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Microsoft Lync Pavillion at ITEXPO Features PlayStation 3?
I was passing by the huge Microsoft Lync Pavillion at ITEXPO, when my eyes spotted two large screens with a racing game being played in the Microsoft Lync Pavillion. The woman told me it's a timed competition with prizes being...
Blu-ray Defies Recession with Christmas Sales Exceeding DVD
More proof that my prediction of a Blu-ray Christmas is coming true... According to the Blu-ray Disc Association, British consumers bought 462,500 Blu-ray discs in November, an increase of 165% from October. They put out a release with a...
Sony Phone Home for Gaming Future
For Sony, Home is where the future of gaming is -- or where they would like it to be. In its battle for the hearts and minds of gamers, Sony is developing a robust social-networking component to its PlayStation 3 console....
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Gaming Console Sales -- Who's on Top?
It's always interesting to me to keep tabs on what's selling and what's not -- the proverbial what's hot and what's not. Let's take a look at a favorite topic -- video gaming consoles. Amid a long rant on Advertising...
Shaun White for Nintendo Wii (Wee!!!!)
While much has been made about how little excitement Sony and Nintendo have generated at the E3 game show (click here), there's actually some pretty cool stuff coming out. Take this for example: Nintendo had Shaun White, the gold medalist at...
40GB PS3 Going Bye-Bye?
Looks like more action coming on the video gaming hardware front.According to Engadget, the PlayStation 40GB model will be replaced.Based on an alleged Wal-Mart spreadsheet, the 40GB PS3 console "will be replaced with [a] new model in early August." But just...
PlayStation 3 helps discover oil
The technology used in the PlayStation 3 is being used to help explore and find oil much faster than before. Woohoo! Using IBM technology, specifically the IBM PowerXCell 8i, which was originally developed for the Sony Playstation, a Spanish...
Sony PS3 Gets In-Game VoIP
The Sony PS3 will finally get in-game VoIP communications with the release of firmware update 2.4. Sony Computer Entertainment UK boss Ray Maguire stated: “Our momentum will continue with the introduction of in-game communication in the summer, firmware update 2.4...
HD DVD RIP, Long Live Blue-ray!
The HD DVD vs. Blue-Ray high-definition DVD format war is over. In case you missed it, Toshiba made a statement saying, "it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders." As a result, Amazon and other...
Sony takes on Apple
Sony must be reading my blog, since just last week I suggested Sony take on Apple by offering a universal multi-media device that does gaming, mobile calling, video playback, MP3 music, and GPS navigation. I jokingingly called this hypothetical...
Sony PS3 haters video
Boy, Sony PS3 is really having a tough time! After the disastrous U.S. launch, PS3 users stealing and killing each other for the high-demand console, >$3000 prices on eBay at the U.S. launch, and the Wii and XBox 360 outselling...
PS3 Sales Go Soft: Trouble in Paradise
While we all take great interest in Sony's foibles, let's talk PS3 problems at the retail sale level spelling trouble for gaming companies, according to this report. Let's face it. The game manufacturers love to develop a game and then sell...
The (Video) Eyes Have It
Remember when video eyewear looked like huge black things right out of a 1950's horror movie? You know what I mean -- really large, really noticeable and really strange. (Who would wear these things?) Now we are finally starting to see the...
I Can See Clearly Now: Windows Vista Due Tomorrow
It's hard to get too excited about the official launch of Windows Vista tomorrow after spending all of that energy for the launch of PS3 (and to a lesser extent, Wii). But still, Microsoft's launch of a new operating sytem is...
PS3 Shortage Even Shorter
No wonder people were going crazy to get their PS3! (Or someone else's for that matter.) According to reports, Sony may not have hit its reduced target for the number of machines available at launch. Now 400K units may seem...
Playing Favorites: Wii vs. PS3 vs. Xbox 360
Hey, hey, hey as Fat Albert used to say, we've now got all three new gaming systems out on the market -- granted, they all had their own unique paths to get there! So what do you think? What's your...
Another Sony Black-Eye: Boston
When Sony bought CBS way back when, they also bought the famous CBS "Eye," which sought of looked like a black eye. I bet they didn't think they'd be using that symbol outside of the music or television business, but...
Windows Is a Big Boy Now!
Hard to believe it's been 21 years since Microsoft launched Windows in 1985! Lots of blogging on this one today. It was a big deal back in 1985 with a big launch. I do think they did expect it to turn...
PS3 Making People Crazy: Part II
Now we have former Senator John Edwards (no, not the "otherworldly" guy we see on TV) reportedly asking one of his staff members to see if he could get a hot, new PS3 from Wal-mart for his family. Sound bad? How about...
PS3 Making People Crazy
As if standing/sleeping on lines waiting to shell out big bucks to be the first on your block to own the brand spanking new Sony PS3 today wasn't enough, according to published reports, people are getting robbed and shot! (And I'm...
4 Million: That's a Lot of Wii
Yes, while Sony is seemingly scaping together as many PS3 units as possible for the holidays, Nintendo plans to ship 4 million Wii gaming consoles by the end of the year. (Thanks to Red Herring for the news and remember that...
When the Facts Aren't Necessarily the Facts
How about this from Engadget about the "factual" comparison between Sony's PS3 system, Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii? Remember in Dragnet when Officer Joe Friday stated: "Just the facts, ma'am"? Maybe they need to make a few additional...
Nintendo Wii = $250
While Sony PS3 delays (at least not in Japan and the U.S.) have been making the rounds lately, the big news today is that Nintendo's new gaming console -- the oddly named Wii -- will cost $250. Now that's a...
Microsoft XBox 360 vs. Sony Playstation 3 - Game over man!
With the impending launch of Microsoft's XBox 360, inevitably comparisons will be made to Sony's Playstation 3 due out next year. But the battle has already been won by Microsoft without firing a single shot - without a single needle...
