The Overdue News Post - Jan 11 - 13 2006

[iamthatdizzy]

So, Ive been busy preping for Finals, and getting homework done. Everyone, Apple, Motorola and Intel among others are reporting earnings. This will get a bit interesting... Get ready for a long news post!

[engadget]

Xtreme Notebook Raptor 766X with dual graphics cards

Here's one for the "traveling-executive-by-day/extreme-gamer-by-night" crowd. The Raptor 766X actually has two graphics engines: an Intel integrated graphics processor for number crunching and an nVIDIA 6600 G-Force Go for fragging.

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Text for free with ad-supported i-Text service

If you send a lot of text messages and aren't on a cellphone plan that lets you get away with it without breaking the bank, you may want to give i-Text a try.

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Sony Vaio VGX-XL100 Viiv media PC

If you've been curious about whether Intel's new Viiv platform really makes for better media PCs, you won't have to wait too much longer to find out. Sony has announced one of the first Viiv-based PCs, the Vaio VGX-XL100.

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Will XP boot on Intel Macs after all?

The mystery deepens. Despite protestations on Apple's part that the company's new Intel-based iMac and MacBookPro wouldn't be able to boot Windows XP, reports are starting to trickle in that the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) boot manager can launch XP after all..

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DVD Jon (briefly) on AACS

So what does "DVD" Jon Johansen (the Scandi-man who cracked CSS) have to say about it?

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Fujitsu Siemens-Pocket LOOX T810 / T830 get details

Well, that was fast. We went from concept mockup to leaked product shots and deets in about, what, five hours or so?

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Screenshots, deets on Revolution's "Virtual Console"?

IGN got their hands on what's supposedly a leaked survey done by Zanthus for Nintendo of America concerning the Revolution's promised/anticipated "Virtual Console" feature...

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Apple MVNO rumors: part deux

We thought we'd come and gone on the whole Apple-does-an-MVNO rumor thing that was buzzing around just prior to the ROKR E1's launch last September, but with Apple's enigmatic "Mobile Me" trademark filing hitting the the wires today...

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Did shortages force Apple to skip other Intel models?

They're still partying over at the Moscone, and Paul Otellini's probably still trying to get out of that clean-room spacesuit, but it's never too early to let loose with another round of Apple rumors, especially when they have to do with not-yet-released Intel models.

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Nintendo prepping a DS update for the 16th?

Now that Macworld has played out, we're turning our rumoring prowess over to Nintendo and their possible DS update.

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The plot thickens: Peter Moore says Blu-ray Xbox 360 possible

So we've been feeling a certain HD DVD, erm, vibe from Microsoft for some time now.

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Steve Jobs keynote live from Macworld 2006

Yes, yes, this post is where all the action's gonna happen for today's live Stevenote-keynote coverage

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[hack-A-day]

8GB iPod nano hack

2,000 songs. Impossibly small. Reeks of fish.

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[joystiq]

Yuji Horii enjoys the Revolution

If you don't know Yuji Horii, then you probably live outside of Japan.

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2K's Prey officially open for business

2K Games, Human Head Studios, and 3D Realms have launched the official web site for their upcoming sci-fi shooter, Prey.

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It's official: porn stars love the PSP

While everyone else was checking out all the cool gear and games at CES, Chris Buffa from GameDAILY tried a different approach: interview the girls at the adjacent Adult Entertainment Expo...

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WebMD cites playing video games as cause for violence

WebMD, one of the largest online databases for consumer health information, says that playing video games increases a child's exposure to violence.

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Rumor: DOA coming to PS3

An image scan surfaced yesterday from an unverified Japanese magazine stating that (2) DOA titles will be coming to the PS3.

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A new voice for Lara?

Our favourite English gaming pinup may be getting a makeover--a verbal one, that is.

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Xbox modders face 17 years in prison

The case against two California game store owners who allegedly sold modified Xbox's that played pirated games now face up to 17 years in prison.

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Kojima really undergoes training for MGS4

While Hideo Kojima's holding out on the super-duper secret goings-on of the final day of real-life military training for his MGS4 team, he is talking about the penultimate day's travails in the English translation of his personal/work blog.

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Super Nova to be the next Western DDR game

According to DDR Freak, the newest Dance Dance Revolution arcade game will be entitled DDR Super Nova...

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Jacko wants cops to seize and destroy 25 to Life

In a letter to California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, Miami anti-games lawyer Jack Thompson suggested California police officers seize and destroy all copies of the controversial upcoming title 25 to Life.

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Phantom in 2006? Infinium Labs insists they're relevant

Infinium Labs is one game company that just doesn't know when to quit.

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ATI talks Nintendo, Hollywood GPU

Following last week's CES, Revolution Report's Shawn White got the chance to talk to ATI's John Swinimer.

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Splinter Cell Essentials announced for PSP

We've known for some time that a Splinter Cell title has been in the works for the PSP, and today Ubisoft officially unveiled the project...

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PS3 launch schedule

According to the above slide used by Sony at last year's E3, we can expect some kind of Playstation Conference in February.

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Battlefield 2 booster packs headed for deployment

EA & DICE have divulged the full details about the upcoming Battlefield 2 booster packs...

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Nintendogs rakes in awards

The Nintendo DS ended the year with a bang.

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Nintendo DS dominates Japanese charts

Just a couple of days ago, Japanese software sales were released for the week after Christmas.

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Local news team: "games make folks aggressive"

Knoxville's Tennessee's local CBS affiliate, WVLT, has a terse and generally uninformative news blurb entitled, "Study: Violent video games do make folks aggressive."

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The media's crush on Nintendo

Business Week asks a good question: "Jobs & Co. spark something bordering on a lovefest among the press. But as the good times roll, are reporters asking the hard questions?"

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In-game ads infiltrate Counter-Strike

In-game advertising provider Engage has managed to net a deal with Subway to get gaming consumers interested in the chain's sandwiches--advertising in "the most popular online action game played amongst men 18 to 34".

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