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10/28/2007
If it is cheaper, say cheaper
Everything has a green label on it now, and the label is doing work that a simpler word would do better. Take lighting. The…
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Gaming
Video games, consoles, gaming hardware, esports and events — PAX, Gamescom, Game Awards.
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10/24/2007
No mobile platform has solved getting paid
There are five mobile platforms worth naming and the comparisons all run on the same axes. Symbian has the share. BlackBerry has the mail.…
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10/20/2007
Toshiba cannot outspend a games console subsidy
Toshiba has HD DVD players at around two hundred dollars. The cheapest Blu-ray machine you can buy costs roughly twice that, and Sony seems…
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10/10/2007
Valve Releases Orange Box: Portal and Team Fortress 2 Redefine Puzzle, Multiplayer Gaming
Valve Corporation released The Orange Box compilation on October 10, 2007 bundling Half-Life 2, Episodes One and Two, Portal, and Team Fortress 2 for…
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GAMING
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10/07/2007
eBay bought Skype so strangers could phone each other
eBay has written down its Skype purchase by one and a half billion dollars and the founder has left. The company paid around two…
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10/03/2007
The labels just proved DRM was never about piracy
Two things happened this month that ought to be read together, and I have not seen anyone put them side by side. Amazon opened…
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09/29/2007
Open source won because it needs no purchase order
Open source software is now running a serious share of enterprise infrastructure, and almost none of it got there by being chosen. The story…
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09/25/2007
Halo 3 Launches on Xbox 360, Record-Breaking $170M Opening Day Establishes Gaming Scale
Microsoft released Halo 3 on September 25, 2007 exclusively for Xbox 360 concluding Master Chief’s fight finishing trilogy begun with Combat Evolved through epic…
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09/18/2007
Most HD sets have never shown an HD picture
High definition sets are now selling in serious volume, and I would guess a large fraction of the people who own one have never…
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09/14/2007
Amazon is renting out its own spare capacity
Amazon has been selling storage by the gigabyte-month since early last year and virtual servers by the hour since the summer after. The servers…
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09/10/2007
The cheap laptop is a category, not a compromise
Asus showed a small laptop at Computex in June and it is finally close to shipping. The Eee PC has a seven inch screen,…
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09/06/2007
Sony Launches PSP Slim and Lite Redesigned Handheld with Reduced Size, TV-Out Connectivity
Sony launched PlayStation Portable Slim and Lite (PSP-2000) model on September 6, 2007 introducing redesigned handheld gaming hardware featuring reduced thickness from 23mm to…
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09/05/2007
Apple Unveils iPod Touch with iPhone Interface, Wi-Fi, Multi-Touch Display Without Cellular
Apple introduced iPod Touch on September 5, 2007 during special media event unveiling iOS-powered portable media player featuring 3.5-inch multi-touch display, Wi-Fi connectivity, and…
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09/02/2007
Three consoles playing three different games
Three machines are in shops competing for the same shelf space and the same Christmas money, and they are not in the same business.…
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08/28/2007
The only spec war where winning makes it worse
The compact cameras on sale this month are advertising eight, nine, ten megapixels, and past a certain point every one of those extra millions…
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