Archive for June, 2006

Xbox 360 Wins Through 2009?

As part of a recent MI6 Conference presentation, IDG’s Jason Anderson made predictions on the North American installed base of the next-gen consoles through 2008. He predicts that the Xbox 360 will continue to hold a lead into 2009, with the PS3 just behind and the Wii trailing significantly. In particular: ‘In 2008, Anderson suggests [...]

New Comics at the GamersCircle Store 6/30/2006

Amazing Spider-Man #5332.99
BATMAN #6542.99

CATWOMAN #562.99
CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE #22.99

ESCAPE OF THELIVING DEAD #33.99
FANTASTIC FOUR #5382.99

INVINCIBLE #332.99
NEW AVENGERS #212.99

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #962.99
WARLORD #52.99

X-MEN #1872.99

“Blade” carves out big night for Spike TV

Spike TV had an edge on Wednesday with the premiere of its first original drama series, “Blade: The Series.”
The premiere drew 2.5 million total viewers, up from the 1.7 million that tuned in to an Ultimate Fighting Championship special from 8-10 p.m. It also registered triple-digit gains compared with the same period last year in [...]

Transformers, Blade, Smallville, Heroes: June 30th Comic Reel Wrap

Man meets machine in a new trailer, while Kirk Jones pulls in the big numbers, Clark gets a guide book, a single mom stripper gets super powers, plus “Wolverine” scripted, “Superman Returns” analyzed and a rumored new title for the next “FF” movie.
comicbookresources.com

Camping Tent Generates Own Power For Lights

A tent called the Woods Solar Tent is just like any other modern tent, except that it has built-in lighting, a power outlet and solar panels for GENERATING ITS OWN ELECTRICITY. (props to Treehugger)

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Microsoft Unveils Ultimate Keyboard and Mouse

For a long time, Xbox 360 owners have been asking for a first-party keyboard and mouse for the Xbox 360 that matches the console’s style. This might not ever occur but if it indeed happens, this could be the perfect mouse keyboard combo.

Microsoft has launched a teaser campaign for its next desktop hardware. Touted as [...]

Google vs. EBay: Who’s Gonna Pay?

The debut of Checkout, Google’s new payment service for online shoppers, begins direct competition with eBay’s PayPal (even though Google denies this). Is this the opening salvo in a broader war between two of the internet’s biggest gorillas?
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iTunes 6.0.5 Released, iPod Updater 2006-06-28

Now available via Software Update:
With iTunes 6, you can now preview, buy, and download music videos, short films, and hit TV programs on the iTunes Music Store and sync your music and purchased videos with iPod to enjoy on the go.

Invasion Map Pack Available on Xbox Live

Activision and Infinity Ward today released the Invasion Map Pack for Call of Duty 2: five new multiplayer maps available for download on Xbox Live.
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Internet Explorer Beta 3 UX Improvements

Hi everybody, Max here. I posted before about “A New Look for IE” back when we released the beta 2 preview, and with the launch of beta 3, I wanted to take a moment to tell you about some of the new functionality we have added and changes we have made specifically related to your [...]