Archive for September, 2006

  • RIAA v. Lime Wire, the Counterclaim

    RIAA v. Lime Wire, the Counterclaim

    (From Blogcritics.org)  Lime Wire, one of the last commercial P2P holdouts in the RIAA’s ongoing war against file sharing networks, has answered the RIAA’s complaint and counterclaimed against the RIAA on a number of grounds.  The counterclaim itself is interesting for a number of reasons. ...

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  • X06…or “Why You Bought a 360″

    X06…or “Why You Bought a 360″

    While no one can claim to handle this kind of thing perfectly, I get a warm gushy feeling (a G-RATED one, Beavis) about all the hullabaloo that gaming receives in this day and age. Speaking of gargantuan press events for gaming alone, we’ve got: CESE3...

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  • Gvetch: Target – PC Gamer

    Gvetch: Target – PC Gamer

    I remember a time when I called PC Gamer the only gaming mag worth reading.  Their editors were sharp and witty, they gave us the straight skinny on which hardware was necessary for the OCD rig builder, and which was merely senseless bling.  (looks to...

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  • Tin Foil Hat Story of the Day- Comcast bans Google?

    Tin Foil Hat Story of the Day- Comcast bans Google?

    From Eweek: This story Makes the case for Comcast, one of the largest broadband providers in the universe, selectively blocking out all of Google’s websites from their users access.  This doesn’t seem likely from the people who seem to think there’s a legitimate reason why...

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  • Stern’s weight in Cyalis Ads

    Stern’s weight in Cyalis Ads

    Mike, over at Techdirt, called Harry Fuller to the carpet for his assault on Howard Stern’s value since making the leap into orbit.  I think Mike makes an excellent point, as Harry Fuller’s argument completely failed to consider the monthly premium Stern fans now pay. ...

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  • Newsflash – the PS3 is still expensive.

    Newsflash – the PS3 is still expensive.

    Just a brief note on what’s becoming an old story quickly. According to Digital Battle, (quoting Impress watch), Sony spoke with reporters following a TGS press event, and dropped word that PS3 games will retail in Japan for about 8800, to 9800 yen.  This works...

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  • Wii don’t like naysayers.

    Wii don’t like naysayers.

    Well, we do like nay-sayers, for example, Sony has announced a price cut of the ps3 in the Japanese market…  before the console has even been released.  Microsoft added concurrent downloading to it’s 360 dashboard, although Uwe Bole is still making movies.  Naysaying keeps the...

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  • Wanted – Dead or Live Vision

    Wanted – Dead or Live Vision

    So, in the absence of anyone complaining about it (which doesn’t seem like a good start to the hot new peripheral)  My attempts to secure a live vision camera yesterday were a complete failure.  It seems they were either, not even in the systems for...

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