BlackBerry Torch Coming to Rogers September 24th

We knew last month that the BlackBerry Torch would eventually end up in Canada, but when was a mystery…until now. Rogers has just announced it will start carrying the BlackBerry Torch 9800 beginning September 24th.

The BlackBerry Torch will set you back 9800 will cost $199 with a three year contract. Rogers has not announced a price to purchase the device without a plan.

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PS3 Homebrew Hits the Web

You knew it was only a matter of time. On the same day the infamous PSJailbreak USB key is set to ship to online retailers, a new cheaper version of the Playstation 3 hack has surfaced online.

PSGroove is an open source implementation of the PS Jailbreak exploit. The software, which can be downloaded for free online, must be installed to a AT90USBkey ($30) or a Teensy++ USB development board ($25). This will enable the backup manager on any PS3 whether it’s the old fat model or the newer PS3 slim.

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Arcade Fire And Chrome Make Best. Video. Evar.

The music video has come a long way since I was staying up late at a friend’s place to watch The Odds on MuchMusic. In fact, one could say this mode of music marketing has struggled to be relevant now that MTV hardly does music videos anymore. But the latest mix of online greatness (Arcade Fire, Chrome, and HTML5) has given us a glimpse into a likely future for the music video–a personalized, interactive experience.

“The Wilderness Downtown” is an interactive film by writer/director Chris Milk. It starts by asking you to input the address of your childhood home (hopefully available on Google Maps and Street View). As the multi-window video begins, it shows shots of your street matched with images of animated birds, trees, and a running man. Trust me, it’s worth checking out for yourself.

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Mojowijo Has A Sexy Application For Your Underused Wiimotes

I’m not saying it’s gross because I’m sex negative. I’m saying it’s gross because, well, have you looked at your controllers lately? Yuck.

Thanks to Mojowijo, by combining a couple of Wiimotes, bluetooth, and a PC, you can turn your Wiimotes into a sexy fun time.

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Apple Launching Netflix-Enabled Apple TV?

Not to steal Apple’s thunder, but Bloomberg BusinessWeek claims it has good reason to believe that the company will announce the next version of Apple TV (expected to be announced tomorrow) will have Netflix built-in.

Those who claim to be in the know told the outlet that the Netflix service will stream movies to subscribers TVs for a monthly fee. Not only that, it will retail for as little as $99. That’s $130 dollars cheaper than the current model.

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Brand New Xbox 360 Controller

Microsoft has just announced a brand new controller for the Xbox 360. At first glance it looks roughly the same as previous versions, but take a close look at the A, B, X, Y buttons. The red, green, yellow and blue colours are gone, replaced with grey monochrome. The analog sticks are also now more concave, another small upgrade. But the biggest improvement has to be the D-Pad.

Microsoft claims many Xbox 360 users complained the D-Pad was awkward to use. So the engineers in Redmond developed a new one. A twist of the D pad will make the plus pop up giving the disc some dimension. Take a look at the picture below.

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Review: Metroid Other M

Nintendo fans have been frothing at the mouth ever since Nintendo announced at this year’s E3 that a new Metroid would hit store shelves in the fall. Well fanboys and fangirls, the time has come. After months of anticipation, Samus Aran has returned to the console–this time bringing with her a very different game. Yes it’s Metroid; yes it has many familiar characters; and yes it features our favourite heroine. But, mark our words, this is not the Metroid of yesteryear.

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A Hand In Liquid Nitrogen–Results May Vary

Remember that first season episode on the X-Files where the bad guy shoved a scientist’s head in liquid nitrogen with smashing results? That’s kinda what one would expect to see if someone were to put their unprotected hand in liquid nitrogen. But Theodore Gray of PopSci has shown that your hand can be protected by science (just please don’t do this at home).

In a demonstration of the Leidenfrost effect–in which one’s hand is protected by natural bubbles–Gray plunged his hand into an unshielded dewar of the freezing (-320° F) fluid. The video (after the break) is amazing to behold… and the shots of disposing of liquid nitrogen on a lake is cool to see too!

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Warm Up In A Super Mario Bros. Sweater

It’s almost fall–at least in the northern hemisphere–and what better time than now to wear a Super Mario Bros. sweater?

If the original pixel figures don’t get you, how about the fact that Shigesato Itoi designed it. Who is Mr. Itoi, you may ask?

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Print Version of Oxford English Dictionary Soon to be History?

Times are a changing. Oxford University Press, the publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary, says the next edition of its dictionary may be online only.

OUP claims since 1989 (the year the latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was released) only 30,000 print copies have been sold. That’s it! Only 30,000 copies. Compare that to the publisher’s subscription based ($295 a year) online version which gets 2 million hits a month.

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