Wii Remote used as a virtual drum machine on a PC
Less than a month since it’s been released, the homebrewers are cooking up a storm of innovations.
Archive for December 8, 2006
10 Terabyte Disks Invented
The new technology, dubbed “Hyper-CD-ROM,” should be able to hold 10 TB (roughly 10,000 GB) of information and has a lifespan of 5,000 years
3 New iPod Models for 2007?
3 New iPod Models for 2007?
Bill Gates Borg Background
This makes a funny background image of the world’s richest man…
Blu-ray and HD DVD Media Center from Vidabox
Vidabox has made the first ever Blu-ray and HD DVD dual-format player, the Lux. It’s a Windows Media Center Edition server with both high-definition drives so users don’t have to worry about the raging format war and can watch movies in either format.
BitTorrent Inc. Buys uTorrent
BitTorrent, the company behind the file sharing protocol of the same name, has used some of the $25 million it recently received from investors to purchase the popular uTorrent application.
8 | Dec: Wii Launch In The UK
All the fuss was on Oxford Street in London, but what about the �provinces�? SPOnG investigates.
8 | Dec: PS3 Sales Fly Past Xbox 360 in Japan
In related news, Wii outsells everything else combined!
Blu-ray Sony’s Downfall?
Yankee Group analyst Michael Goodman told Reuters that “Blu-ray is adding $150 to $200 to the [cost of PS3]. They’ve created something that is not for today’s market. It’s not a market driver, it’s only driving the price higher.”
Microsoft’s Office Open XML format becomes a standard
ECMA’s General Assembly voted by 20-1 in favor of Microsoft’s Office Open XML document format at a meeting in Zurich on Thursday afternoon, and will now submit the format to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for its approval. The vote against came from a representative of IBM Corp.
