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Microsoft FAM 2010, Part 1: Microsoft’s Consumer Initiatives

By pthurrott

If you don't follow Microsoft closely, you may be surprised to discover that its annual one-day meeting with financial analysts, called the Microsoft... »

 

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Archive for January 7th, 2010

2010 CES: Day 1

Thursday, January 7th, 2010
2010 CES: Day 1

Last night, I attended the Digital Experience press event at the Mirage. Excellent, as always. »

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Free this weekend? Break the world videogaming record!

Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Free this weekend?  Break the world videogaming record!

The El Paso Video Game Examiner (the what...?) has a brief blurb about a kid at a university in Austin with a dream. His dream is to break the world record for longest continuous time spent playing a video game. He wants to do it to raise money for a new pool for... »

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Zune HD at CES

Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Zune HD at CES

The Zune didn't factor into Microsoft's keynote very much, but the company sends word of some interesting developments for the Zune HD in the months ahead... »

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Microsoft to take away your controller, sell you old arcade games

Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Microsoft to take away your controller, sell you old arcade games

At the Consumer Electronics Show keynote address, Microsoft officially announced that Project Natal will go live this holiday season, featuring an insidious all-seeing eye that tracks 31 of your body parts so you don't have to deal with the inconvenience of holding a controller. This will leave your hands free to flap about... »

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Director explains why you aren’t playing a District 9 videogame

Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Director explains why you aren’t playing a District 9 videogame

In a Los Angeles Times interview , District 9 director Neil Blomkamp explains what happened that there's no District 9 videogame. : There's been interest in taking "District 9" on past the film either as a sequel, a television show or a video game »

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Nintendo reveals new Zelda, new DS, and Wii biometrics

Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Nintendo reveals new Zelda, new DS, and Wii biometrics

Gamespot translated from a Japanese publication and culled from it some comments from Nintendo's president , who tipped the company's hand as to some of their 2010 plans. The Wii is getting some sort of scary biometrics peripheral that will read your pulse (I don't want a videogame anywhere near my blood). The... »

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