Archive for December 17, 2006

Unopened SNES Sold For $265 On eBay.

This is the 2 controllers / Super Mario World Bundle. Everything is in the box as originally bought back in the 90’s. Adjusted for inflation this originally $199 console would cost $280 today - that’s effectively 0 depreciation over 15 years and also means that relatively speaking the SNES was more expensive in 1991 than the Wii is today.

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Lines, anger, police … A Wii story

A CNN staffer learns first hand what it’s like to be lucky … maybe too lucky.

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Preparing For Apollo - Adobe New Platform

Apollo will be useful for running desktop versions of critical web applications like email and calendaring, where offline access and application speed is sometimes important. Potential developers are already taking notice: eBay is working on a project called “San Dimas” to run on Apollo, although there are no announced plans to release it yet.

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Dragonfly: The World’s First Winged Robot Video Demonstration

It doesn
’t use propellers or glide around with fixed-position wings like a fraudulent flying insect wanabee. No, this Dragonfly debuts as the world’s first robot to use brute flapping-power to remain airborne.

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Auditions Come to YouTube

“Typically, a casting call invites actors to submit a headshot and in some cases, a video showcasing their abilities. Some production companies and casting agents now are requesting that people post their auditions in far more open online forums, such as YouTube or MySpace. In doing so, they’re hoping to gauge actors’ potential popularity…”

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NASA to reveal major Google announcement Monday

According to NASA Ames, a discussion about the agreement with Google has been scheduled for Monday, December 18. Not much is known about what is going to be discussed, but the press release gives us a couple clues…

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GTA Coming to Wii

From first line of article…”One of the greatest selling franchises in video gaming history is heading straight to the Nintendo Wii.” I wonder how they will implement the wiimote with it?

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Metal Gear solid coming to Xbox 360?

The rumor mill is spinning again as yet another rumor pops out that MGS4 is coming to the Xbox360. Konami naturally wants to make a pretty penny with Metal Gear Solid 4 and Sony has to contend with the fact that they are not the leading console market with the current next generation lineup.

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FREE: Creative Writing Software

Power Writer
™ is the first of a new breed of program for the creative writer, one which takes you from first idea through to final manuscript as one continuous act of creation.

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Tree Closure for Gecko 1.9 Alpha Release

Mozilla Developer News

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Firefox Reaches 25% Market Share

According to these stats across over 4,000 websites, one in four web users browses with Firefox.

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Mozilla Firefox Gaining Market Share

Mozilla
’s Firefox Web browser has reportedly gained some market share. This gain has come at the expense of Microsoft Internet Explorer which continues to lose market share. Firefox now accounts for 10.7 percent share on computers running Microsoft’s Windows operating system.

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