Treo 750v

Here is a first look at the Treo 750v, which I expect will come to Australia in the near future.

Microsoft Zune - New iPod Competitor

Check out the new Microsoft competitor to the Apple iPod. This video shows off the interface of the device. No pricing or release date have been provided at this stage, but this device certainly should hot up the MP3 market.

Forfeits even happen at the top level

It is never nice for a team to forfeit a game. It happens quite regularly in local competitions that I am involved with. But when it is an internationa team at a World Championships, I think it is newsworth. Check out this article from News.com.au.

Lithuania had to forfeit to the Australian Opals because they could not arrive at the venue on time for their game. A flight cancellation meant that the Lithuania's had to travel through a different country to reach Brazil, which required them to receive yellow fever shots before they left. They obviously did not have enough time. Do you reckon their manager will get the sack?

Chad Ford on Brad Newley

ESPN's Chad Ford wrote about the NBA prospects that played for their respective countries at the FIBA World Championships in Japan. Here is what he had to say about our own Brad Newley:

Brad Newley, SG, Australia (currently ranked No. 73)
Stats at Worlds: 20.5 mpg, 8.2 ppg, 46-percent shooting, 43 percent from 3

Newley declared for the 2006 NBA draft, worked out for a half-dozen teams and played in the Orlando pre-draft camp this spring. Scouts raved about his toughness, basketball savvy and his quickness off the dribble. However, he was unable to distinguish himself at the draft camp and made a quick decision to pull out of the draft and try things again next season.

I personally was impressed with what I saw over a one-week period of his training at Tim Grover's ATTACK Athletics in Chicago alongside Shannon Brown, Rajon Rondo, Dee Brown and other top prospects. While the game was clearly more uptempo than what he was used to, he fit in.

Newley made another important step toward the NBA this summer with a solid performance for Australia. Like several of the other prospects on the list, his best game was also against the U.S. He posted 15 points and knocked down three 3-pointers against the U.S. in a blowout loss.

Another year fine-tuning his jump shot and another spring getting acclimated to the speed of the NBA and Newley is a likely second-round pick with a shot at the late first round.

To read the whole article, check out: Chad Ford Blog.

Dunlap to Join Nuggets

Former Adelaide 36ers coach Mike Dunlap is set to take an assistant coach role with the Denver Nuggets!  Dunlap has been at Metro State of late, and been responsible for developing some good talent from Australia.  Luke Kendall, Mark Worthington and Daniel George all attended Metro State under Dunlap.

DenverPost.com - Metro State's Dunlap joining Nuggets

Transformers - The Movie

There seems some dissapointment regarding the upcoming Transformers movie that is being directed by Michael Bay.  Some of the screen shots have let people down and the fact that Bumblebee will be a Camaro not a VB is a bit dissapointing.  Check out this link to see what characters are definetly in.

IGN: Transformers Revealed!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Looks like there will be a fully computer generated movie based around the old cartoon Tennage Mutant Ninja Turtles out sometime next year. Check out the Teaser trailer:

Apple - Trailers - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - HD

EyeTV for Mac

I have recently received a BETA version of EyeTV v2.3.  I am sure that the final release will be out soon, but in the meantime, let me give everyone a heads up.

The new version adds some key features and fixes that really add to the products usability.

1. A bug has been fixed that allows the program to tune to more than 1 channel with a 125 kHz DVB-T frequency offset.  Previous versions only allows either SBS or Nine (but not both) to be tuned, since they both have 625 kHz offsets.  The new version fixes this issue.
2. The new version now supports DivX v6 codec for compression of recorded shows.  This combined with the great editing features (to remove ads) makes EyeTV perfect for recording and archiving TV shows.
3. Elgato have added a great new Full Screen Mode that works in a similiar way to Front Row.  It works with the Apple Remote (and Front Row) and gets users a step closer to full Media Centre support on using Mac OS X.

For more information on EyeTV check out http://www.elgato.com.

Gizmo - The new Skype

Check out this Voice over IP application that I think could take over from Skype as the defacto standard for computer based VOIP communications.

Gizmo – A free phone for your computer

Flock - My Browser

I am now using a new broswer called Flock.  Based around the same technology that created Firefox, Flock has a few extra features to provide access to Web 2.0.  It supports almost everything that Firefox does (including extensions!) but adds a few great features that I use alot of:

1. Blogging - easy links to allow me to blog pages I surf to or imagines I collect as I surf.
2. Photos - easy method to add photos to Flickr.  Hopefully some other services will be supported in the future.

Anyway, download it and give it a try!

Download Flock

Or check out some screenshots over at Flickr: Flock on Flickr.

Video Game Violence

Check out this article on Video Game Violence. It is basically having a go at the stupid people in US Congress who are going after games like GTA, just because they are popular. It refers to a heap of other games that are much more violent, sexually perverse and offensive. Got some great videos in it as well.

Video Game Violence Lesson

Media Central - Mac Media Center Software

My Mac Mini sits with pride in my living room as the centre piece of my entertainment area. Front Row has done some great things for Movie Trailers and Music while Eye TV has covered my DVB-T TV viewing - albeit a little bit more desktop focused. MediaCentral V2 has just been released - could it be the ultimate all in one replacement?

MediaCentral V2

Rocky Balboa - New Trailer

For all you Rocky fans out there, check out the Rocky Balboa trailer at Yahoo Movies. Ok, ok, Rocky V sucked really badly, but the other 4 were great. This one could make up for No 5. Rocky Balboa on Yahoo! Movies.

Nokia E61 Demo

The Physics of Superman

An interesting read about the Man of Steel and some of his powers.  It includes a reference to Super Chickens - any article with that reference must be worth a read. :-)

Astrophysics taking off on Superman

Classic Gaming

Check out this site to play classic arcade games like Donkey Kong, Space Invaders and Asteroids... Gaming Classics.

Space Shuttle Discovery Launch - 4th of July

Northern Uni Games 2006 - Caloundra

The Northern Conference University Games for 2006 are being held on the Sunshine Coast. UQ fielded two Men's teams this year but unfortunately no Women's group. The QUT girls team have a UQ flavour though, with 6 players from their teams play club ball at UQ. Check out the standings at this website: NUG 2006 - Results and Ladders.

Billy

Off to Billy's party on Saturday night. Happy 21st Bill, as usual your party will be a great warm up for Uni Games!

Transformers - The Movie

Michael Bay is directing a new version of Transformers. This time it is a real live action film, not an animation / cartoon. They have just released the teaser trailer, check it out over at www.transformersmovie.com.