Archive for March 22nd, 2008Numedeon, the 9-year-old company behind kids’ virtual world Whyville.net, is taking a leap into producing simulated environments for adults, starting with a sports theme. Called SportsBlox, the site launched in beta this week as part of March Madness. Created by scientists from Cal Tech, Numedeon is also growing up … source Tech news blog Much has been made of Dell’s retail makeover, but it’s actually part of a larger trend toward experimentalism. The company that has largely avoided unproven product categories is jumping all over them suddenly. Case in point: several years ago, when Microsoft was pushing tablet computing, Dell was fairly … source Tech news blog Could satellite Television provider Dish Network be planning to build a mobile Television service with its newly won 700Mhz spectrum?  That’s the question that many analysts were asking after it was disclosed this week that the company, also known as EchoStar Communications, spent $711 million for a block of … source Tech news blog
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Mozilla CEO says Apple’s Safari auto-update ‘wrong’Posted by: admin in Tech and GadgetsA lot of people appear to be bent out of shape about Apple using its auto-update service to distribute the Safari Web browser on Windows. The CEO of Mozilla, which makes the rival Firefox browser, calls it bad business. In a blog on Friday, Mozilla CEO John Lilly criticized Apple’… source Tech news blog 
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A variety of new models and model updates are on display at the 2008 New York auto show, from a sporty new coupe by Hyundai to a clean diesel Mercedes-Benz SUV and a minivan with a Volkswagen badge.
Click here for photos of new models from the New York auto show. source Tech news blog Dell is getting set to offer AMD’s Phenom processors for the first time in systems, following Hewlett-Packard, giving the chipmaker a boost in its multi-core chip battle with Intel. 
HP dx2450 business tower (Credit: Hewlett-Packard) AMD is expected to make an announcement related to Phenom in the near future. … source Tech news blog
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Self-healing artificial muscle can charge an iPhonePosted by: admin in Tech and GadgetsAn artificial muscle that can heal itself and recharge an iPod at the same time? Sounds ludicrous, but researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles have developed an electricity-generating muscle that might one day be to used to create walking robots or advanced prosthetics, according to Discovery News. source Tech news blog Jeff Pulver, the Vonage founder, wants to make viewing online video much more like traditional Television. Now, to change channels on the internet you have to jump between the Web sites of the different broadcasters and networks. But PrimeTimeRewind.Tv, a company Pulver co-founded, enables visitors to watch shows from such outlets … source Tech news blog
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Beware, obese Americans: Wii Fit US campaign will be “biggest in history”Posted by: admin in Gaming NewsThe general consumer never even saw the Wii coming. They were all sucked in by the clean white gleam of Nintendo’s Wii and those irresistible tiny Wiimotes with nary a breath of warning. Even if they hadn’t played a video game since the days of Ms. Pac-Man, they suddenly found themselves reliving some glimmer of those days in their own living room, laughing aloud, calling their parents in to come join them, experiencing the pleasure of sharing a family activity. Wii Fit is next on the horizon of Nintendo’s grand plan, and it’s aimed directly at the very consumer I talk of above — call it gaming that isn’t quite gaming, if you will. Regardless of what Nintendo’s long time fans think about Wii Fit, this peripheral is primed to be a big hit: in fact, analyst Michael Pachter recently divulged that per Nintendo of America, the US Wii Fit launch will be supported by “the biggest marketing campaign in history.” Wow — even if you were unconvinced when Wii Fit was announced, you might magically be convinced soon enough, even if you had no intention of buying the thing. Hell, I might even end up with one, because if Nintendo can rock anything, it’s producing irresistible marketing. I still close my DS after gaming and admire its glowy smoothness once in a while. While Pachter couldn’t confirm for sure, he did advise that WedBush believes it is more likely that Nintendo will market the product heavily through retailers like Wal-Mart and Target, who “notoriously attract couch potatoes.” Wow again. Is Nintendo intentionally marketing to fat people? I have the ability to see why, but I can’t help but wonder what Wii Fit has up its sleeve that will motivate the lazy. [Via Aussie-Nintendo — thanks, Jonathan] source Destructoid
Pretty much all you need or want to know about Brawl is all over the World wide web, but until Sakurai stops, I’ll keep on bringing this recap. Monday brought us Boss Strategies. Sakurai gives tips on how to fight against most of the bosses in the game. Basically, just do what you usually would do against a boss fight. On Wednesday, all of the Pokemon that can be summoned from Pokeball items were revealed. The list is surprisingly short considering how much extra content the game has. Thursday showed people Snake’s and Fox’s communication taunts. Snake and Fox can communicate with their respected partners from their series’ who weigh in on the battle. Friday was a double update showing off Peach’s special moves and the map of the final maze before fighting the final boss in the Subspace Emissary. |
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