See that Wii or Xbox sitting under your TV? The PSP or DS tucked away in your messenger bag? That copy of Pac-man on your cellphone which cost five bucks and expires next month? Each of them owe a debt of gratitude to the granddaddy of all videogame consoles, the , which ushered in an era of unprecedented television usage, and which turns 30 years old this month. (Read content ‘Happy 30th birthday, Atari 2600!’…)
Well if there are still any doubts as to who’s winning the portable console war, let them be dispelled here and now: in the less than three years since it’s been on the market, the (in both its Lite and Phat flavors) has sold a total of 50 million units, according to the unofficial VG Chartz. Sony’s (released less than one month later in Japan)? Less than half that number. (Read content ‘Nintendo pushes 50 millionth DS out the door’…)
>digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/iPhone_protest_vid_uses_Apple_s_own_words_to_support_the_crazy_ones’; src=”http://digg.com/api/diggthis.js”> A lot of people out there with Apple right now. Some of them express their displeasure with expletive-filled tirades in the comments section of any pertinent blog post they can find. (Read content ‘iPhone protest vid uses Apple’s own words to support the “crazy ones”‘…)
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. said on Sunday it plans to introduce new software services targeted at corporate customers willing to pay a monthly subscription instead of license fees. ADVERTISEMENT
The new services, announced on Sunday, are Microsoft's first major attempt at delivering software over the Internet as a "service" to its bread-and-butter corporate customers. (Read content ‘Microsoft eyes corporate customers with services (Reuters)’…)
Let’s face it, we’ve only got what, maybe three or four hundred years left to enjoy the great outdoors before pollution levels eventually prohibit even stepping foot outside without our personal breathing apparatus. Well Suzuki thinks that it will be in this bleak and toxin-filled future that motorized single-passenger vehicles like the will finally thrive, and is preparing to capture a piece of this potentially lucrative market with a concept transportation system known as PIXY + SSC. (Read content ‘Suzuki’s PIXY + SSC concept thrives in post-nuclear wastelands’…)
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Online social networks clearly constitute a preferred channel for marketing music. But at least one such Web site, YeboTV, is banking on a belief that you can still reach fans in record stores as well. ADVERTISEMENT
The site recently approached Fords, N.J., independent record store Vintage Vinyl with an interesting proposition: namely, musicians' in-store performances streamed live to YeboTV's site. (Read content ‘YeboTV brings music-store performances to the Web (Reuters)’…)
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The loss of Internet access in Myanmar has slowed the tide of photos and videos shared with the rest of the world but people outside of the troubled country continue to use new media sites and other technologies to protest military activity in the Southeast Asia country. (Read content ‘Internet Blackout in Myanmar Stalls Reports, Oversight (PC World)’…)
They sure do look beautiful flying in formation during their annual migration, but when one of Illinois’s rare crashes and burns on a busy Moscow street corner, well, it’s never a pretty sight. Check out another pic of the carnage after the break…
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Audio Technica’s no to high-end cans, and we must say, its flagship set for 2007 (its words, not ours) looks mighty sexy. The ATH-ESW9 Sovereign Wood Headphones are crafted from “Japan’s finest Hokkaido cherry tree,” feature 42-millimeter neodymium magnet drivers with fiberglass housing support, and come bundled with a carrying case to keep these beauties clean when not in use. (Read content ‘Audio Technica unveils ATH-ESW9 Sovereign Wood Headphones’…)