New Fragrance Lets You Smell Like a Macbook Pro

Remember the smell that filled the air when you opened up that latest Apple product? Well soon you may be able to smell like one at home. Three Australian designers have developed a fragrance which smells just like a freshly unboxed Macbook Pro.

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Disney Takes New Risks with Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two

For a man who has made a career out of crafting stories around terrorists, spilling blood and stealing, Warren Spector has a surprisingly soft side.

“There are pictures of me at nine months wearing mouse ears. My dad bought me a Pluto plush toy when I was born” Spector admits to me as we stand inside a museum in Austin, Texas, the home of Junction Point Studios.

It’s fitting that we’re in a museum. Not only are we surrounded by countless artifacts which tell the tale of Texas, but Spector has brought in dozens of his own Disney artifacts, many never seen by the public before. This is only a small part of his huge Disney collection which ranges from watches to figurines and portraits.

“Frankly we’re not going to talk about the Disney stuff I have in my collection because it would just humiliate me.” says Spector.

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Review: Apple’s New iPad

If you own any Apple product you know the feeling; that feeling you get as you plunk down your hard-earned cash knowing in about one year’s time a newer, shiner model will hit stores shelves and you will be faced with a dilemma. Should you upgrade to the latest model? That’s the question many iPad owners are now faced with as Apple prepares to launch its latest iPad.

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Larger XBLA Gamerscores Coming?

Downloading titles from XBLA is a great way to check out some truly unique titles, but it won’t do much for your gamer score.  Microsoft currently caps the achievements for all XBLA games at 200 points. But is that about to change?

Xbox360Achievements claims sources have revealed Microsoft is in the process of altering the policy.  The site claims all games released after June 1st will have the option of having a maximum of 30 achievements maxing out at 400 points. Downloadable content for these games will now be able to offer an additional 100 GS and eight Achievements per release.

Microsoft hasn’t confirmed the change so file this one under rumours.

[G4TV]

World’s First Cupcake Vending Machine!

If you’ve ever watched Cupcake Wars on Food Network you are probably quite familiar with Sprinkles cupcakes. The World’s first cupcake bakery is often hailed as being responsible for the international cupcake craze. Well, it’s owners are about to launch another first; a cupcake vending machine.

This pink retro ATM machine has been installed outside the posh Beverly Hills bakery, ready to dispense fresh cupcakes 24 hours a day. The owners say it will be restocked day and night and will also offer apparel and Sprinkles famous cupcake dog treats.

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Apple Confirms March 7th Media Event

Apple has finally confirmed what many have been speculating; the announcement of the iPad 3.

Invites have now been sent out to media outlets letting them know about the March 7th announcement.

The tag line is simple “We have something you really have to see. And Touch”. Of course Apple won’t say what it is but once can conclude from the photo it’s the iPad 3.

Many believe the iPad 3 will have a higher resolution Retina display, already seen on the iPhone 4S, along with a quad-core processor and LTE.

We will be at the announcement next week and will share all the details.

Nokia to Launch Smartphone with 41 Megapixel Camera

And you thought you’re smartphone with an 8 megapixel camera took nice photos! Nokia is getting ready to unleash the 808 Pureview, a smartphone with a 41 megapixel camera on board.

The Carl Zeis-lensed phone, which is scheduled to be released in Europe within the next few months, will feature the Symbian Belle OS, 1.3GHz single-core chip, 512MB of RAM and 16GB of on-board storage. To make taking those pictures easier the Pureview will have a 4-inch screen nHD screen.

A 41 megapixel camera seems like a bit of an overkill. Would you make use of it?

[Nokia]

BioWare Tells Mass Effect 3 Fans “Please do not Kill Yourself”

Yesterday BioWare launched a publicity stunt which would help gamers get their grubby little hands on an early copy of the highly anticipated Mass Effect 3. Copies of the game were attached to weather balloons and then launched into the heavens. Of course, what goes up must come down so BioWare thought it would be fun to let gamers track down and keep the “space edition” copies of the game. It almost worked. Unfortunately the event  ended with the company releasing a statement, pleading with gamers to not “kill themselves” looking for the precious cargo.

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Star Wars 3D Coming to Blu-ray this Spring?

Did you just shell out money for the brand new Star Wars Blu-ray box set? Good news! You’ll soon have yet another version of at least one of the films to buy! Rumours are circulating this morning Star Wars Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace, which hit theaters not that long ago, will be available on Blu-ray in 3D as early as this spring.

The rumours are coming from Panasonic’s conference in Hamburg. The company has had a history with George Lucas, bundling the Star Wars films with Panny Blu-ray players last year.

Will you run out to buy Star Wars Episode 1 in 3D or will you wait for the 3D box set?

[Pocket-Lint]

Sony Looks to Patent Kinect-Like PS Eye

Clearly Sony feels Microsoft was onto something when it introduced Kinect back in 2010 as it’s looking to patent a similar technology for Playstation.

Playstation Eye creator Dr Richard Marks has filed a patent for a ‘User-Driven Three-Dimensional Interactive Gaming Environment’. While it doesn’t talk about a specific device the patent does go on to mention a “depth sensing device”; “a three-dimensional camera” that uses “controlled infrared lighting” to scan an area. Hmmm, sound familiar?

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