Archive for January 12, 2007

Gears of war confirmed as a 3m seller..

Major nelson posted about the recent NPD data but also mentioned that Gears Of War has now sold three million copies. To put this into context the best selling game of 2006 was Madden (PS2) selling to a 40m userbase and it sold 2.8m

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Castlevania to break Live Arcade size limit

Castlevania Sympony of the Night is to be over 50 megs on the 360. Does that mean the 360 will get larger downloads like the ps3? Lets hope so

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New quad-core processors from Intel

Intel launched three new quad-core processors: two Xeons for lower-end servers and one mainstream model for desktop computers.

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Hidden images in Windows XP Bliss wallpaper - proven

There is a lot of people on the internet who claim there are faces in this picture. skulls and ghosts and even words. We put it under a microscope and would like to show you the result. We could not find every face but a good amount.
Shocking results.

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Unofficial Mac tablet draws record crowd at Macworld (high-res photos)

Axiotron, Inc., together with distribution partner Other World Computing, is drawing huge crowds at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco this week, as attendees flock to take its new Mac OS X-based “ModBook” tablet computer for a test run. Unveiled on Tuesday the $2,279 device is an after-market hardware modification to Apple’s MacBook notebook line.

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Professor Pushes For Video Games In Schools

Mathematics, science and video games? A U.S. university professor is urging schools to consider using video games as tools to better prepare children for the work force.

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Cisco claims Apple created phony company to sidestep iPhone trademark

Apple went so far as to create a phoney company - called Ocean Telecom Services LLC - to get around Cisco’s trademark, Cisco alleges. The company listed its attorney as James Johnson. His contact information was an e-mail address from Google’s free web-based Gmail service. Apple is using to comment about Ocean Telecom.

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Lawsuit over iPhone name may get ugly

This is not about money. We were seeking to work closely with Apple to make our devices more interoperable,” Noh said Thursday. “Cell phones, work phones, home phones, personal computers

Running Mac OS X on Non Apple Hardware

Have you ever wanted to try out OS X but couldn’t afford Apple’s pricey hardware? Sick of Mac users running Windows and not being able to do the reverse? Well, visit the link to find one of the best resources concerning running Mac OS X on regular PC’s. It’s entirely possible. Visit the link to find out more information.

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Demand Outpaced Supply for New Game Consoles

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11

Screenshots showcasing the Wii controls of SSX Blur

Players carve the snowboard by tilting the Wii nun-chuck, pull back or forward on the remote to flip, flick the remote to the sides to spin, and hold the nun-chuck buttons to turbo and grab. Uber tricks require players draw shapes with the controllers like waving their arms to draw a heart.

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Daylight Sought For Data Mining: Senators Want Federal Use Disclosed

Key senators introduced legislation yesterday that would require the government to disclose data-mining programs to Congress in an effort to protect Americans’ privacy and prevent misuse of personal information. Lawmakers introduced similar bills twice in recent years, but they languished in a Republican-controlled Congress.

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