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E3: The Sims 3 Goes Out the Door for Mac OS X, Windows, iPhone

Electronic Arts on Tuesday announced the simultaneous release of The Sims 3 for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows and Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch handsets. The new version allows users to control simulated people inside a virtual world, the application allowing for dozens of unique personality traits as well as extensive customization for your Sims […]

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E3: Nintendo Briefing Notes

Nintendo just wrapped its media briefing on this end and the results are strange, encouraging and mixed: -Nintendo’s Cammie Dunaway announced that this year’s theme will be “Everyone’s Game”. There’s something for everyone and Nintendo intends to address this. -“New Mario Brothers” Wii was announced, the title featuring beautiful graphics as well as co-op and […]

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Microsoft Launches Bing Preview

Having lost the battle to acquire Yahoo! so many times, Microsoft decided it still needed to get into the search engine business, and this weekend they launched a “preview” of the service. Called “bing“, the service doesn’t look much unlike Google, except for some prettier formatting. Opinions online seem pretty varied so far, as people […]

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Hulu Desktop released for Mac and PC

Last week, Hulu released it’s Hulu Desktop application for Mac and Windows, which allows you to stream it’s library of videos without using a web browser. The current release is considered a “beta” while Hulu “[…] plan[s] to gather and incorporate user feedback to improve the service”. The software and it’s interface fill the entire […]

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E3: Microsoft Demos Project Natal Video Recognition System for Xbox 360

In addition to Microsoft’s Bing preview, Microsoft also announced Project Natal, a technology project developed by 3DV which uses a camera technology to function as an input. The core ideas behind the project include motion recognition, complex voice recognition and scanning body features. And since a picture’s worth a thousand words, here’s what the guys […]