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Disney: Next D23 Expo set for 2011

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 -0600

Walt Disney Co. used the inaugural expo of its D23 fan club last summer to unveil several new theme-park projects, most notably its "Fantasy Forest" expansion in the Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland.

A ‘spy-like’ start for Disney

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 -0600

| OrlandoSentinel.com - Business

Chad Emerson is the author of a new book, Project Future, that documents the origins of Walt Disney World and the lengths to which Walt Disney Co. went to keep its development plans and land purchases secret. Emerson, 37, spoke with Sentinel staff writer Jason Garcia.

DRM Damages a Game's Value, Says Valve Boss

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:30:00 -0600

| Tom

Gabe Newell agrees with most PC gamers that nasty DRM makes it a less worthwhile experience.

Tech Ticker

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:00:28 -0600

| Tech News

TwitterTracking toolTwitter can now let the world automatically know your whereabouts as well as your thoughts and activities.

[Rumour] Nvidia Geforce GTX 480 TDP at 275W

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:51:35 -0600

| VR-Zone News

Initially expected to be rated at ~220W, Fermi/GF100's troubled development meant rumours of as high as 280W was circulating around the internet by the time it was demonstrated at CES 2010. Of course, Nvidia denied these rumours.

Following further information and leaks during Cebit 2010, against Nvidia's precautions, a TDP of close to 300W for the GTX 480 became more widespread.

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Windows Mobile Still Losing Share

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:20:13 -0600

| Linux.com - Content Feed

Ahead of revelations surrounding the upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series operating system, new data from comScore shows the current-generation mobile OS slipping in the rankings.

How would you change Nokia's N900?

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:47:00 -0600

| Engadget - www.engadget.com

Maemo 5 didn't stand on its own for long before being mashed together with Intel's Moblin, but Nokia's N900 still stands as one of the best handhelds for web browsing. It's hardly the world-beater that Nokia (may have) hoped it to be, but that's not because the internals aren't impressive. We're guessing that only a handful of you made the effort to fork over wads of cash in order to pick an unlocked version up, but if you did, you no doubt have some opinions post-purchase. Is the display living up to your expectations? Are you and Maemo getting along alright? How's that keyboard? We're eager to know how you'd tweak the N900 if you had the keys to the design kingdom, and with MeeGo already being announced, we're forbidding you from suggesting the obvious. Or you can, but we'll be plugging our ears, closing our eyes and humming annoyingly.

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Schwab Predicts Lower Earnings

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:44:55 -0600

| NYT > Business

The Charles Schwab Corporation said on Friday that it expected first-quarter earnings to be lower as revenue pressures continued.

A Reminder of How Sad the Internet Can Look Without Flash [Image Cache]

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:40:00 -0600

| Gizmodo

When we discussed the iPad and whether it was worth giving in to the peer pressure and pre-ordering it, a commenter decided to remind us of his reason for resisting: No flash. And yes, it can make things look sad. More »

The Impossible Quiz (Flash Game)

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:30:03 -0600

| Digg

It's not impossible, but you might dig for your brains through your ear. Give it your best shot and try not to get shot.

Samsung TL350 10MP compact camera sports analog capacity gauges

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:07:27 -0600

| gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine

With Samsung's TL350 compact digital camera, users can enjoy the benefits of full high definition video recording, a 10.2 megapixel sensor, five times optical zoom on a wide-angle lens and a bright AMOLED display for preview and review. Would-be action movie makers might also be interested in the super slow motion possibilities offered by a 1,000 frames per second video recording mode, but what first caught our eye was the nifty analog capacity gauges on top which indicate remaining battery and memory...

Tags: AMOLED, Camera, High Definition, Samsung, Super slow motion

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Murdoch On Google

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:04:47 -0600

| Emerging Technology News

Behold Rupert Murdoch expressing his strong views on Google, the future of content and newspaper, and other related topics in this interview with Fox Business Network in Abu Dhabi.

GDC: Daglow: The Real Console War Is On Wall Street

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:00:00 -0600

| Gamasutra News

Most people measure the console wars by hardware unit sales, but although those numbers can be indicative of a console's success, that's not where the real console war is taking place, independent design consultant Don Daglow said at GDC on Friday. "The real war is the war on Wall Street," he said. That's where CEOs are judged, and those CEOs are expected to grow their business year after year, or else that stock price will ...

E-Book Readers: Will Secondary Features Win Consumers' Hearts Or Leave Them Cold?

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:47:44 -0600

| TechCrunch

How many e-book readers do you think are out there right now for you to choose from? If you did a little digging, I bet you’d find 50 or so. Maybe 10 really worth checking out. But right now is a bit of a weird period in e-reader history. The Kindle cemented e-readers in the consumer headspace, catapulting them from weirdo alternative technology to mainstream gadget. That’s what the iPad threatens to do with tablets — we’ll see about that. But the Kindle and the iPad are two important data points in the current e-reader wars; the question, upon the answer of which depends the success of many a device, is whether “bonus” features like second screens and weird form factors in e-readers will be enough to differentiate them from the high-profile devices pressing them on both flanks?

See, the vast majority of e-readers were designed as a response to the Kindle, not to tablet computers, which may or may not obsolete e-readers altogether. It’s a bad situation: the whole time you’re improving your competitor’s product, someone else is skipping your entire device class on the grounds that it will be made ridiculous by their awesome gadget. Some of the special features developed to combat the Kindle will stay, and some won’t live to see their own first birthday.

Digg Says Yes To NoSQL Cassandra DB, Bye To MySQL

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:47:00 -0600

| Slashdot

donadony writes "After twitter, now it's Digg who's decided to replace MySQL and most of their infrastructure components and move away from LAMP to another architecture called NoSQL that is based in Casandra, an open source project that develops a highly scalable second-generation distributed database. Cassandra was open sourced by Facebook in 2008 and is licensed under the Apache License. The reason for this move, as explained by Digg, is the increasing difficulty of building a high-performance, write-intensive application on a data set that is growing quickly, with no end in sight. This growth has forced them into horizontal and vertical partitioning strategies that have eliminated most of the value of a relational database, while still incurring all the overhead."

Black Ninja Monday is When the Commenter Trolls Get Their Dueping [Comments]

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:25:12 -0600

| Gizmodo

Several star commenter have noted recently that the troll factor is rising again. This post is reminder that all comments wasting words and the comment moderator's time wondering about such issues as "why does gizmodo love/hate/get paid by company XYZ?" may result in zero warnings and then a ban. And whatever happens to your comment account, remember: it's not my fault if you lose your account because you said something stupid. Black Ninja Monday is when the action goes down, so you've got two days to turn things around. The obvious choices: You can have fun in troll hell, or join the ranks of the thoughtful, starred, proud and clever commenters everyone appreciates. Again, Monday: that's when there'll be internet blood everywhere. But it won't be mine. More »

By Your Accelerometers Combined, I Am Quake Catcher! [Earthquakes]

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:20:00 -0600

| Gizmodo

What if computers could be turned into a worldwide earthquake detecting network? With the Quake Catcher software and your laptop's built-in accelerometer, that might just be possible. More »

Metroid: Other M Hands-on Impressions

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:20:00 -0600

| Shacknews Games

Metroid: Other M is an interesting test in game design. The title uses only the Wii Remote, held sideways like a NES controller, to control Samus in third-person. This is mixed with a first-person aiming mechanic using the Remote's infrared sensor.

As such, the level design is largely presented as 2D, despite being a 3D space. There is a large amount of auto-aim, putting the focus on dodging and firing back at enemies. Ninja Gaiden series veteran Team Ninja, co-developing the title with Nintendo, is the driving force behind the combat. Players will be able to dodge attacks as well as initiate flashy cinematic finishing moves on certain enemies.

I was ...

Inno3D's GeForce GTX 480 Boxed for Shipping

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:20:00 -0600

| Tom

These guys have their bags packed and ready for a March 26 sale date!

Vodafone's Paid Navigation App Folds, Unable to Beat Free

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:02:28 -0600

| Maximum PC all RSS Feed

In January 2009 Vodafone made what seemed like a good investment buying mapping software maker Wayfinder for about $30 million. A year later it's looking like a pretty awful deal in the wake of free navigation solutions from both Google and Nokia. Facing the inevitable, Vodafone is closing Wayfinder saying, "We could not charge for something that others gave away for free."

Vodafone has also invested several million additional dollars in Wayfinder, so it can't be easy to walk away. It's unlikely they'd do so without being sure they could not compete with Nokia's Ovi Maps. This really isn't much of a surprise, especially considering Nokia's huge presence in Europe. Google Navigation isn't even available yet in Europe, but clearly Vodafone wasn't going to sit around and wait for two free solutions to start eating their lunch.

This may be the eventual fate of all the carrier branded navigation apps. Considering the poor quality of many of them, that might not be a bad thing. Would access to a free navigation app from Google or Nokia sway you in your next phone purchase?

Google takes aim at Digg and Fark with Reader Play

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:00:02 -0600

| Digg

Reader Play appears to be Google's attempt at stealing some thunder from aggregators such as Digg, Fark.com and Reddit, which regularly showcase the type of humorous videos and images that are found on Play.

Battle vs. Chess Announced

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:00:00 -0600

| Shacknews Games

Looking to "breathe new life" into Chess, TopWare and Zuxxez today unveiled a "progressive title [aimed] at developing a unique fusion between vivid 3D environments & characters, professional chess software and upbeat combat visuals & mechanics."

The cleverly-named "Battle vs. Chess" is based upon ChessBase's "world renowned Fritz! chess algorithm software" and due out in May 2010 at an unknown price-point.

As for platforms, TopWare only made a vague mention of "multiple" in its announcement, though the official site sp...

Deal of the week: Modest discounts on a handful of components

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:57:00 -0600

| The Tech Report: News

The sort of hardware one can pick up these days for really very little money never ceases to astound me. That said, we've recently observed an uptick in prices for PC components. The trend has been so widespread that we've even had to downgrade some of the builds...

Video Game Sales Dropped Again In February

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:50:02 -0600

| Digg

Video game sales in the United States dropped 15 percent in February, partially due to an ongoing decline in sales of music games and lower pricing on the Nintendo Wii console.

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