I know updates here at NextLust have come to a dead halt but that doesn’t mean we can’t give back to the community once in a while. Or at least Destructoid’s community. LT and I only had time to make it out to the last day of the convention so there really isn’t much to report. Most of the stuff there consisted of things you have already seen or would have no interest in hearing about. Why do you think the Gizmodo coverage has been so meh?

So take that nay-sayers, we ain’t dead yet. And yeah we know, Rob doesn’t work here anymore.

There’s only a handful of these so get them while they’re hot.

Not to long ago ThePirateBay.org hinted at big things to come and who of thought that one of the biggest and most recognizable BitTorrent sites would be brought back from the dead?

“The legendary BitTorrent site Suprnova.org will be back in action soon. Sloncek, the former owner of suprnova.org (still parked) decided to donate the domain to The Pirate Bay lads, who will relaunch the site in a few days, staying true to its original design. The return of a Legend.”

Now that’s going to bring back some memories. Good to have you back old friend, can’t wait to start downloading all that … ugh … legal stuff.

[Via Torrent Freak]

A friendly tipster has sent in word that Apple is not stocking any of their current iMac models. This supposedly comes from Corporate headquarters and gives more fuel to the “OMG!!11!! new iMac is coming out August 7th!!1!!” theory.

Along with the recent supposed new keyboard leak and rumors of new touch screen technology (why else would they delay Leopard?), the new iMacs might actually be worth waiting out for. We’ll see in six days.

[Via Friends with Benefits]

The My Book line from Western Digital has been, let’s say varied. I can say from personal experience that these external hard drives have been as much of a godsend as they have been a pain in the ass since my current dead MyBook count is up to three. It’s nothing exponential but I would hope they got all the bugs out of their current 1 TB model before kicking out a 2 TB version prematurely.

Ms. “Fatty Hard Drive that no-one-wants-to-take-to-the-prom” includes some new handy network features such as remote and LAN access that should make office porn sharing so much easier. The latest model will go for an unnecessary $800 and promise of your first born to pointy little man.

[Via WD]

It doesn’t seem to matter whether you’re a casual consumer, hardcore tech freak or even my personal God Maddox - everyone has an opinion on the iPhone. And after sorting through all 3,431 complaints/praises you’ll find that very few people have any beef with the Visual Voicemail feature. So it’s nice to know you can get the same damn thing using CallWave’s latest widget on your Mac. Sweet. Here’s a nice email that slipped through my spam filter earlier today:

We are the developers of the CallWave Text Messaging widget you use today. Now we’ve got another amazing widget we think you’ll want to try - the Visual Voicemail widget. We call it that because it lets you see and hear your mobile phone voicemail messages on your Mac - like the feature on the new iPhone. Best of all, it works with your existing mobile phone! And it’s free. No wonder we’re featured in the Top 50 on Apple’s Widget Gallery.

I own a Moto RAZR with Verizon and have already deliberately missed about three phone calls just to see how well this thing works. Once you get everything initially set it’s just a matter of punching in a string of confirmation numbers and then you’re all done. My only complaint so far is that CallWave changes your default voice greeting to some weird robotic crap, which prompted my second message to sound something like “What the hell is this? Call me back bye … freak.”

Download the widget here.

Though NextLust has gone live technically two times now it has had it’s fair share of difficulties. We went from about 15 or so writers to 3 and then to 2, then 243, and then back to 2 - don’t ask.

We’ve had awesome traffic spikes, great articles and very talented tech centered experts come and go and each day only seems to get harder and harder. Luckily our Robot in Chief Niero is looking to give NL some of the love dtoid has been so graciously blessed with over the past year and half.

So what does this mean for the site? For one, we’re finally going to get our shit together and stop trying to be “another tech blog”. I want to make that very, very clear - we are not a Gizmodo, we are not an Engadget. God knows we don’t need another tech blog covering everything under the sun. Honestly, what benefits the reader from that? Basically all you get are three different opinions on the same crap and right now no one needs that. So what do people need? We decided to answer that with the name of the site - Next Lust - people crave what’s next and exciting in the future of tech and electronics, no one cares that Apple just released a new smaller laptop battery.

From now on NextLust will only cover things relevant to the site using our tentative motto “what’s next”. The future is a fun and scary place and technology is the driving force behind it, so we want to take a look at the puzzle before it’s complete and fill in everyone where this crazy world is going and how it’s going to affect you. I hope that’s a clearer picture of where things are going.

New and Newer Writers

As I said before, for a little while we we’re down to about 3 writers and right now it’s about 1. Thankfully we are getting a bit of boost with some resident dtoid staffers and a brand new face lift in the site design and back end. What that means is that on top of getting new and exciting information from the staff, you’ll also be seeing more and more weekly segments similar to something you would see on Destructoid.com.

I would also like to take this time to introduce a whole new writer and close friend to me. You’ll be seeing him every Friday as Citizen Blaine doing a new segment we like to call “Fake News Friday”, where he’ll be doing his best to give the world of tech a much needed tongue and cheek approach.

We do need more writers though, and if you feel right for the job please let us know. I now leave everyone with a conceptual preview of the site which was done by our very own LT. In the words of a much wiser man than myself, I would say it’s a “fucking win”. Indeed, enjoy.

If Hollywood has taught us anything it’s that we need to fear the fuck out of the future - here is my top five reasons why.

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If there is on major downside to be being a Mac owner it’s the unavailability of quite possibility the world’s best Bit Torrent application. Yes we get cool shiny apps here and there but nothing really beats the speed and versatility of uTorrent’s piece of software that comes in at an astounding 218 kbs sans the installation process - yeah, sweet.

You can read the whole boring stability change log or just go ahead and download the program here, especially all you Vista pirates out there, Arghhhh …..

Most of us would be lucky if our own future children we’re nice enough to install a 40GB/s fibre optic internet connection in our snowy cottage in the Alps, hell, most of us will count our lucky stars if our wrinkly asses don’t get thrown into some rat infested home to live out our miserable days. The world’s greatest son, Peter Löthberg, went on to say this:

“I want to show that there are other methods than the old fashioned ways such as copper wires and radio, which lack the possibilities that fibre has.”

You wanted to show? Dude come on over to my place and you can show the whole god damn world how fast the internet can be, believe me it’s pretty much going to waste on your mom’s browsing eBay and uploading baby pictures.

[Via The Register]

In case you missed all the internets drama here is a quick recap to get you all caught up:

• Pre E3 - Rumors of a $100 PS3 price cut
• E3 - Price cut goes official, original $499 20GB PS3 model is now discontinued
• E3 Thursday - Sony announces discontinuation of the 60GB PS3 model they just cut $100 off of ….

See the problem yet?

OK, It’s late, I’m tired and I am having a difficult time conversing my disoriented thoughts into proper sentences so I will do this in the most simplest of terms:

The PS3 used to come in two packages - $499 (20GB model, no bells and whistles) and $599 (60GB model, bells and whistles included)

The PS3 now comes in two new packages - $499 (60GB model, bells and whistles included) and $599 (80GB model, bells and whistles included)

At the end of July you will have only one choice - the $599 version

Unless another price cut is announced before this holiday season or Sony somehow continues their original two price approach, gamers and Blue Ray enthusiasts will continue to get reamed.

[Thanks BuckF1tches for stirring things up]