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- Netflix through your XBOX?
- I wish I could say I had inside knowledge about the veracity of this rumor, but sad to say, I do not. However, I desperately hope that this rumor is true, as it simply makes sense for Microsoft to do something like this. According to this article...
- Tags: Game, NetFlix Inc., Console, Microsoft Xbox Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Game Console, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- Tech indicators that could point to a coming recession
- Tech indicators that could point to a coming recessionRE: Tech indicators that could point to a coming recessionYou should think about changing the title of this article to "Consumer Tech indicators....." it is naive to think that the tech world revolves around consumer and seasonal demands. I work with business...
- Tags: Games, Game players, Sales strategy, game console
- Discussion threads 2008-01-14
- Ten threat predictions for 2008
- It is that time of year again. Time to publish my predictions for 2008. ThreatChaos Predictions for 2008 1. Facebook widgets will be used to distribute malware. Facebook, the hugely popular social networking site with millions of users has recently...
- Tags: Game, Google Inc., Facebook, Console, Network, Stock, Google OpenSocial, Game Console, Storm Trojan, Game Console Industry, Games, Social Networking, Game Players, Networking, Security, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2007-12-04
- Activision CEO sees $199 game consoles
- Activision CEO sees $199 game consolesActivision CEO sees $199 game consolesHe makes a very good point. As much as I'd like to get an Xbox 360 I'm going to stick with my original Xbox until the price comes down. I'm still undecided on a Wii.A low price point...
- Tags: Games, Game players, console, game, game console, Nintendo Wii, Activision Inc., Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox
- Discussion threads 2007-11-28
- The battle for the living room platform
- Nintendo announced yesterday WiiWare, a program which will enable developers to create games that can be downloaded to the Wii console. Such games can be sold through the Wii Shop Channel, creating revenue opportunities for smaller-scale developers who wouldn't have the resources to create more labor intensive productions of a...
- Tags: Digital Media, DRM, Media Center, Microsoft, Nintendo, PS3, Sony, Television, Wii, XBOX, XBOX 360
- Blog posts 2007-06-28
- XBOX 360 and HD-DVD
- In a recent discussion, a friend wondered why Microsoft had opted not to include an HD-DVD drive in the recent update to the XBOX 360 console (the XBOX 360 Elite). The logic would seem obvious. In the US, 94% of Blu-Ray players sold are included as part of the PS3...
- Tags: PlayStation, HD DVD, HD, XBOX 360, XBOX, Wii, Sony, PS3, Nintendo, Microsoft, General, Games
- Blog posts 2007-04-11
- game consoles are evil
- Game consoles are evilAnd did that cell phone have Linux embedded? (nt)(nt)Stallman also says"Live cheaply," he said, offering some free advice. "Don't buy a house, a car or have children. The problem is they're expensive and you have to spend all your time making money to pay for them."GenericMan -...
- Tags: Games, OPEN SOURCE, Game players, game console, console, Stallman, Linux, game, Nintendo Wii
- Discussion threads 2007-04-06
- game consoles are evil
- Richard Stallman is the godfather of the Free Software Movement. He is also maddeningly hard core in his beliefs, to the point where I wonder if he would allow doctors to work on him if the machines they were using run anything but open source software. The following is an...
- Tags: XBOX 360, XBOX, PS3, Games, Wii, Sony, PlayStation, Nintendo, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-06
- Blu-Ray's boat anchor
- As noted in a previous blog, video discs in the Blu-Ray format have been experiencing a sales surge likely driven by the release of the PS3 with its included Blu-Ray player. That doesnt speak to strong sales of the PS3, however, so much as paltry sales of dedicated players for...
- Tags: Blu-ray, Game players, Games, DVD, Consumer electronics, Sony PlayStation 3, Blu-ray disc, console, Microsoft Xbox, HD Disc, Sony Corp., game console, sales, disc, game
- Blog posts 2007-03-22
- Photos: Hasbro's outpost at the '07 Toy Fair
- Sure, there are MP3 devices and game consoles, but what really matters for the toymaker are the Star Wars and Spider-Man tie-ins.
- Tags: Hasbro Inc., console, game, game console, MP3, Star Wars
- Image galleries 2007-02-12
- From Shape Creation to Manufacturing Geometry, SurfaceInk Found NX to Be "The Perfect Product Lifecycle Solution" for Every Stage in the Development of a Video Game Accessory
- SurfaceInk Corp., founded in 1999, is a mechanical engineering and design consulting firm. SurfaceInk wanted to develop ergonomic grip accessory for Zodiac game consoles. The challenge was to have prototype ready for trade show just two months away. The company performed entire digital development process within NX and imported game...
- Tags: Geometry, Product Lifecycle, Siemens AG, Accessory, Video Game, Video, Manufacturing, Game Console, Games, Game Players, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Case studies 2007-01-01
- Photos: At NYC's Blip Festival, teaching old tech new tricks
- Gamers, programmers, hipsters and ravers pack into a lower Manhattan venue for music and art made with the help of low-bit video game consoles and computers.
- Tags: Manhattan, gamer, video game, video game console, game console, video, computer, console, music, programmer
- Image galleries 2006-12-05
- Photos: Five must-have PS3 accessories
- Sony's new game console may be chock-full of features, but here are some choice accessories for maximizing the experience.
- Tags: Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation 3, accessory, console, game, game console
- Image galleries 2006-11-26
- Photos: PS3 fever takes Manhattan
- Two weeks before the release of Sony's next-generation game console, New Yorkers get to try it out.
- Tags: Games, fever, Manhattan, game console, Sony PlayStation 3, console, Sony Corp., game
- Image galleries 2006-11-02
- DScaler (exe)
- DScaler is a piece of software that grabs analog, interlaced video, and deinterlaces it to make it a progressive scan feed, then allows scaling to any resolution for use on your computer monitor or projector. Analog, interlaced video are devices like VCRs, laserdisc, and game consoles output. Unlike most existing...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Games, image quality, projector, algorithm, computer monitor, video, VCR, game console, console, monitor, software, TV, game, PC, computer
- Software downloads 2006-03-29
- Photos: A vibrating chair for gamers
- A vibrating chair for game players, the Pyramat PM220 bumps and grinds to the on-screen action from just about any game console.
- Tags: Games, game player, bump, game console, gamer, game, console
- Image galleries 2005-12-15
- Photos: A vibrating chair for gamers
- A vibrating chair for game players, the Pyramat PM220 bumps and grinds to the on-screen action from just about any game console.
- Tags: Games, game player, bump, game console, gamer, game, console
- Image galleries 2005-12-15
- Photos: Xbox 360 lands in Japan
- Microsoft brings its next-generation game console to the home turf of rivals Sony and Nintendo.
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Nintendo Co. Ltd., Sony Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Xbox 360, console, game, game console, Japan, 360-degree
- Image galleries 2005-12-14
- Photos: Xbox 360 lands in Japan
- Microsoft brings its next-generation game console to the home turf of rivals Sony and Nintendo.
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Nintendo Co. Ltd., Sony Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Xbox 360, console, game, game console, Japan, 360-degree
- Image galleries 2005-12-14
- Nintendo's NES game console turns 20
- Nintendo's NES game console turns 20Give em a breakThey obviously aren't your demographic... the whole tone of this article is so patronising! Sony and Microsoft have both publicly acknowledged that the controller for the "so called" revolution is in fact very revolutionary. Their whole approach to expansion of...
- Tags: Games, Game players, DVD, console, game console, Nintendo Co. Ltd., game
- Discussion threads 2005-10-18
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