Isaiah's Tech

According to both Amazon and Costco, the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Xbox 360 bundle is expected to launch for $399.99 USD starting on November 10th - which is a week after Sony officially launches the 250GB PS3 Slim. There's not much left to say here, but it looks like the game will still be here in early November!

[Engadget]

At GamesCom this year, Activision has mentioned that DJ Hero will be available in the US starting on October 27th. The rest of the world will get it in late October as well, so that'll be after October 27th - I guess. DJ Hero will have 93 mixes and 100 different tracks for you to play. We don't know the cheapest price DJ Hero will come in, but there is a rumoured $120 USD bundle coming. A Renegade Edition will reportedly be available for $200 USD though.

[Joystiq]

No surprise here, but Blizzard has just announced that StarCraft II has been delayed until 2010. Blizzard is citing that it is because they are upgrading Battle.net for the future Starcraft and Diablo games. The bad news is that Activision is now expecting a lot less money this year, since Starcraft II won't get released and because of the state of the economy.

However, there is good news. Apparently, the StarCraft II delay will not impact Blizzard's launch schedule. This means that they will be launching two games next year. As of right now, it's not known what game it will be, but I'm hoping that it's Diablo III.

[STARFEEDER, Kotaku, 1 UP, Mac World, WoW, G4 TV, Joystiq]

You may or may not remember, but the sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has gotten its name changed a bunch of times. After reportedly dropping the "Call of Duty" name, Infinity Ward mentioned that the game will strictly be called Modern Warfare 2. Well, it looks like Infinity Ward has decided to place the "Call of Duty" name back into the title. This is probably because they don't want to confuse any consumers - because y'know, it could. Anyways, I guess that's what the box cover will look like when it launches later this year - November 10 to be exact.

[Kotaku]

Activision has confirmed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 recently had a slight name change. They've decided to drop the "Call of Duty" part of it and they've renamed it solely to Modern Warfare 2. I hope this word goes around because some CoD fans might get confused over this recent name change. Expect Modern Warfare 2 on November 10 of this year.

[PS3 Sense]

Looks like Samsung's Android phones will be delayed. Enough to the point where their Android phones will not be showcased at this year's MWC. But it's okay, there's still the i8910 Acme and the S8300, right? Samsung is new to the Android OS, but it's still kind of surprising that the phone had to be delayed this much. Hopefully, it will be worth the wait. Maybe, an Omnia successor?

Activision-Blizzard has just hinted that the Starcraft II beta will begin in the "months ahead." Obviously, this is not a direct hint, since it was kind of obvious that it is coming soon. "Furthermore, the beta will include an early look at the new & improved Battle.net architecture that will ship with the game." I simply can't wait for this. It's gonna be amazing.

In response to Facebook Connect and OpenID's alliance, Google has responded by adding a social bar to their Google Friend Connect. I don't think that this addition will bring them closer to trumping Facebook Connect, but it's a start. "Google's new Social Web Blog introduces us to the social bar, a new gadget that 'concentrates many of the basic social functions into a small strip at the top or bottom of your webpage.'" The social bar will contain information, such as: your site's activity feed, comment wall and your member list.

Gmail has slightly altered how you organize your contacts. There are now 4 new options that relate to your contacts: contact merging, all contacts, removing contacts, and searching your contacts. First off, contact merging will combine those 3 accounts that your friend has into one. Secondly, "instead of Suggested Contacts, you'll now see a group called All Contacts which, as the name would suggest, is where all of your contacts live and thus a good view for merging duplicate contacts." Third on the list is removing your contacts. Yes, "you can finally move contacts out of the My Contacts group." This is probably something that should have been implemented before, but you do have it now. Last, but not least is searching through all of your contacts. This new Gmail feature will strengthen the search feature. Instead of being restricted to searching for email addresses and names, you now get the feature to search using "phone numbers, notes fields, and mailing addresses as well." Thank you Google, for all of these improvements.

As of right now Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is scheduled to hit consumers by this year's holiday season. Write this down on your Christmas list.

Samsung Delays Android Phones (and picture): http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/11/samsungs-android-phones-delayed-wont-show-up-at-mwc/
Starcraft 2 Beta: http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/693202/StarCraft-II-Beta-in-Months-Ahead-Will-Include-New-Battlenet.html?utm_source=g4tv&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=TheFeed
Google Friend Connect's Social Bar (and picture): http://mashable.com/2009/02/11/friend-connect-social-bar/
Gmail Contacts: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/four-changes-to-gmail-contacts.html
Gmail picture: http://www.breakitdownblog.com/working-around-gmail-contact-importing-oops-an-unknown-error-occured-while-importing-your-contacts/comment-page-1/
CoD: Modern Warfare 2: http://ps3.qj.net/Activision-Blizzard-CoD4-Modern-Warfare-2-out-by-Holidays/pg/49/aid/128834

So, patch 1.10 for Playstation Home was held back because of a "last-minute bug." It looks the problem has been fixed though, since the patch will be released today. The time has not been announced, but just look out for it. Patch 1.10 will only be released to North America right now and there will be a later release date for users in Europe.

Activision-Blizzard will be at E3. Well, half of the company at least. Apparently, Blizzard will not be attending E3. Blizzard has their own event, Blizzcon, but it's 4 months after E3. Looks like we won't be seeing any new WoW, Diablo 3 or Starcraft 2 news at E3. It sucks, but what can we do?

How does having multiple inboxes in Gmail sound? Well, actually if i were you, i wouldn't have a clue what i'm talking about. So, i think i'll explain first. When you open Gmail, usually you only see the main inbox. If you go into Gmail Labs, you will be able to enable an option called Multiple Inboxes. This enables you to have up to 5 different inboxes open simultaneously on your Gmail home page. This could include: the main Gmail inbox and 4 labels of your choice. If i'm still not making any sense to you, try it out for yourself.

Here's a reason for me to use Mozilla Firefox over Google Chrome. Firefox, as you may know, has many extensions and i found one that i'm absolutely in love with. Thanks to Lifehacker, i can say goodbye to the boring Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Reader interfaces because with Google Redesigned, it changes the interface of those applications. Personally, i like the new skins on these Google Apps and i think i'm going to be using Firefox until i get tired of the way Google Redesigned looks. I'm not going to make a permanent switch, but when i feel the need to get away from the boring look, i'm going to be heading over to Firefox to fulfill my needs.

If you own a T-Mobile G1 a new update may be available for you. Update 1.1 is not "Cupcake" and is just a regular update. It may not be available to everyone right now, but it will be making its way to everyone soon. They are handing out the updates "gradually" instead of all-at-once.

Playstation Home Patch (and picture): http://ps3.qj.net/US-Home-patch-1-10-release-moved-to-February-6/pg/49/aid/128694
Blizzard Declines E3 Invitation: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3172648
Gmail's Multiple Inboxes in Labs (and picture): http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-in-labs-multiple-inboxes.html
Google Redesigned (and picture): http://lifehacker.com/5147831/google-redesigned-updates-adds-greader-redesigned
T-Mobile G1 Android Firmware 1.1 Update (and picture): http://i.gizmodo.com/5147830/t+mobile-g1-android-firmware-update-11-now-available

I refreshed my Google Reader, as usual, and found more release dates on Xbox 360's Halo Wars. So, here's an exact quote from techtree.com. "Microsoft has provided 1UP with the release date, wherein Asian countries will get to see Halo Wars on February 26, while gamers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa will get their hands on the game on February 27. North Americans might be a tad miffed since their release date is pushed ahead to March 3." So, yup, looks like everyone overseas is getting the game before us, North Americans.

First off, just wanted to say that i probably need to start thinking of some new, original titles.