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Photos: Japan's long, wet wait for PlayStation 3s

Long lines formed before dawn and diehards waited in the rain even though there weren't enough PlayStation 3s to go around.

Tags: Game players, PlayStation 3s, Sony Playstation, rain, Japan

Image galleries 2006-11-13

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Research firm challenges supposed popularity of HD-DVD format

The recent survey by Harris Interactive, which suggested that HD-DVD continues to be roughly as popular as Blu-ray, has met with some controversy over its methodology. In fact, I received a lengthy e-mail from Adams Media Research's press representative strongly refuting the Harris study's findings. At dispute...

Tags: HD-DVD, Harris Interactive, Blu-ray, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Sales Strategy, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sales, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-06-27

10.5 mln BluRay players in the US in Q1 2009

About 9 mln high-definition units sold in the US in Q1 2009, up from the 4.8 mln that sold during Q1 2008, according to Adams Media Research. There are now 10.5 mln Blu-ray households, encompassing owners of both Blu-ray set-tops and Blu-ray-enabled PlayStation 3s. by AM

Tags: Blu-ray, Game Players, Tv & Home Theater, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, AM

Blog posts 2009-04-17

Five lessons the rest of Microsoft can learn from Zune

If you buy into Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie's logic, consumer -- not enterprise -- is where the action is, these days. The cool tech innovations are coming from the consumer world and being adopted by business, not vice versa. So what learnings can the rest...

Tags: Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Team Management, Game Players, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-11-12

Microsoft brings Windows Live Messenger to XBox 360

Microsoft has released a major update to the XBox 360 which brings Windows Live Messenger functionality to its games console, connecting the device to the millions of users for whom Messenger is already their IM client of choice. Right now 360 users can input text using a virtual on-screen keyboard...

Tags: Social Networks, Microsoft, Instant Messenger

Blog posts 2007-04-09

Best deal on a Blu-ray player? How about Sony's Playstation 3?

Over the holidays, someone told me the best way to lay your hands on a cheap Blu-ray player is to purchase a Sony Playstation 3 (since they can playback Blu-ray Disc...given how Sony is a major proponent of Blu-ray Disc instead of the competing HD-DVD). Looking at the product...

Tags: Blu-ray, Game players, DVD, Consumer electronics, Sony Corp., Sony Playstation, Blu-ray disc, Blu-ray Player, Sony PlayStation 3

Blog posts 2007-01-02

ICE AGE MEETS BLU RAY

ICE AGE MEETS BLU RAYHD DVD + Blu Ray compatibilityWe have seen it before: 802.11B/G, TDMA/CDMA/GSM, DVD + Hard Drives. NEC is working on a combo solution for Blu and HD DVD, is it just a matter of time before all future players handle all formats? Thanks.Yes, But ...Hi "Just...

Tags: Blu-ray, DVD, HD DVD, Consumer electronics, Game players, NEC Corp., Blu-ray disc, HD-DVD, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony Playstation, Sony Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-11-29

First PS3s get sold

See the spectacle that is the PS3 launchFrom San Francisco: CNET.com's Molly Wood is on hand for the first PlayStation 3s to be sold just after midnight on Friday morning. Hear from both the hard-core gamers, the budding entrepreneurs and the lucky first buyer.

Tags: Sony PlayStation 3

Videos 2006-11-17

Do 'engineering masterpieces' really sell?

In the technology world, folks tend to get carried away. We want more memory, more processing power, more speed, more graphics and damn near more of everything. Nevermind that we dont use half of these newfangled features. In...

Tags: General, Personal Technology, Software Infrastructure, Hardware Infrastructure, Sony Playstation

Blog posts 2006-11-16