XBox 360 is an Energy Hog

July 24th, 2007 Wii continues to dominate the US market. Nintendo shifted 381,800 Wii consoles and 561,900 DS handhelds in June compared to 98,500 PlayStation 3 units and 198,400 Xbox 360 consoles.

June 1st, 2005 J Allard (Microsoft Corporate Vice President), who heads Microsoft's video-game efforts, has boldly predicted that one billion people will eventually play games on the new console. In an interesting interview J Allard provides rather insightful comments on XBox 360 and on Microsoft's viewpoints in general.

June 1st, 2009 Microsoft unveils motion control for Xbox 360 LOS ANGELES — Gamers, get ready for your close-up. Microsoft introduced a prototype camera Monday that can be used as a controller for the Xbox 360.

July 21st, 2009 LONDON - Scientists in the U.K. have come up with a new software that detects whether or not you are looking at your computer and switches off the display accordingly.

July 17th, 2009 June video game sales drop sharplyNEW YORK — Squeezed by the economic downturn, U.S. retail sales of video games dropped sharply in June, the largest year-over-year decline the industry has seen in nearly nine years.

September 23rd, 2009 Engadget blog: Wii nears price cut by $50 to $200NEW YORK — A $50 price cut may be imminent for Nintendo's popular Wii gaming console. Tech blog Engadget said in a posting late Tuesday that the Wii, which has cost about $250 since its 2006 launch, will see its price drop to $200 beginning Sunday.

September 23rd, 2009 Nintendo cutting Wii price by $50 to $200NEW YORK — Nintendo on Sunday will cut the price of its popular Wii console by $50, in a bid to broaden its appeal among potential new customers as it prepares to release the Wii Fit-Plus and New Super Mario Bros. games. The Wii, whose game control senses motions without having relying solely on buttons and levers, is the top selling console worldwide.

July 21st, 2006 Austin Energy isn't using any business process management (BPM) suite, but it is realizing business process improvements as part of its enterprisewide service-oriented architecture (SOA) initiative. Two years in the making, the SOA initiative is helping the $1 billion electric utility integrate and leverage disparate legacy systems.

June 12th, 2009 US video game sales slide 23 pct in MayLOS ANGELES — U.S. video gamers spent less on games, hardware and accessories in May compared with a year ago, a sign that this year's release schedule couldn't compete with Take Two Interactive's "Grand Theft Auto IV" last spring.

November 7th, 2005 It seems too good to be true. A new source of near-limitless power that costs virtually nothing, uses tiny amounts of water as its fuel and produces next to no waste and goes against quantum mechanics theory.

August 14th, 2009 July video game sales show sharp declineNEW YORK — Hurt by the recession and few hit game launches, U.S. retail sales of video games dropped sharply in July, showing an even bigger decline than what many analysts were expecting.

August 18th, 2009 PS3 price cut by $100; slimmer model to comeNEW YORK — After months of rumors and anticipation, Sony Corp. is slashing the price of the PlayStation 3 by $100 in hopes of boosting sales of the console ahead of the important holiday season.

June 4th, 2009 Microsoft, Sony take aim at Nintendo Wii at E3 LOS ANGELES — This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo has been quite the moving experience. During presentations at the video game industry trade show, both Microsoft and Sony debuted prototype motion-control devices for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 that could rival Nintendo's popular Wii, the first console to employ a motion-detecting controller when it debuted in 2006.

November 18th, 2007 AlienBlaster is a refreshing open source shoot-the-aliens game with various levels and an arcade mode. It is available on Windows, Linux, OS/2 & eComStation, Mac OSX (DarwinPorts), MorphOS and AmigaOS4.

June 19th, 2006 Microsoft Corp. is developing a music and video device to compete with Apple's iPod and creating its own music service to rival Apple's iTunes, sources familiar with the plans said on Friday.