New Core i7 Macbook Pros take a queue from Nvidia, “designed to run hot”. 100 degrees Celsius!

We all joke/complain about Nvidia’s new Fermi-based cards for their power thirst and insane heat envelope, yet when you hear of the Macbook Pro hitting 100 degrees Celsius (average under load is 65-80 degrees Celsius), somehow it’s not quite as alarming to the mainstream media…

Sony gets it’s own Red Ring Yellow Light of Death?

PS3 owners, have you experienced any issues with your console, specifically an illuminated yellow light that signals your unit is as good as dead? If you do, you’re not alone according to BBC and apparently even Sony, though the latter will beg to differ. After a BBC Watchdog program investigating the (increasing?) number of “Yellow Light of Death” occurrences on Sony’s PS3 went live, Sony naturally responded not so lovingly strongly denying the claims. First off, what exactly is the problem? The reason the show highlighting this YLoD even went on air was because over 150 PS3 owners had contacted BBC on the matter stating that their unit stopped working after a yellow light on the PS3 lit up rendering their console a big fancy paperweight. BBC goes even further in their documentary stating that of 2.5m PS3′s sold in the UK since March 2007, up to 12,500 PS3′s have been returned because of this so called YLoD. While not as widespread as the Xbox 360′s RRoD that made it’s rounds a couple years ago, the YLoD appears to be a legitimate problem. Or is it?

Because you love the Red Ring of Death soooo much: RRoD T-Shirt

If you were unfortunate enough to experienced the Red Ring of Death on your beloved Xbox 360 and even more unfortunate enough to have it happen a 2nd or 3rd time, maybe it’s time you start sporting your hard earned achievement with a rather fitting t-shirt that proudly announces to the world your gaming prowess. That’s right, an actual t-shirt that shows an Xbox live achievement bubble complete with congratulatory wording for the RRoD. While it isn’t exactly a gamers most proud or favorite moment when their 360 starts throwing out cries for help in in the way of blinking red lights and frantic fan noises, now that the problem has been more or less remedied with the usage of smaller components inside the unit which reduce the heat output, we can all look back, laugh, and have a good time. Right? Of course, none other than Think Geek was responsible for this stroke of genius.

• Pick up your Xbox 360 Red Ring of Death Achievement T-Shirt for $17.99 at Think Geek

Source: Geeky-Gadgets