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XBLA gets Street Fighter 2 Tonight!
I'm really excited for this one, hopefully not overly excited... I have great memories of SF II and...
Author: gclassy Date: 08/02/2006
The official Vista upgrade matrix
So this is purportedly the official upgrade grid for Windows Vista. The cliffs for the article are...
Author: gclassy Date: 08/01/2006
MSN has Arrested Development!
I hate to rerun news from msweb... but I just noticed that MSN will be distributing the 3 existing...
Author: gclassy Date: 07/31/2006
Forecast looks good for the Xbox 360
I really like Gaming 360's summary of the Microsoft forecast for 360 sales. When the 360 first came...
Author: gclassy Date: 07/25/2006
Microsoft gets official on the Zune announcement.
So we now have official announcement of the Zune branded hardware and software products. This will...
Author: gclassy Date: 07/24/2006
The "Castle Crashers" Multiplayer XBL button masher looks awesome!
This game looks to be the best XBL game yet. This is by the same team that made the Alien Hominid...
Author: gclassy Date: 07/21/2006
Check out Ozymandias's blog!
I really like this guy's blog. He certainly has the MS bias (probably not as much as I), but he also...
Author: gclassy Date: 07/20/2006
Download and burn movies from Movielink or Rent on iTunes?
I just noticed two movie downloading service announcements and just found this interesting. iTunes...
Author: gclassy Date: 07/18/2006
Interesting English Language (writing) Non-errors that oftentimes seem to be errors
I wonder how many times I have encountered these sorts of things and then changed them from being...
Author: gclassy Date: 07/13/2006
OMG OMG! New XBLA game every Wednesday this summer!
I just read this on Joystiq.. We'll be getting a new XBLA every Wednesday this summer. Street...
Author: gclassy Date: 07/11/2006
More speculation on the Microsoft PMP, "Argo"
Engadget pointed to what may be a leaked photo of the Microsoft "Argo" portable media player. This...
Author: gclassy Date: 07/10/2006
New, thin, Napster MP3 player
Engadget recently took a look at the new Napster MP3 player and it looks pretty nifty! The coolest...
Author: gclassy Date: 07/05/2006
Yet another tiny and gorgeous flash-based MP3 player
DapReview has an interesting writeup about the Meizu Miniplayer. Gizmodo had brought up the news...
Author: gclassy Date: 06/27/2006
Let the public betas continue! Office Live 2007 Beta
It looks like we're letting people try out the latest live version of Office through our public beta...
Author: gclassy Date: 06/27/2006
Wednesday PMP Madness!
Today I received my Sansa e260 from Amazon and I am amazed at how small it is! I have attached a...
Author: gclassy Date: 06/21/2006
Windows Media Player 11 Skins
I have recently started using Windows Media player 11 at work and home (soon will be using Urge to...
Author: gclassy Date: 06/17/2006
More on the Sansa e260
Gizmodo points to a great video review of Sandisk's new player. I impulsively ordered one of these...
Author: gclassy Date: 06/15/2006
Microsoft LifeCam for Sharing Photos, and video chat over Windows Live
The Windows Live team has been working on selecting optimal hardware for their Live video chat....
Author: gclassy Date: 06/14/2006
Yay! More Xbox 360 backwards compatibility!
I have yet to play an Xbox title on my 360, but I know I have amped 2... Combine that with Custom...
Author: gclassy Date: 06/13/2006
Windows Live Messenger Music Mix
I just discovered that Windows Live Messenger allows users to create and play back collaborative...
Author: gclassy Date: 06/05/2006
SanDisk Sansa, the iPod Nano finally has some serious competition
The folks over at Engadget recently reviewed the SanDisk Sansa and it sounds like a killer PMP....
Author: gclassy Date: 06/04/2006
Jobs: "you have to buy a new iPod at least once a year"
Wow, in an interview with NBC's Brian Williams at the opening of Apple's new store in New York City,...
Author: gclassy Date: 05/31/2006
Xbox Dashboard Update Video
The Show On 10 has posted a sweet video of Major Nelson demonstrating the new dashboard update....
Author: gclassy Date: 05/31/2006
Xbox 360 Camera Speculation
I read on some gamer blogs that the Xbox 360 camera will be coming out in the Fall (mid-September)...
Author: gclassy Date: 05/30/2006
Significant Dashboard update coming to Live!
This is the update that everyone has been waiting for, according to kotaku, we'll be seeing the...
Author: gclassy Date: 05/26/2006
MCE based home automation software!
Automatedhome.co.uk has an interesting story on a Windows Media Center Edition plugin that allows...
Author: gclassy Date: 05/25/2006
Xbox 360 game price drops :)
I've been waiting to pick up a new game for a little while and now I'm thinking the outfit will be...
Author: gclassy Date: 05/25/2006
Xbox Marketplace stats -- $900 will get you all 933 marketplace downloads
According to Achive360Points.com, all of the 360 marketplace content (all 933 downloads)would cost...
Author: gclassy Date: 05/22/2006
XBOX 360 Screensavers?
Ever since I set up my 360 on my LCD tv, I have wondered if I could get some sort of fancy...
Author: gclassy Date: 05/19/2006
PDA with 30gb HD, Windows Mobile 5!
I've been wanting one of these for years! It looks like it can be used as a portable media player...
Author: gclassy Date: 05/18/2006
Sony PS3's free live service will NOT support multiplayer match making or online play
Major Nelson noticed a pretty glaring ommission from Sony's live service equiavalent: A closer look...
Author: gclassy Date: 05/15/2006
Funny video store manager calls for ban on pricey PS3
All the other bloggers caught light of this, and I thought it was pretty funny. This pic is from the...
Author: gclassy Date: 05/12/2006
More E3 thoughts on Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo announcements
Sony has made a few disappointing announcements (if you are a Sony fan). The biggest one is that...
Author: gclassy Date: 05/10/2006
HD-DVD will be coming to Xbox 360
No surprise here, from Kotaku: HD-DVD is indeed coming to the 360. It's cybernetic umbilical cord to...
Author: gclassy Date: 05/08/2006
Blu-ray held back until June 20th
So now we not only have a large lead ahead of Sony with the 360, we have a two month lead for the...
Author: gclassy Date: 05/05/2006
Napster just became free?
[update 1] I have been playing with this and it is AMAZING. I am totally blown away that they offer...
Author: gclassy Date: 05/03/2006
Developer asserts Xbox 360 and PS3 Visuals will be undiscernable
Joystiq and Kotaku mention a next gen interview with the From KotakuIn a Pre-E3 interview with IGN,...
Author: gclassy Date: 05/03/2006
Xbox 360 Users get unprecedented E3 preview access
The Xbox team will be trying their hardest to satisfy Xbox 360 gamers with tons of content scheduled...
Author: gclassy Date: 05/02/2006
Devs Suggest Sony License Live for PS3
Next generation interviewed some PS3 developers and they contended that Sony should license software...
Author: gclassy Date: 05/01/2006
MyMovies 2 Released for Media Center
eHomeupgrade writes about MyMovies, a popular add-on program for Windows Media Center Edition....
Author: gclassy Date: 04/28/2006
Xbox 360 Blade background customiization!
Major Nelson explains how users can change the background image on the 360 blade to a hi-def image...
Author: gclassy Date: 04/27/2006
HD-DVD / DVD Hybrid media
I just read this short bit on Gizmodo about HD DVD / DVD hybrid media. This is really interesting to...
Author: gclassy Date: 04/26/2006
Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta 2
I had no idea that this had happened, figured I'd relay it from Microsoft Watch: From Microsoft...
Author: gclassy Date: 04/25/2006
Macs Preloaded with XP sold by Expercom.com
Now if only apple would do this.
Author: gclassy Date: 04/21/2006