Splinter Cell: Double Agent Delayed
Ubisoft has announced that the next installment in the Splinter Cell series, originally slated for a spring release, will be pushed back until September 2006.
The company cited the desire to release the game on all platforms simutaneously as the reason behind the delay. And by all systems, they mean all but the PS3 - at [...]
Microsoft Posts Record Revenue
Microsoft’s 4Q financials for 2005 revealed that the company earned a reported $11.84 billion - a 9% increase from the previous year.
Profit for the quarter topped $3.65 billion.
Microsoft cited the release of the XBox 360 and the continuing success of Windows XP as the reasons behind the results.
The XBox 360 eh? Imagine what the results [...]
$7000+ Prize in Dual Boot An iMac Contest
If you know your way around a computer, and you can find a way to dual boot OSX and Windows XP on an Intel Mac, you may have $7000 (or more) coming to you.
A self-professed Mac lover has jump started a contest where the first person to figure out how to dual boot the new [...]
WD Shipping 500GB SATA Drives Jan 31
Absolutely amazing. Western Digital is oferining pre-orders for a 500 GB, 7200 RPM SATA hard disk drives with 16 MB cache for only $349 starting January 31. Available on their website. Seagate/Maxtor beat them to the punch releasing their own version last year, but the fact that these capacities are available so soon after the [...]
Microsoft to Take On the iPod?
According to BusinessWeek Online, Microsoft is developing it’s own portable music device and it has it’s sites aimed squarely at the iPod.
Microsoft’s XBox guru Peter Moore believes that “any Microsoft media device would have to leverage the company’s most significant consumer strength, video gaming. He stated that “It can’t just be our version of the [...]
Review: RIM Blackberry 8700c Smartphone
The Treo rules the smartphone universe, but is the Blackberry 8700c far behind?
Reviews:
CNET: (8.0 out of 10) “Armed with an Intel processor and EDGE support, the RIM BlackBerry 8700c offers mobile professionals a winning package of performance, productivity, and design.”
ABC News: “There are, by now, a slew of BlackBerry-like cell phones with typewriter keyboards for [...]
Want E3 Tickets?
A guy on Craigslist is offering up 2 tickets to the E3 2006 Expo in Los Angeles.
The poster writes:
Reply to: sale-128487724@craigslist.org Date: 2006-01-25, 3:40PM PST
Hello I am going to sell two e3 2006 tickets on ebay starting for $100 (for both) im thinking mid feb or late feb i will start the bid [...]
No Booth Babes at E3 Expo
And now for some important news. The E3 Expo will not have the “booth babes” as in years past because the organizers are going to enforce what they say has always been a rule about appropriate dress by exhibitors. Most likely brought about by the Grand Theft Auto “hot coffe” fiasco as well as the [...]
Walmart as a Band Promoter?
Walmart is going to offer online video and audio of both new and established bands. Their site, http://www.walmart.com/, will allow you to play exclusive interviews and studio performances for free. Audio downloads will be available for a fee. In addition to allowing you to download and watch them at home, they will be showing them [...]
iTunes Signature Maker
Does your music define who you are? If so, you might be interested in a new program that has popped up on the web.
A website by Jason Freeman features a program that will analyze your iTunes collection and use it to generate a short audio signature based on certain criteria - like the number of [...]
