Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
I'm covering Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's 2010 CES keynote address tonight, live from Las Vegas. I'll update this post throughout the keynote, and the newest info will be at the bottom. As I write this, it's 6:35 pm and the keynote has still not started yet »
Tags: apple, country, digital, events, keynote, media, media-center, microsoft, office, power, time, travel and events, windows, windows mobile, xbox
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
I flew to Las Vegas last night; I love Jet Blue but their Boston-Vegas flights are bogus: You fly out at 8:00 pm and arrive here almost at midnight Vegas time, and then the right flight is a red eye. I never choose this type of flight, but I love Jet Blue and... »
Tags: apple, boston, device, digital, events, lenovo, personal, power, science-fiction, thing, thinkpad, travel and events, windows
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Two years ago, writer Barry Collins spent a fair amount of time exploring Second Life and chronicling what he found for British site PC Pro. He returns now to discover it all but abandoned. »
Tags: adult-continent, are-reminiscent, article, barry-collins, collins, extreme computing, game, little-research, mmos, second-life, time-exploring, virtual, widely-regarded
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
The sequel to Matt Hazard: Eat Lead is available today, missing the original game's celebrity cast (Will Arnett and Neil Patrick Harris), retail distribution, and third dimension. Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond opts for the 2.5D style of Shadow Complex . You get a fully 3D graphics engine and environment, but only... »
Tags: adult-continent, available-today, blood-bath, collins, hazard, mmos, ninja-gaiden, screens, shooter-parody, time-exploring, virtual
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
The tech industry is tripping over itself to promote Apple's maybe-it-is-maybe-it-isn't Tablet computing device, but Microsoft has their number: I can now reveal that Microsoft and its PC maker partners will announce and then deliver their own Tablet PC well before Apple. »
Tags: devices-shipped, introduced-six, microsoft, mobile, standard, tablet, tablet-specific, unbelievable
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
The main draw of this spring's Chaos Rising expansion for Dawn of War II is the addition of a new faction. The Chaos Space Marines will be dropping in, or bubbling up from underground, or appearing in a flash of purple light, or however it is Chaos Space Marines arrive on the scene.... »
Tags: chaos-rising, chaos-space, effects, latest games, librarian, marines, might-overwhelm, previous, psychic, quickening, space, space-marines, spring
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Developer Media Molecule's "Sackie" awards are a great shortcut for the busy gamer who just wants to check the best and latest in Little Big Planet's user-made content. You can click here to see a list of the nominees and winners of the second annual awards, which include recognition for innovation, use of... »
Tags: check-the-best, effects, librarian, marines, nominees, spring, still-accepting, winner
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