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E3 2009: Nintendo Wii Vitality Sensor

Nintendo CEO, Satoru Iwata offers a sneak peek at the company's new Vitality Sensor.

Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Sensor, Nintendo Wii, E3, Nintendo, Wii, vitality sensor, wiimote

Videos 2009-06-02

Microsoft unveils Beatles Rock Band, motion controller at E3

Microsoft unveils Beatles Rock Band, motion controller at E3RE: Microsoft unveils Beatles Rock Band, motion controller at E3heres a dumb thing you can get a beatles game but you can't get their tunes on any online services.heh"The vast majority of people are just too intimidated to pick up a video...

Tags: Corporate communications, Games, Game players, motion controller, Beatles Rock Band, Wiimote, Beatles, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-01

Intel chairman highlights partnerships around the world

At the Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco, company Chairman Craig Barrett explains how, by collaborating with teachers and doctors around the world, technology can improve lives. Demonstrated are an inexpensive digital whiteboard created from a Wii, and a cell phone that can read bar codes on a health ID...

Tags: Partnership, Intel Corp., Business Structures, Finance, Intel, IDF, Craig Barrett, Wii, cell phone, healthcare, education, chairman, johnny lee, wiimote

Videos 2008-08-19

BlueTunes 2 (Windows)

BlueTunes is a program that will allow you to use the Nintendo remote Wiimote as a remote control for your computer music library. Using bluetooth technology, the Wiimote will allow you to control your music collection from 50 feet away. Walls and floors pose no problem at all. Even the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Media Player, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Music Library, Media Player, Mike Anderson, BlueTunes, Wiimote, Bluetooth, Microsoft Windows, Digital Music, Digital Media, Media Players, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2007-11-16

Wii controllers and the XBOX 360

Wii controllers and the XBOX 360wake me up when you have a driver for Linux.There already is a Linux driver...The Wiimote is just another bluetooth device and communicates with standard Bluez Hidd. WMD is the experimental branch driver.

Tags: Linux, Game players, Wii-controller, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Wiimote, WMD

Discussion threads 2007-08-08

Google launches Google Reader for the Wii

Google quietly launched Google Reader specifically designed for the Wii last night -- the new interface even makes use of the buttons found on your Wiimote. On my initial digging, I cannot find a similar interface designed specifically for the PS3 browser. Tips and tricksGoogle Reader can take...

Tags: Google Reader, Google

Blog posts 2007-05-08

DoCoMo phones feature Wiimote-like play

DoCoMo phones feature Wiimote-like playGameplay just like the Wii, except......the screen on the Wii [u]doesn't[/u] move along with the controller, so that they can actually see the screen when they're going through the motions. I wonder how games will adapt to this issue.

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, DoCoMo Phone, Wiimote, NTT DoCoMo Inc., phone

Discussion threads 2007-04-23

Clickable video hotpots and "Wii-motes"

Clickable video hotpots and "Wii-motes"Not sure if you are aware John, but...the Wii remote uses two main, but separate, systems to detect the movement and positioning of the Wiimote.The LED bar that goes either above or below the TV is simply there to project two high-intensity spots for the Wiimote's...

Tags: Corporate communications, Wiimote, video

Discussion threads 2007-03-30

Nyko Charge Station (for Nintendo Wii)

The remote for the Nintendo Wii is an innovative controller that puts a lot of technology into a small wireless device. Unfortunately, that wireless device eats up batteries like nobody's business. You can pick up a set of rechargeable nickel-metal-hydride batteries and a charger, but it still requires regular battery...

Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., battery, Wiimote, Nintendo Wii

Product reviews 2007-03-07

Nintendo Wii Classic Controller

Next to its weird, motion-sensing controller, the biggest draw of the Nintendo Wii is its Virtual Console. This onboard emulation system lets nostalgic geeks download and play their favorite games of years past, including titles from Nintendo's previous game consoles--the Nintendo Entertainment System NES, the Super NES, and the Nintendo...

Tags: Game players, Games, CLASSIC CONTROLLER, game, Wiimote, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, Virtual Console, Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2006-12-07

Additional Resources

OSCulator 2.8.8 (Mac)

Virtual-hub for devices and softwares OSCulator is a software that can be used with many different hardware devices and software. For example, with OSCulator, your Nintendo Wiimote can talk to major MIDI sequencers or your favorite console emulator or even the Kyma sound design workstation. And your iPhone or Lemur...

Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Virtual Keyboard, OSCulator, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Management

Software downloads 2009-09-04

DX Studio 3.1 (Windows)

DX Studio is a complete integrated development environment for creating interactive 3D graphics. The system comprises of both a real-time 3D engine and a suite of editing tools. Using DX Studio you can build complete real-time interactive applications, simulations or games, for standalone use or for embedding in other Microsoft...

Tags: 3D, Microsoft Windows, File-sharing, Worldweaver, DX Studio, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet

Software downloads 2009-06-25

Most impressive demo ever: Sony 3D controller

Most impressive demo ever: Sony 3D controllerSince you mentioned Project NatalI thought your readers could get a glimpse at what [b]real[/b] innovation looks like:http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-06-03-n56.htmlThey might not recognize it after being used to lapping up what Apple passes off as "innovation". :)MotionPlus?Apparently you haven't seen MotionPlus in action. It does...

Tags: Leadership, 3D, Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp., Project Natal, innovation, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-03

The best of the "Best of CES"

The Consumer Electronics Show wrapped up on Sunday, and by now the many Best of CES lists have been posted. Every year there are a few blockbusters that show up on nearly everyone's list. This year the darlings were the Palm Pre and the Sony VAIO P Series, a tiny...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Sony Corp., Phone, PC, Palm Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., PC World, Laptop Computer, Yahoo Tech, PC Magazine, Desktops, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Hardware, Tablets, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-01-14

Is our resident millennial a dinosaur, too?

Or is touch really just a bad idea as an interface? Zack Whittaker, millennial extraordinaire and one of the few guys on the planet to really dig Vista, wrote an interesting piece yesterday decrying the problems with touch as a computing interface. I have to say that, while...

Tags: Intel Classmate PC, Apple iPod, Screen, Keyboards, Digital Music, Monitors & Displays, Tablets, Digital Media, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-01-13

Energizer Power & Play Charging Station (Wii)

Performance Design Products, which is simply known as PDP, recently licensed the Energizer brand to slap on its line of Power & Play Charging Systems for the Sony PS3, Microsoft Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii. Indeed, the Energizer brand should give these chargers some added visibility in the market place....

Tags: Engineering, Energizer, Nintendo Wii, Play Charging, battery, Play Charging System

Product reviews 2008-10-30

Pinnacle Game Profiler 4.8 (Windows)

Instantly add game pad and joystick support to any computer game with Pinnacle Game Profiler. This software allows you to emulate your keyboard and mouse with your game controller, and otherwise customize the controller's behavior. Many PC games do not directly support game controllers, but with Pinnacle Game Profiler you...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Pinnacle Game Profiler, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-09-30

Logitech Cordless Keyboard (Wii)

Nintendo Wii owners will be intimately familiar with that system's on-screen keyboard, which lets you hunt and peck with the Wiimote controller. It's perfectly good for entering quick-text snippets, like player names or Wi-Fi passwords, but it can become tedious for longer text-entry duties. It's for the latter scenario that...

Tags: Keyboards, QWERTY layout, Nintendo Wii, keyboard, Logitech

Product reviews 2008-09-22

A conversation with Thomas Otter, Gartner analyst and blogger

While away, I briefly saw some comment about Gartner's latest foray into the blogging world. Past efforts have been abysmal but this latest attempt looks much more promising. Carter Lusher at SageCircle interviewed Andrew Spender, Gartner’s VP of Corporate Communications, via email. The answers were somewhat stilted in my opinion....

Tags: Analyst, Blog, Gartner Inc., Blogger, Thomas, Tele-management, Blogging, Internet, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-09-18

Rumor Mill: What's on the Apple horizon

Hey there, it's Jake, Jason's evil twin. It's Friday which means that it's my turn to take the wheel for trip down Apple rumor lane. Fasten your seat belts because here we go: Apple Developing Wiimote-Like Controller? â€" AppleInsider reports that a new Apple patent application reveals...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple iPhone, 3G, Apple Inc., E-mail, Desktops, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Hardware, iLounge, Online Communications, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-05-09