Archive for August 31, 2007

The Greenest Game Console: Nintendo Wii

Dean Takahashi recently took a measure of his household’s carbon footprint, and the veteran gamer discovered the greenest gaming console by far is the Nintendo Wii. Attaching a device that measures electricity use to various gadgets around his Silicon Valley home, Takahashi found that the Wii consumed just 17 watts.

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Halo Wars First Look Trailer (HD) now on XBLM

“Get an exclusive look at the gameplay demo that was shown behind closed doors at E3. Based on the Halo universe, Halo Wars introduces a new landmark in the strategy genre.”

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Ubuntu Founder Mark Shuttleworth on Productivity and Linux

Founder of Ubuntu Linux Mark Shuttleworth took time out of his busy schedule to talk with us about email, productivity, travel, web applications, Ubuntu, free software and much more. We asked Shuttleworth what you wanted to know and he gave us the full scoop. Hit the jump for the full interview transcript.

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“The Linux Experience” at Dell, a tale of woe and wow.

This is my tale of purchasing a computer from Dell, with Ubuntu 7.04preloaded on it. It’s got a bit of everything. It’s got farewells, happy meetings, struggles against evil and clueslessness, mild defeats,mild triumphs, and concern for the future. (Warning, quite a read but worth it).

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First Zune 2 and Zune Flash Spy Photos

Confirmed by two sources, the first shots of the 80GB Zune 2 and the Zune Flash (4 and 8GB). What’s up with that funky controller?

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The Next-Gen iPod Touch Mock-Up

Here’s the mock-up of the next generation iPod Touch. And when we said touch, we mean touch: the home button doesn’t have to be pressed, it could be electrostaticmagickalifragilistic and glow. Call us wild speculators if you want —you will be right— but we are betting/lusting on it: Apple’s iPod 100% Touch, no physical buttons whatsoever.

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