Computers to Boot in “Seconds” Once UEFI Replaces BIOS

So long, BIOS. It’s been nice knowing you for the past 25 years!

I, for one, welcome UEFI

Zoom Q3HD

Looking for a compact HD video camera that won’t break the bank? You might want to take a pass on those Sanyo and Flip models that everyone’s been buying. Zoom, a small company known mostly for its audio recorders, is about to release their first video recorder. It’s called the Q3HD – and it’s a beast.

Featuring both 1080p and 720p recording options, an HDMI port, and stereo microphones, it will be the highest-end model in the sub-$300 market. $299 at release

http://samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=2062

Hydrophobia Developers Freak Out Over Negative Reviews

The people at Dark Energy Digital, creator of Xbox Live Arcade title Hydrophobia, don’t take kindly to people criticising their hard work. They spent three years working on the game and they’ll be damned if they’re going to stand by and listen while reviewers say anything bad about it. Not only has their public relations department contacted authors of negative reviews directly to tell them that they’re playing the game “wrong”; they’ve gone so far as to speculate that some publications reviewed the game without actually playing it.

On one hand, you have to hand it to them for standing behind their product. On the other, however, one can’t help but wonder about the quality of a game when some of the biggest review sites on the web (1Up, Destructoid, Joystiq, and Eurogamer, to name a few) are calling it crap. Hydrophobia looked like it was going to be a fantastic game, too.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/09/hydrophobia-developer-defends-game-attacks-critics.ars

Blizzard Cleans Up StarCraft II

As promised a few weeks ago, Blizzard dropped the ban hammer on “thousands” of dirty rotten StarCraft II hackers today. It’s really nice to know that they’re being aggressive in their approach to map hacks, because it really ruins the game.

Pale Horse Design Has Skills

The amount of time that goes into some of these t-shirt designs is absolutely mind-boggling. The thought process it takes to create the details is equally as mind blowing. Pale Horse Design is a great example of this.

Watches crafted from reclaimed planks

Conceived in Italy but based in L.A., WeWood watches combine European craftsmanship with sustainably-minded materials to reinvent the average wristwatch—in wood.

The budding brand offers up a line of tasteful Miyota-movement timepieces crafted from several varieties of Maple, Guaiaco (an indigenous South American tree) and Red Wing Celtis, with all materials reclaimed from unused flooring scraps. Devoid of toxic chemicals as well as any colored stains, the natural shades and grains of the different wood types shine through for an organic take on oft-metallic or plastic watches

get it here: http://we-wood.us/

Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare

Rockstar has been pumping out Red Dead Redemption expansions at incredible pace. Their next release is, unfortunately, a zombie themed pack called Undead Nightmare. (I’m tired of zombie games. Seriously.) Still, it features new weapons, gameplay mechanics, multiplayer modes, and more. Also, the artwork is cool.