Sony Boss Picks Bullet In The Head Over Xbox 360 Exclusives (3)
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Microsoft might have bagged a big PS3 exclusive at E3 with Final Fantasy XIII. But, Sony Computer Entertainment honcho Kaz Hirai really does not want any Xbox 360 exclusives. Like at all. Even abstractly! In an E3 interview with Swedenish daily Aftonbladet, Hirai reportedly says he'd take a bullet to the head over taking an Xbox 360 exclusive. Harsh! In the past few days, Microsoft and Sony have been trading barbs like crazy. It's like ...
Some news from the editor's desk (3)
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Filed under: MetaFor most of us here, at some point the sensation of breaking the news takes hold and turns into something else, something much more like an addiction. It really gets into you, keeps you up at night, makes you stay in on weekends. It's in Engadget's DNA, and it's what's kept me glued to the site most waking hours of most days for over four years now.But fresh challenges can also be addictive, ...
Has/How/Why tech blogging has failed you (Robert Scoble/Scobleizer) (1)
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer: Has/How/Why tech blogging has failed you — Oh, what a hoot. I've been taking a break from blogging just to relax and invest my time in other places. Like FriendFeed. Or downloading iPhone apps. — Anyway, I've been thinking a lot about Tech blogging and my role in it. I've increasingly become saddened.
Prince Of Persia E3 Trailer [Prince Of Persia] (2)
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Here's the first real (ie not just some artist doodling) trailer for Ubisoft's latest Prince of Persia title. If they were planning on tugging at the heartstrings of PoP purists and Ico fans alike, they're doing an excellent job.
Final Fantasy XIII Coming To Xbox 360 [E308] (1)
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Breaking news from the Microsoft E3 2008 press conference. Square Enix head honcho Yoichi Wada took the stage to announce Final Fantasy XIII for the Xbox 360. Yes, just take a moment to soak that up. Final Fantasy XIII coming to the Xbox 360. Holy fucking shit. Simultaneous release in Europe and North America with PS3. Wow. More info is being revealed during Ashcraft's liveblog of the Square Enix press conference.
Breaking: Official Rock Band 2 Tracklist Revealed [Rock Band 2] (3)
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Rock Band 2's tracklist is official. It resembles many of the leaks we've seen up until now, featuring over 100 songs — more than 80 songs plus 20 bonus tracks available as free DLC this fall. We've got AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses, Bob Dylan, Metallica, Pearl Jam and my personal fave, Interpol. All the content will be backwards-compatible with all previous Rock Band DLC to date. It was also announced that "almost" all songs from ...
Set Up Cheap Ambient Lighting with Rope Lights (8)
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A big part of my extreme home office makeover was setting up ambient lighting around my desk and keyboard using inexpensive LED rope lights. Many of you were interested in more details, so let's take a look at the step-by-step of my desk setup, and how to incorporate ambient lighting into other living spaces the same way. The core of my ambient lighting system is inexpensive LED rope lighting. I purchased my LED rope lights ...
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Dave said:
Note to self: use more ambient lighting via rope lights.
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kirsty said:
keeping this in mind for my office makeover.
First Look At Rock Band 2's Premium Drum Kit [Rock Band 2] (1)
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We described it to you yesterday (the actual images being Game Informer scans and all), but hey, some people's imaginations may not have been up to the task of independently conjuring an image of what Rock Band 2's premium, "Ion" drum kit looked like. That's OK, not your fault. And it's not that big a deal. Because today, we have an official shot of the kit*. Looks great, doesn't it? And it had want to, ...
Facebook for iPhone (Joe Hewitt/Facebook Blog) (1)
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Joe Hewitt / Facebook Blog: Facebook for iPhone — Last August we launched our Facebook iPhone website, and almost a year later it has over 1.5 million people using it regularly. We are thrilled to see so many enjoying Facebook on their iPhones, so we've been working on ways to take our iPhone experience to the next level.
Judge Orders YouTube to Give All User Histories to Viacom | Threat Level from Wired.com (1)
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Judge Orders YouTube to Give All User Histories to Viacom By Ryan Singel July 02, 2008 7:16:54 PMCategories: Copyrights and Patents Google will have to turn over every record of every video watched by YouTube users, including users' names and IP addresses, to Viacom, which is suing Google for allowing clips of its copyright videos to appear on YouTube, a judge ruled Wednesday. Viacom wants the data to prove that infringing material is more popular ...
Chrono Trigger DS Revealed - Shacknews - PC Games, PlayStation, Xbox 360 and Wii video game news, previews and downloads (1)
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Chrono Trigger DS Revealed A new page on publisher Square Enix's Japanese website suggests that the company is planning to port its acclaimed SNES RPG Chrono Trigger to the Nintendo DS. Pointing to a directory marked "ctds", the page (pictured left) shows the Nintendo DS logo juxtaposed with the series' iconic clock image. While the page itself is titled "Countdown Clock", there is no indication offered as to when the countdown is scheduled to end. ...
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William said:
HOLY CRAP, this can't come soon enough!
Xbox 360 Getting a 3D Dashboard Make-Over? (1)
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Xbox 360 Getting a 3D Dashboard Make-Over? The rumored Xbox 360 Spring Update might not have hit yet, but we know something big is in the works for the console's dashboard. How big? Well besides the gi-normous list of rumored updates we posted about back in May we're now hearing from a number of sources that the Live dashboard is going to be getting a second interface option, one that will use the yet-to-be announced ...
AT&T announces iPhone 3G pricing plans (8)
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Filed under: Cellphones Finally, a piece of news we can actually do something with. AT&T today announced its pricing structure for the next iteration of Apple's iPhone -- which you can plunk down money for come 8 am, July 11th. There's not much that's surprising here -- new customers and those eligible for an upgrade will be able to nab the phone for $199 (8GB) or $299 (16GB), while "early upgraders" will have to fork ...
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say10ten said:
Fuck you AT&T. No phone for me.