Creative Vado HD reaches US on Dec. 7th

Creative will launch a version of its Vado pocketable camera with a flash drive that is capable of recording high-definition video on December 7th in the US as per an Amazon product page. The small camcorder will record video using H.264 compression at up to 1280×720 resolution (720p), with its 8GB of integrated capacity good for two hours of HD video or double that at VGA resolution. It will be priced aggressively at $199 and should have more storage and small feature improvements over the well-received Flip Mino HD.

Diamond detectors

BAE Systems is to take a 50 per cent holding in Diamond Detectors, a subsidiary company set up by Element Six to manufacture diamond detectors and sensors for radiation monitoring applications.

Diamond Detectors was formed in 2007 with the aim of incorporating synthetic diamond made by chemical vapour deposition developed by Element Six into novel detectors for a range of markets.

It is one of the first companies to be included in the growing investment portfolio of Element Six’s venture capital fund, E6 Ventures.

OMG! Golden Joystick Awards is TODAY! (PC)

UPDATE: You can watch the Golden Joystick Awards ceremony as it happens, keep up with the live blogand find out who the winners are by heading tothis page here.

Today is the day. Crunch time. The nerve shredder. It’s the day when over 850,000 votes are finally converted into the tangible hard currency of coveted prizes. Yes, today is the Golden Joystick Awards, when all that hard-earned gamer adoration gets sealed up in a sparkling envelope of dreams, waiting to be released amidst a cacophony of rapturous applause and drunken heckling.

OMG! Golden Joystick Awards is TODAY! (PC)

UPDATE: You can watch the Golden Joystick Awards ceremony as it happens, keep up with the live blogand find out who the winners are by heading tothis page here.

Today is the day. Crunch time. The nerve shredder. It’s the day when over 850,000 votes are finally converted into the tangible hard currency of coveted prizes. Yes, today is the Golden Joystick Awards, when all that hard-earned gamer adoration gets sealed up in a sparkling envelope of dreams, waiting to be released amidst a cacophony of rapturous applause and drunken heckling.