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Clipboard2phone

Props to Solsie for this, clipboard2phone sends an SMS message to your phone with the contents of...

Author: gclassy Date: 03/07/2007

512 Meg Xbox 360 Memory Card coming

Joystiq, mentions that we'll soon be able to purchase a 512 meg memory card for the 360 for the low...

Author: gclassy Date: 03/05/2007

Wired Online lists their favorite 7 add-ons for IE7

This article lists 7 excellent add-ons for IE7. A quick summary: A spell checker Inline searching...

Author: gclassy Date: 03/02/2007

N-Gage 2 with games "superdistributed"

I just saw this article on Kotaku. And it really makes sense to me. Why not let someone copy a game...

Author: gclassy Date: 03/01/2007

This made me laugh, PS3 smear parody "how you killed your brand"

I saw this first on Joystiq: I don't completely understand the 360 logo at the video conclusion, but...

Author: gclassy Date: 02/26/2007

Microsoft has a reader (pdf-like) application SDK?

I just noticed this article from Information Week where they indicate that the New York Times and...

Author: gclassy Date: 02/26/2007

Nvidia Graphics on GoForce 5500 for Mobile Devices

I saw this youtube video earler and was just blown away at what is going to be possible with the...

Author: gclassy Date: 02/20/2007

DreamScene Preview!

The Windows Ultimate extra, DreamScene has been pre-released and the performance on it seems to be...

Author: gclassy Date: 02/15/2007

Ikaragua Announced on XBLA

This is big news for all of us "real" shooters fans. Joystiq has an interesting commentary on this....

Author: gclassy Date: 02/14/2007

PlayReady announced!!

“Our wireless partners worldwide asked for a single system to power a growing array of business...

Author: gclassy Date: 02/12/2007

The Web is the Machine is US

I found this video to be pretty fun.

Author: gclassy Date: 02/07/2007

Bring your pinatas to the slaughterhouse

I found this review of Viva Pinata to be hilarous. From the article: The interesting thing about...

Author: gclassy Date: 02/02/2007

Vista Vista Vista!

We "launch" today! Release tomorrow. I can't wait for the Ultimate Extras to go live.

Author: gclassy Date: 01/29/2007

CMT All Hands and DRM

I just had the all hands meeting for the CMT (Consumer Media Technologies) group. It was interesting...

Author: gclassy Date: 01/25/2007

Some funky wchar allocation hacks in ANSI C

So I've been dusting some wide character string programming spiderwebs out of the programming attic...

Author: gclassy Date: 01/25/2007

Pocket PC Phone Edition Themes versus Smart Phone Themes

So I've been seeking themes for my today screen for my Pocket PC Phone Edition cell phone and I have...

Author: gclassy Date: 01/24/2007

Scoblizer interviews Sun's CEO, talks Java and Platforms

I really like this interview where Scoblizer interviews Sun's CEO. He shows off some interesting...

Author: gclassy Date: 01/18/2007

Sweet new iRiver watch / PMP

I just was perusing Gizmodo, when I encountered this neat gizmo. From the article, it sounds like...

Author: gclassy Date: 01/12/2007

Apple's iPhone

The web has been all abuzz about Apple's iPhone and I'm definately intrigued by it. The hype on this...

Author: gclassy Date: 01/11/2007

OMG Snow! Hail!

So today it snowed about 3 inches outside our offices (building 50) and, in Northwestern fashion, it...

Author: gclassy Date: 01/10/2007

The Remote Desktop's Application Path Annoyance...

Just an annoyance, I moved the shortcut for Remote Desktop from my start menu and couldn't for the...

Author: gclassy Date: 01/04/2007

What is this Sprial Frog?

I was just reading the Year in DRM articles on DRM Watch and I saw an interesting mention of the...

Author: gclassy Date: 01/03/2007

Happy New Year!

Whew! For me, the break seemed longer than it really was. It's a new month in a new year and, it...

Author: gclassy Date: 01/02/2007

Best and Worst High-Definition Titles of the Year

High-Def Digest has written an article listing the best and worst High Definition movies of 2006....

Author: gclassy Date: 12/22/2006

More PS3 Exclusives coming to 360

Kotaku just reported that Virtua Fighter 5 is now coming to the 360, Now if only we could get Metal...

Author: gclassy Date: 12/21/2006

Shiny Shiny likes the Zen Vision W

It is good to see that people are getting excited about portable players based on PlaysForSure. This...

Author: gclassy Date: 12/19/2006

Wired Posts Apple-spoof from Company Meeting

This post at Wired's blog showcases a funny iPod spoof that I remember seeing at the company...

Author: gclassy Date: 12/18/2006

PS3 Backwards Compatability needs an Update?

I laughed a little when I saw this video. Admittedly, I think that Sony will definately fix the b/c...

Author: gclassy Date: 12/13/2006

IS PS3 hurting Blu-ray?

Earlier this week, I wrote about how the PS3 may not be helping Blu-ray sales, but this article...

Author: gclassy Date: 12/07/2006

Is the PS3 Helping Blu-ray?

I just read this interesting editorial at DVDTOWN.org. And it shows that the PS3 launch is still not...

Author: gclassy Date: 12/06/2006

Did the PS3 Deliver on Sony's Promise yet?

You decide. This is a comparison of the alleged PS3 real-time render that Sony showed at E3 and...

Author: gclassy Date: 12/01/2006

80 Gb Zune Mod and FUD

I'm pretty sure that the Zune team doesn't endorse this, but daring hackers can add 50Gb to their...

Author: gclassy Date: 11/30/2006

Console Wars and the Seattle Freeze

Since I'm having issues with my VPN and getting to work today sounds like a hazardous venture, I...

Author: gclassy Date: 11/28/2006

OMG Swamped!

I have been totally swamped lately with work and school and have been slacking on keeping my blog up...

Author: gclassy Date: 11/27/2006

Vista = RTM!

Woohoo! I just went down to the burn lab like a good employee and got the final build for my boxes....

Author: gclassy Date: 11/08/2006

Transcoding to WMV for Xbox 360 Playback

After Microsoft released the update that allowed non-media center editions of windows to stream...

Author: gclassy Date: 11/07/2006

OMGz Zune Madness

Nov. 14th is just around the corner so the Zune will be coming out soon! Full Reviews, speculation,...

Author: gclassy Date: 11/03/2006

GoW TV Spot Mashups

Lots of cool mashups here that N'Gai Croal has posted from his blog.

Author: gclassy Date: 11/03/2006

Vista and Office Launch on Nov. 30th

OMG OMG! Vista is set to launch for business partners this month!!!!! Seattle PI has the scoop.

Author: gclassy Date: 11/02/2006

Microsoft and Rare release Goldeneye Maps for Xbox 360 PDZ!!!

This[joystiq] is way too cool!

Author: gclassy Date: 11/01/2006

Xbox 360 + Unbox = TV

Wow, this is really what we've needed for a while.. is it HDTV? (Update) Sadly no :( Oh, Gizmodo...

Author: gclassy Date: 10/31/2006

10 Web Companies I would Like to See Microsoft Acquire

Before going any further, I would like to point out that I am not in any position to make business...

Author: gclassy Date: 10/31/2006

1080p update for xbox firmware coming tomorrow

Now I will have to get a DVI / VGA adapter for my 360 and do the upscaling test. From the Media...

Author: gclassy Date: 10/30/2006

GoW Ad featuring (Sweet Sweet) Tears for Fears Song

I really like this game trailer [kotaku] for Gears of War and even more the choice to use the "Mad...

Author: gclassy Date: 10/25/2006

Very Slick Xbox 360 Ad.

This doesn't look like it came from Microsoft... After linking those, I'm starting to wonder how...

Author: gclassy Date: 10/24/2006

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