jack Really Work?

Currently millions and millions of individuals have and use Magic Jack and there has to be a reason for that. The reason is simply because the Magic Jack USB phone does indeed work and very well in most cases. If it didn’t work or worked horribly there would not be millions of subscribers to its service. This however does not mean that the service is flawless. Throughout the Internet there have been many people that have endorsed the Magic Jack as an excellent product and also many people that have complained about it. In order to figure out how well it really works you have to sort through all of the reviews where people are just being idiots and all of the reviews where people are merely promoting the product through some type of affiliate program. Our own assessment of the Magic Jack led us to conclude that it is indeed a high quality product but that there are some problem situations. This alone doesn’t mean that the Magic Jack doesn’t work but rather that sometimes it is hard to get setup properly or simply doesn’t work well with everybody’s Internet connection. In cases such as this problems can almost always be solved by contacting customer service.

Does Magic Jack Have Good Customer Service To Help Resolve My Problems?

Most people have claimed that the issue with Magic Jack lie with their customer service, but we disagree with this. There have been a good number of complaints with magicJack customer service but when we contacted them and acted like a customer with a problem we got great customer service and they answered all of our questions quite well. We did get some scripted answers but we were impressed and felt it was quite a bit better than the average chat customer service. The chat only customer service seems to aggravate people from the get go and screams scam, even though it is no scam at all.

Internet reports have shown that it is often pretty difficult to get the RMA number and address that is needed for a return. We however have found these reports to be false and have seen that it is pretty easy to return the item. Just be ready to try some troubleshooting to see if you can get it to work first, they will obviously want to try to keep your business and get the product to work for you before settling on a return. If you still want to return the Magic Jack you just have to adamant about the fact that it is not working for you and that you need a return. It is also important to note that Magic Jack has an A- rating with the Better Business Bureau and that all complaints with them have been resolved.

Bottom Line…

I have  owned  a Magic Jack  for over a year and I have no complaints. I’ve cut off my land-line and have been saving a lot of money. The only down-side I see is that you have to leave your computer on at all times. This is fine with me since I leave mine on 24×7 anyway.

A November 2009 Launch is Expected, says Report.

The Apple tablet is real, and someone claims they’ve actually seen the thing. Well, so goes the latest rumor anyway. After months of speculation,  someone finally found an anonymous source not willing to go on the record who claims to have first-hand knowledge of the storied Apple tablet. This morning’s rumor comes from the anonymous “A. Veteran Analyst,” who says they’ve actually held a prototype for Apple’s next wonder device in their own hands, according to Barron’s.

Apple Tablet Prototype ?

Mr. Analyst says Apple is going to have a final design ready in the next six weeks, and the device would then be announced in September for a November launch. The Apple tablet may also break your bank, costing you a whopping $699 to $799. But for those big bucks you’d get a device that would be able to, among other things, play high-definition video. While other features might be nice, it sounds like the Apple tablet’s video capability is the feature to beat. The anonymous source says the device’s video quality “is better than the average movie experience.”

So the 10-inch Apple tablet is a better movie experience than staring at a giant screen with surround sound or watching a DVD at home? That must be some mythical device.

Computer Industry Scared Stiff

While Apple is busy creating its next super device to replace the multiplex, everyone else in the computer industry is reportedly so nervous about the Apple tablet they’re waiting to see what the product looks like before imitating or ripping it off. That’s a smart move considering how one guy was left with a warehouse full of iPhony Nanos after this year’s MacWorld Expo. By the way, if you’re looking for a fully non-functioning mini-iPhone drop me a line.

Apple Tablet: the Rumor That Keeps on Giving

Apple tablet mania has been heating up in recent weeks. Earlier this month, another rumor came out saying the Apple tablet might be available through Verizon with a multiyear service contract. An arrangement like that would subsidize the heavy cost of the device, and with a price of almost $800 it’s not hard to see why that would make sense.

Late last week, there was also a rumor the Apple tablet would launch with a secret software project codenamed Cocktail. The software is rumored to be a development in conjunction with the major music labels, and would be “a new type of interactive album, which will combine photos, lyrics sheets, video clips, and liner notes, all gathered into an interactive booklet.”

That sounds like an interesting concept, but software is one of the big questions hanging over the Apple tablet. As Barron’s writer Tiernan Ray says, no one knows if this device will be attached to the iPhone App Store or will have a software model closer to Apple’s MacBook line. As I’ve said before, I think tying a tablet to the App Store could be a mistake since it would virtually guarantee a less-functional device. But we may have to wait until next month’s supposed announcement before we’ll know for sure how this device will work.

Assuming of course, that this yet-to-be-proven device exists. As PC World’s Michael Scalisi pointed out last week, the rumored Apple tablet, despite all they hype, could end up being a flop given the poor track record of past tablet devices. So would Apple risk its iPhone mojo on an unproven device that nobody may want, or are we truly at the point where the world will just go nuts for anything Apple comes out with? If the rumors are correct, we may know the answer to that question very soon.

Litl describes itself as a “Small, portable, and equally at home on a kitchen countertop or a living-room coffee table, the webbook is designed for families with multiple users who like to keep in

Litl Webbook

 touch and socialize. It has no hard drive, files or applications of its own, but instead runs on the “cloud,” using web-based applications like webmail, Google, Flickr and Facebook. ”

There’s still little to share in terms of specs or pricing but what is for certain is it’s a browser centric design (much like the Crunchpad), the screen can flip both ways (as seen below), it only has 1 GB of RAM, 2 gigs of flash storage all in a 3 pound package. It also has WiFi, and USB ports, as well as HDMI out. And if reports are true, the device is being developed in some custom version of Linux.

In any case this little gizmo looks promising.

Geeks who are  too lazy to read those printed texts by yourself can now make use of the Intel Reader to read it aloud for you. The new device that has just been announced by Intel today, and Intel simply named it Reader instead of other more high-tech name.

The Intel Reader comes equipped with a camera and is capable of automatic translation of printed text into digital form, which can then be read on screen or spoken aloud. The device can be used to archive printed texts and also useful for the blind or poor-sighted to read without needing to use Braille.

The system has a basic display for navigating and reading text and it’s based on Intel Atom. It can read DAISY-formatted books, MP3 and WAV files and even those that haven’t been created by the Reader itself. It’s equipped with full and mini USB ports for easy transfer of contents to computers.

The Intel printed-text to speech converter will be available in next few weeks through retailers and will run you $1,500 each.

Cheats For Call Of Duty 5 On Wii…
(SkyNewswire.com)- Coming to two years after its launch, the consoles continue to be going great guns. Of late though, new releases of Wii games such as Wii Fit, Blast Works, We Ski and so forth are looking like the Wii is finally coming into its own in that area too. If there had been any lessons learnt from the launch of the consoles, top on the list should be the pliant issues. The premium pricing of Wii video games does not help things either.

The price of the games adds up quickly as more and more of them are pumped out and it does not look like the cost of the games is coming down soon. Games Download Service sites are found all over the shop on the net.

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Modern Warefare 2 is probably the best must-own video game of 2009

Modern Warfare 2 arrives riding a wave of hype unprecedented in the world of video games. The original Modern Warfare became one of the sleeper hits of the decade, steadily gaining in sales and word-of-mouth to become one of the top-selling first person action shooters of all time.

The latest Modern Warfare went on sale this past Tuesday. Retail giant Wal-Mart had its supplies ready to go at midnight on Monday. Popular video game retailer GameStop had its doors open at midnight across the nation as well, hosting parties as eager gamers waited in line for their copy. 4.7 million copies were reportedly sold on Tuesday alone in the U.S. and the U.K., equaling $310 million at the register. That total easily beats the previous one-day record holder, Grand Theft Auto IV, which sold 3.6 million copies in May 2008.

It starts with the single-player campaign.  I bet  you won’t find a game this intense on today’s market. Unlike its predecessor with its fictional Middle Eastern setting, Modern Warefare 2 drops you into the real-life war-torn country of Afghanistan and doesn’t let up. At its core, MW2 follows a very similar formula to the original Modern Warefare since you are guided through thrilling set pieces in a linear, dramatic fashion. If you want to follow a gripping, straight-forward action story, this is the game you should buy.
Real world locations range from the Middle East to snowy mountainsides, and the action hardly ever lets up. As in the original Modern Warefare, you’ll play several different story arcs, all aimed to stop a war and take the bad guy down.

EnergyHub’s Dashboard has been chosen by Time Magazine as a Best Invention, the magazine announced Thursday. The touchscreen Dashboard, which combines temperature control and comprehensive home energy management in one easy-to-use device, was praised by Time for its ability to “rein in the real power hogs” in a user’s home.

As the centerpiece of EnergyHub’s innovative solution, the Dashboard tracks and manages energy use of the entire home, and of individual appliances, in real time. The Dashboard also allows utilities to communicate messages and pricing directly to their customers, a breakthrough that facilitates better service and energy savings for providers and consumers.

The EnergyHub Dashboard “is something I saw demonstrated earlier this year and it blew me away,” says Lev Grossman, senior writer at Time and editor of the magazine’s annual Best Inventions issue. “In a car you can usually see how much gas you’re using. With electricity in a home, you never could before. But now… in real time you can, using EnergyHub, and I think it’s going to save America billions and billions of dollars.”

The Dashboard is currently deployed in utility pilots in the US and will be available direct to consumers early next year. “This is going to be in homes in 2010, and it should have a huge impact,” says Josh Tyrangiel, Time deputy managing editor and managing editor of Time.com.

“It’s very exciting to be named a Best Invention by such a prestigious publication,” says EnergyHub CEO Seth Frader-Thompson. “I think it also speaks to the demand of the market. Both utilities and consumers want to be able to take action to increase energy efficiency and save money. At EnergyHub, we have been working very hard to deliver practical and valuable solutions, so it’s particularly gratifying to receive this honor.”

nissan leaf

Nissan changed the game for automakers planning electric vehicles in August when it unveiled the Leaf. The all-electric C-segment vehicle travels at speeds up to 90 miles per hour and goes 100 miles on a full charge. Nissan says it will only take 30 minutes to charge the batteries to 80% of their capacity at a high-power charging station. The Leaf is expected to sell for between $35,000 and $45,000.

The car won’t hit production lines until the fall of 2010, but that didn’t stop Time Magazine from calling it one of the best inventions of 2009. Even more significant, perhaps, is how much interest the Leaf has generated with Time’s readers. When asked to rank each invention on a 100-point scale, the respondents gave the Leaf an average ranking of 75, making it the 10th most important invention on the list. The electric eye took the top spot, followed closely by the $10 million light bulb and the solar shingle.

This is good news for Japan’s third largest automaker. Though we’ve been hearing about the Chevy Volt for years now, Nissan dropped the Leaf just a few months ago and it’s already earning accolades. Everyday, the future of green transportation looks brighter (but maybe not as bright as the aforementioned light bulb).

Source: Time Magazine