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There may be a shortage of the latest and greatest video game consoles this holiday season, but there is certainly no lack of new games from which to choose. Part 1 of this two-part series looks at at five of the hottest new game titles: "Gears of War," "Guitar Hero II," "Resistance: Fall of Man," "...
As the next generation of video game consoles duke it out in the marketplace, game publishers are anxious to see how their titles fare in the fray. From war games to music games, there is no lack of variety to satisfy gaming enthusiasts of all ages this year. There are plenty of options for the Nint...
Two prominent U.S. Senators on Thursday joined forces with the Entertainment Software Rating Board to launch a new nationwide television public service announcement campaign. The goal is to encourage parents to use the video game ratings when buying games for their children. Just in time for the hol...
As we roll to the end of the year, events continue to take place that are changing dramatically the technologies and environments we live in. Last week, Microsoft had a coming-out party for Vista -- but only for the business market. While most feel it can't ramp up in business until 2008, there is c...
A bragging Nintendo has declared an early victory over rival Sony in the video console wars. Of the more than 600,000 Nintendo Wii systems sold in the Americas since Nov. 19, 400,000 were sold in the U.S. -- at a rate of nearly one unit sold per second since its launch. Including just first-party so...
Watching the reports of video game console sales early this holiday shopping season has been like watching a thoroughbred horse race. The only problem is two of the horses are already out of the race, at least temporarily. As anticipated, Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii sold out very quickly...
Holiday gift buying has never been more exciting. Portability has gone wild this year, and a stunning array of innovative audio and video devices have appeared that let us carry our music, movies and television programs anywhere. After reviewing dozens of the hottest products, we settled on seven of...
A self-replicating worm dubbed "Grey Goo" has caused the virtual community Second Life to shut down at least once, according to the site's owners, Linden Life. Within the Second Life virtual environment, Grey Goo's creators claimed to spin gold rings, and unwitting players interacted with them to sp...
Nintendo's Wii is entering the game marketplace as the clear underdog, going up against the No. 1 and No. 2 heavyweights, Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox. Unable to compete based on high-definition graphics or speed, Nintendo's Wii is being positioned as a more fun -- and at US$250, far ch...
As the end of the year approaches, I will begin talking more and more about the big things expected to drive the 2007 Technology Segment. One of them, particularly since the Democrats are back in power in the U.S., is a move toward Green, and HP took a huge step to get ahead of this parade last week...
Marking the fifth anniversary of its release, Microsoft Game Studios and Bungie Studios celebrated the birthday of the Xbox video game "Halo" by releasing the beta version of its latest sequel, "Halo 3." The Xbox Live public pre-release precedes the game's final version, which is scheduled for avail...
Nintendo plans to invest at least US$200 million in marketing its new Wii video game console in an effort to regain the market crown from Sony. The company is going to what it called "unprecedented lengths" to let people see, feel and experience the Wii system. The marketing campaign is designed to ...
Introducing a new, more sophisticated architecture intended to spiff up and speed up high-end PC gaming, Nvidia rolled out its latest graphics processing unit and a new media communications processor for Intel multi-core processors this week. Nividia said its GeForce 8800 GPU and nForce 680i SLI MC...
Microsoft has announced content partnerships that will transform the Xbox 360 into an on-demand IPTV device. The software giant inked deals with CBS, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Turner Broadcasting System, Ultimate Fighting Championship, and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. An initial lineup o...
The Linux folks must be feeling like they've walked into some kind of alternative universe. Last week, Oracle made its move to take Linux over by swiping Red Hat's revenue stream in a pre-Halloween surprise. This week, Novell and Microsoft are partnering in an event for the history books. In a year ...
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