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An rgbFilter review: X’s hands-on with the iPad

April 6, 2010April 15, 2016 Danny X Apple, eReader, iPad, iPad in Canada, netbook, review, ultra mobile6 Comments

When I came into the office this morning, the very last thing I expected to see on my desk was a shiny, new, 16gb, Wi-Fi-only iPad. Right about the time I was thinking to myself what I’d done recently to deserve such a gift, the owner came by to pick it up and apologize for cluttering up my work area. Fortunately, I’d had just enough to time to play with it that my reaction was less “Finder’s Keeper’s” and more “meh, whatevs.” In short, after playing with the iPad for…

New Photoshop features get demoed, drooled over

March 25, 2010March 29, 2010 Danny X Adobe, Adobe Photoshop, CS4, Photoshop, video1 Comment

Adobe has released a video showing one of its new features, the “Content Aware Fill” tool. Similar to the Healing Brush tool, Content Aware allows users to paint over parts of an image to a point that they appear to have never existed at all. The video above shows this impressive new feature in a variety of common uses, but the most impressive one is hands-down the last one, in which the user fills in the missing parts of a photograph from absolute nothingness. The Content Aware tool is billed…

Portal 2 becomes a reality, and OSX support is not a lie.

March 8, 2010June 13, 2010 Danny X Apple, Mac, PC gaming, Portal 2, Steam, Valve3 Comments

In 2008, on Doug’s suggestion, I picked up a copy of the year-old Orange Box for the 360 on a whim. (Said whim was spurred on by Doug’s claim that if I didn’t buy it, there was something seriously wrong with me.) Turns out, he was right, as Orange Box was my first foray into the world of Valve, and from there, Steam, thanks to the brilliant PC version of Left For Dead. Orange Box spends very little time on my shelf, as I quickly found myself addicted to HL2…

Walt Mosspuppet’s hands-on with a certain tablet computer you may have heard about.

January 26, 2010 Danny X 0 comment

As has become the norm on Applemas Eve, speculation and rumours have reached a fever pitch leading up to tomorrow’s Apple event at which the company’s tablet device is rumoured to be unveiled to a wide (and, likely, teary)-eyed world. The blogging, speculation, and mock-ups have been pouring in from bloggers and “insiders who prefer to remain nameless”, the king of whom is, by all accounts, Wall Street Journal tech expert Walt Mossberg. Moossberg’s Apple fandom has been referenced countless times before, often in reference to his habit of adding…

Transformers: War for Cybertron is the Transformers video game you might actually WANT to play

January 21, 2010January 21, 2010 Danny X PC games, PS3, Transformers, Xbox 3603 Comments

Not since Hot Rod opened up the Matrix of leadership to the haunting tune of “You Got the Touch” have I been so moved by anything Transformers related. It’s not because I’m some kind of callow emotionless jerk-bot. It’s because anything transformers-related since 1986 has, um, sucked. But the Transformers: War for Cybertron game trailer looks like it wants to buck that trend. Featuring the voice of Peter Cullen and some cameo appearances by what appears to be Omega Supreme, the trailer appears to ramp up the battle scenes in…

Bing to potentially replace Google as the iPhone’s search engine of choice

January 20, 2010January 20, 2010 Danny X Apple, bing, google, iPhone, tablet3 Comments

According to an article in Business Week, Apple and Microsoft have been making plans to bring The Find Engine to the iPhone, replacing Google as the search engine of choice on the rapidly aging Apple device. This move would exacerbate the already touchy relationship between Apple and Google, and would more distinctly define the two companies as direct competitors to one another in the wake of the release of the Nexus One, Google’s own high-profile smartphone. That said, it is unclear whether the decision to change default search engines is…

Wacom Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch Tablet: A re-review

January 19, 2010February 16, 2010 Danny X input, review, tablet, Wacom33 Comments

Back in November, Dave was able to satisfy his desire need to be able to multi-touch everything by plunking down $230 on the Wacom Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch tablet. He was kind enough to review it for us, and his reactions were decidedly favourable; so much so that Doug was convinced enough to pull the trigger on one of his own, the diminutive Pen & Touch, which he too spoke highly of. Personally, I’m an Intuos man; my first foray into the Wacom world was on an Intuos 2,…

Bye bye, Big Bop

December 8, 2009 Danny X 12 Comments

Yet another Toronto institution is closing its doors forever. In January of 2010, the iconic Big Bop will be no longer. Located at Queen and Bathurst, the Bop is the home of Kathedral, Holy Joe’s, and Reverb, and is known to many as a favourite venue for Toronto’s indie music scene. A cold wind seems to be blowing through Toronto’s west end these days. In the past year or so, we’ve seen a major stretch of Queen West’s historic district burned to the ground only to be replaced by a…

AOL is dead. Long live Aol.

November 24, 2009 Danny X America Online, AOL, time warner0 comment

AOL today unveiled its new branding, and people are less than impressed. The new corporate identity, created by hotshot design agency Wolff Olins New York, involves using a set of hundreds of different backgrounds to sit behind the new mark in which AOL is written Aol. (don’t forget the full-stop). Landing on this design was the result of a long and winding road which included research, testing, and creative reviews, all to answer the question, “should we even stick with the AOL brand?”

Jim Shaw is mad as Hell, and he’s not gonna take it anymore. (ish.)

November 20, 2009November 22, 2009 Danny X CRTC, Fee for Carriage, Rogers, Shaw1 Comment

The world needs more Jim Shaws. The outspoken CEO of Shaw Communications was quoted in Marketing Magazine today as being “sick of the debate” regarding fee for carriage. “It is time to stop this debate and move forward,” he said. Shaw not only opposes the concept of Fee for Carriage, but also calls the CRTC out on its seeming inability to stick to its guns. “I thought you guys made the decision and you should stick to it,” said Shaw of the CRTC’s earlier decisions to oppose fee for carriage….

Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 trumps GPS for anything else. Pricewise, at least.

October 28, 2009October 28, 2009 Danny X 4 Comments

You hear that? On the wind? That’s the sound of a million TomTom, Garmin, and Magellan owners saying “aw, crap.” It’s because Google today announced their own turn-by-turn navigation application, dubbed Google Maps Navigation. The buyer’s remorse for anyone who bought a standalone GPS will set in when they hear the price, which is significantly less then any other GPS nav system on the market. 100% less, to be precise. In true Google fashion, Google Maps Navigation is available on the Android 2.0 mobile OS and is absolutely free.

HULU might start charging for content.

October 26, 2009October 26, 2009 Danny X Hulu2 Comments

HULU, the online ad-supported content provider that provides streaming content from FOX, NBC and Disney for free, may start charging for content as early as next year. Chase Carey, deputy chairman of HULU’s parent company News Corp., discussed the future of the company’s model at the B&C OnScreen Summit recently, saying “It’s time to start getting paid for broadcast content online”.