The Japanese electronics powerhouse is making it hard on developers to create games for the PlayStation 3, and believe it or not, the company is fine with that.
Entries from February 2009
Sony: PS3 is hard to develop for–on purpose
February 28th, 2009 · Comments Off
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Guilty pleasures: 5 celebrity gossip sites revealed
February 28th, 2009 · Comments Off
We might not want to admit it, but celebrity gossip is one of our favorite guilty pleasures. Find out which sites are the best, from Defamer to TMZ. (And no, we dont forget Perez Hilton.)
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Mozilla Bespin: Cloud code editing via browser
February 28th, 2009 · Comments Off
Mozilla Labs is pushing into the cloud with an experiment called Bespin, a browser-based editor. While still a Mozilla Labs project, Bespin looks like an excellent cloud editor.
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British ‘careless’ with liberties
February 28th, 2009 · Comments Off
Britons have been “careless” with their civil liberties, but that is changing, the former shadow home affairs minister says.
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Investigative journalism: First casualty of the Net?
February 28th, 2009 · Comments Off
The debate over the impact of technology on media and the potential impact on political governance takes center stage at a weekend colloquium on IT and society.
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Why its good that Facebook makes us infantile
February 28th, 2009 · Comments Off
Lady Greenfield, a professor of synaptic pharmacology, this week declared that Facebook and other social-networking sites are infantilizing the human brain. Why is that so bad?
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Eyeball Webcam is a classy way to Skype
February 28th, 2009 · Comments Off
The Eyeball sounds great, but it looks more like a loose leaf tea strainer than a Webcam.
(Credit: Donald Bell/CNET)
Webcams aren’t the first product to spring to mind when you think of Blue Microphones. The company has a solid reputation in the pro audio world for making …
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$1 homemade speakers: Doable?
February 28th, 2009 · Comments Off
The Audiophiliac’s primary mission is turning readers on to high-quality audio products and great music, but today, it’s more about super lo-fi.
Google’s YouTube has loads of wacky videos on how to make cheap speakers. Check out my favorite so far, “How to Create a High-Def speaker …
Originally posted at The Audiophiliac
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A 1.5-terabyte external drive for $112.49 shipped
February 28th, 2009 · Comments Off
Lowest price ever on a 1.5TB drive.
(Credit: Seagate)
Holy massive storage, Batman! I thought a 1-terabyte external drive for $99 was a killer deal, but Dell is offering a 1.5TB Seagate FreeAgent USB drive for $112.49. No rebates, free shipping, smokin’ bargain.
To get that price, …
Originally posted at The Cheapskate
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Portable unit kicks in when GPS fades
February 28th, 2009 · Comments Off
The high-tech dead-reckoning unit NaviSeer, from Seer Technology, supports GPS navigation. Coordinates accurate to within less than a yard, according to Seer.
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