ShareBy Michael Santo
Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
Shades of another takeover bid we’ve been discussing – a lot – lately. On Sunday, Electronic Arts announced it has offered $2 billion in cash for Take-Two Interactive Software, best known for – what else? – Grand Theft Auto. Anyone want some Hot Coffee?
It didn’t take long for a response. [...]
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Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews
Took ‘em long enough. They didn’t file a press release, but Microsoft did use its Gamerscore blog, which it says is the “inside scoop from Microsoft Xbox and Games employees.” Saturday Microsoft announced they would halt production of HD-DVD drives for the Xbox 360.
John Porcaro, Sr. Group Manager in Microsoft’s Global [...]
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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
As computers have made the transition from the computer room to the living room and beyond, so to have their peripherals and input devices. Nobody wants to have a wired keyboard lying around the living room, nor do they want a large wireless one that takes up the entire coffee table.
Brando’s [...]
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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Hyperdrives are in my mind, says Kevin Cheng, synonymous with Han Solo and the Millennium Falcon.
The Hyperdrive Colorspace is not going to make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, but it is claimed to be the fastest device for memory card backups on the move.
Thanks to the folks [...]
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By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Now this is a classy move, but don’t worry, odds are it won’t be a total loss for the company. Japanese electronics retailer Edion has instituted a swap program for customers who purchased HD-DVD players. The offer: to replace the used units with new Blu-ray players. Customers who [...]
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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews.
Most notable this past week was the release of the latest Mvix Media Center, the Mvix MX-780HD. The MX-780HD has HDMI out, supports up to 1080p and can now take either an IDE or SATA drive in its case. Still in the multi-media world, the Kaossilator Touchpad Synthesizer [...]
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Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Rather than “Tickle Me, Elmo,” what we have here is “Threaten Me, Elmo.” At least, according to a Tampa Bay, Florida mother.
Melissa Bowman says that since changing the batteries in the Elmo toy which is her 2-year-old son’s favorite, the doll has been making death threats, saying “Kill James.”
Melissa says [...]
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Executive Editor, RealTechNews
The Commodore 64 is legendary, and just last year celebrated its 25th anniversary. Its still amazingly popular, with sites continuing to be devoted to it. And now owners of the Nintendo Wii will be able to play classic games of that era via the Wii Virtual Console.
The catch: only [...]
