British study shows you still haveto get off of your fat a** for real exercise. Thepopularity of the Wii has been somewhat of a surprise to other players in thegaming industry. The novel motion basedcontrol system has been cited as a likely factor in attracting non-gamers tothe Wii and current popu...
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Nintendo America President, Reggie Fils-Aime says he’s talking tough to retailers who sell bundles. Maybe you’ve been there before. You just want to buy the hottest game console around, but you can’t just buy the console without a bunch of extra merchandise you don’t want. Bundles can ratchet the ...
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There is some big news on the forefront of the format war today. Sony's Playstation 3 now supports the long awaited Blu-ray Profile 1.1, which includes support for Picture-in-Picture viewing as well as secondary streams of audio and video for narrative/interactive features. In addition, the firmware...
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Peter Jackson has won his bid to be Producer for two upcoming Hobbit films. After a rather bitter struggle regarding final compensation for the first three Lord of the Rings movies, MGM is finally able to have Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh will Executive Produce both a Hobbit movie and a sequel. Jack...
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Xbox Live now supports movie and TV show downloads, but things aren’t running smoothly just yet. Users from various regions are watching error messages instead of movies. Media Usage Rights could not be downloaded. Last month, to mark the 5th anniversary of Xbox Live, an update to Xbox Live Market...
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Microsoft is constantly changing focus in all their markets, but for Digital Media, they just can't seem to stay focused. The "PlaysForSure" certification has been around for a couple of years, and seemed like it would be a pretty good thing for portable music enthusiasts. Yes, it would ...
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It’s Christmas time! Time for the annual video game console shortages that is, and this time it’s the Nintendo Wii that’s coming up short of demand.? One estimate put the bill for Nintendo’s shortages at a staggering $1.3 billion. And that’s only game console sales, which doesn’t account for potent...
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Just when you thought the "format war" couldn't get any weirder, HD DVD's started showing up in Blu-ray boxes! Some poeple that purchased the Blu-ray version of the special edition $100+ box set containing the five Harry Potter movies found an unlikely stowaway - an HD DVD version of the f...
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It’s more bad blood over the Sea of Japan: Japan’s Sharp Corporation just filed a lawsuit against South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. in Seoul, South Korea. It’s yet another patent infringement lawsuit between Asian technology firms. Sharp alleges that Samsung has infringed on at least three LCD ...
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Unbeknownst to the players in the format war, the world moves on without them. In a slightly unexpected, and somewhat confusing, move, Paramount Pictures will premiere the new Jackass movie on the Internet instead of in theaters. Let's all pause for a moment while we ponder all the reasons why this ...
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Toshiba has announced that it is shelving their plans to put out ultra-thin TVs that feature organic light-emitting diode technology. The displays were scheduled to be released in 2009/10 according to Reuters. We were afraid of something like this as OLED has been in "coming soon" mode for...
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Those of you unfortunate enough to see Minority Report witnessed what every true geek hopes to be the future of computer interface control. Microsoft's Multi-Touch Display Surface technology promises to bring this to reality.. eventually. For now, we're waiting for the US military and other high-end...
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According to several reports, flagging DVD sales have beenoutpaced by video games sales so far during the fourth fiscal quarter (Q4) 2007. VideoBusiness: Video games trumping DVDs in Q4Halo 3 sells moreunits first day than Shrek the ThirdArsTechnica: Video games score headshot against DVDs this se...
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Universal Music Group was the hold out, but finally joined imeem. The record label has finally signed on to join imeem’s plan to revolutionize online music listening. This is just the kind of forward thinking the ailing music industry needs. imeem is an online social media website that offers free ...
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You'd think with all the talk of hot electronics sales and a growing base of HDTV users that the larger chain stores would be flourishing and basking in the glory of increased sales and untold profits. Apparently, the CompUSA story is more akin to a large ship hemorrhaging cash and failing to compet...
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The Bush administration officially sided with the RIAA in the latest file-sharing lawsuit. Jamie Thomas, a middle class single mom in Minnesota has been ordered to shell out $222,000 for making 24 MP3s available on Kazaa. It was the RIAA’s first anti-piracy trial victory. Back in October 2007, a ju...
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After several years of trickling out details, Mitsubishiannounced plans at the iSupply Flat Information Displays (FID) 2007 conferencefor a private preview of a laser based DLP rear projection set at the upcomingConsumer Electronics Show in January 2008. Gizmodo:Mitsubishi to Show Laser TVs at CES...
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Did Black Friday HD Player Sales Benefit from Wal-Mart? Results for Black Friday sales related to the two HD opticaldisc formats have been trickling in and sales of both discs and player appearto be up compared to this time last year.?A small glimmer of good news for those hoping that the format w...
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Sony Computer Entertainment American (SCEA) CEO Jack Tretton?talks about PlayStation 3 year one: "I don't think there's any question that there were missteps…” “The biggest miss for us was the launch…” It’s already been a year since the launch of PlayStation 3, and Jack Tretton was invited t...
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In what isone of the tastiest ironies I’ve comeacross lately, the Motion Picture Association of America has had a DigitalMillennium Copyright Act takedown notice issued to the ISP hosting a downloadof anti-piracy software that the MPAA wants universities to use to monitor‘piracy’ on their networks. ...
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