"Some wide-angle lenses include technology that corrects this distortion, but those lenses are almost always significantly more expensive."

Count me in the "agree" column, as I still use one of the special edition versions of the MX500, and have been longing for a new version with just a normal scroll wheel (I really don't like the new ones), because the way the coating has worn on the sides is getting a bit uncomfortable. It's a perfect simple,…

At the moment anyway, I'd give it a little time since it just came out. They usually have quite good mac support for most their devices (though certainly not all, sometimes they drop the ball) - that's why I used the old version of this and an elite keyboard on my G5 and mac mini for years.

Only for those who couldn't hold them (which was most people, especially when you consider the target audience). For many big handed people it fit better than any other controller of the time (I still can't use a dual shock for terribly long without hand cramps, even though I have less trouble than I used to).

As someone with big, spidery fingers who did much better with the original than the S controller, I'd vote for a limited comeback, just for the heck of it (though I haven't had any problems with the 360 controller)

That would be a pretty funky RB67 at that price probably (they're fairly popular right now so the price is up a bit, I just bought a Pentax 67, so my pocketbook knows ;)), but the sentiment is true - much better, more meaningful, more educational, and more artistic cameras (digital and film) are available in this…

There are certainly a lot of things wrong with the american air industry, but it's certainly not universally rosy on international airlines either (ever flown SAS/Scandinavian Air as part of star alliance? it's no better), and you have to realize that many of the airlines that are doing well are heavily subsidized by…

Sitting in the camp where ME1's weapon configs were obnoxious (though at least half of that was a lousy interface design), while ME2's were pretty pointless... Having customizable weapon modding sounds like a very happy medium to me.

Jason has apparently never worked on private lots or used sales. While it may sometimes be a sham when a salesperson tells you they can't work for free, it is also quite possible that customers asking for ridiculously low deals are going to put the lot at a loss, which doesn't benefit anyone. Even if the salesperson…

If you are shopping at urban farmers markets, this is highly unlikely to save you any money over normal trends, as the prices are often higher than the supermarket (many of which have much improved produce sections in the past few years due to health food trends). Do this to eat healthy and support local companies,…

Because they are much fresher, which will likely both taste better and keep longer, especially for greens and such.

Driving around in da Vinci's tank wasn't exactly subtle either (or realistic), but still a hell of a lot of fun in the midst of the rest of the game. The core game will certainly be similar, and the action packed transitions of the last couple games are just great "screw it, it has to be done" moments.

It's not difficult (well, it is, but conceptually it's not). Stop trying to maintain a japanese culture by making "japanese" games. Make GOOD, innovative, completely designed (not half-ass market tests which a lot of games have been in the past couple years - if you're going to do something, just do it) games - put…

I was thinking more master chief, with a nice little covenant energy sword tacked onto his omni-tool - to which the boy in me could only think "aaaawesome" ;)

I think it was pretty obvious they didn't hate him so much as the act... which he didn't really have one. At least they were laughing as they booed, not like cussing and throwing things at the stage. It seemed to me that beyond that everyone just got a good chuckle and still most people cheered him off with good…

I'm going to be hated for this I'm sure, but frankly I see no real problem with this. While from a technical and personal sense, this is certainly a bummer, from a business perspective it is reasonable.

The 3DS was also launched at €250/£230. I would suspect similar pricing trends from retailers in the first few months (though their margin may be smaller on the Vita, which could keep it a bit more expensive than the 3DS

Move to a state that has clean tap water.

Whitson: If Microsoft really pushes this on developers as the new primary UI, there's going to be massive fragmentation of Apps between the two interfaces, which is going to mean that long term there will be no choice, you'll need to use both to gain access to all the tools/games/etc you want. It may be simple to…

If you resize the preview pane larger and have a widescreen monitor, it also makes a passable replacement for filmstrip view from XP's explorer. In Windows 7 the images display much faster in the preview pane than they did in vista, so it's better for quickly flipping through photos.