April 22, 2011, 7:49 AM Last week we first heard some solid-sounding rumors about Nintendo revealing a new home-based gaming console at this years E3 show in June. Nintendo hasnt budged as far as confirming or denying these rumors (of course) but that hasnt seemed to stop the flow of unofficial information. So, keeping in mind all of this might be false information, lets see what weve got. IGN posted a treasure-trove of info yesterday. Lets start with a name [...]
Daily Archives: April 24, 2011
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Today’s e-Reads: Streaming Music on Amazon; Nokia Suing Apple
Todays e-Reads: Does leading Google prepare you to be Commerce secretary? Can you use Amazon as a mobile iPod? And are we all going to die in a cyberattack? Clyde Prestowitz writes about why President Obama should appoint Google CEO Eric Schmidt to be the next Commerce secretary. PC World reports on Amazon’s efforts to get into the online music market with its new cloud-based music streaming service. The Wall Street Journal reports on Nokia’s latest lawsuit against Apple claiming [...]
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ThinkGeek April Fool’s iPad Gaming Console Now Real, Sold Out
ThinkGeeks April Fools Day prank, an iPad gaming console known as the iCade, is now a reality, but fans might have to wait awhile: its already backordered. On April Fools Day, ThinkGeek introduced an mini, old-school, arcade cabinet into which you could slide your iPad, combining the new and old. Stories about the iCade quickly spread all over the Internet, and after all that hype, ThinkGeek decided to make this product real. ThinkGeek partnered with ION to bring the gaming [...]
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Woman fighting to keep kangaroo ‘son’
A US woman is fighting to keep a red kangaroo that she has been caring for like one of the family since it was paralysed in an accident. Council officials in Christie Carrs hometown of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, will meet in a few hours to decide whether she can keep the kangaroo, which they say is an exotic animal, Tulsa World reports. Ms Carr, 39, adopted the 15-month-old marsupial after it broke its neck at a wildlife sanctuary a year [...]
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Razer Hydra: 3D Motion Gaming Controller Coming to a PC Near You!
If you are like many PC gamers, you probably have been tempted to buy a Wii or a Kinect so you can interact with your games in a whole new way. Heck, we have all seen the commercials and it looks like with these 3D tracking devices you get to be in the game! Well, it seems Razer didnt like that too much as the only true gaming is PC gaming and went about rectifying this perceived limitation of PC [...]
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Vietnam veterans’ traveling wall in Charlotte area
A few devoted souls and veterans, clad in rain gear, silently set to work erecting the wall. The rain puddled and drenched the ground. A somber reflection upon some faces seemed to indicate an inward emotional connection, in some way. The Wall That Heals is in a weekend exhibition at the Frank Liske Park in Concord, North Carolina. The half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC has traveled the nation since 1996. The wall graces the Charlotte [...]
