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Sony might let Microsoft use Blu-ray on Xbox 360 2008-03-09 13:29:27 According to The Financial Times, Sony
might be on the verge of allowing rivals Microsoft
use Blu-ray technology on the Xbox
360.With HD-DVD seeming like it will be overtaken by Blu-ray DVDs, it looks like the HD add-on for the Xbox 360 won't be of much use. Microsoft have acknowledged this and are on the brink of an agreement with Sony that will give them the rights to use Blu-ray on the console.The problem I see with this is, the predicted price of a Blu-ray add-on will be in the range of $300. At this price you might as well just buy a PS3.
Google and Microsoft to fight for Digg 2008-03-08 02:24:14 Digg have said the they are prepared to accept a bid of less than $300 million. Google
stated that they would be likely to bid around $200 - $225 million. Microsoft
are aiming for a lower price because most of Digg's income has been thanks to an advertising deal with Microsoft.Digg raised $250,000 per month in 2006 and is likely to have increased.
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Pioneer put an end to Plasma Panels 2008-03-07 13:32:20 Japanese company Pioneer
have announced they they are discontinuing their line of plasma-screen TVs. This is after a 15 Billion Yen ($145 Million) loss due to the badly planned launch of the Kuro PDP- 508. The company will instead work on new technology for flat-screen and LCD TVs.
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EA to buy Grand Theft Auto for $2bn? 2008-03-02 12:23:09 The Grand
Theft Auto series's publisher; Take-Two has received a bid from EA games of 2 billion dollars to take over the franchise. Some might argue that it could potentially kill the series because most people know it as a Take-Two game. I think that it could actually do it some good, I mean, EA doesn't exactly have a bad track record. But still, all this is assuming the takeover happens in the first place...
NTT DoCoMo D904i: The Wii of Cell Phones? 2008-02-27 15:39:18 The NTT DoCoMo
D904i will be the first cell phone to offer motion sensitive gaming. The phone will use it's camera to track the player's movements. The screen can also be tilted to move a ball around the screen in a "Super Monkey Ball"-esque style. The question is: how will a player know what's happening if they are playing a boxing game and ducking and weaving at the same time? Won't the screen be a bit blured?
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Pakistan blocks YouTube video access 2008-02-24 12:30:18 Yahoo!: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
- Pakistan's government has banned access to the video
-sharing Web site YouTube
because of anti-Islamic movies that users have posted on the site, an official said Sunday. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority told the country's 70 Internet service providers Friday that the popular Web site would be blocked until further notice.The authority did not specify what the offensive material was, but a PTA official said the ban concerned a movie trailer for an upcoming film by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, who has said he plans to release an anti-Quran movie portraying the religion as fascist and prone to inciting violence against women and homosexuals.The PTA official, who asked not to be identified because he was not an official Read more:YouTube video
Wii Fit: Revolutionary exercise program or Over-The-Top waste of money? 2008-02-23 14:39:36 Nintendo are planing the launch of the Wii
's new add-on, Wii Fit, in mid May, but will it get the reception they are hoping for?Wii Fit was released in Japan on December 1, 2007, and has already sold 1.1 million copies which is a good achievement considering the criticism it has received. It has been labeled 'pointless' and ' a waste
of money' but those 1.1 million Japanese believe that it will be beneficial to their health.I encourage you to reply and tell me what you think of it.
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Pioneer Kuro PDP-5080 HD: Reviewed 2008-02-23 13:24:19 The good: This 50-inch plasma TV displays an exceedingly deep shade of black with excellent shadow detail; clean image with little noise; "smooth" video-processing mode removes most judder; excellent antireflective screen; sleek, minimalist styling; removable speaker; superb connectivity with four HDMI inputs and one PC input; CableCard compatible with TV Guide EPG. The bad: Expensive; inaccurate primary color of green; no user-menu fine color temperature controls. The bottom line: The Pioneer
PDP-5080HD produces the deepest shade of black--and thus one of the best pictures--we've ever tested. Specs:
Chanel Choco Phone Revealed 2008-02-21 15:00:47 When I first saw this it thought it was another one of those fake concepts that really bored people do. But it turns out that its real! It looks awesome! It use fiber optics to display an image on the glass screen.We currently don't know how much it will cost when it's released but I will be sure to post it as soon as the information is available.
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FIFA 08 vs Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 2008-02-21 12:07:23 This has to be one of THE biggest battles in games lately. Comparison between the two heavyweights of soccer games has been going on for as long as they have been around, but these two are completely different in style but very close in quality.I'll start with FIFA. This year, the major difference has been the addition of various tricks that can be done by holding LT (Xbox 360) or L2 (PS3). This can be a lot of fun and is great for embarrassing your friends. Sadly this can only be done on Next-Gen consoles. For other systems such as PS2 and PC it is very similar to FIFA 07, which disappointed many fans of the series who had not invested in a Next-Gen console.Next up is Pro Evo. This has been labeled the game for hardcore fans of the sport because of its fun factor. It is much more fast pac Read more:Evolution
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Digital firms playing a new tune in music sales 2008-02-19 11:39:56 You might have 40,000 songs on your MP3 player, but in one sense they're all rather boring: They sound the same every time you play them.For all the changes in the music industry, today's artists usually enter a studio with a mind-set little changed from 50 years ago: They hope to produce a static song. A recording might end up in millions of MP3 players, but it always sounds the same. Now a start-up in Paris called Musinaut claims to have a fresh way of doing things with a format called MXP4. The format allows for a song to be recorded and played back in many different ways, and for extras such as notes, videos and lyrics to be included in the file, as well. Think of it as MP3 on steroids.
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Toshiba may ditch HD DVD video 2008-02-18 12:11:00 Sony's Blu-ray technology is emerging as the likely winner in the format battle for the next generation of DVD players after Toshiba
appeared ready to ditch
its HD DVD business.Read the full article here.
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Some bet on 'projector glasses' for mobiles 2008-02-14 14:03:39 Mobintech, a Denmark-based group, believes it has found the solution to the mobile phone industry's problem of trying to offer television and video services on a tiny screen."The first is the size of the screen. If you're watching football you can't see the ball. If it's boxing, you don't know who is hitting who."The group's proposition is a chunky pair of futuristic-looking glasses that connect to the phone, which when worn by a viewer give the impression of watching a 30-inch (76-centimetre) television at a distance of two metres.Read the full article here.
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EA to ship Spore this September 2008-02-13 03:49:04 Electronic Arts (EA) and development studio Maxis announced Tuesday plans to ship the new game Spore
this September
. EA plans for simultaneous Mac and PC release. It's also coming to Nintendo DS and mobile phones.Read the full article here.
Netflix drops HD DVD, opts for Blu-ray 2008-02-11 12:26:05 Stating that the industry has already picked a winner in the battle of next-generation DVD superiority, Netflix announced Monday that it will stock only Blu-ray discs and drop the HD DVD format. Since the first high-definition DVDs came on the market in early 2006, Netflix has offered both formats.Read teh full article here.
RPG Maker XP 2008-02-11 11:03:51 RPG Maker XPPassword: gadgetsexpress.blogspot.comIntroducing RPG MAKER™ XP, the latest Windows entry in the RPG MAKER series that gives you the power to create your own original role-playing games. Its popular and highly user-friendly editor interface has been carried over from RPG MAKER 2000, and its graphic capabilities, battle screen layout, and data packaging features are better than ever. By popular demand, this latest installment also boasts a brand-new Scripting function. RPG MAKER XP is bound to satisfy beginners and experts alike.Minimum System Requirements Microsoft® Windows® 98/98SE/Me/XP/2000PC with 800MHz Intel® Pentium® III equivalent or higher processorAt least 128 MB of system RAM1024x768 or better video resolution in High Color modeDirectS
New Knee Device Can Juice Up Your Mobile Gear 2008-02-10 02:56:09 According to an article in this month's Science Journal, researchers at Simon Frasier University in British Columbia have developed a new technology to generate electricity from the natural motion of walking. Assistant professor of kinesiology Max Donelan and other team members say their biomechanical energy harvester promises to revolutionize the way people charge the batteries that power all sorts of mobile devices, like laptops, cell phones, and emergency rescue gear.Read the full article here.
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Malicious programs hit new high 2008-02-09 06:34:54 The number of malicious programs found online has reached an unprecedented high, say security firms.Reports vary but some estimates suggest there were five times as many variants of malicious programs in circulation in 2007 compared to 2006.Security company Panda Software said it was getting more than 3,000 novel samples of so called malware every day. Criminals pump out variants to fool anti-virus programs that work, in part, by spotting common characteristics.Read the full article here.
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Samsung Shows Latest Ultra-Edition Handset 2008-02-08 09:10:34 Samsung Electronics will present the latest model in its popular Ultra
edition range of cell phones at the Mobile World Congress exhibition in Barcelona next week.The phone, dubbed "Soul," is a slider-type handset that with an eye-catching touch panel under the display. The panel displays navigation icons that change according to the current application being run on the handset. For example, in camera mode icons such as zoom and brightness appear while music player functions appear in music mode.Read the full article here.
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FPS games win top honors 2008-02-08 09:04:16 Three critically acclaimed first-person shooters won top honors at the video game industry's most prestigious awards show.BioShock, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and The Orange Box won four prizes apiece Thursday night at the 11th annual Interactive Achievement Awards...Read the full article here.
Apple beats Microsoft, Motorola in Q4 phone sales 2008-02-08 04:31:10 Even after being on the market for less than half a year, more iPhones sold in the fourth quarter than Windows Mobile phone
s in the U.S., according to research from Canalys...Read the full article here.
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Microsoft helps nab $900M piracy ring 2008-02-08 04:29:23 Near-perfect knockoffs of 21 different Microsoft
programs began surfacing around the world just over a decade ago. Soon, PCs in more than a dozen countries were running illegal copies of Windows and Office, turning unwitting consumers into criminals and, Microsoft says, exposing them to increased risk of malicious viruses and spyware...Read the full article here.
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Gran Turismo 5: Reviewed 2008-02-07 10:46:55 Another of the most hotly anticipated titles of the current console generation is Sony's "Gran Turismo
5." It's the first PlayStation 3 installment of the venerable auto racing franchise, and it looks as sweet as anything we've seen yet on that machine.But we still have only a tentative late 2008 release date. To tide fans over until then, Sony is releasing "Gran Turismo
5 Prologue" on April 17. It'll feature 60 vehicles and a small selection of the final game's tracks, and will allow up to 16 players to race against each other online. The catch: It'll set you back $40, which seems like a lot for an extended demo disc. Then again, if you're a "GT" aficionado you'd probably spend twice that for a taste of the high-def racer
YouTube videos on your TV? 2008-03-12 16:49:51 TiVo stated today that it will be bringing YouTubevideos
to TV screens at home. Apparently members will be able to access their YouTube accounts from their TiVo boxes and watch videos via digital video recorders.This service is said to be made available to all TiVo Series3 DVR users with high-speed internet.
Want to increase your blog traffic? 2008-03-10 15:43:47 Here's a new site that I made with the purpose of helping people trade links to their blog without the hassle of searching for people who are willing.Show some support and check it out: Link Trader
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Super Smash Bros.Brawl 2008-03-14 18:09:56 Hey,This Is Link Covering for Show :DWell Here is my first Post :DAnyone Have a Nintendo Wii?Got Wifi?Got Super
s mash Bros.Brawl
?Well Now You Can Play Other's With The Free Nintendo Wifi Connection.I think the Game Is Great,The Charecters Are NewEveryone Know's Sonic Right?Well The Sega Hedghog Is Now In The Brawl,With his Speed,He Now Own's The Title For the Fastest Player In The Game,But The Game Has Only One Issue,Say You Live In California,And You Have a Freind On Your Roster Who Lives In Japan,When You Play,You Will Get Major Lagg,Nintedno they Said They May Fix This,but How Come It Only Does This On Brawl?When i Play Guitar Hero 3 on wii,and play someone far away,There is No Lagg.Nintendo Said They Are Sorry For This Problom.but Thanks For Reading,i Will Post Daily For Show :D.Btw,If Read more:Smash
Game sales jump 34% 2008-03-14 13:10:33 It looks like there's going to be a good reception for Grand Theft Auto IV as video game sales rocket in the US. A total of $1.33 billion worth of game have been sold even though the two front-runners in the console wars are in short supply.in other related news, the PS2 continues to outsell it's big brother. The PS2 sold 351,800 units compared with the PS3's 280,800.
Super Smash Bro's.Brawl New Version?!?!!? 2008-03-16 05:55:09 Today,i was Talking To My Dad,And He Tried Brawl
Out For The First Time,We Got To Talk,and He Said,"IS The Game What it Said it Would Be?" I Say 'Yeah!'.Well We Get To Talk,and He Says Later This Year Or Next Year,Ninendo Is Realeasing A New Brawl! Everything Gonna Be Fixed,and if you read about Brawl Befor it Came Out,The Owenr Of Nintendo Said If He Had More Time e WOuld Have All These Idea's.------------So Later That Day,My Freind Comes By,and i was Telling Him Aout The New Version Coming Out,And e Goes"Well I Had This Picture(s) Sent To My Phone,and Japan Has That Version Already" So We Got to Talking And They Had Over 80 Charecter's and just Nothing i think i would see in a SSB Game.Thnaks For Reading,I Will Post Somthing Interesting Later This Week,Sorrry For Posting Late,lolthis is Read more:Super
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