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3DV's depth-sensing camera

Tomer Barel, vice president of 3DV Systems, shows CNET News.com's Ina Fried a 3D camera called ZCam. The camera mimics hand moments, enabling gamers to do away with their traditional game controllers.

Tags: Game, Camera, 3DV, Games, Personal Technology, Gaming, 3D, ZCAM, game controllers, motion sensors, Ina Fried

Videos 2007-12-10

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Guitar FX BOX 2.8 (Windows)

Guitar FX BOX is acting just like a good collection of analog effect pedals. Just plug your guitar into the sound card input and your guitar will sing and scream. You can apply a wide range of high quality effects to guitar, voice, and other inputs real-time - I/O delay...

Tags: I/O, Microsoft Windows, Guitar, Sasa Gojkovic, Guitar FX BOX

Software downloads 2009-11-09

MidiHID 1.0b6 (Mac)

MidiHID transforms USB devices into powerful MIDI controllers on Mac OS X Leopard. Use it to connect any USB HID compatible device (keyboard, joysticks, game controllers... even Guitar Hero ones), to any MIDI compatible software running on your Mac. MidiHID is fully extensible thanks to configuration files that describe how...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, MIDI, USB, Pol-Online, MidiHID, Configuration File

Software downloads 2009-11-05

Nintendo president: 'The Wii has stalled'

But offcourse.Well if everybody and their neightbor has a Wii... the Wii sales will stop because everyone has one.PS: I dont have a Wii... and I dont want one atm... too manny things to play comming up my current console/PC.And of course the problem isthat their market is not the...

Tags: Games, Sales strategy, Nintendo Wii, console, game, Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Wii sales take a 43% tumble ... why?

Can no longer competeNintendo has dug itself in a hole this time it probably can't get out of. If they have a hardware update to improve graphics to the level of the 360 or PS3 they will not be able to compete on price which was their main selling...

Tags: Games, Sales strategy, game, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Co. Ltd., sales, graphics

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

GameEx 10.25 (Windows)

GameEx is a graphical DirectX based front-end for MAME, Zinc, Daphne, PC games, and all command line based game emulators, along with being a good Home Theatre PC solution HTPC. It has support for LCD/VFD displays, the MCE remote control, game pads, full mouse control, wide screen displays, volume control,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Spesoft, GameEx, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-28

ClearView RC Car Simulator 2.0 (Windows)

ClearView RC car simulator brings the real RC driving to your computer. It uses new generation physics for reality level not seen yet. See suspension working, wheels spin, car slides or jumps just like your RC car or truck will do. Controlled by keyboard, mouse or game par or special...

Tags: Car, Microsoft Windows, SVKSystems

Software downloads 2009-10-16

Nyko Action Pak (Wii)

When we first laid eyes on the Nintendo Wii's controller, visions of light gun games danced in our heads. The unique design of the Wii remote surely lends itself to such a genre, but when played in practice, it isn't necessarily a satisfying experience in its own right. Since...

Tags: Games, Nintendo Wii, Wand, Wii Remote, pistol

Product reviews 2009-09-17

Driving Speed 2 2.0.7 (Windows)

Driving Speed 2 is a free high quality racing game for your PC. Choose from four high powered V8 muscle cars and race against up to 11 computer controlled opponents on two touring car circuits. This game has photo-realistic graphics, realistic car physics and performance, high quality sound, and AI....

Tags: Car, Microsoft Windows, WheelSpin Studios, Driving Speed 2

Software downloads 2009-09-17

Live blog from Apple's "It's only Rock n Roll" event

I'm here in downtown San Francisco at Apple's news announcement, where I'll be liveblogging the company's news. You'll find the updates for this post appearing in reverse chronological order - that way the freshest news is at the top of the post. Techmeme 11:15 am: Steve Jobs...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs, Apple iPod, Blog, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Apple iTunes, Steve, Schiller, No. 2 Player, iTunes 9, iTunes LP, Digital Music, Digital Media, Games, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-09

Xbox 360: Played x5 more than Wii, x5 more likely to fail that PS3

360 is sorta like owning an old sports carYou love the thing, but hate that it breaks down all the time. The reason people are so loyal to the 360 is that the software and game library are fantastic. The controllers work great and are durable without any gimmicks. When...

Tags: Game players, reason people, Sony PlayStation 3, console, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox, failure rate, Microsoft Xbox 360

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

Microsoft's Project Natal for business: In your dreams

Natural user interfaces will be big. Anyone that sees Microsoft's Project Natal demo comes away impressed. Once Microsoft execs try to extend that to the business world you can't help but snicker. That clunky transition from the Xbox to the business world was in plain view at...

Tags: Environment, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Business World, Mundie, Game Players, Microsoft Project, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Microsoft poaches Apple VP of real estate

Microsoft poaches Apple VP of real estateThey should open an Amazon type storeYou should be able to buy online and have it shipped to you. They could also sell software for download then charge s little more if you want a CD/DVD sent to you.Microsoft StoreI cant wait to touch...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Games, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Gateway Inc., real estate, game

Discussion threads 2009-07-21

Konnet PS3 and Xbox 360 Power Pyramid (charging and storage dock for game controllers)

Konnet makes a few different versions of its Power Pyramid charging docks, including one that's designed to charge four wireless Xbox 360 controllers at one time and one that charges four PS3 controllers which only come in a wireless version. However, the model reviewed here is the only one that...

Tags: Game players, Games, storage, game, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, PS3 controller, Sony PlayStation 3, XBOX 360 Controller, Konnet, light-emitting diode

Product reviews 2009-07-15

Energizer 2X Induction Charge Station for Wii

Now that Wii MotionPlus is already on store shelves, many existing Wii remote chargers are quickly becoming obsolete. Sure, removing the tiny attachment so that your Wii remote can properly charge sounds simple enough, but if you're a big proponent of the rubber jackets, removing that and MotionPlus can...

Tags: Engineering, Nintendo Wii, Wii Remote, Wii MotionPlus, rubber jacket

Product reviews 2009-06-26

Nyko Wand (Wii)

Back at CES 2009, a relatively nonexistent gaming presence was rescued by the Nyko Wand, a third-party Wii remote control that promised a complete overhaul of the Nintendo original. Most exciting of all was the device's Trans-Port technology, which allows for button commands to be transferred through the Nunchuk...

Tags: Engineering, Wand, Nintendo Wii, Nyko Wand, Wii Remote

Product reviews 2009-05-29

Get involved: build me your perfect tech-filled house

Get involved: build me your perfect tech-filled houseBeer taps.http://craziestgadgets.com/2008/11/26/beer-tap-system-with-lcd-tv/RE: Get involved: build me your perfect tech-filled houseEvery day should start with kitty:http://www.amazon.com/Hello-Kitty-Clock-Pink%252f-%2528KT2053%2529/dp/B0015ESWHI/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1240923927&sr=8-1RE: Get involved: build me your perfect tech-filled houseNeeds:PS3 - $399 plays Blu-rayLogitech Cordless mediaboard pro (for both PS3 and TV-connected PC) - $7032" Samsung LCD TV - $549Belkin...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, tech-filled house, Get Involved

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Dell offers PC that packs 192GB of DDR3 RAM [not a typo]

A largely-ignored detail of Dell's big server announcement this week is of its new desktop computer that can be upgraded to sport as much as 192GB of DDR3 RAM. The Precision T7500 workstation sports, count 'em, 12 memory slots, each of which can take a PC10600 stick...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., PC, Server, RAM, Nehalem CPU, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-27

Steve Wozniak: Chief Scientist - of a storage company?

You'd think after co-founding one of the great success stories of the last 35 years - Apple Computer - Steve Wozniak would be done with startups. And you'd be wrong. But a storage startup? How sexy is that? The Woz gets storage Really,...

Tags: Steve Wozniak, Disk, Apple Inc., Woz, Steve, Fusion-io, Storage, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-02-05

How the Wii saved Christmas

How the Wii saved ChristmasSony has failed to market the PS? appropriatellySony missed the boat marketing the PS3 and PSP.People unfamiliar with those consoles still think they are just game consoles.Whoever uses one to the full potential realizes that they are personal entertainment centers. Gaming is just one component. This...

Tags: Games, Game players, probelm, Nintendo Wii, Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation 3, console, Microsoft Xbox, game

Discussion threads 2009-01-13