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November is National Novel Writing Month. Writers across the country suppress writer's block and bond together to write a 175-page, or 50,000-word, novel in 30 days. Participants logged 2,427,190,537 words in ...READ»
"Halo: Reach" is not only Microsoft's biggest game of the year--its opening day sales show that it might just be the biggest launch of the year in any medium.READ»
Getting movie studios to agree to a streaming video policy is no small task. Amazon is, according to a rumor, willing to fight that battle if they can come out with a Netflix competitor.READ»
Halo: Reach, one of (if not the) biggest, most anticipated games of the year, is all over the pirate-friendly BitTorrent sites today. How did it happen?READ»
Years ago, there were rumors of a handheld Xbox to compete with the PSP and Nintendo DS. Microsoft finally delivered today, in a very bold way--high-end integration of Xbox and Xbox Live into Windows Phone 7. Gamers: read this.READ»
"BlackLight: Tango Down" can only be downloaded, and for a fraction of the cost of a boxed-game sold at retail. Are digital titles the industry's destiny?READ»
A full year after revealing plans to jump into the motion-controller game, Microsoft has finally announced the price for their Kinect hardware, a motion sensor that sits atop the television. The add-on, which works with Xbox 360, ...READ»
Dennis Durkin, Xbox's chief operating officer revealed to Bloomberg that in the last fiscal year, the revenue from Xbox Live exceeded $1 Billion. With 12 million or so users paying $50 per year for Xbox Live, with companies producing ...READ»
Finally! Hulu Plus has been made official, and it looks awesome.
For $10 a month, you'll be able to stream in HD entire current seasons of shows Glee, Modern Family, The Office and 30 Rock as well as the entire back library of many ...READ»
That pesky $10-per-month Hulu subscription rumor is back, with more specifics: Reputable sources say it could be coming as soon as next week. The Sony PS3 and Microsoft Xbox 360 are specifically named as partner devices.READ»
Today in Cannes, Microsoft and Chevrolet announced a pretty spiffy campaign for its electric vehicle, the Volt. Users will be able to take a virtual test drive--something
we beat them to in the real world a couple months back--in ...READ»
Disney Pictures is gearing up for a December release of Tron: Legacy with a line of cutting edge toys that defy gravity. Most are beautiful dark-chrome replicas of vehicles and gizmos from the film, complete with neon-glowing trim, ...READ»
Sony's keynote speech at the E3 gaming conference just ended, and included some big news. Every PS3 is going 3-D, the Move motion-sensing controller is priced, and a whole lot more.READ»
At a press event today, Microsoft unveiled a slimmer,
cheaper Xbox 360 that will be released later this week for $299. Besides a sleeker design, the new console will include built-in WiFi-- the current box requires a ...READ»
This just in from the E3 gaming conference in Los Angeles: Microsoft's Wii-without-the-controller Project Natal is now named Kinect. What new announcements came along with the name change?READ»
While you were all tucked up in your beds, innovation was having an all-night party. And this on a Tuesday after a long weekend? And in space? Apparently so.1. Iridium has become the largest presence in the cosmos--well, that we know ...READ»
Microsoft has, for the first time, been beaten in market cap by Apple. At the close of the market today, Apple sat at $222.12 billion, a gain of 1.8%, while Microsoft went down 1% to $219.18 billion. That makes Apple, according to ...READ»
Sony just hit the news as a major manufacturing partner in the new Google TV endeavor, but now there's news it's partnered with HBO to push TV shows over its PlayStation network to PS3s and PSPs. What's going on in the TV world? From ...READ»
