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360 Live app for iPhone available now!

The 360 Live app is now available in the iTunes App Store. Designed for hardcore Xbox 360 gamers and iPhone owners, 360 Live is a gorgeous looking iPhone & iPod Touch application that retrieves your friends Xbox Live stats such as their gamerscore, online status, gamer pictures, avatars, latest games, achievements and much more.

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TrueSkill Ranking System - How does it work?

So, you have been playing Gears of War 2 for a while now and you are wondering why you never rank up. You have a high win/lose ratio and have the most kills at the end of each match but still, you are stuck at some low rank. Needless to say, you feel frustrated.

I hear you! Stuck forever at rank 2, i decided to figure out how the hell the Gears of War 2 ranking system actually works. What i found was a little more complex (and way more interesting) than i expected. Actually, Gears of War 2 ranks the players according to the Microsoft TrueSkill ranking system used for almost all the multiplayer online games played over Xbox Live. Gears of War, Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 are just a few examples of the many games that uses this ranking system.

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Samsung LCD LN46A550 Calibration Settings

Since i moved last month to New York, one of the first things i did was buying a new high definition TV set. The best deal out there at the time was the Samsung LN46A550, a fantastic 46” LCD 1080p for as little as $1200.

“Calibration” is finding and using the optimum settings for all of your HDTV’s display controls. These settings include (but aren’t limited to) contrast, brightness, black Level, color Correction, audio settings, etc. This is a completely subjective thing since some people prefer, for example, a vibrant bright display while others a more real like (also called “pro”) picture settings.

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Top 5 Best Xbox 360 Games of 2008

This was another great year for Xbox hardcore gamers and casual alike. Not as jam-packed as last year, true, but with the NXE and a low price of $199 for the arcade version, there’s no reason for not buying the best gaming console out there.

These are my picks for the top 5 best Xbox 360 games of 2008.

Gears of War 2

Yes, it’s buggy and a glitchers heaven. Matchmaking is laggy and takes forever. But god damn, it’s friggin’ Gears of War.

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Latest Offical (non beta) Blackberry 9000 Bold OS 4.6.0.331/4.6.0.190. In my experience this is the best OS release to date. (0)

My Blackberry Bold Essential Apps

Is it a phone or an e-mail device? Hey, maybe it’s a lifestyle.

Regardless, however much BlackBerry users whine about their addiction to their “crackberries”, few would give them up. And it’s not just the device either; it’s all the add-ons, too. I wanted to share with you a few apps that I find essential and allows my Blackberry Bold to become more than just a communication device, but a full blown information portal. Read More »