When Intel joined the OLPC group it was much more of a surprise than when it left.
OLPC and Intel market competing products (the OLPC XO versus the Intel Classmate PC) and after the split the two were public about what happened.
Intel said that OLPC basically demanded that they stop selling the Classmate PC, and OLPC [...]
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When the Sony Playstation 3 launched in November 2006, the excellent Resistance: Fall of Man, by Insomniac Games, was a launch title that got people talking. Even today, over a year after the PS3 launched, its a full-priced title that continues to sell well.
We knew that a sequel would be coming, its just nice to [...]
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If your excitement for Steve Jobs’ keynote address at Macworld 2008 is nearing unhealthy levels, get some of your anxiety out by helping Steve get ready for his keynote by playing SteveNote Expo – the game.
Start by getting tracking down the uniform (a black turtleneck, of course), stock reports, and top-secret gadgets and make your [...]
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USB Fever is selling a device that as far as I can tell reads the most memory card formats around and then some: a 62-in-1 Card Reader + SATA Hub + USB 2.0 Hub + Hub + Firewire Hub.
Could here really be 62 different formats?
According to their website, it supports CF, SD/MMC, MS, SM/SD, and [...]
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CNET has chosen their best of CES 2008 award winners and in the gaming category the winner is the Wireless Nunchuck by Nyko for the Nintendo Wii.
The nunchuck that comes with the Wii is physically plugged into the Wii controller (the one that looks like a simple television remote control), and a lot of people [...]
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Thanks to some internal changes like a smaller and cooler Cell microprocessor (down from 90-nanometers to 65-nanometers), price drops on blue laser diodes, and the removal of PS2 hardware, production costs to Sony for their Playstation 3 have dropped from just above $800 each (when they first went on sale in November 2006) to around [...]
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Previously available for $299.99, the DirecTV HR20 and HR21 HD DVR’s are had a $100 price drop and are now selling for $199.99.
What’s the difference between the HR20 and HR21?
As best I can tell, the difference is that the HR20 has an ATSC tuner for OTA (over the air) HD broadcasts where the HR21 [...]
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Constantin Film AG has announced that the are dropping HD DVD and will be releasing high-definition discs on Blu-ray only beginning March 1.
Who is Constantin Film AG?
While many people in the US haven’t heard of them, Constantin Film AG is one of Germany’s top independent film production and distribution company’s, responsible for 11 of the [...]
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