GEARS OF WAR 2

Yes we have all heard about how Gears Of War 2 is better than the first one but think about it Gears Of War 1 is what started it all. Epic came out with its original masterpiece November 6, 2007, also known as Emergence Day, a clever name which Epic made up for the release date.

When you first start the game you learn your characters name is Marcus Fenix, an imprisoned soldier who fought in the Pendulum Wars back in the day. I know this has been said many times in several different reviews but the graphics are incredible powered by the Unreal Engine, I have never seen a game who's graphics match Gears Of War, it is almost like playing in a cinematic scene the whole game. Ever pore on the face and buildings on the street look amazing, mainly due to the incredible in game lighting system.

The battle system is definitely a Gears Of War exclusive. The simple yet so awesome shoot and take cover system surprisingly work very well, with only needing the A button to throw your character into cover whether it be a broken down washing machine or a flaming car to protect yourself from incoming locust fire ( locust are the bad guys ). The only thing I found sort of annoying with this system is that when you are holding down A to Rhodee Run you can sometimes get stuck on walls or other cover.

The story is a simple but sweet, you Marcus Fenix and Captain Mitchel's squad Delta Squad constructed of, Dom Santiago, Gus Cole, Kim Mitchel, and Damon Baird must destroy the heart of Locust army. Though you will find yourself up against many different kinds of the Locust army, such as Boomers which are stronger than the average grunt with a rocket launcher for a gun, Wretches which are pretty much mutated dogs, Beserker which can only be killed with the almighty Hammer Of Dawn and eventually General RAAM, the Locust Queen's right hand man/monster.

There is not a large variety of weapons throughout the game, there is the Lancer, your main assault rifle with a chainsaw bayonette at the end ( you will figure out what the bayonette is for...), your standard pistol which you can replace with a magnum that can one shot enemies, shotgun for blowing enemies away at close range, frag grenades which you can plant on enemies or blow multiple Locust to pieces, Hammer Of Dawn is weapon which calls upon a laser from the sky and destroys anything in its path, smoke grenades for cover, Boomshot for a rocket launcher, Hammerburst which is the Locust main weapon, and the Long Shot for sniping enemies and pulling off a head shot or two.

Overall Gears Of War is the probably one of the best shooters out there if not the best with its superb visuals, intense game play, and a fairly cool story. Even if you beat it once, try playing it again but maybe this time it could be on a harder difficulty ( good luck with General Raam on Insane Mode ) or looking for collectibles ( Cog Tags ) but no matter how many times you play it, it will still fun which is hard to come by in a game these days

Ferrari F1 2008

The Ferrari F2008 is a Formula One motor racing car, which Scuderia Ferrari is using to compete in the 2008 Formula One season.

The car was unveiled to the public on January 6, 2008. It features a new standard Electronic Control Unit (ECU), which is the electronic system that controls all the cars, produced by McLaren Electronic Systems. This was included to comply with the new regulations. The ECU also removes most of the driver aids used in previous seasons, including traction control, engine braking and electronically assisted starting system. It also makes the management of the differential, engine and gearchanges easier.




The car also weighs more than last season's F2007 chassis due to rule changes which includes the gearbox which has to be used for four consecutive races, higher side protection around the drivers helmet etc.




World champion Kimi Räikkönen gave the car its first shakedown at Ferrari's Fiorano test track on January 7, 2008.

Felipe Massa is the other driver this year for ferrari.

Phelps Creates History!!!!!!!!

Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer and 14-time Olympic gold medalist (the most by any Olympian), who currently holds seven world records in swimming.

He holds the record for the most gold medals won at a single Olympics; a total of eight, surpassing Mark Spitz. Overall, Phelps has won 16 Olympic medals: six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In winning these medals, he has twice equaled Soviet gymnast Alexander Dityatin's record of eight medals (of any type) at a single Olympics (Dityatin: Moscow 1980; Phelps: Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008), and ranks second in total career Olympic medals, after Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina, who won a total of 18 medals (nine gold) spanning three Olympic Games.



Phelps' international titles, along with his various world records, have resulted in him being awarded the World Swimmer of the Year Award in 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2007 and American Swimmer of the Year Award in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2007. Phelps has won a total of 48 career medals thus far: 40 gold, six silvers and two bronze. This includes all of the Championships in which he has competed: The Olympics, the World Championships, and the Pan Pacific Championships.

Sony Ericsson W960

Sony Ericsson W960 is aptly the big gun in the Sony Ericsson portfolio of music-centered handsets. Gifted with the scorching 8GB of storage space and a large touchscreen TFT display, a 3-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi and 3G capabilities, the W960 easily stands out in the Walkman crowd. Powered by the Symbian OS and UIQ user interface, it delivers one-of-a-kind Walkman experience with rich fullscreen visualizations and advanced track filtering. All this is enough to have us drooling over the specs sheet, eager to get our hands on this smarty Walkman and see what it's made of.





Key features:

* Walkman Touch music player
* Symbian OS 9.1 with UIQ 3.0
* 3G support with video calls
* Wi-Fi support
* 3 megapixel camera with autofocus
* 8GB of storage space
* Dedicated touch-sensitive player keys
* 262K color TFT touchscreen display
* FM radio

Main disadvantages:

* Not as impressive in life as in the promotional photos
* Slow interface response as storage gets nearly used up
* Back key location changed
* No memory card slot (yeah, we know it has 8GB of internal memory)
* Music player cannot sort tracks by filename
* No EDGE support

Nokia N95 8GB

About a year ago Nokia released a tech-freak's dream of a handset offering a mouthwatering horde of features in a fairly compact size. The omnipresent N95 spawned a successor and now the question is how much better can it get. Nokia N95 8GB sure has good genes but there still seems to be enough room for improvement. At first glance, Nokia has heeded user complaints with the original and addressed them properly. However, we are yet to see if the enhancements are enough to make the N95 8GB the definitive upgrade from the previous model or is it about laurel-resting mostly.





Key features:

* 2.8" 16M color QVGA display
* 5 megapixel camera with auto focus and Carl Zeiss optics
* Massive storage capacity and increased RAM
* Wi-Fi with UPnP technology
* Built-in GPS receiver and A-GPS functionality
* Nokia maps application covering over 100 countries worldwide
* Dual-slide design with dedicated multimedia keys
* Standard 3.5mm audio jack
* 3G (with HSDPA), EDGE and GPRS support
* Symbian OS 9.2 Series 60 3rd edition Feature Pack 1 user interface
* TV-out functionality
* 1200 mAh battery

Main disadvantages:

* No camera lens protector
* No RDS system for the FM radio
* Below average GPS performance, no 3rd party apps support
* Extra charges for voice assisted navigation
* Cannot edit office documents
* No card slot
* Doesn't charge when connected to USB

Google

Google Inc. is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, web-based e-mail, online mapping, office productivity, social networking, and video sharing services as well as selling advertising-free versions of the same technologies. Google's headquarters, the Googleplex, is located in Mountain View, California. As of June 30, 2008 the company has 19,604 full-time employees. As of October 31, 2007, it is the largest American company (by market capitalization) that is not part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.




Google was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University and the company was first incorporated as a privately held company on September 7, 1998. Google's initial public offering took place on August 19, 2004, raising US$1.67 billion, making it worth US$23 billion. Google has continued its growth through a series of new product developments, acquisitions, and partnerships. Environmentalism, philanthropy, and positive employee relations have been important tenets during Google's growth, the latter resulting in being identified multiple times as Fortune Magazine's #1 Best Place to Work. The company's unofficial slogan is "Don't be evil", although criticism of Google include concerns regarding the privacy of personal information, copyright, censorship, and discontinuation of services.

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad is a Summer Olympics event, that will be held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008 and followed by the 2008 Summer Paralympics from September 6 to September 17. 10,500 athletes are expected to compete in 302 events in 28 sports, just one event more than was on the schedule of the 2004 games.[1] The 2008 Beijing Olympics will also mark the third time that Olympic events will have been held in the territories of two different National Olympic Committees (NOC): at the 2008 Olympics, equestrian events will be held in Hong Kong, which competes separately from mainland China.




The Olympic games were awarded to Beijing after an exhaustive ballot of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on July 13, 2001. The official logo of the games, titled "Dancing Beijing," features a stylised calligraphic character jīng (京, meaning capital), referencing the host city. The mascots of Beijing 2008 are the five Fuwa, each representing both a colour of the Olympic rings and a symbol of Chinese culture. The Olympic slogan, One World, One Dream, calls upon the world to unite in the Olympic spirit. Several new NOCs have also been recognised by the IOC.

The Chinese government has promoted the games to highlight China's emergence on the world stage and has invested heavily in new facilities and transportation systems. A total of 37 venues will be used to host the events including 12 newly constructed venues. Earlier in 2007, former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch had said that he believes that the Beijing games will be "the best in Olympic history," and despite the controversies that have marred the image of the Chinese Olympics, current president Jacques Rogge asserts that the IOC has "absolutely no regrets" in choosing Beijing to host the 2008 games.

Airbus A380

The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus, an EADS subsidiary. The largest passenger airliner in the world, the A380 made its maiden flight on 27 April 2005 from Toulouse, France, and made its first commercial flight on 25 October 2007 from Singapore to Sydney with Singapore Airlines. The aircraft was known as the Airbus A3XX during much of its development phase, but the nickname Superjumbo has since become associated with it.





The A380's upper deck extends along almost the entire length of the fuselage, and its width is equivalent to that of a widebody aircraft. This allows for a cabin with 50% more floor space than the next-largest airliner, the Boeing 747-400, and provides seating for 525 people in standard three-class configuration or up to 853 people in all economy class configuration. The A380 is offered in passenger and freighter versions. The A380-800, the passenger model, is the largest passenger airliner in the world, but has a shorter fuselage than the Airbus A340-600 which is Airbus' next biggest passenger aeroplane. The A380-800F, the freighter model, is offered as one of the largest freight aircraft, with a listed payload capacity exceeded only by the Antonov An-225. The A380-800 has a design range of 15,200 kilometres (8,200 nmi), sufficient to fly from New York to Hong Kong for example, and a cruising speed of Mach 0.85 (about 900 km/h or 560 mph at cruising altitude).






Looks fantastic. I definetely want to fly on that thing. But wait! Those seats look too roomy and the aisles too wide… is this First and Business class? Oh c’mon Airbus, that’s cheating! Show us some pictures of your coach cabin, or as I like to call it, “the hole”. That’s where all of us common folk will be spending countless hours, so you better show us what you are doing to make our lifes less miserable on that Los Angeles - Auckland non-stop flight. I can show you some shots taken in the First Class cabin of an old-ass Varig MD-11 and they look fantastic as well. I want to see coach. Real coach. Packed shoulder-to-shoulder with angry dads, bothered moms and screaming kids. Coach, where drinks cost $5. Coach, where you spend those long hours over the ocean pondering how long would it take for a stray blod clot to go from your cramped legs to your lungs and kill you, and how agonizing would that be. Coach, where you could use your laptop if you wanted too, but you run the risk of either suffocating after 10 minutes of the keyboard squeezing your diaphraghm or having a claustrophobia attack.