NPD Group Inc. this week reported that Nintendo Co.’s Wii and Nintendo DS products handily outsold rival video game hardware in the latest July U.S. sales tally.
According to NPD Group Inc., the Nintendo DS sold 608,000 and the Wii sold 555,000 to rank as the No. 1 and No. 2 best-selling video game hardware for the month, respectively. (more…)
It’s not always true that the neatest, most advanced technology ends up winning most of the market share. There are other reasons which get in the way. Sometimes, the less advanced solutions end up winning — and evolve in order to become more solid and established. An example of this is Javascript/AJAX, which has conquered most of the web-based client programming — despite the fact that there were competing technologies which could (and maybe should) have easily won, purely based on technical merits. How did that happen? (more…)
The 5 real reasons to avoid iPhone 3G:
Super expensive tech toy, for geeks that like fashon Urwerk’s UR-202 is the watch for the job at about $143,000/€ 92,600 this watch seems a little out of most people range, whats the price for? the UR-202 is powered by a pair of micro turbines that operate by compressed air. (more…)
From time to time I like to spread my wisdom so that readers can see what exactly it is that lies beneath my skull, that unfortunantly is impossible to know. There is however a few chances a month for you to get a glimse of who I am really like, and what it is I am all about. Since this is my first entry I will keep this one quite short. (more…)
Not content with taking your shoes and confiscating your water, now
the Department of Homeland Security is gunning for your laptops.
Comcast Corp has been ordered to change how it manages its broadband network after U.S. communications regulators concluded some of its tactics unreasonably restrict Internet users who share movies and other material. (more…)
A federal judge has put the brakes on a lawsuit filed over sex scenes buried in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
In a decision on Wednesday (full text), United States District Judge Shirley Wohl Kram wrote that purchasers of the game could not be lumped together in a class action. The claims of members of the proposed class would be affected by the law in each purchaser’s home state, Judge Kram wrote, and therefore could not be resolved in a single proceeding in federal court in New York. (more…)
Toyota Motor on Friday showed off a new stand-up scooter that could one day be seen zipping alongside the Segway on the personal-transporter superhighway.
The “Winglet” has a body the size of an A3 sheet of paper that houses an electric motor, two wheels, and internal sensors that constantly monitor the rider’s position and make adjustments in power to ensure stability. (more…)
While the iPhone 3G definitely feels warmer than the original, it shouldn’t get hot enough to cook human flesh. Or melt. But a MacRumors forum member says he fell asleep with his iPhone 3G in his pocket and woke up when he felt a burning sensation in his pants (not the good kind either). (more…)