Articles on Video Games

Use the "force" to control your cell phone - Sep 19, 2008

Crave Cell phones may or may not mess with our brains, but now our brains can mess with them. NeuroSky, a San Jose, Calif.-based company that focuses on developing brain-controlled interfaces, recently ... Read story »

Dolby Pro Logic IIz adds height surround effects - Mar 19, 2009

Crave Dolby Pro Logic audio processing was first introduced in 1987 to deliver front stereo, center and mono surround sound effects. This stereo-to-surround technology found in home theater systems was refined ... Read story »

Microsoft pulls the plug on original Xbox support - Mar 3, 2009

Features The Redmond manufacturer discontinues repairs for its first-generation game console and will be offering upgrade options to its latest Xbox 360 still under warranty. Read story »

Xbox 360 to be lowest-priced next-gen video game console - Sep 4, 2008

Crave One of the the biggest selling points of Nintendo's Wii video game console since its launch nearly two years ago has been that it was the lowest-priced of the trio of ... Read story »

Amazon launches trade-in program for used games - Mar 6, 2009

Crave On Thursday, Amazon announced a new program for customers to trade in used video game titles in return for credit at Amazon.com. The program is launching with around 1,500 titles, all ... Read story »

Tough times ahead for tech? - Sep 23, 2008

Crave The credit crunch is spreading from banks to Wall Street and industries beyond--and Silicon Valley may not be immune. Troubles at two major Wall Street securities firms will have ripple effects ... Read story »

Media input device makes it polite to point - Oct 3, 2008

Crave Fraunhofer envisions applications for the iPoint Presenter including video games, photo viewers, and geographic tools like Google Earth. Tend to gesticulate? The iPoint Presenter might suit your communication style well. ... Read story »

Put the fun in funeral - Oct 20, 2008

Crave You can choose to push up daisies, or sunflowers. Who says you can't take your toys with you? With Creative Coffins, you can choose to be buried in a coffin ... Read story »

It's party time on Jan 31! - Jan 16, 2009

Blogs Now why would a geek be interested in Singapore's biggest and funkiest street dance party, City Alive!, when all he did on New Year's eve was to stay at home and ... Read story »

It's sorta like the nerd version of dating twins - Mar 10, 2009

Crave This Duo is dynamic. What, you don't expect this kind of thing by now? When you're old like me (creak, creak), you tend to accumulate a metric crap-ton of stuff ... Read story »

Monthly Wii production tops 2.4 million - Oct 28, 2008

Features Nintendo America president Reggie Fils-Aime says the holiday supply of the popular console will be 50 percent higher than last year.  Read story »

Microsoft motion-sensing deal confirmed? - Feb 24, 2009

Features An advanced defense industry-based ZCam for the Xbox 360? That's the deal between 3DV Systems and Microsoft according to a business blog. Read story »

Is Apple's new MacBook Pro a gaming machine? - Oct 15, 2008

Crave With more powerful Nvidia graphics processors, the new MacBook Pro could finally be a machine hardcore gamers can use. While Macs have long been the preferred computer of the creative ... Read story »

Gamers waste US$1 billion of energy? Probably not - Nov 23, 2008

Crave On Wednesday, NRDC released a study claiming that video game consoles are wasting US$1 billion per year. There's a lot of interesting research in the study, including the differences in power ... Read story »

Report: Microsoft in talks to buy Israeli VR firm - Feb 18, 2009

Crave The ZCam, from 3DV Systems, which is rumored to be in acquisition talks with Microsoft. Microsoft hopes the acquisition of a virtual reality start-up will give it another trick up ... Read story »

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