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HP ProLiant DL380 G6
Reviews The 2U rack server of choice continues to impress, and the latest G6 implementation looks set to carry the crown for some time to come.
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Storage, Hypervisor, HP Compaq ProLiant, PCI, Server, processor, console, monitor, disk
Zeebo won't shake up games market
News Low-cost games console, Zeebo, will complement rather than compete against existing consoles such as Xbox or PS3, when it launches in Asia next year.
Tags: Game players, Games, Product development and design, Sony Playstation, Wireless, Zeebo, Shailendra Pandey, Steven Bailey, 3G Network, payment
Report: Microsoft taking on Wii with motion-sensing camera
News The Xbox 360 maker will soon release a motion-sensitive video camera that will let players control games with their bodies, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Tags: Game players, Microsoft Corp., Video Game, Video, Video Game Console, Nintendo Wii, console, Microsoft Xbox, camera, game
Game console makers at crossroads
News Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo are coming to terms with a dearth of blockbuster titles and increased rivalry from new gaming platforms such as smartphones.
Tags: Game players, Games, Console Maker, Game Console, Microsoft Corp., Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sales, entertainment, Nintendo Wii, console
Sony to release new PS3 motion controller next spring
News First announced in June at E3, the new controller will give the PS3 more Wii-like functionality, and the news came just as Nintendo announced it was cutting the Wii's price by US$50.
Tags: Game players, Controller, Video Game, Sony Playstation, Video Game Console, Nintendo Wii, console, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony Corp., Nintendo Co. Ltd.
Nintendo drops Wii price to US$199
News Nintendo officially announces that the game console is getting a US$50 price cut as of Sunday.
Tags: Game players, Blu-ray, DVD, Nintendo Wii, console, NetFlix Inc., DVD player, built-In, game, Nintendo Co. Ltd.
How the venerable PS2 made it to 9 years old
News With the power of computers doubling about every 18 months, according to Moore's Law, the fact that the PS2 is still selling is pretty impressive. Can its successors follow suit?
Tags: Gamer, Jesse Divnich, Video Game, Sony Playstation, Video, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox 360, console, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox
EA-Playfish: Social gaming deals gain buzz
News Electronic Arts' acquisition underscores booming demand for online social games and may prompt rival game publishers to follow suit.
Tags: Game players, Games, Gamer, Facebook, Apple Inc., UbiSoft Entertainment, casual game, console game, Playfish, revenue
How to run .NET applications on Linux
Blogs In many enterprise environments we work with a mix of Windows and Linux servers. If you had to build a large, complex en...
Report: Microsoft bans 1 million Xbox Live players
News Players who were caught modifying their consoles to play pirated games have been booted from the popular service, InformationWeek says.
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Game players, Games, Gamer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox Live, Microsoft Xbox 360, console, digital-rights management, Activision Inc.
Microsoft cutting price of high-end Xbox 360
News Microsoft drops price of high-end Xbox 360 console by US$100 to match Sony's price cut for the PlayStation 3.
Tags: Game players, Sales, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, console, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox, game, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Game players
Nintendo president: 'The Wii has stalled'
News Satoru Iwata says top-selling console has hit a wall due to dearth of "high demand" software, and the company is now "preparing for next year".
Tags: Game players, Handhelds, Streaming Video, Sales, Japan, Nintendo Wii, performance, Hardware, console, analyst
HP and VMware team up on server management
News Companies have jointly released a vCenter-based console that promises to simplify the management of virtual server systems and their physical counterparts.
Tags: Business applications, Servers, App servers, Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtualization, Red Hat Inc., Gartner Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Server
'PS3 Slim' rumor fervor hard to fathom
News commentary Given that Sony's flagship video game console has lagged badly behind its Nintendo and Microsoft rivals, it's hard to see why people are so worked up over a device that might not even exist.
Tags: Game players, Product marketing, Video Game, Sony Playstation, Video, Nintendo Wii, console, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox, Sony Corp.
PS3 and PSP slump, Wii hammered too
News Sony's earnings shine light on a poor quarter for its gaming division. Nintendo's Wii also took a big hit, with unit sales cut in half compared with last year.
Tags: Game players, Games, Sony Playstation, Sony PlayStation Portable, Sales, Nintendo Wii, console, handheld, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony Corp.
