TECH: Gaming Future Is Almost Here

Apr 15, 2010 No Comments by

Last year at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, Microsoft and Sony announced game-changing technologies (literally) and, unless you’re a gamer, you probably haven’t heard of them. Both have to do with user motion-control for the Xbox and PlayStation 3, which directly encroaches on Nintendos long-standing and popular gimmick. Except Microsoft is taking a different route than the motion controller. They’re taking [...]

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TECH: Home Invasion: Netflix, the Game Console and You

Dec 02, 2009 No Comments by

Chances are you either have Netflix, know someone that does, or at least watched a Netflixed movie. The hugely successful online movie rental giant somewhat recently launched their “Watch Instantly” option for all their plans, giving users lightning fast access to hundreds of movies, as long as their internet connection allows it. In fact, Netflix [...]

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TECH: Google's New Plan For World Domination

Jul 22, 2009 2 Comments by

On July 7th , at around midnight, the official Google blog announced the next phase in the company’s plan for global domination. (I’m half-joking). They announced the development of the Google Chrome Operating System, the follow-up and natural extension of the Chrome Internet browser Google released a year ago. Chrome OS will be an open-source [...]

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TECH: Microsoft Announces Lower Prices For Windows 7

Jun 25, 2009 No Comments

Microsoft announced the price points for their new, much hyped Windows 7 operating system on Wednesday. The product is slated for release later this year. The software giant’s monopolistic approach to doing business has backfired in the past few years, starting with the release of the much maligned Windows Vista in January 2007. After Vista [...]

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TECH REVIEW: Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate

Jun 24, 2009 No Comments

I began using Mozilla’s open source web browser Firefox in 2005 — and I haven’t looked back since. With every new iteration of the browser, I’ve seen Mozilla upgrade the speed and compatibility of Firefox. With Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 showing significant speed upgrades, Apple’s Safari 4 boasting impressive Java benchmark results, and Google’s Chrome [...]

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