Japan gets 6x BD-R media, US has 6x burners: someday the two shall meet

Posted in News by Nicr on the June 27th, 2008

So, you picked up a 6x Blu-ray burner earlier this month did you? Too bad there isn’t any media available to cope with that write speed. Oh sure, TDK has been kicking a 6x disc around trade shows for years, but Panasonic will apparently be the first to market when its 25GB and 50GB 6x BD-R discs hit Japa……

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Metal Gear Solid 4 plays favorites with dig at Xbox 360

Posted in News by Nicr on the June 12th, 2008

We've already seen some of the product placement to be found in the soon-to-be-released Metal Gear Solid 4, and it looks like PlayStation 3 users are in store for a bit of reinforcement about their console buying decision as well. As you can see for yourself in the video after the break, at one point dur……

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Zink-based Polaroid PoGo makes its debut

Posted in Featured Posts, News by Nicr on the June 5th, 2008

It’s gone by a couple names since we first heard about it two CESs ago (Zink, Digital Instant Mobile Photo Printer, etc.) but the first Zink-based product is finally on its way to buyers as the Polaroid PoGo Instant Mobile Printer. It’ll run you $150 for the unit (and $10 per pack of 30 sheets), and ……

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