To those about to Xbox 360, we salute you. It's the eve of the launch of Microsoft's new gaming console, and before you head down to your local Best Buy with your camping gear to wait in line you need to check out our newest blog, Xbox 360 Fanboy, dedicated solely to obsessive fixation on the new console. The crew cut its teeth on an all-weekend marathon review session of the Xbox 360 over on Joystiq and they're giving up all hope of getting any sleep this week to bring you the hottest in news and reviews coverage surrounding the launch. From here on out it's die-hard Xbox 360 coverage all day, every day!

FlashInsider is still looking for entries for the Mochi Media Macromedia MAX ticket giveaway.

DVGuru’s Ajit Anthony highlights some helpful Mac post production tools and discusses all of the new info coming out the Resfest tour while Mike Burgoyne discusses the release of Grass Valley’s new professional camcorder.

The Wireless Weblog’s Michael Sciannamea wonders if it really is necessary to have music on your cellphone, looks at how the wireless providers are preparing for Hurricane Rita, and wonders if Cingular’s iTunes-like service will make a splash.

Divester’s Willy Volk lists the World’s Coolest WaterborneVehicles and provides a roundup of the waterproof MP3players and waterproof housings for MP3 Players while Bill Reals tells about Patrick Musimu’s “no limits”free dive to 687 feet.

Luxist’s Deidre Woollard plans a return to the womb with the futuristic-looking Oculas asks much would you pay for Clay Aiken’s pants and checks out a massive Florida compound with water views from the front and back.

TVSquad’s Keith reviews the premiere of Lost while Lacy gives her thoughts on Lost’s overall endgame and C.K. gives us the rundown on the Big Brother 6 finale.

HDBeat’s Richard Lawler boycotts all things not in HD, especially video games and Matt Burns kicks off the HD Beat Buyers Guide by helping you find the rightsize set while Kevin C. Tofel asks what will move you from the home theater to the movietheater.

Engadget has the scoop on the Palm Treo 700w, gives you the lowdown on the battle between Blu-ray and HD DVD, and argues that wedding DJ’s are unneeded when you have an iPod.

FlashInsider is giving away a ticket to Macromedia MAX! Plus Mike Schleifstein mashes a file upload concept and PHP to find a possible solution to saving live images in Flash and David Robinson tells you how to get Macromedia Studio 8 (including Flash 8) right now.

The Digital Photography Weblog’s Jay Savage talks about people who are ready to kill for their cameras and Samsung unveils 16GB compact flash cards, available next year. Plus, UCB gears up for the next World Wide Panorama event.

Cinematical’s Karina Longworth has bad news: not only is Evil Dead getting remade, but it looks like Ashton Kutcher’s playing Ash. Plus, she tackles Thumbsucker and Ryan Stewart reviews The Corpse Bride.

Slashfood’s Karina Longworth asks you to get your slice on for the next Slashfood Theme Day and explains the George Clooney method of hangover avoidance and Josh Ozersky on why hip does not equal hot when it comes to hamburgers.

HD Beat’s Matt Burns is understandably smitten by Toshiba’s new 50-inch SED set and uncovers Samsung’s wireless Blu-Ray recorder while Kevin C. Tofel recalls the 80’s as MTV announces an HD station.

Luxist’s Deidre Woollard checks out a mobile home that doubles as a yacht marvels at the Falcon City of Wonders and discovers Charles Bronson’s farm.

The Unofficial Photoshop Weblog’s Darren Chan discovers how to beautify a face with Photoshop and David Chartier takes note of Dan Margulis’ new book on Photoshop LAB Color while Jan Kabili finds a useful tutorial on using a mask to make a complex selection.

BBHub’s Russell Shaw has the scoop on the forthcoming BlackBerry 8700 (code named “Electron”) drinks too much coffee, opens Photoshop and mods a hypothetical BlackBerry iPod display window might look like and then gets back to reality - and the service of Murphy’s Law - by pointing you to an online store where you can buy almost any spare BlackBerry part imaginable.

PVR Wire’s Martin Conaghan surveys the TiVo DRM controversy, Todd Carter asks why his Mac and TiVo are talking and Todd Carter wonders how many hours of PVR programming you record.

Divester’s Willy Volk recounts the story of two divers trying to spend 10 consecutive days underwater, Erik Olsen reveals the Top 10 Shark Dives, and Bill Reals relates the story of a cave diver who nearly died.

Engadget’s Barb Dybwad gets more details and pics of the Ni

FlashInsider’s Mike Schleifstein finds the Flash-based Flickr-like Shutterbook in open beta, tells us what Macromedia and HP’s partnership will mean for the Flash Platform, and asks Macromedia to give Breeze to the University of New Orleans.

TVSquad’s Bob Sassone announces a new contest and Adam Finley reports on Katrina’s effect on the season opener of Family Guy while Lacy Hall has the story on Eva Longoria and her overlapping boyfriends.

Luxist’s Deidre Woollard falls in love with the beautiful Villa de Leon, finds out how the wine industry is helping with Hurricane Katrina Relief and finds that the days of beluga caviar in the U.S. may be shortlived.

PVRWire’s Todd Carter writes about TiVo’s new $50 boxes and reports on study saying adults store $1.1K of digital content while Martin Conaghan reports that New Zealanders will have Sky+ PVR service soon.

TUAW’s C.K. Sample, III tells you how you can win an iPod nano from TUAW and Scott McNulty discusses iTunes 5 while David Chartier asks “Why an iTunes phone instead of software?

Cinematical’s Karina Longworth explains how the script for Die Hard 4 foreshadows the New Orleans disaster and reviews The Exorcism of Emily Rose while Guest blogger Taylor Barratt reports from The Toronto International Film Festival.

Gadling’s Erik Olsen talks about Sean Penn’s sinking boat, Adrienne Wilson urges you to consider the Hotel Cabenda in Sierra Leone and Kelly Amabile finds inspiration in the New Moscow Library.

The Digital Photography Weblog asked readers “what would your dream digital SLR look like?” and Jay Savage explains how to recover files from a corrupted or deleted flash card, plus Nikon and Adobe come to an agreement on NEF encryption.

HDBeat’s Kevin C. Tofel wants to know if Brillian’s new HDTV is 6-megapixels. Plus, Matt Burns finds that Panasonic slashes Plasma prices and reports that Samsung’s new DVD player will handle both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray.

BBHub’s Russell Shaw tells you how you can keep your biggest secrets, well, secret on your BlackBerry, how you can use Google Talk on your BlackBerry, and why text-based BlackBerry passwords, are like, so-o-o-o yesterday.

Droxy’s Ryan Saghir feels that with

’s Mike Schleifstein and David Robinson evacuate from New Orleans, plus Mike wonders what could be wrong with the Flash player EULA and listens more with expanded Flash 8 sound.

The Unofficial Photoshop Weblog’s David Chartier finds leaked details about Photoshop CS3, Darren Chan steers you to 24 hours of free tutorials at lynda.com and Jan Kabili reminds you that Tim Grey has published a new e-book with everything you want to know about sharpening in Photoshop.

The Digital Photography Weblog’s Jay Savage talks the nuts and bolts of Senso size, pixel counts, and why size probably does matter and Garth Leach lists must-have under $10 accessories for the serious photographer. Plus, the Battle of the Wi-Fi’s: Nikon and Kodak introduced the first-ever Wi-Fi enabled digicams this week and DPW does the rundown.

TVSquad’s Bob Sassone asks for your list of The Five Most Overrated Shows of All-Time, Adam Finley has some ideas on how to make tennis coverage more interesting and Michael Sciannamea explains why this is the best time of year for sports.

Divester’s Erik Olsen wonders whether it’s wise to hunt and kill the shark that killed a diver, while Willy Volk compares diving solo versus diving with a buddy and asks What is a Hogarthian Diver?

HD Beat’s Matt Burns finds a new HDTV over-the-air provider while Kevin C. Tofel explains the difference between HDTV and HD Ready sets and asks you to help with a Late Show Top 10 list for HDTV.

The Wireless Weblog’s Michael Sciannamea says efforts to restore wireless communications in the Gulf Coast area after Hurricane Katrina are underway, reports that antitrust lawsuits against the big wireless providers charging them with forcing people to buy certain handset models were dismissed and thinks that people who “borrow” WiFi signals from others are thieves, no matter how you slice it.

Download Squad’s Marc Perton tells you how to donate to Katrina victims via P2P, Victor Agreda wants his Flash TV and Jordan Running skips the login screen with Greasemonkey.

DVGuru’s Mike Burgoyne has some info on the new Blu-ray Disk Burner for the PC and discusses the failed attempt between of the Blu-ray and HD-DVD camps to agree on a single format while Ajit Anthony discusses creating your own online TV station.

Luxist’s Peter Thompson asks if Britain’s most expensive seaside town is really worth it, Deidre Woollard uncovers a trip to Paris that includes a visit with Paloma Picas

Slashfood just opened for business, and we're already planning a Grilled Cheese party. Plus Karina Longworth makes fun of Gwyneth Paltrow's junk food intolerance and Keith McDuffee lists the top 25 food hacks.

FlashInsider’s Mike Schleifstein finds RentACoder looking for a Flash-based gas pump and rips into Kottke.org for forgetting Flash during a future OS article, plus David Robinson reports on making the Adobe-Macromedia merger official.

Divester?s Willy Volk reports on the shark that killed a scuba diver, drools over the Neptus 60 Cliff Dwelling, and lusts for the coolest pool toy of all time ? the AquaPub.

Droxy’s Ryan Saghir gets a hands on view of the new Sirius S50 and a sneak peek at the Sirius Replay then he takes a look at converting RSS feeds into Podcasts with Audiolicious.

HD Beat’s Matt Burns brings you up to speed on the HD-DVDand Blu-Ray war while Kevin C. Tofel reveals how VOOM HDTV is reborn and illustrates what you’re missing if you don’t have a widescreen set.

TVSquad’s Bob Sassone yearns for an Eyes DVD while Keith McDuffee rounds up the latest spoilers and
rumors and Karina Longworth reports on a Spike TV movie.

Luxist’s Peter Thompson finds a little chic protection for his iPod and Rick Reed shows a great way to break your diet while Deidre Woollard checks out the customized Piaget Fingerprint Watch.

The VoIP Weblog chronicals the launch of Google Talk while Ted Wallingford rants about VoIP industry analysts’ screwy analysis.

The Unofficial Photoshop Weblog’s David Chartier covers some of the great photographic hoaxes and waxes nostalgic about old Photoshop splash screens while Jan Kabili reports on Ben Willmore’s new Photoshop Insight Injections series, which starts off with an insightful article on using Camera Raw with Smart Objects.

DV Guru’s Mike Burgoyne reviews the new JVC GR-X5 Camcorder and has some tips for packaging your next DVD plus Ajit Anthony looks at new software to help catalogue your video library.

Hackaday’s Fabienne Serriere shows how to get started with the csound software synth while Eliot Phillips shows how to build a WiFi repeater and explains the easy lockpicking technique “bumping”.

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Hackaday’s Eliot Phillips warns you not to immolate yourself with a DIY flamethrower and encourages you to install Linux on your 2G Ipod mini while new contributor Fabienne Serriere shows how-to add a headphone jack to a Nokia phone.

HD Beat’s Kevin C. Tofel explains why the nation won’t see ABC in HD next week, tells you about a new HDTV technology called SED, and then finds an HDTV antenna that doubles as a picture frame.

Cinematical has a big week for DVD releases with Karina Longworth watching the Astaire and Rogers Boxset and Ryan Stewart reviewing Sin City. Plus: is Robert Rodriguez planning a PSP-only El Mariachi sequel?

BBHub’s Russell Shaw tells you how you can type faster on your BlackBerry, tells you of a place you could get fined more than $4,500 (that’s no typo!) for BlackBerry text-messaging while driving, and what just might be the cause and the solution if your BlackBerry won’t take a charge when you sync it up to your PC.

The Wireless Weblog’s Michael Sciannamea waxes skeptical on Intel’s Digital Communities initiative and says decision time is near for Wireless Philadelphia. Plus Mike Outmesguine covers the record-breaking ground-to-ground wireless link.

Divester’s Willy Volk relaxes with the Yo Bro Board while Erik Olsen dives into the Trilobis Underwater Habitat and reviews H2o Audio’s Waterproof iPod Case.

Gadling’s Erik Olsen reviews waterproof iPod cases and wants you to learn more about the island nation of Nauru while Adrienne Wilson urges you to check out Vermont Farmstays.

TUAW’s Laurie A. Duncan reports on the Henrico County iBook stampede while C.K. Sample, III asks ‘what’s the best Windows emulator for Mac?’ and Dave Caolo discusses the importance of keeping a vintage Mac around.

DownloadSquad’s Jason Clarke finds Microsoft’s free way to mount a disk image and Marc Perton begins the Firefox death-watch while Victor Agreda, Jr. tells you how to create your own ILM for (almost) nothing.

Luxist’s Rick Reed finds the ultimate ring to wear gambling in Vegas and Peter Thompson discovers bees have great taste in art, but Deidre Woollard would really like to live in this windmill cottage.

TVSquad’s Karina Longworth discovers Andy Milo

Droxy’s Ryan Saghir got a first hand preview of XM Radio’s new Delphi RoadyXT and Audiovox Xpress Radios and takes a look at the looming Apple vs Satellite Radio battle. Then he noticed that Opie and Anthony are “Podcasting” through Audible now… will Howard Stern soon follow?

FlashInsider’s Mike Schleifstein talks about the release of Macromedia Studio 8 and finds a couple video motion detection Flash games while David Robinson isn’t sure what to think about the end of a web program at SIGGRAPH.

Gadling’s Erik Olsen wants to help you with your lifelist and wants to talk about a new fad called Zorbing. Plus Adrienne Wilson urges you to learn to speak French over dinner.

Divester’s Willy Volk lists the Top 10 Waterproof Tech Items in 2005 so far and reveals that aerobic exercise helps reduce divers’ chances of getting DCS while Erik Olsen reports on diving eco-wonderlands.

Luxist’s Peter Thompson goes castle shopping while Rick Reed checks out the Breitling watch for pilots and Deidre Woollard tells you where you can spend $1 million or more on one car.

TVSquad’s Bob Sassone reveals an Alias shocker and Chris Thilk wonders what your favorite Kids In The Hall moment is, plus Adam Finley ticks off Scrubs fans.

TUAW’s Laurie A. Duncan introduces the TUAW Dashboard widget and Dave Caolo tackles Apple’s Mighty Mouse while Jay Savage just says NO to AppleCare.

BBHub’s Russell Shaw shows you a way to calculate your restaurant or bar tip on your BlackBerry, calculate if you’ve had ”one too many” at that restaurant or bar, and shows you a way to figure out how many words a minute you can tap out on your BlackBerry.

Joystiq’s Ross Miller plays Doom on an iPod and points out web-comic thrashing Jack Thompson while David Touve looks for the elusive PSP 2.0 update, US version.

Hack-A-Day’s Eliot Phillips gets a new logo via the Scribble Bot, imagines future robotics projects using a computer controlled RC helicopter and polls the text editor holy war.

Engadget’s Ryan Block spots the Verizon ready CDMA RAZR and Peter Rojas warns of a viral outbreak on Finnish phones. Then they get together for this week’s Engadget Podcast.

Autoblog’s John Neff introduces Alberto Escarlate, the Spaniard, to announce the coming Autoblog Spanish and Eric Bryant says we aren’t buying premium gas while Randall Halcomb finds hybrid developers addressing criticis

FlashInsider’s David Robinson is Bloggin straight from Siggraph all week while Mike Schleifstein complains about computer science being more important than art for web development and discovers unintelligent web site design will cause your users to leave forever.

Cinematical’s Karina Longworth reviews The Aristocrats and browses the Lesbian Movie Scene Encyclopedia while Bob Sassone investigates the death of Tom Hanks.

BBHub’s Russell Shaw finds Blackberry Poker, finds wireless coverage under San Francisco and says you don’t need a laptop anymore.

The Unofficial Photoshop Weblog’s Jan Kabili debuts the new Just Ask feature by answering a reader’s question about clipping masks in Photoshop CS and CS2,explains how to give your photos a contrast bump without losing too much detail,and seeks new bloggers for The Unofficial Photoshop Weblog.

The VoIP Weblog’s Ted Wallingford says the bottom line is money, discourages the UN from taking over and ruining ICANN, and recommends some changes to SwitchVox’s tips for small businesses thinking about VoIP.

Gadling’s Erik Olsen ponders a PhD in air guitar and welcomes Al Gore’s Current TV while Adrienne Wilson smells a nostril tour.

HDBeat’s Kevin C. Tofel explains the difference between EDTV and HDTV and asks who are the scariest celebrities in HD while Todd Carter wants to know what shows you want to see in HD.

TVSquad’s Jen Segrest on more house arrest for Martha while Adam Finley likes naked people (on the BBC) and Bob Sassone reveals the worst news of the week.

Blogging Baby’s Stefania Butler asks if bottle-feeding is the mark of a bad mother while Jay Allen reports on the slow erasure of the separation of church and the state of Texas and Sarah Gilbert wants to know what to do when a stranger want to hold your baby.

TUAW’s Laurie A. Duncan reminds us that August is Mac Mod Month and Scott McNulty laments HP’s ditching the iPod while C.K. Sample, III freaks out at the introduction of Apple’s first multibutton-esque mouse.

The Wireless Weblog’s Michael Sciannamea agrees that the end of the Texas WiFi Fight will have wide implications and says that cellphones and their related services are as easy to purchase as a bottle of milk while covering the government’s approval of the Sprint-Nextel merger.

Luxist’s Rick Reed discovers a pair of pricey Prada kicks and Peter Thompson whisks us away to Marianne Island while Deidre Woollard finds history mixed with luxury at the Joel Smith Estate.

The Download Squad’s Victor Agreda, Jr. offers tidbits from iTunes 4.9 and praises Easy PDF Converter. David Chartier explains why his browser of choice is Camino. Marc Perton covers Google’s warning about the Firefox extension Greasemonkey.

Engadget’s Peter Rojas reports on a robot assisting in surgery, and Interlink’s new GoSpeak! portable speakers. Ryan Block reveals used CRTs as the key to sub-$100 Indian computers, and tells us DVD Jon has already issued a patch to the new Google Video Viewer.

Autoblog’s Randall Halcomb tells us what makes a classic car. John Neff gives us the welcome news that Honda will include crash test ratings on window stickers, bemoans Aston Martin’s woes at Le Mans, and announces the 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse as winner of the 2005 IDEA Gold Award. 

Joystiq’s Steve Parsons points to screenshots of the Evil Dead Regeneration, asks if MMOG is only for the hardcore, reports that PS3 is going underground in Europe, and reveals that Quake is going mobile.

The RSS Weblog’s Amit Malhotra covers Microsoft’s big announcement about RSS in Longhorn and has some new ideas for deploying RSS based applications at the Seattle Public Library.

Hackaday’s Eliot Phillips suggests serial charging a Nextel for always-on GPS. Vince Veneziani lists his Hackaday links and Monday sipping. Eliot shows off a USB rotary channel charger.

Luxist’s Rick Reed digs up a must-have personal video arcade. Peter Thompson visits  Maximiliaan’s House of Grand Pianos. Adam Newman highlights the exclusive Residensea golf program. Deirdre Woollard tours the spectacular Lake Tahoe Sierra Star estate.

TUAW’s C.K. Sample III walks you through how to publish podcasts to the iTMS. Dave Caolo covers Nine Inch Nails’ release of ”Only” for would-be Garageband remixers. Scott McNulty asks how many Widgets you use. Jay Savage looks at the OS X Family Tree.

Cinematical’s Karina Longworth reviews Miranda July’s debut. Ryan Stewart and Karina Longworth hate the King Kong trailer, but readers like Jon Wilk disagree. Meanwhile, Peter Sciretta watches Universal run Kong damage control.

Engadget's J.D. Lasica interviews Orb Network CEO Jim Behrens, offers a how-to on accessing iTunes from a cellphone, and reveals that Japan has plans for a Robot Moon Base, while Barb Dybwad solicits readers' Motorola RAZR wishlists.

Autoblog's Eric Bryant predicts what's next in the parade of recalls and opines that the big three maintain truck supremacy. John Neff spies a BMW crossover coupe. Walter Keegan Jr. treats us to an illustrated tour of Saturn Vue 2006 updates.

Joystiq’s James Ransom-Wiley sounds a Badass squirrel alert on Conker: Live & Reloaded, reports that Canadian Fairmont Hotels offer PSPs to guests, and posts some Halo 3 rumors. Steve Parsons predicts a DVD format war between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD.

TV Squad’s Bob Sassone wishes Nick at Night Happy Birthday. Annie W gets down with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. Keith McDuffee highlights new TV-on-DVD releases. Adam Finley sympathizes with with unlucky users of Lost lottery numbers.

Cinematical’s Karina Longworth announces the imminent King Kong trailer, the latest reprise of Batman, and Cinematical’s Hustle and Flow Contest Winners. Plus readers flock to comment on our Why Aren’t You Going to the Movies? poll.

AdJab’s Tom Biro reports on Branded Entertainment for print, the Vegas alibi campaign, and the Magazine Publishers’ 2005 Kelly Awards. Chris Thilk takes us to MSN’s UFO contest.

Luxist’s Deidre Woollard makes us drool at Gore Vidal’s Italian retreat for sale, Adam Newman wows us with the ultimate sound system, and Jess Nachtigal reviews a very special cigar.

TUAW’s C.K. Sample III reveals that Dell Would Sell OS X. Dave Caolo surprises with news that Queen Elizabeth II Buys an iPod. From Jay Savage we learn that .Mac is Dropping Virex Support. Scott McNulty points to an Apple white paper on Creating an Application with Tiger Technologies.

The Unofficial Photoshop Weblog’s Jan Kabili offers an original tutorial on a

Day Three! Here's our recap of yesterday's coverage:

Interview

• The Engadget & Joystiq Interview: Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft

Hardware

• Picture the Revolution

• A Funny PS3 Shot

• Nintendo @ E3: Hands on with the Game Boy Micro

• Nokia @ E3 - N-Gage capable smartphones

• E3 floor show coverage

Games

• City of Villains Site Launched with Details

• Sonic Rush on the Nintendo DS is two screens of blue

• Ridiculously hi-res DOA4 movie

• More Metal Gear than you can handle

• Hands-on with Starcraft Ghost

• Dead to Rights 2 gets Netjakked

• Hands on with Sony Station Exchange: Bring on the Real Money Trade

• Hands on with Kingdom Hearts II

• Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge

• Return of the King... Of weird games that is

• Quake 4 is already big

• E3: Call of Duty 2 for Xbox 360 duly impresses

Previously

• Live from E3: Day One - PS3 and Xbox 360

• Live from E3: Day Two

Great interview... I wish you could hear the tape (not sure if there is a podcast of this one happening... there should be!). Everyone in the room was laughing so hard at one point it sounds like a drunken frat party.

Live Ninetendo Revolution coverage: http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000760043637/

XBOX 360 Live: http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000913043569/

Playstation 3 live: http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000050043558/

Joystiq is covering the Platstation 3 launch live... http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000050043558/

Next they will call it Xbox361, since 361 degrees, being one more than 360, mean the company is really working on all angles.  Let is be know that my own search through US trademarks for "Xenon" or "Xbox 360" have come up with nothing having to do with computer games or Microsoft.