GTW at CES '09

It's pleases me greatly to announce that GTW will be sending correspondents to the CES 2009 show this year here in Las Vegas. Already we have been overwhelmed with scheduling requests and booth invititations. As part of the planned CES '09 coverage we here at GTW will be posting End-of-Day reports as each day of the show closes. As many of you are aware CES is a very large show with quite a bit to take in. We will do our best to bring all the news that you find important to you. However, if you have any specific requests feel free to contact us and we will see if we have arrange something to cover that information.

No, There's No Shooting Jokes Here. 

I'd never thought that I would actually want a pacemaker until I saw the Pacemaker, and damn is it just cool. Take all the equipment a typical DJ would need, squeeze it down to the size of an iPod, and you have the Pacemaker from Tonium.

This isn't some toy either. It's a fully functional 120 gig mixer and a 700 dollar party in your back pocket complete with jog wheel, touch sensitive cross fader, and color TFT screen. So now you have the ability to walk into a party and plug right into the stereo to really get the place jumping. 

Now the only thing left to do is to serve up two tracks from its dual channels and create the next big copyright law suit! Check it out here.

Frankly, my dear...

It is 3am on November 13, 2008.  Thousands of bleary-eyed video geeks roll out of bed and sit staring at the computer screen. Waiting. Watching the countdown, shaking with anticipation. Then finally it happens and servers start crashing. The excitement is in the air!

Is it the end of world? Nope.  It is, however, the start of a new world.

Gaming love, it's a burning thing. And for Xbox's it's a fiery ring.

Now we've all heard of the Dreaded Red Ring of Death when it comes to the Xbox 360s. Sometimes we heard it from legitimate sources while other times the "news" has been from "competing" camps that support other consoles. Nevertheless, the RRoD phenomenon is a real issue, regardless of what statistics have been tossed about (besides, we all know that 58.735% of all statistics are made up).

Latest news, on the other hand, makes it a little harder to deny. Squaretrade, a company who specifically handles electronics warrantees has released their info in regards to 360 durability. 16% are known to have issues within the first 6-10 months of use. This is in comparison to Squaretrade's average 3% failure rate in dealing with the "other" consoles.