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Does Francis hate Rochelle’s shirt? Left 4 Dead 2’s DLC ‘The Passing’ out now!

April 22, 2010April 22, 2010 drsquid DLC, Left 2 Dead 2, Left 4 Dead, Mutations, PC games, PC gaming, Valve, Xbox 360, Zombies2 Comments

The new chapter for Left 4 Dead 2, The Passing, is being released today on the 360 and PC. Finally the cast of Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 get to meet, and in the trailer above Francis and Rochelle get their hate on together. The chapter also introduces the weekly Mutations events, as detailed by Valve on their L4D blog: The Passing introduces a series of weekly game mode events dubbed “Mutations.” These are week-long runs of new gameplay modes that range from “Realism Versus” to “Chainsaw Massacre”. Each…

Sony Ericsson confirms no multi-touch or custom ROM’s for X10

April 22, 2010 drsquid Android, multitouch, Rogers, Sony Ericsson, x10, Xperia2 Comments

While we still haven’t completed our review of the Xperia X10, we thought we would do a service for the enquiring minds that have been speculating on whether the X10 will eventually support multi-touch. While there has been both positive and negative answers to this question posted on multiple tech sites, we feel that the response we got from Sony Ericsson is the final say on this matter – Owing to the particular hardware and software configuration of the X10, multi-touch capabilities will not be enabled in the core platform…

Motorola finally releases the Telus Milestone Android 2.1 update

April 21, 2010April 21, 2010 drsquid 2.1, Android, google, Motorola Milestone, smartphone, Telus, update, Wind Mobile0 comment

While there has been no official anouncement from either Motorola or Telus, a post on the Alldroid.org forums tonight said that the Android 2.1 update was finally released yesterday. At the moment it seems the update must be done with the Motorola software updater tool, found here – there have been no reports of an OTA update yet. Since I own a Milestone I will report on how the update went soon! UPDATE ONE: Success, though since I had a semi-rooted Brazilian ROM running on my phone, the update utility…

New Rogers 500gb HD PVR released

April 20, 2010April 20, 2010 drsquid 8642HD, Bell, Cisco, DLNA, HD, MoCA, MPEG-4, PVR, Rogers, TV3 Comments

Rogers 8300 HD PVR has been on the market for over 5 years now, and a lot of users have been wondering when Rogers would release an updated HD PVR. The 8300’s capacity and technology is definitely well past being cutting edge, and with the release Bell’s dual tuner 9241 HD PVR last year the pressure was on for Rogers to bring out something new to compete with it. Finally, after a long wait, Rogers announced the availability of their new Cisco 8642HD PVR on their Redboard blog. Strangely even…

Enter the ViewPoint Film Challenge #3

April 19, 2010April 19, 2010 drsquid Challenge, festival, Film, Filmmaker, indie, short time, Toronto, VFC, ViewPoint1 Comment

The Toronto based ViewPoint Film Challenge gives filmmakers the challenge of creating a short film based on the same script. After the success of the first and second challenges, in 2008 and 2009, the third edition of this unique film event returns – after the script is released on May 1st the directors only have 1 month to complete their film! The ViewPoint Film Challenge is all about sharing the same pages of dialogue that we provide, allowing you to focus on your own unique point of view and compare…

Apple pushes out Canadian iPad lauch, taking pre-orders May 10. Rogers announces iPad plans

April 16, 2010April 16, 2010 drsquid 3G, Apple, Bell, canada, iPad, Rogers, Telus1 Comment

On Wednesday Apple announced that, due to the popularity of the iPad in the US, the planned late April international launch of their latest must have device was going to be delayed until late May. Love it or hate it, the iPad is definitely an important device, that will change how media is consumed, and it will be interesting to see what Canadian content is available at launch next month. Although a Canadian date had not been specifically confirmed all the rumours prior to Wednesday pointed to an April 24th…

Microsoft & Epic announces Gear of War 3, coming April 5th 2011

April 14, 2010 drsquid epic games, Gaming, gear of war 3, Microsoft, Xbox 3601 Comment

What has been called “worst-kept secret in the video game industry” has finally been official announced – Gears of War 3, the conclusion to the trilogy, is coming from Epic Games and Microsoft on April 5th 2011 on the Xbox 360. Cliff Bleszinski, from Epic, appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Monday night, and talked about some of the new Gears 3 features, including a playable female solider, new weapons and new aliens. He also tweeted later that the game will have four player co-op! Cliff was supposed…

Rogers confirms Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 price at launch event

April 14, 2010July 19, 2010 drsquid Android, event, Rogers, Sony, Sony Ericsson, superphone, x10, Xperia7 Comments

On Monday night, at the Revival bar in Toronto, Rogers and Sony Ericsson held and launch party for the new Xperia X10 Android handset. We were there to cover the event, and we will be posting some exclusive interviews with the President of Sony Ericsson US, Anderson Teixeira, and Raj Doshi, Rogers VP of Mobile Product Management. We also got some hands on time with the phone, and the Timescape and Mediascape UI was surprising not as laggy as some early reviews had indicated. The phone is sadly only running…

Very Cool: Class 3 Outbreak Flash Zombie RTS!

April 9, 2010 drsquid Binary Space, Flash, game, iPad, RTS, Zombies5 Comments

Built on their first release, the Zombie Outbreak Simulator, Binary Space has release their first game, the Zombie RTS Class 3 Outbreak. The game is a browser based flash game, running over Google maps, where you control 3 squads of police to try to hold back a zombie invasion. Like many flash games the graphics and gameplay are deceptively simple, but the game is highly addictive, and under the hood Class 3 is surpising sophisticated: Game designer, Jay Weston says, “We set the bar pretty high with our previous release,…

Rogers taking pre-orders for the Xperia X10, launches April 15th

April 5, 2010 drsquid Android, Ericsson, google, multi-touch, Rogers, smartphone, Sony, x10, Xperia, Xperia X108 Comments

A few weeks ago, Rogers announced that pre-orders would ‘soon’ start for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, their flagship Android phone. That ‘soon’ is now, at http://www.rogers.com/x10preorder. New customers who pre-order the X10 with a 3 year contract will get a free Sony MW600 Bluetooth Stereo headset and a chance to win two tickets to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The headset is an especially nice promo, since online reviews of the MW600 have been very good. The X10 is $149.99 with a 3 year contract, which points to the…

Google channels Dr.Dolittle – introduces Translate for Animals

April 1, 2010 drsquid Android, animals, google, translate2 Comments

Once again Google leads the way in revolutionizing how we communicate – now we can finally talk to our pets… If we could talk to the animals, just imagine it Chatting to a chimp in chimpanzee Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting to a cheetah What a neat achievement that would be. More info, including the QR code to download this to your Android phone, can be found here

AMC greenlights ‘The Walking Dead’ TV series

March 30, 2010March 31, 2010 drsquid AMC, Comics, Image Comics, Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead, TV, Zombies1 Comment

Following on from the news in January that AMC had ordered the pilot for a TV series of the best genre comic ever, ‘The Walking Dead’, comes the annoncement that a six episode series has been greenlit by AMC. The project has been on a fast track after AMC won a bidding war last August for the rights to the comic. AMC must have a lot of confidence in Frank Darabont’s vision for the series after greenlighting a whole season while the pilot is still being cast. Hopefully this vision…