Isaiah's Tech

So much for that rumoured December launch date. It looks like LittleBigPlanet PSP will be launching on November 17th in North America and the official box is on the right. There's not much left to say, but you should mark it on your calendar if you're interested.

[Kotaku]

News from TGS is just leaking out everywhere. The latest leak consists of LittleBigPlanet PSP for, of course, the PSP. "SCE confirmed the PSP version of LittleBigPlanet for a December launch in Japan today." As you can see in the above document, it lists the game coming out in December of this year - just in time for Christmas.

[vg247]

In case you're interested in PlayStation 3's Little Big Planet: Game of the Year Edition then you should already know that it will be hitting shelves on September 8th for $59.99. If you're having second thoughts about it, you'll be able to download a demo of it on the PlayStation Store soon - more specifically September 10th.

Update on September 9th: Maybe it arrived one day late, but the game is now available - according to PS3 Blog. The demo is expected to launch tomorrow, so look out for it!

According to the PlayStation Blog, the demo will contain a handful of in-game levels and minigames, which can be played alone or with friends. Stickers and objects will also be available, along with a few community levels that have been handpicked by Sony.

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See! Gaming can get you places! The famous Korean gamer, Jae Ho "Moon" Jang, has just signed a 3-year 700,000,000 won ($473,037 USD) contract to play Warcraft III professionally. If you thought this was shocking, this is actually not the biggest signed deal for playing an e-sport professionally. In 2007, another Korean gamer, Yoon Yeol "NaDa" Lee, signed a contract that was worth 750,000,000 won for playing Starcraft professionally. Lee is the highest paid Korean gamer and both players signed contracts presented to them by WeMade FOX.

If you play Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds you should be considered lucky because I don't have it. Another reason to feel lucky is because Sackboy from LittleBigPlanet will be making his way to the game tomorrow. He will be playable and the catch is that you'll have to pay to unlock him which sucks. The price is still unknown, so i can tell you tomorrow, if you really want to know.

Canada sucks and here's another reason why. Killzone 2 ads were pulled from bus stops in Toronto because Davis Mirza, a teacher, complained about them. He said that his kids "come from a lot of different countries, who have to experience violence" and he continued to mention that the ads are "stuff they don't need to see." Apparently, the soldier's eyes are scary and the background of the advertisement showed a scenery similar to Iraq. Kind of lame, since these are bad-ass ads.

Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 is now available for download and is faster than IE8, so take that Microsoft. The next beta that comes out will be marked under the Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 name because of the many, significant changes. I haven't got a chance to try it out yet, so i'm not exactly sure how fast it is.

Warcraft III Player Gets A $500,000 Contract (and picture): http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/22880-FOX_officially_unveils_record_signing_Moon
Sackboy In Hot Shots Golf (and picture): http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/03/sackboy-comes-to-hot-shots-golf-a-dozen-people-are-excited.ars
Sony Canada Pulls Killzone 2 Ads (and picture): http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3173239
Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 (and picture): http://lifehacker.com/5169127/firefox-31-beta-3-available-for-download

This chart says it all. The Safari 4 Beta is officially the fastest browser available. And, i'm also an idiot. Yes, there is a bookmarks bar, that is similar to Firefox and Chrome's. Although, i still can't find if there's the "restore last open tabs" feature. All-in-all this browser is amazing. Safari did pull a lot of stuff from Chrome, but that's okay. A lot of people are complaining about the lack of the "progress bar" or loading bar thingy that Safari used to have. But, they will probably give it a re-entry in the final build. For the beta there are currently no plug-ins, but that will also probably be implemented in a later build. It seems to me that some people don't even know that Safari can be used on Windows, since it's the standard browser on Macs. So, maybe Apple should emphasize that point more. Anyways, the Safari 4 Beta is a great browser and i'd advise anyone who reads this to at least try it out (especially if you're using Internet Explorer), this coming from a Google fanboy. I still prefer Google Chrome though, so don't think of me differently. Update: I thought i'd mention another thing that Apple should rip from Chrome. The fact that the tabs themselves are not transparent. Since my Windows 7 taskbar is transparent, this also causes Safari's tabs to be transparent (see through). This causes a problem because if the background is white, you can't read the similar white font on Safari. Chrome does a good job with this because the tab itself is not transparent, it uses a light blue background for the tab, plus the font is black and legible. It is a beta though, i'm sure they will further improve on some of their problems.

On a side note, sorry Microsoft Office fans but Office 14 will not be released this year. Ballmer was the one who announced this, so i think it's safe to trust his words.

A bunch of games are going to be released for the PSP this year, but i'll talk about LittleBigPlanet and Rock Band, mainly. Sackboy will hit PSPs this year in Fall. It will have the same gameplay, but will feature new levels for you to master and you will also be able to create your own levels. Basically, it's the same, fun LittleBigPlanet packed onto a UMD for your PSP. Rock Band will also be making its way to the PSP. Rock Band: Unplugged "will include Wi-Fi support and a 'fully-featured in-game store' for downloadable content in the North American and European markets." Primotech mentions that "the peripheral-free game as a beat-matching rhythm title that uses the PSP's directional pad and buttons to play along with guitar, bass, drum and vocal tracks." Does that sound like a good idea? I don't know, you tell me. Some other notable games are Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 and Assassin's Creed.

Luckily, i was sleeping when this happened. But, this morning Gmail went down and the whole world just went crazy. Everyone resorted to Twitter when Gmail went down, even though it is usually the other way around mentioned Mashable. Google has fixed the problem, but it reportedly went down for about 2 and a half to 4 hours for some users. Google has apologized for the incident, even though everyone is still mad. Gmail -> Gfail, as some users have been calling it ever since the ruckus this morning.

Safari 4 Beta News: http://i.gizmodo.com/5159327/safari-4-first-impressions
Safari 4 Beta Is Fast (and picture): http://lifehacker.com/5159416/safari-4-beta-adds-cover-flow-runs-3x-faster-than-firefox
Office 14 Not Being Released This Year: http://i.gizmodo.com/5159541/office-14-wont-ship-in-2009-says-ballmer
Rock Band and LittleBigPlanet To Hit PSPs: http://kotaku.com/5159408/littlebigplanet-rock-band-assassins-creed-coming-to-psp
Gmail Goes Down (and picture): http://lifehacker.com/5159429/gmail-outage-lasts-two-and-a-half-hours
Rock Band To The PSP (and picture): http://kotaku.com/5159653/rock-band-psp-first-details-its-amplitude
Gmail Goes Down News: http://mashable.com/2009/02/24/gmail-down-panic-mode-on/

I have found 2 new Final Fantasy 13 Trailers, thanks to kotaku.com. This was, at first, my most anticipated game for the Playstation 3 and was pretty much the only reason why i planning to get it. But, now that it is not an exclusive title, minus 1 point for the PS3 and i absolutely hate to say it. Anyways, the links [for the trailers] are as follows: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/43656.html and  http://www.gametrailers.com/player/43655.html

So, LittleBigPlanet has now sold 1 million copies. This is now my most anticipated game for the PS3, i need to have this game. I love the idea of making your own levels and i can just picture myself now. Sitting on my couch and taking about 14 hours to make half a level. Exciting news for me, maybe not so much for my readers.


So, someone has invented a new font called Ecofont. This font was made my Colin Willems. It is a font that is supposed to save you 20% more ink. It does this by having small circles inside the letters (seen on left side, picture). The small white circles are hard to see when the font is smaller, let's say less than 14 font. It's pretty cool, saving ink, and with a nice unique design.

You can now send someone Youtube clips for the Christmas holidays. Youtube has created it's own kind of e-card service. You can pick a background, add your own custom message and then send it to up to 25 of your friends. Interesting.

Bad News for PS3 (and picture): http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3171823
Final Fantasy 13: http://kotaku.com/5108972/new-final-fantasy-xiii-trailers-now-for-your-eyes
LittleBigPlanet (and picture): http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&u=http://www.ps3hype.nl/nieuws/2028-littlebigplanet-verkoopt-meer-dan-1-miljoen&sl=nl&tl=en&history_state0=
Ecofont (and picture): http://lifehacker.com/5108188/ecofont-saves-your-ink
Youtube e-cards: http://lifehacker.com/5108982/turn-a-youtube-clip-into-a-holiday-greeting-card

Before i talk about the Playstation Home, i'm just going to briefly talk about this new gaming keyboard, the Logitech G18. Engadget actually has no solid information on this piece of hardware, but it does look pretty sweet. As far as the backlights go, i think it would be better off with a good shade of blue, over the red, which is seen in this pic. Maybe that's just me, since it just matches with everything else in my room. I'm liking the look of the new keyboard screen though, it tilts enough so that you can see it perfect from where you should, generally, be sitting. I wonder if the keyboard pad, or whatever, on the left side of the picture, is optional or if it is a keyboard set. All-in-one maybe? We'll see.