by Rafael Hernandez on March 26, 2004
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CNET News has some speculative news on a possible Microsoft Xbox price drop in the near future. The supposed $30 price drop would bring it down to $149 USD which seems somewhat reasonable but the analyst that put out the…
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by Rafael Hernandez on March 26, 2004
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A few months ago Apex had announced its ApeXtreme gaming system based around a package of VIA chips. It seems they’ve changed their minds and have gone with an AMD CPU and NVIDIA nForce2 (with integrated graphics) solution. Games Domain…
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by Rafael Hernandez on March 25, 2004
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Wired News has the story on Comcast’s purchase of TechTV, a station dedicated to news and information surrounding computers, gadgets, and the internet. The current speculation is that Comcast will merge both TechTV with their own G4 gaming channel….
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by Rafael Hernandez on March 25, 2004
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MobileMag has details and a photo of Sony’s LIBRIe, the first consumer E-Ink e-Book to be released. After so many years of hype it’s good to see the technology finally hitting the stores. You’ve gotta wonder if this will save…
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by Rafael Hernandez on March 25, 2004
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HTPCnews has in their possession the Gateway 901x, a home theater PC that packs a load of features and performance into a sleek little case. The price is quite a bit higher than a run-of-the-mill computer but its fit and…
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by Rafael Hernandez on March 25, 2004
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SiliconValley.com has the details of a report by NPD Group which pegged sales of games, that are playable online, at a total of $1 billion USD for 2003. Their article goes on to make a valid point, not all online…
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by Rafael Hernandez on March 25, 2004
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Reuters makes note of the enthusiasm cellular companies have for the future with plans for high speed networks which will propel new classes of devices and services but they’re holding on to their checkbooks at the moment waiting on demand…
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by Rafael Hernandez on March 24, 2004
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InfoSync World has information on Microsoft’s XNA development platform which will “ease” creation of video games across Microsoft Operating Systems and products such as the Xbox. XNA seems like an initiative to standardize many portions of game development such as…
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by Rafael Hernandez on March 24, 2004
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DigiTimes has done some digging around and come up with some more information on upcoming video products namely ATI’s project codenamed “R420” and NVIDIA’s “NV40”. The biggest news is both companies planning on moving from AGP completely after these new…
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by Rafael Hernandez on March 24, 2004
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The European Commission has released its decision and found Microsoft guilty of leveraging its monopoly of its very own Windows operating system. Seems like a foolish conclusion overall and of course Microsoft plans to appeal the ruling so payment on…
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by Rafael Hernandez on March 24, 2004
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Reuters has the story of a U.S. Senate subcommittee that is sponsoring a bill that would outlaw nefarious spyware, the only problem is that they can’t figure out how to outline what spyware is. It’s good to see someone in…
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