This week, Giz saw no less than two (two!) hard drive casualties befall our staff. So, in honor of Matt and Wilson’s data, hit up Lifehacker’s definitive guide for fixing, protecting, backing up and preserving that spinning data destroyer that lives inside your computer. Heed… Continue reading

Today’s casualty is Caitlin Spaan, veep for Palm’s carrier marketing. It’s a comparatively small loss compared to when their Senior VP of software bailed two weeks… Continue reading

This traditionally-shaped camcorder may not be ergonomically friendly, but it is environmentally friendly — ostensibly, anyway. It’s the HDV-T900 from Jetyo, a 720p30 model that records to SDHC memory cards through what appears to be a fixed zoom lens (its specs promise only an 8x digital zoom). The thing that makes… Continue reading

Additional trophy sorting and 3D gaming readiness should have been enough to satisfy and PS3 owner after the latest v3.30 system update (hey, at least it didn’t take anything away this time) but there’s a couple other surprises in store. If you’re the kind of person who loves (or hates) their beeps and bloops, there’s a toggle for… Continue reading

Now, what do you know about that? Our very own Chris Ziegler stopped into Best Buy (undoubtedly right after leaving CB2) and spotted something we didn’t expect to see just yet… the Sony Dash. That’s right, the Dash – which is available for pre-order but wasn’t supposed to hit retail until April 29th — is already on the shelf. Now, there was only… Continue reading

So, you’ve learned how to stand a better chance at surviving the user-generated arenas in Dante’s Inferno’s upcoming DLC expansion, “Trials of St. Lucia.” Aren’t you curious as to how those titular trials get created? The video above has a pretty good primer on all the different options afforded to the game’s more creative players, as well as a few tips on how to make your… Continue reading

Wanna know the most stylish, funkiest manner in which a person can simultaneously dislocate both of their wrists? We wager it’s by playing the three mixes which will be added to DJ Hero on April 29 as part of the “Domination Pack.” The three punishing tunes included in the DLC are:

• Darude’s “Sandstorm” mixed with Josh Wink’s “Higher

We love XBMC media centers for watching movies and TV, but if you like video games, they can do so much more. With a simple plug-in, some configuration… Continue reading