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1. Brain boffin calls for schools to get back to books

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... Della Sala said that the study shows there is no advantage, so why should we spend money on finding out more rather than spending money on good teaching and good learning?" Printed books were first developed ...

2. Foxconn preps Apple tablet for 2010 launch

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Wednesday, 07 October 2009

   Apple has selected Foxconn to manufacture its shiny tablet PC. According to DigiTimes, the enigmatic device will be available during the first quarter of 2010, with an expected initial production run of ...

3. Tesco and Microsoft bang another nail into DVD's coffin

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 09 September 2009

   ... Silverlight browser plug-in and will enable developers and designers to deliver the same application anywhere Silverlight is running. "Tesco is excited to be the first retailer to partner with a broad ...

4. Microsoft Fable promises tyranny, poverty and injustice

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 19 August 2009

   ... Xbox LIVE. "Fable II: Game Episodes" will launch on September 29 with the release of the first episode for free download exclusively on Xbox LIVE. The episodes are fully compatible with the disk-based, ...

5. Electronic Arts jumps on motion-based bandwagon

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 05 August 2009

   ... reverse a serious decline in revenue, which plummeted 20 percent year-over-year during the first fiscal quarter. San Francisco (CA) - The CEO of Electronic Arts (EA) has pledged to support the next ...

6. Nvidia claims first with ray tracing engine

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 04 August 2009

   Fabless chip company Nvidia said it has introduced the OptiX ray tracing engine, which it says is part of a collection of application acceleration engines aimed at software developers. Fabless chip ...

7. Google releases Moon in Earth on 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing

   (Space/Space Features)

   Monday, 20 July 2009

   On July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to land on the moon. Exactly 40 years later, you can simulate that experience, well almost, with footage released by NASA that ...

8. Google dominates search market as Bing plays catch up

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 09 July 2009

   ... Bing posted relatively high search-engine growth, increasing from 3.4 percent in the first week of the month to 6.63 percent by the month's end. It should be noted that a recent ComScore survey indicated ...

9. Bloggers share a moral code

   (Networking/Networking Features)

   Thursday, 25 June 2009

   ... - being answerable to the public - and minimising harm by respecting privacy and confidentiality. "This first large-scale survey of blogging ethics revealed no shocking lack of ethics in these areas," ...

10. HTC confirms native Flash support for Android Hero

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 24 June 2009

    HTC has confirmed that its Hero device will be the first Android phone to ship with native support for Adobe Flash. San Francisco (CA) - HTC has confirmed that its Hero device will be the first Android ...

11. Dead discs: Blu-ray’s failure to launch signals end of spinning media

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Monday, 22 June 2009

    ... First Alert figures for the week of May 24 show year-over-year Blu-ray sales increasing by almost 120%, they don’t make up for DVD’s 13% drop. That’s because DVDs still outsell Blu-ray discs by a wide ...

12. TG Daily’s Dads and Grads Product Giveaway: Play along and win!

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 19 June 2009

    ... ending at 8:00PM EDT, the first five individuals to Tweet back the correct response to each question will receive “1 entry.” •    On Facebook, TG Daily will provide topics for open discussion ...

13. Microsoft admits Windows 7 will not save PC market

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 09 June 2009

    ... version of Safari 4 that boosts the performance of the Nitro JavaScript engine by up to 50 percent. "For the first time, system applications including Finder, Mail, iCal, iChat and Safari are 64-bit and ...

14. Apple developers introduce slew of new apps at WWDC

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 08 June 2009

    ... trains to direct the cargo through the proper warehouses and safely off screen. E(z)RF OnTheGo (Meru Networks) E(z)RF OnTheGo is reportedly the first wireless LAN management application designed specifically ...

15. High Voltage brings death and glory to the Wii

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 04 June 2009

    ... had been utterly sated by the gritty Grinder and bloody Gladiator AD.   The Grinder The Grinder FPS (first-person shooter) is set in a B-movie world that would make even Quentin Tarrantino proud. ...

16. Indie developers help define a new generation of gaming at E3

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 03 June 2009

    ... solely on an interactive narrative, offers players a radically new approach to traditional RPGs and first-person games. "This unique Half Life 2 mod is basically Myst without the complex puzzles. There ...

17. THQ demos Darksiders, showcases MX vs. ATV

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 02 June 2009

    ... the control and feel of the vehicle." Darksiders This classic-style adventure game introduces the first Horseman of the Apocalypse (War) who stands accused of breaking a sacred law by inciting a deadly ...

18. Qore leaks new PSP details before E3 debut

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Sunday, 31 May 2009

    GamersConsoleNetwork has managed to snag the first official images of the PSP Go from Qore. Qore, a subscription-based interactive online magazine for the North American PlayStation Network, apparently ...

19. Live TV comes to the Xbox

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 28 May 2009

    British broadcaster Sky has signed a deal with Microsoft to bring live television to the Xbox 360 for the first time.London, UK - British broadcaster Sky has signed a deal with Microsoft to bring live ...

20. Skulking Thief 4 steps out of the shadows

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 11 May 2009

    ... Thief: Deadly Shadows (2004). The first two titles were developed by the now-defunct Looking Glass Studios, while Deadly Shadows was released by Ion Storm Austin. The more advanced Deadly Shadows offers ...

21. The Gaming Renaissance Movement

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Friday, 08 May 2009

    ... million invested. Not only are VC’s investing significantly less, they are investing in much smaller amounts. And the number of first-time deals plummeted from 324 in Q1 2008 to 132 for the same period ...

22. IAC aims for love match with Yahoo

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 30 April 2009

    ... suggest that Yahoo Personals could be worth around $500 million. Diller's comments came as the company posted a first-quarter net loss of $28.6 million, due to falling advertising revenues.  ...

23. NASA showcases spinoff technologies

    (Space/Space Features)

    Thursday, 23 April 2009

    ... and find descriptions of such technologies as temperature-regulated clothing from materials designed for astronaut suits and gloves, wireless headset telephone technology pioneered to transmit the first ...

24. Adobe Flash coming to your TV

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 20 April 2009

    ... and other rich Web content across screens.” From a hardware view, the most significant announcement may be Intel’s note that the Media Processor CE 3100, one of the firm’s first SoCs for consumer electronics ...

25. Myst comes to the iPhone

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 10 April 2009

    ... first Myst game was originally released for Apple's Mac in 1991. Ports for every conceivable computer platform followed soon thereafter. Now, 18 years later, the original developer Cyan has teamed teamed ...

26. Microsoft kills Encarta: Is society getting dummer?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 31 March 2009

    ... our computing in the early 90s, Encarta holds a special place in our hearts. It was our first mapping program in the days when there was no Google Earth. The search feature exposed us to Encarta's vast ...

27. Facebook connects with iPhone - in a big way

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 16 March 2009

    ... sites. He said, "For the first time, your iPhone apps can now have friends. I can pull out my iPhone and play it not only my other friends with iPhones, but I can also play with my mom -- she can join ...

28. Google exec becomes AOL Chairman and CEO

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 13 March 2009

    ... the first office outside of the Mountain View, CA headquarters. He was a member of Google's Operating Committee and served as the president of the Americas Operations. Under the Americas Operations, his ...

29. YouTube viewers in U.S. exceed 100 million for first time

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 06 March 2009

    With the inauguration, major awards shows, X-Games and other major events occurring recently it is no shock that users took to YouTube to catch up on things missed and to check out the videos they want ...

30. Apple releases Nitro-supercharged Safari 4 public beta

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 24 February 2009

    ... 30 times faster than IE7 and three times faster than Firefox 3, at least according to Apple. Safari 4 was the first browser to pass the Acid3 web compatibility test with a perfect score a few months ...

31. The White House starts blogging, goes web 2.0 and social

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 21 January 2009

    The new administration of yesterday's sworn-in U.S. President Barack Obama has taken its first steps toward change by unveiling an entirely redesigned White House website. The symbolic move reaffirms ...

32. UPDATED: Blu-ray sales quadrupled in 2008

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 14 January 2009

    ... CES. Sharp had an HDTV with a built-in Blu-ray player, and Panasonic announced the world's first portable player (the DMP-B15-P). Eleven of the new players have BD-Live, which lets the player connect to ...

33. iSteam for iPhone earns a bunch of 22-year olds $100,000 in one month

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 13 January 2009

    ... and paid version of iSteam have been downloaded over 1 million times. Developers estimated that the application will rake in $100,000 in the first month of its release. At the time of this writing, It ...

34. Beatles songs to return to stage in new video game

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 30 October 2008

    ... MTV and Rock Band developer Harmonix are working on a new music video game title that intends to leverage “the entire span” of Beatles songs ranging from the first album Please, Please me, released ...

35. Adobe Flash Player 10 adds 3D support and GPU acceleration

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 16 October 2008

    ... rotated, and styled fonts. The new text promises to enable print-quality layouts on the web “for the first time”. Drawing APIs and enhanced vector data types now support 3D, eliminating the need to code ...

36. The 20 most anticipated video games for the 2008 Christmas shopping season

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 09 October 2008

    ... an elitist and genocidal group from the United States Government. 4. Far Cry 2 (Ubisoft; Release date: October 21, 2008): Far Cry 2 is a first-person shooter game designed originally for Windows, but ...

37. First Look: Photoshop CS4 with GPU acceleration

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 22 September 2008

      Review – Adobe is set to release the next generation of its professional image editing software and will release first details about the software today. TG Daily had the opportunity to play with ...

38. EA withdraws Take-Two bid, stock tanks

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 15 September 2008

    ... the first week of release. Electronic Arts possibly withdrew its bid because of the problems it is having with the Spore video game.  Gamers have complained that the game doesn’t fully meet expectations ...

39. Get Ready For F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 09 September 2008

      We first took a very brief look at the chilling video game F.E.A.R. For the Xbox 360 back at E3 in 2006. The popular title's sequel, now in development, has just spawned a name from developer ...

40. Will Microsoft crash Apple’s iPod party?

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 08 September 2008

    ... before an iPod announcement, we noticed much more chatter about Microsoft’s Zune, which many believed was a dead fish in the water. Zunerama was first to report that Wal-Mart's stocking system indicates ...

41. AMD sheds weight, sells DTV business to Broadcom

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 25 August 2008

    ... which brought a loss of $96 million in the second quarter of 2008 and $159 million in the first six months of the year. AMD did not break out the DTV share of this result.  “AMD is executing a strategic ...

42. The best thing we saw at E3 – D-BOX’s rocking chair on steroids

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 21 July 2008

    Most of E3 was pretty ho hum, but D-BOX, a small company from Quebec, showed us what can only be described as "rocking chairs on stereoids". D-BOX is not the first company to offer interactive racing or ...

43. PC and Xbox 360 players battle in new Take-Two MMO

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 16 July 2008

    ... best kind. I will never forget playing Ubisoft’s XIII game for the first time on a machine from 2000 - the game worked well just like on latest machine from end of 2003, which was a major surprise. If ...

44. Diablo 3 to continue war between heaven and hell

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 30 June 2008

    ... of demons to safeguard the world from the horrors that have arisen. The first two characters classes - the barbarian and the witch doctor - were shown as part of the announcement at the event today in ...

45. Electronic Arts to comment on Take-Two hostile bid today

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 19 May 2008

    ... sales records by raking in more than $500 million in its first week of release. Electronic Arts, in contrast, isn't doing that well and recently reported a fourth quarter loss of $94 million and Chief ...

46. Xbox 360 hits 10 million unit sales in the U.S.

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 14 May 2008

      Microsoft today said that its Xbox 360 has become the first current-gen game console to hit the 10 million unit market in the U.S. The Xbox Live community has grown to 12 million users worldwide. ...

47. EA bringing interactive skateboard game to Wii

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 13 May 2008

    ... Eastern-inspired Wii Fit. Wii Fit, which comes out in the US next month, will be the first to use the Balance Board. EA is the first publisher, even over Nintendo, to announce two Balance Board-compatible ...

48. Grand Theft Auto 4 surpasses $500 million in retail sales

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 07 May 2008

    ... Xbox360 and PlayStation 3 game have surpassed $500 million dollars in the first week. New York (NY) – Apparently a life of crime does pay off and in the case of Take-Two Interactive’s Grand Theft Auto ...

49. E3 in trouble - Major game publishers skip show AND drop out of organization

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Sunday, 04 May 2008

    ... own editors day at its headquarters - coincidentally this will be held on the first day of E3. Other companies have also announced that they will not be attending E3.  These include online games ...

50. AT&T becomes flagship retailer to use Microsoft Surface

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 18 April 2008

    If you head out to AT&T's "Experience" store in San Bruno, California, you'll find the first retail use of Microsoft's Surface operating system on a large coffee table touch-screen.  Consumers ...